I wrote this for the alumni newsletter associated with the graduate residence where I lived for two years while completing my MA at UBC in 1999-2001. Green College was and continues to be an inspiring, amazing community; for… Read More
I didn’t do it on purpose, but seeing this show on International Women’s Day turned out to be appropriate in so many ways. Some of my principal reactions could be summed up thusly: For goodness’ sake, [male characters],… Read More
This was my micro-reaction post on Twitter: Wow. An amazing feat of storytelling. Hard to find words – Mark O’Rowe took ’em all to make verses with. The buzz was strong with this show; before I saw it,… Read More
My micro-reaction on Twitter to this Pacific Theatre production of a new play by Lucia Frangione was “beautiful performances and lots to think about.” If there had been room, I would also have said that I love Lucia’s… Read More
I can’t quite get a handle on Molière. It’s definitely me though, not him. I think what happened is that somewhere way back, early on (not even sure where or when), I got it into my head that… Read More
We had tickets for 42nd Street, Much Ado About Nothing, A Word or Two and The Matchmaker…and at the last minute I decided to add a matinee of Henry V for myself.
In early 2010 I took a brief sabbatical and did a bunch of travelling; one of my destinations was Paris, where I lived for 5 weeks in a tiny studio in the Latin Quarter. I saw a lot… Read More
The second show we saw at Stratford this year was Jesus Christ Superstar at the Avon Theatre. One of this year’s really hot tickets, from what I understand, although we didn’t know that when we bought ours, a few months… Read More
The first thing we saw in Stratford this year was Richard III at the Tom Patterson Theatre. I don’t remember the last time I saw a show there; I had forgotten that it’s quite similar to the Studio stage at… Read More
Melanie J Thompson
Mini-essay: A Meditation on the Green College Players
I wrote this for the alumni newsletter associated with the graduate residence where I lived for two years while completing my MA at UBC in 1999-2001. Green College was and continues to be an inspiring, amazing community; for… Read More
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This is Not a Review: Mother Teresa Is Dead (Bleeding Hearts Collective/Pacific Theatre, March 2013)
I didn’t do it on purpose, but seeing this show on International Women’s Day turned out to be appropriate in so many ways. Some of my principal reactions could be summed up thusly: For goodness’ sake, [male characters],… Read More
Category: 2. WritingTags: pacific theatre, theatre, this is not a review, writing: show commentary
This is Not a Review: Terminus (Pi Theatre, March 2013)
This was my micro-reaction post on Twitter: Wow. An amazing feat of storytelling. Hard to find words – Mark O’Rowe took ’em all to make verses with. The buzz was strong with this show; before I saw it,… Read More
Category: 2. WritingTags: pi theatre, theatre, this is not a review, writing: show commentary
This is Not a Review: Leave of Absence (Pacific Theatre, January 2013)
My micro-reaction on Twitter to this Pacific Theatre production of a new play by Lucia Frangione was “beautiful performances and lots to think about.” If there had been room, I would also have said that I love Lucia’s… Read More
Category: 2. WritingTags: pacific theatre, theatre, this is not a review, writing: show commentary
This is Not a Review: Don Juan (Blackbird Theatre, January 2013)
I can’t quite get a handle on Molière. It’s definitely me though, not him. I think what happened is that somewhere way back, early on (not even sure where or when), I got it into my head that… Read More
Category: 2. WritingTags: blackbird, moliere, theatre, this is not a review, writing: show commentary
This is Not a Review: Stratford Festival 2012
We had tickets for 42nd Street, Much Ado About Nothing, A Word or Two and The Matchmaker…and at the last minute I decided to add a matinee of Henry V for myself.
Category: 2. WritingTags: musical theatre, shakespeare, stratford festival, this is not a review, writing: show commentary
This is Not a Review: Les joyeuses commères de Windsor
In early 2010 I took a brief sabbatical and did a bunch of travelling; one of my destinations was Paris, where I lived for 5 weeks in a tiny studio in the Latin Quarter. I saw a lot… Read More
Category: 2. WritingTags: shakespeare, theatre, this is not a review, writing: show commentary
This is Not a Review: Jesus Christ Superstar (Stratford Festival, 2011)
The second show we saw at Stratford this year was Jesus Christ Superstar at the Avon Theatre. One of this year’s really hot tickets, from what I understand, although we didn’t know that when we bought ours, a few months… Read More
Category: 2. WritingTags: musical theatre, stratford festival, this is not a review, writing: show commentary
This is Not a Review: Richard III (Stratford Festival, 2011)
The first thing we saw in Stratford this year was Richard III at the Tom Patterson Theatre. I don’t remember the last time I saw a show there; I had forgotten that it’s quite similar to the Studio stage at… Read More
Category: 2. WritingTags: shakespeare, stratford festival, theatre, this is not a review, writing: show commentary