LGBTQ
Passion and Performance presents “The Jungle Room”
The Jungle Room, this year’s endeavor of Passion and Performance’s Production Class, hits stages this weekend in Victoria and Duncan, and next month in Kelowna. This piece, with show assembly, story creation, and theatrical direction by Rachel Paish, and choreography by Rachel Paish, Carlene Brick and Jocelyn Johnson, is a full-length narrative dance piece which…
May Event Round-Up
Friday April 27, 2018 GET OUT CABARET Oh boy, we’re excited for Get OUT Cabaret at Intrepid’s Metro Studio Theatre. This is the official preview night for OUTstages, Victoria’s own queer theatre festival that runs in late June, and it’s a great chance to get a sneak peek at what’s in store for next month….
Fingersmith: Dickens, but with lesbians and good pacing
I came to Sarah Waters’ 2002 historical crime thriller Fingersmith having already seen Park Chan-wook’s South Korean film adaptation The Handmaiden, which is (loosely) based on the book. While the movie was excellent, I do have to wonder if seeing it first did me something of a disservice. To truly be enjoyed, Fingersmith’s twisting, intricate…
Review: Company C’s “Cabaret”
Company C, the third-year student group at the Canadian College of Performing Arts, presents Cabaret, a sensuous tale of art and love in Germany’s interwar period. Cabaret is the story of Berlin in 1931, examining its inhabitants both native and expatriate as they grapple with the reality of their lives amid the rise of fascism….
A World Not Made for Me: Review of “Gender Failure”
At 5:00pm I began to read a book. Not because I was personally compelled, but because it was an assignment for a class I was taking; an elective class no less, optional. I began reading Gender Failure because I had a deadline the next morning. The class was supposed to discuss our chosen book with…
Review: Langham Court Theatre’s “Les Belles-Soeurs”
Langham Court Theatre recently presented a three-week run of Michel Tremblay’s 1965 play Les Belles-Soeurs. In this production, under the clear and bold direction of Judy Treloar, fourteen local actresses give a strong interpretation of this staple of Canadian theatre. While previously performed at Langham in 1997, the piece originally premiered in Montreal in 1968,…
No Homo Sapiens: The Terrifying Truth of Male Fragility
I love my male friends to pieces, but their group dynamics have been fascinating to observe over the years. If there’s anything I’ve found, it’s that when it comes to threats against their masculinity, straight cisgender men are so delicate it would be hilarious if it weren’t so horrifying.
Event Update: November 7th -November 11th
Tuesday, November 7th The CRUSH Collective is having their bi-monthly meeting at the Victoria Events Centre tonight at 7:30 to help share the workload, develop safe practices, and foster accountability and accessibility in their volunteer group. They’re looking for volunteers to help out with their events (like CRUSH 10 later this week), so this is…
Bromances and Disney Villains: Queerbaiting in Contemporary Media
In September of 2016, Jeffrey Tambor was awarded the Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for his portrayal of Maura Pfefferman in Amazon’s Transparent. The show follows the self-absorbed and dysfunctional Pfefferman family through the lens of Tambor’s Maura after coming out to her family about identifying as a woman. It has…
Review: Arleen Paré’s “The Girls with Stone Faces”
It is a challenging feat to find the words to describe poetry as inspired as Arleen Paré’s. Her work defies description; it wants to be read, not explained. Paré holds the English language in her hand and wraps it around her reader with a profound kindness. Reading her work feels like coming home.
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