by Brianna Bock | Oct 17, 2023 | Culture, Theatre, West Coast Creatives
Two memorable and evocative performances in this Staging Equality show SETYA is the final show in UVic’s Staging Equality Theatre for Young Audiences series. The series began in 2019, spear-headed by Yasmine Kandil and Sasha Kovacs. This three-year project aimed to...
by Brianna Bock | Sep 28, 2023 | Culture, Theatre, Uncategorized
Simple production highlights captivating twists, turns, and power dynamics in Yaga Someone goes missing in a small town. A private detective teams up with a member of the local police to find them. The more they dig, the more the scope of the investigation begins to...
by Brianna Bock | Sep 14, 2023 | Culture, Events, Theatre, West Coast Creatives
The power of theatre on full display With the school year beginning anew, another year of the Victoria Fringe Festival comes to a close. This year’s festival was a huge success, and if you’re around for the last two weeks of August next year, the Fringe is a spectacle...
by Brianna Bock | Jul 27, 2023 | Op-eds, Opinions
Have we learned our lesson yet? Every shipwreck is a morality tale. An engineering flaw. An overconfident captain, owner, or company. A bottomline valued over the safety of passengers and crew alike. Dismissal of the destructive power of nature. Hubris. Pride....
by Brianna Bock | Jun 2, 2023 | Culture, Film
Characters and performances succeed, yet some songs and plot points miss the mark The Little Mermaid (2023) is the latest in Disney’s line-up of CGI-drenched live-action remakes. These films have always seemed like a transparent business decision. They’re over-reliant...