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John
Anthony Jane
Co-managing
Editor
& Webmaster
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John is originally from Britain but has also lived in South Africa,
Thailand, and China and has now been living happily in Vancouver for
over twenty-five years. He has worked as a teacher, an engineering technologist,
a technical writer and a soldier. While John's career background is
essentially technical, he regards himself as an aspirant musician. His
main interests are theatre, music, and of course, soccer.
recent reviews
Fay Theatre/Excavation Theatre:
Gracie | DanceHouse:
The answer is land | Bob
Marley - One Love (Film) | Vancouver
Opera: Don Pasquale | DanceHouse:
The Mirror | The
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra: European Postcard | DanceHouse:Gravity
& Other Myths’ The Mirror | Gateway
Theatre: Cinderella | United
Players: A Christmas in Wales |
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra: A Shakespearian Romp |
Broadway Across Canada: Hadestown
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Elizabeth
Paterson
Co-Managing Editor
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A retired librarian, Elizabeth developed web-based catalogues for libraries
in the Burnaby School District. She has lived and worked in England
and in London, Ontario, where she studied Classics and English at the
University of Western Ontario. She plays recorder with the Pastime Consort,
is Librarian for the B.C. Recorder Society, reads avidly, and attends
as many concerts, operas, and plays as possible.
recent reviews
Salish
Sea Early Music Festival: Airs for Spring:Springtime Baroque |
Broadway Across
Canada: Hairspray |
United Players: The Trip to Bountiful | City
Opera: Song from the Uproar | Salish
Sea Early Music Festival:Telemann: The Paris Quartets |
Chor Leoni : The Return Voyage | Monster Theatre: Juliet:
a Revenge Comedy | Salish
Sea Early Music Festival:: Three Centuries | United
Players: Gertrude and Alice
| Chor Leoni : Christmas with Chor Leoni | Vancouver
Opera: The Magic Flute |
International Flamenco Festival: Fallen from Heaven |
United Players: The Last Wife
| Bard on the Beach:
Goblin:Macbeth | Broadway
Across Canada: Aladdin | Bard
on the Beach: Julius Caesar |
Originally from Central England and now a Vancouverite for almost 3
decades, Shakeela has intertwined her love for the arts within the community.
With a legal background and a volunteer role with the Enneagram Prison
Project Canada, she is an advocate for the arts' transformative influence
for connection. She is deeply drawn to theatre, film, poetry and world
music, crafting a life rich in artistic exploration. Whether hitting
the links, practicing yoga, or finding peace in meditation retreats,
she seeks to embrace each day with creativity and wonder!
recent reviews
Mitch and Murray Productions:
An Intervention
Born and raised in London, England, Patricia loves film, art,
literature and architecture. She has lived and worked in many countries
and has completed film and fine art studies in Vancouver. Patricia has
narrated documentary films, and interviewed several well known
novelists, including crime writer Michael Connelly (The Poet) and
Arthur Golden (Memoirs of a Geisha). In a perfect world, she would love
to have visited, or better still, been a part of, Gertrudes Stein's
Paris salon with Hemingway, Picasso, Marcel Duchamp and F. Scott
Fitzgerald dropping by.
recent
reviews Off
the Vine: Arizona Wine Festival | Linda
McCartney Photography Retrospective | Four
Shillings Short | Off The Vine:
Arizona Wine Festival | Borderlands
Theatre: Barrio Stories Nogales | Steve
McCurry Exhibit
Darren was born in Chilliwack where his parents exposed him to diverse
forms of art from a very young age. At the age of 18, he moved to Montreal
where he completed a degree in Marketing at Concordia University. Studying
the way that people think and behave always intrigued him. He enjoys
seeing how artists transpose these thoughts into their own personal
forms of expression. Living in Montreal for over 15 years allowed him
to be immersed in the rich culture that a bilingual speaking city offered.
Back in Vancouver, he enjoys the culture and art that the West Coast
brings.
recent
reviews Broadway
Across Canada: Mean Girls | The
Improv Centre: Back To The Holidays | Theatre
Replacement: (East Van Panto) Beauty and the Beast | The
Improv Centre: Stage Fright 2: Murder at the Disco
| Broadway Across Canada: Cats
| The Improv Centre: Bring Back the '90s
Jason is a West Coast boy at heart, with salt flowing through his veins.
