For the record, I do not like puppet shows – not even when I was a kid – but Ronnie Burkett gets me every time! Last Friday’s show, Little Willy, was another masterpiece. I had my doubts for the first 30 min, but the performance just got better and better and funnier and funnier until […]
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How influencers take you somewhere that you thought you would never go!
I wonder how many people, like me, would have watched the movie ‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’ after hearing that both Ke Huy Quan and Michelle Yeoh won an award at the Golden Globes on Jan 10th. To be perfectly honest, it isn’t the fact that each actor received the recognition that enticed me to […]
“Theatre is the art form of the present: it exists only in the present, and then it’s gone.” – Simon McBurney
What is it about theatre that draws us all in? Well, maybe not all of us, but it sure gets me and always has. Growing up, my family wasn’t a very traditionally culturally active family, we more enjoyed sporting events and the gatherings of friends but we always went to at least one play a year. […]
International Artist Day – Oct 25
There are so many ways to celebrate International Artist Day, and my choice is to go to a play at the Cultch tonight! Artists work to illuminate the margins and make societal changes, and they have the privilege of bringing the timeless dimensions of beauty and grace to humanity. October 25 is International Artist Day […]
The King of Rock ’n’ Roll Stopped In Coquitlam
When do you really get some quality time with your colleagues outside of work? I might be one of the rare people that can happily say “pretty much every week”, whether it’s a post New Year cheers with a colleague’s extended family on a Friday night or my spouse and I enjoying dinner with my close […]