Vancouver theatre review

Vancouver Theatre: Sacre by Circa

Gillian Lockitch — Wed, 18 Jan 2023 18:39:45 +0000

Vancouver Theatre: Sacre by Circa

Wednesday, January 18th, 2023

From the first tremulous rumbling sounds of Bachman's score, that reverberated through my core, I was spellbound as this ensemble of 10 acrobats conjured up images of birth, decay and rebirth, of controlled power versus violent frenzy, of darkness versus light. In dance there is an almost esp-like perception of how your partner moves in space. But imagine the split-second precision of timing and the absolute trust that you will be caught and held, needed when you hurtle towards your partner, and the lights go dark.

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Vancouver Theatre: We Will Rock You

Gillian Lockitch — Sun, 10 Jul 2022 04:49:23 +0000

Vancouver Theatre: We Will Rock You

Saturday, July 9th, 2022

We Will Rock You
Music and Lyrics by Queen Book by Ben Elton
Director Saccha Dennis
In 1994, I was in Denver, Colorado to give a conference presentation on Selenium: Beyond Glutathione Peroxidase. Arriving the day before, I looked at the local newspaper to see what the theatre scene was like. A couple of blocks from my hotel, at the Denver Center of the Performing Arts, a play about Janis Joplin was on and I bought a ticket. Though I did not know the term at the time, "Love Janis", which wove her music into aspects of her life story, was the first "jukebox musical" I saw. I remembered this, when I saw We Will Rock You, described as a jukebox musical featuring the music of Queen.

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Vancouver Theatre: Kinky Boots.

Gillian Lockitch — Wed, 15 Jun 2022 13:31:42 +0000

Vancouver Theatre: Kinky Boots.

Wednesday, June 15th, 2022

Kinky Boots
Vancouver, BC: What an exhilarating feeling to be back in a packed theatre house with an audience, lit up like a live wire by Raise You Up, the upbeat song that ends the show.

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Vancouver Theatre: A Thousand Splendid Suns

Gillian Lockitch — Thu, 26 Sep 2019 23:11:57 +0000

Vancouver Theatre: A Thousand Splendid Suns

Thursday, September 26th, 2019

A Thousand Splendid Suns, By Ursula Rani Sarma, Based on the book by Khaled Housseini, Directed by Haysam Kadri

This is a tale of two women, a generation apart, whose lives collide in a country shattered by external forces of war, and ravaged internally by an oppressive ,misogynistic governing culture. Playwright Sarma had an immense task to distill Housseini's epic novel into a two hour drama. Though harrowing with frequent moments of ugly brutality, it was engaging and emotional throughout.

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Never the Last

Gillian Lockitch — Wed, 17 Apr 2019 00:22:54 +0000

Never the Last

Tuesday, April 16th, 2019

Never the Last
Created by Christine Quintana and Molly MacKinnon
Directed by Laura McLean
Choreography by Kayla Dunbar

For lovers of the violin, or for those who appreciate a story of love that survives both adversity and individual triumphs, playwright and actor Christine Quintana and violinist Molly MacKinnon have crafted a musical play about the 10 year love affair of composer/violinist Sophie-Carmen Eckhardt Gramatté and expressionist painter, Walter Gramatté . The story of their meeting, courtship and marriage is performed by Quintana as Sophie-Carmen and Anton Lipovetsky as Walter Gramatté . Scenes are woven into and around 10 violin pieces composed by Sophie-Carmen Gramatté .played by MacKinnon.

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Vancouver Theatre: My Funny Valentine

Gillian Lockitch — Tue, 13 Feb 2018 20:55:07 +0000

Vancouver Theatre: My Funny Valentine

Tuesday, February 13th, 2018

Vancouver, BC: When Zee Zee Theatre's Artistic Director Cameron Mackenzie and playwright, Dave Deveau, welcomed the opening night audience, they pointed out that this was the 10th Anniversary both of the company, and of the beginning of the script development of My Funny Valentine - a play suggested by the 2008 murder of a young teenage boy by another male student that he had asked to be his Valentine.

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Vancouver Theatre: City of Angels

Gillian Lockitch — Wed, 12 Jul 2017 05:06:27 +0000

Vancouver Theatre: City of Angels

Tuesday, July 11th, 2017

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Vancouver Theatre: These Are The Songs That I Sing When I'm Sad

Gillian Lockitch — Sat, 10 Jun 2017 20:46:40 +0000

Vancouver Theatre: These Are The Songs That I Sing When I'm Sad

Saturday, June 10th, 2017

Vancouver, BC: Some years ago I was standing at the edge of the elegant ballroom floor of the Queen Mary II cruise ship, enjoying the vocalist singing with the dance orchestra when out of the blue I felt a overwhelming wave of sadness wash over me and tears welled up. I had no idea what it was about the refrain he was singing that provoked this emotion. The song was only vaguely familiar. Later that night when I returned to my cabin, and with only the few words of the refrain in my head, I searched the internet for the title of the song.

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12 Angry Jurors

Gillian Lockitch — Thu, 27 Oct 2016 15:07:19 +0000

12 Angry Jurors

Thursday, October 27th, 2016

Vancouver, BC: Twelve Angry Men was first conceived by Reginald Rose in 1954 as a play for television, later adapted for the stage, and then in 1957 made into a film, ranked by the American Film Institute in 2008 as the second best courtroom drama ever made (The number one selection was To Kill a Mocking Bird!). It has been adapted and staged in different formats countless times since - as Twelve Angry Women with an all female cast, and Twelve Angry Jurors - with men and women on the jury panel.

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The Concierge of Vancouver

Gillian Lockitch — Fri, 21 Oct 2016 04:14:38 +0000

The Concierge of Vancouver

Thursday, October 20th, 2016

Vancouver, BC: "Does the end justify the means" is a question that has been debated in many different situations but when the context is the crazy Vancouver condominium market it gives this question an intriguing twist.

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