Growing up on Vancouver Island, when he wasn't writing short stories
and making radio plays as a kid he was skipping rocks at the beach or
biking with the bears. A writer and creative at heart, he recently took
on a book project highlighting wood architecture and design in British
Columbia, a passion project of his decades-long career in marketing
and communications. He often forgets that he earned a master’s
degree from Syracuse’s Newhouse School of Public Communications
that he will one day get around to hanging on his wall. When he’s
not working, he dabbles in comedy writing, stand-up, photography and
is always keen to take in arts and culture throughout the city. He enjoys
bike rides along the sea wall, effortlessly dodging innocent tourists
at every turn.
recent
reviews The
Cultch: My Little Tomato | The
Cultch: Little Red Warrior and his Lawyer
Born and raised in Newcastle, England, Eve is new to Vancouver. Last
year she completed the Creative Writing MA at Royal Holloway University
and is now working on her first novel. She has short fiction published
in various magazines, and was twice short-listed for the Bridport International
Prize. Living in London last year, she loved her theatre review post
and is excited to continue reviewing in Vancouver and learning about
Canada’s diverse culture through its arts. Generally, Eve is happiest
when creating (fiction, clothes, jewellery, paintings), walking her
dogs on the beach, and reading a good book. Oh, and eating of course.
recent
reviews Pacific
Theatre: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe + Sarah Rodgers
Interview | Pacific Theatre: Empire
of the Son | Vancouver
Fringe Festival | Wise Owl Theatre:
The Window Outside | Renegade
Arts: Spring Awakening
Nancie was born in St. Catharines, Ontario but has lived all but 5 years
in Vancouver. Growing up she was attracted to the arts, particularly
theatre and dance and has continued to enjoy live theatre and dance
productions as well as being an avid art gallery goer throughout her
life. A degree in Canadian Studies enhanced her love of Canadian culture.
Opening and running a gardening gift shop for 10 years in Vancouver
was an achievement of a long held dream and allowed her to source and
feature Canadian artisans from across Canada and indulge a love of artistic
expression. Writing for Review Vancouver since 2011 has brought the
love of theatre, dance, artistic expression and Canadian culture together
and gives access to the vibrant cultural scene in Vancouver.
recent
reviews LamonDance:
A Winter’s Twist | Firehall
Arts Centre: Reflections on Crooked Walking | DanceHouse:
Kidd Pivot - Assembly Hall | Dancing
on the Edge: Barocco Rave| A
rice & beans theatre: Happy Valley | The
Cultch: Stupid F*cking Bird | DanceHouse:
Circa's Sacre
Ross Michael Pink
enjoys the artistic adventure, particularly books, ballet,
film and symphony. Ross has authored two books on the environment and
wrote, directed a TV documentary with the NFB that was broadcast in
7 countries, Ross has reviewed with pleasure over 50 arts events for
reviewVancouver.
recent
reviews Red
Light Osita Cabaret | Vancouver
Symphony Orchestra: Jon Kimura Parker | Ballet
BC: OVERTURE/S | The Dance Centre:
VanVogueJam (+ Interview) | The
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra: Buniatishvili Plays Tchaikovsky
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Christian Steckler |
Christian's long-time passion has been contact and immersion with various
cultures and their artistic traditions. His professional career began
as a community development advocate for New Canadians in the 1970s.
From there, his interest in arts and culture took him to life in Arctic
Canada, where he taught for five years, and became an avid collector
of Inuit art. He has also taught in China and Qatar, and has traveled
extensively in Africa, South America and various other parts of the
world. From his childhood, Christian has been interested in theatre,
art and artistic performance, and enjoys the cultural scene wherever
his travels take him. He presently teaches college prep English at Capilano
University.
recent
reviews Firehall Arts Centre:
Chelsea Hotel | Metro Theatre:
Send Me No Flowers | Metro
Theatre: Sinbad! (Pantomime) | Theatre
Under The Stars: The Prom | Heroic
Opera: Don Carlo | Metro
Theatre: The Pied Piper | Metro
Theatre: Shirley Valentine
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