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Tween magnum opus

Eleven-year-old Anna Considine will wear a black skirt, black hat and an unusually black heart when she performs the role of evil stepmother in her first opera.

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Tale of teacher, teenagers leaves awkward feeling

REVIEW -- What: Those Who Can't Do...

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Dance legend takes her bow

Dance enchanted Sherry Black from the moment she took her first class in Grade 1.

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An artistic anarchist flaps his wings

REVIEW -- The Birdmann

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The humanity of Eliot's Quartets, in dance

The only sound in the theatre as Deborah Dunn begins dancing across the nearly empty stage is her breath.

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Funny feet forced dancer to forge own path

Stand Up Dance's The Atomic Weight of Happiness (Uno Fest)

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Rocker a highlight of Uno Fest

PREVIEW -- Uno Fest

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Musical fans worship at Belfry

REVIEW -- What: Gotta Getta Gimmick's Chorus/Line/Cabaret IV

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Rod Peter Jr., left, Theodore Sherman, top, and the rest of the cast present Batman's Great Mystery - one story in the 1940s radio series The Adventures of Superman.

Superman, minus the superpowers

This Is Twisted Theatre presents Batman's Great Mystery

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Jack Knox to perform in radio play for cause

Several local media personalities, including the Times Colonist's Jack Knox, will join actors from the Victoria Target Theatre Society on Saturday to perform a live, on-stage rendition of the 1930s radio...

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Review: Shirley Valentine

Nicola Cavendish is definitely Canada's Shirley Valentine.

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Saying goodbye to Shirley

PREVIEW -- SHIRLEY VALENTINE

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Saturday gala showcases top performers in DanceWorks festival

ON STAGE -- What: DanceWorks Gala Evening of Dance

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Comic's road to fame long and bumpy

PREVIEW -- Ron James

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No barefaced cheek in Fully-Clothed humour

REVIEW -- Women Fully Clothed: Older and Hotter

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The comedy of mothers

We'll be hearing from this duo

PREVIEW -- Charles - A Cavalcade of Talk Noises

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Scottish tale sure to please fans

REVIEW -- Brigadoon

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The comedy of mothers

PREVIEW -- Women Fully Clothed

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Relive 1980s nostalgia with college's Footloose

The Canadian College of Performing Arts performs Footloose at McPherson Playhouse on Friday and Sunday.

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The art of losing your cool

Belfry production chronicles couples' descent into rage

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Dance ideal for Svengali saga

A story about a starmaking hypnotist and his enchanted muse seems a natural fit for the dance world, where choreographers' duty is to draw out the best in their dancers.

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Ballet resumes life story of Queen Victoria

Victoria, Empress of India covers the monarch's life between the arrival of her children and the death of her husband, Prince Albert, including the opening of the Crystal Palace in London and the beginning...

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Stephen Andrew directs Pat Rundell (Mozart), left, and Roderick Glanville (Salieri) in a dress rehearsal for Amadeus.

TV reporter-turned-director defies the odds

Six years ago, Amadeus director Stephen Andrew was given a grim prognosis

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Tapas-style cabaret has broad appeal

When Holly Vivian first organized Light on Our Feet, a cabaret of local dancers performing everything from ballet to burlesque, she didn't plan to make it an annual event.

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