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Going to see a play that’s set in the south and is about a romantic love story should be an ideal date night. And Summer and Smoke has a beautiful set, interesting costumes, and big southern personalities, but that’s about it. I sat down to watch this adaptation of Tennessee William’s Summer And Smoke at […]

On Friday, March 4, Vancouver’s Delhi 2 Dublin returned to Victoria. After a few mixes by Oregon DJs The Sugarbeats, the headliners bounded onto stage, and were ready to give an energetic performance. The band combines bhangra, celtic, electronic, hip-hop, and reggae, and carries it with an array of instruments and pure talent. The group […]

On Tuesday, February 23 Ontario rock/metal band Monster Truck came through Victoria with British rockers The Temperance Movement in tow. The Temperance Movement are touring supporting their new album, White Bear; they drew the crowd onto the dance floor by the end of the first track. Lead singer Phil Campbell bounced and swayed around the […]

Saskatoon’s The Sheepdogs put on a show last night at Sugar that showed all of rock’s ragged glory. The place was completely packed; shoulder to shoulder every face was turned to the stage with unwavering focus: music history was being laid down. The spectrum of instruments the band uses has grown alongside their evolving talent. […]

Writer Michael Frayn has reworked Russian playwright’s Anton Chekov’s first play, Wild Honey, into a gratifying comedy full of scandalous love triangles. Wild Honey uses humour to tackle the sensitive subject that is infidelity in a playful, yet honest, way. Throughout the play, well-placed humour is juxtaposed with passionate, fiery dialogue. The original version of […]

The four actors of The Valley tackled sensitive subjects such as mental illness and police brutality in their opening-night performance on February 4 at the Belfry Theatre. But it didn’t start strong: in the first half of the play, I was underwhelmed by the acting and found the monologues extremely cheesy. I could easily guess […]

Banjo player extraordinaire Chris Luedecke is the genius behind Old Man Luedecke (loo-deck-ee); the Chester, Nova Scotia-based musician was in town for not one but two shows last night at downtown Victoria restaurant Northern Quarter. The venue was perfect for this show, but not for obvious reasons. First of all, Northern Quarter is actually quite […]

On Saturday, January 16, “Beluga grads” and children alike gathered at Victoria’s Royal Theatre to sing along with Raffi (Beluga grads are adults who have grown up with Raffi’s music). As soon as the children’s entertainer walked on the stage, it was obvious by the smile on his face that he was excited and ready […]