pacific theatre

District 13’s large cast for this production (over a dozen) pumps a lot of energy, talent and celebration into the thin, but iconic, love and resistance story that is The Hunger Games. Laced through this musical production are references to pop singers (Taylor Swift) and local culture (Tim Horton’s) but if you aren’t particularly tuned in to these, you’ll still enjoy this show if you like well-performed musical comedy.

The production I attended was sold out — lots of...

This isn't easy material. Refuge of Lies explores a story that hits close to home and it's clear that writer/director Ron Reed feels passionately about the show's subject. Inspired by actual events that took place in Vancouver, Refuge of Lies, currently on at Pacific Theatre, tells the story of a Nazi soldier on the run from his past. But the past catches up with him, as pasts are wont to do, in the form of a reporter on a quest for justice.

Refuge of Lies