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February 2–28<br />
THE VALLEY<br />
Belfry Theatre<br />
Joan MacLeod’s latest play. See story,<br />
page 38. 250-385-6815, www.belfry.bc.ca.<br />
February 6<br />
THE HUNT<br />
Intrepid Theatre Club<br />
A multidisciplinary investigation<br />
into masculinity, featuring and conceived<br />
by Impulse Theatre’s Artistic Director<br />
Andrew Barrett with John Han. 5pm &<br />
8pm shows, 2-1609 Blanshard St. $10<br />
at door only, starting 1 hour before showtime.<br />
www.intrepidtheatre.com.<br />
February 11–20<br />
WILD HONEY<br />
Phoenix Theatre, UVic<br />
Adapted from Anton Chekhov. This<br />
cocktail of melodrama and farce takes<br />
audiences to a provincial country estate<br />
where friends, neighbours and family<br />
gather for a party. Ages 13+. Fine Arts<br />
district, west side of campus, outside Ring<br />
Rd. 250-721-8000, finearts.uvic.ca.<br />
February 12–March 26<br />
MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET<br />
Chemainus Theatre<br />
Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and<br />
Johnny Cash meet for the first (and only)<br />
time. Their red-hot jam session created<br />
a score of rock ‘n’ roll hits, including “Blue<br />
Suede Shoes,” “Fever,” “Great Balls of<br />
Fire,” and more. 1-800-565-7738,<br />
www.chemainustheatrefestival.ca.<br />
February 16–March 5<br />
BAD JEWS<br />
Theatre Inconnu<br />
Three young Jewish adults find themselves<br />
together in the aftermath of their<br />
grandfather’s funeral. A vicious and hilarious<br />
brawl over family, faith and legacy<br />
ensues. 1923 Fernwood Rd. Feb 16: $7<br />
preview; Feb 23: pay what you wish.<br />
$14/ $10 at www.ticketrocket.co.<br />
theatre<br />
February 17–21 & 24–27<br />
WHERE THERE’S A WILL<br />
Craigdarroch Castle<br />
2016 marks the 400th anniversary of<br />
Shakespeare’s legacy, and the Greater<br />
Victoria Shakespeare Festival is celebrating<br />
the greatest English dramatist in song,<br />
verse and cake. Meet Elizabeth I, Christopher<br />
Marlowe, Anne Hathaway, and Bill himself.<br />
Afterwards, recite your favourite line or<br />
couplet as part of “We are Shakespeare,”<br />
a global video project initiative. 8pm,<br />
1050 Joan Cres. www.vicshakespeare.com.<br />
February 18–20<br />
ACTION REVUE<br />
Metro Studio<br />
This presentation will delve deep into<br />
the differences and similarities between<br />
feminine and masculine. 8pm, 1411<br />
Quadra Street. $22 at www.ticketrocket.co.<br />
February 26–March 6<br />
ROBINSON & CRUSOE<br />
Metro Studio<br />
In this family production from<br />
Kaleidoscope Theatre, two unlucky soldiers<br />
from opposing sides find themselves<br />
stranded on the roof of a house adrift<br />
at sea. Together they must overcome their<br />
heightened suspicions if they are to make<br />
it out of this ordeal alive. 1411 Quadra<br />
St. $20 adults/ $13 age 17 & under at<br />
250-386-6121, www.rmts.bc.ca.<br />
dance<br />
February 26 & 27<br />
LES BALLETS JAZZ DE MONTRÉAL<br />
Royal Theatre<br />
Contemporary dance works by choreographers<br />
from Greece, Brazil and Israel.<br />
In Kosmos, Andonis Foniadakis draws<br />
his inspiration from the modern world,<br />
the frenetic pace of everyday. The score<br />
for Rodrigo Pedeneiras’ Rouge includes<br />
throat singing, the sound of waves, the<br />
rustling wind, and the cry of wild geese.<br />
Itzik Galili’s Mono Lisa, too, promises<br />
dynamic movement.7:30pm. From $29<br />
at 250-386-6121, www.rmts.bc.ca.<br />
Early Music<br />
Society<br />
OF THE ISLANDS<br />
S<br />
Back<br />
Bach<br />
Before Piffaro, fa<br />
The<br />
Renaissance Band<br />
PHILADELPHIA<br />
PHIA<br />
For 30 years, the gold<br />
standard ard in Renaissance<br />
wind music performance<br />
Recorders, rs, shawms, sackbuts,<br />
pipes<br />
20<br />
February 2016<br />
Box office<br />
Alix Goolden Hall 8pm<br />
250-386-6121<br />
www.earlymusicsocietyoftheislands.ca<br />
w.<br />
theislands.ca<br />
“WINDSWEPT SHORE” RON PARKER, 36 X 28 INCHES, OIL ON CANVAS<br />
Throughout February<br />
RON PARKER<br />
The Avenue Gallery<br />
Ron Parker’s oil paintings represent the culmination of all the skills he has acquired<br />
over 36 years of painting. He began with wildlife in the 1970s, learning how to render<br />
feathers, fir and foliage realistically, then began figurative paintings and portraits.<br />
In 2003 he began a series of over 400 “essentialist” paintings focused on form and<br />
rhythm using acrylics. In 2013 Ron embraced the medium of oil paints. By working<br />
wet into wet and using only one coat of paint in most paintings, he has returned to<br />
realistic, detailed renderings of landscape. But now he can create subtle water reflections,<br />
smooth gradations in clouds, as well as refined detail in foliage, capturing<br />
the detail, light, texture, colour and mood of any scene.<br />
“Windswept Shore,” left, is Parker’s majestic tribute to Clover Point in Victoria, where<br />
wind-whipped waves crash upon beached kelp as the storm clouds build—a typical<br />
West Coast day. 184 Oak Bay Ave, 250-598-2184, www.theavenuegallery.com.<br />
www.focusonline.ca • February 2016<br />
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