Curtain Up

This is a new Blog.  After over 40 years of theatregoing in the Vancouver area I have been persuaded to keep a more accurate record of what I have seen and my reaction to it and to offer some more general reflections as well.

Postings to this blog may be somewhat irregular but I will keep them up as best I can.

My formal list starts at the beginning of 2013 and records having seen 33 different performances during that calendar year.  The year of 2014 has been more intense so far with 57 shows up to October 5th with many more to come.  This has taken me to 33 different venues to date.

A Brief Look at 2013

To me the outstanding production of 2013 was "The Farnsworth Invention" by the ETC company at Jericho.

Other productions I particularly enjoyed were:

Fiorello (Applause!)
Secret Mask (at Presentation House)
Avenue Q (Arts Club)
Jack the Ripper (Vancouver Fringe)
Rocky Horror Show ( Fighting Chance)
Armstrong's War (Arts Club)
Mary Poppins (Arts Club)

The disappointment of the year was "Dream Girls" (Arts Club)