Bonnie on Stage
Making friends with the characters she plays
“It’s better than brilliant. It’s mega brill. It’s double fab, yeah.” It is very strange, but after I work on a character, I feel...
It’s the best of Christmas in one play
Is anyone ever too old for the holidays? My answer is no, but I think it is easy at this time of year for some people do get overwhelmed and some even cynical...
Get ready to celebrate the 'Summer of Fringe'
It’s The Summer of The Fringe-August 29-Sept.4 Kelowna Fringe Festival is coming. This event is like Woodstock for theatre lovers, and so this...
The SpongeBob Musical makes waves in Kelowna
Bikini Bottom is on my list of must-visit destinations this summer. If you know where Bikini Bottom is, you are a fan of the worldwide Nickelodeon hit cartoon...
What good is sitting alone in your room—join the Cabaret
Life is beautiful. In what has been another challenging year, it has been hard at times to remember life is just that. World events, the pandemic and the quick...
The Kelowna Fringe Festival is back
It’s go time! After a year of planning, many thousands of hours of meetings, rehearsals, and promotions, it is Kelowna International Fringe Week and I...
Class of ‘87 on centre stage
It is grad season and our community has definitely been feeling all the pride and huge sadness that comes with the passage of time, milestones met and those...
City's Theatre Angel retires
Say it isn't so! Diane Fettig is wrapping up her 10 years as Kelowna's favourite prop mistress and theatre angel. How did this nurse end up behind the...
Vault of Horror open again
Can you imagine a time when comic books were considered too indecent to be sold? Such was the case in the early 1950s when William Gaines and Al Feldstein...
Seriously! See Dead Serious
Six reasons you should see Dead Serious I am directing Doug Greenall’s acclaimed play, Dead Serious. It runs Aug. 28-29 at 7:30 p.m. at The Black Box...
Vintage play a new way
Unicorns are unique, magical, sparkly. They also symbolize the Pride movement for a whole generation who have established themselves as both unique individuals...
Going into the dark
Dark days in the world of theatre Dark days refer to the one or two days during a run when there is no show. The theatre is “dark” on a...
Come out and play at the Black Cabaret
“What good is sitting alone in your room? Come hear the music play.” Those iconic words from the musical Cabaret by Kander and Ebb remind me of the...
Hitting the chocolate factory
Bringing A Classic To The Stage — Charlie and The Chocolate Factory When you were a kid do you remember those Dairy Queen ads with the chocolate river and...
Song of The Christmas Belles
Play on tonight, Nov. 16 and Nov. 22-23 It is not very often I get the chance to perform in my own plays. I have been in a lot of improv shows in Kelowna, but...
Dracula - The Bloody Truth
Hilariously scary play opens tonight Stop what you are doing! It is of vital importance to you to read this column very carefully. Your life may depend on...
Reasons to fringe
This weekend, we will Fringe. New Vintage Theatre is remounting our hit show, In One Night, for Kelowna’s Fringe Festival Sept. 19-22. Tickets are $13,...
Play this summer
There is a great tradition of summer theatre in the Okanagan. When tourists tired of sun and sand and want to cool off in the evening they have enjoyed the...
Hopping on the Stu-Bus
It was a world of wheels in the Salloum Room on Wednesday. Why? Because Chelsea McEvoy’s screenplay for her upcoming film The Wheels on The Bus was read...
Little shop has its horrors
Help! There is a man-eating plant in Studio 100 at Rotary Centre For The Arts and her name is Audrey II. But don’t dismay, the strange and interesting...