by Brianna Bock | Mar 20, 2025 | Culture, Theatre
Latest production set off the coast of Tofino is a season highlight Twelfth Night, the latest Phoenix Theatre production, is easily the season’s highlight. It is a romantic comedy at its finest thanks to strong acting and a strong production. Shakespeare’s Twelfth...
by Brianna Bock | Mar 6, 2025 | Culture, Film, Music
The music films across genres that made waves in this year’s lineup Last month, the thirty-first annual Victoria Film Festival (VFF) came to town. The festival showed more than 90 films across genres in the span of just over a week. Eleven standout films this year...
by Brianna Bock | Mar 6, 2025 | Culture, Theatre
Staging, pacing, and characterization choices made the absurdist play drag The Killing Game, the Phoenix Theatre’s latest production, is a 1970s play written by Eugène Ionesco about a plague overtaking a city. The plague comes suddenly, without warning, and is almost...
by Brianna Bock | Jan 23, 2025 | Culture, Literature, Music, Theatre, Visual Arts
For many, loss of funding means ‘being shoved further into the margins’ On Dec. 12, the City of Victoria released a report outlining potential budget cuts. Included in the proposed cuts, which will attempt to lower a nine per cent property tax, are multiple arts and...
by Brianna Bock | Jan 23, 2025 | Culture, Events, Film
Diverse films and music from local artists to look forward to Next month brings the Victoria Film Festival (VFF), where exciting new films from around the world will be shown in local theatres. The Martlet will be covering the event, but if you want to see for...