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Posts Tagged ‘You Still Can’t’

2009 in Review: Work

Whenever I meet new people, one of the inevitable questions that comes up is “So, what do you do?” and whatever that piece of information is, it becomes one of that person’s defining characteristics. He’s a chef. She’s a banker. They are artists. Our work often defines us as people. In the past 12 months [...]

Friday Arts Quotes: You Still Can’t Edition

With only 3 performances left of You Still Can’t at Pacific Theatre, I bring you an all YSC version of Friday Arts Quotes. Grandpa Tony: “Working against something you believe in. That’s not good for a person’s soul. What’ll you have to take home with you at the end of it all?” Norman: So you [...]

I was in the paper…

…and I didn’t even know it. Two weeks ago the Langley Advance ran an article about You Still Can’t at Pacific Theatre, talking about the connection between it and Trinity Western University. From the article: A Langley contingent is collaborating to bring a wickedly hilarious comedy to the stage in Vancouver this month. Many theatre [...]

The June To-See List (and what I saw/worked on in May)

It’s been a very busy month for me theatrically. In May I saw the following plays: John & Beatrice (Pi Theatre) Secret World of Og (Carousel Theatre) 36 Views (Tempus Theatre) Antigone Undone (Leaky Heaven Circus) Fat Pig (Mitch & Murray Equity Co-op) Les Miserables (Arts Club) Top Girls (Vancouver Playhouse) Palace of the End [...]

You Still Can’t Video

You Still Can’t, my current show at Pacific Theatre, opened this past Friday night. Today I give to you a two and a half minute video of a scene in act 2 where you get just a hint of the insanity of this show: Disney! Politics! Furniture! Groceries! Clip on YouTube Video featuring Alexandra Voicu, [...]

Where Have I Been Hiding?

You may have noticed that I haven’t written anything in a couple of weeks. Why? Well, I’ve been in the midst of getting my current show up on its feet. We are in the midst of tech craziness, but our promotional stills came in today so I figured I’d take advantage of a free minute [...]

The "To See" List: April

I’m finding that I’m seeing an average of seven shows a month. That’s almost two a week and when I have my own shows usually running four days a week it can get pretty crazy to try to schedule it all in. So I start early. Usually I start tracking what I plan to see [...]