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Canadian men’s figure skating champion Keegan Messing—in town this weekend as part of Stars on Ice—basically grew up on the ice: he started skating when he was three years old. In 1992 he saw Elvis Stojko—who is also at Stars on Ice—skating and it changed his life. “All I wanted was to jump and spin,” […]

I was excited to go see Toronto playwright Hannah Moscovitch’s highly revered East of Berlin, currently playing at Fernwood indie theatre Theatre Inconnu. I was excited because, like many people, I have a curiosity with World War II, a curiosity that dances between sick fascination and total horror. The term “east of Berlin” was actually […]

There was a relatively unknown group out of southern California that had credits on hundreds of top 40 hits in the ’60s and ’70s. The unheralded artists were an all-star cast of session musicians known as The Wrecking Crew. By providing services for groups like The Beach Boys, Simon & Garfunkel, and The Monkees, the […]

I, Claudia examines the life of Claudia, a 12-year-old girl struggling through her parent’s divorce, her dad’s remarriage, a school science project, and, worst of all, puberty. Directed by Treena Stubel, this one-woman show is hitting Victoria for the first time since 2004 and starting off Blue Bridge Repertory Theatre’s 2022 summer season. Although the […]

Vancouver-based indie rockers Mother Mother are no strangers to success, but something unlikely happened during the pandemic. A few songs from Mother Mother’s 2008 album O My Heart began trending on TikTok, amassing millions of views. “I think it made us more humble, more sensitive to our own shortcomings and our own inadequacies as a […]

Juno-winning and gold-certified singer/songwriter and, dare we say, Canadian legend Hawksley Workman is set to return to the stage here in Victoria after more than two years away. “I’m looking forward to getting out there,” says Workman. “We loved that last show [in November 2019]. The place was packed. It was one of the best […]

Going out the other night to see Pacific Opera Victoria’s Don Giovanni, I was excited simply because it was the first opera I had ever seen, many years ago, at five years old. Even then I had been enchanted by the costumes, the singing, and Mozart’s inimitable music. Don Giovanni is an opera oozing with […]