by Nadia Grutter | Sep 12, 2013 | Culture, Events, Theatre
Co-founder of SNAFU Dance Theatre and UVic alumna Ingrid Hansen discusses the progress of William Head on Stage’s (WHoS) new production, Fractured Fables: The Prison Puppet Project. The William Head Institution, situated in picturesque Metchosin, has been producing...
by Nadia Grutter | Apr 23, 2013 | Culture
It was the beginning of March madness. My friend and I, both exhausted post-midterms, downed coffee on the way to the March 2 opening of The Belfry’s Let’s Make an Opera, which ran until March 10. In the full theatre we sat back, ready to relax during two hours of...
by Nadia Grutter | Feb 18, 2013 | Culture
Hold your breath, Victoria; here comes a big one. Award-winning writer, actor and singer Tayo Aluko performs his one-man show Call Mr. Robeson at Intrepid Theatre on Feb. 20, 2013, as part of Black History Month. In this play, British-Nigerian Aluko tells (and sings)...
by Nadia Grutter | Jan 28, 2013 | Culture
I was completely intoxicated by the end of this show . . . with laughter. My new roommate and I went to see the January 15 episode of Sin City: Bedlam-By-Sea, knowing hardly anything about each other or the show we were about to see. We’re now those people who slap...
by Nadia Grutter | Oct 11, 2012 | Features, Stories
From social media to time management, many factors affect youth suicide Second to accidents, what is the leading cause of death in Canadians aged 15 to 24? A) Nickelback B) Bears C) HST D) Suicide Yep, it’s the morbid one at the end. You probably go to UVic. So do...