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The beautiful, the bizarre and the damned

Times Colonist reviewers Amy Smart, Adrian Chamberlain and Cory Ruf are covering the Victoria Fringe Theatre Festival, running to Sept. 2. All critiques use a five-star grading system. What: Beautiful Obedient Wife Where: St.

Fringe Festival: Family-oriented fare lets the imagination run wild

More Fringe Festival reviews Fringe festivals are renowned for featuring performance artists whose output is far from kidfriendly. But the Victoria do has options for parents looking to "fringe" with their youngsters in tow.
Concert review: Bennett performs with style, class, grace

Concert review: Bennett performs with style, class, grace

WHAT: THE TONY BENNETT SHOW WHERE: Royal Theatre RATING: 5 (out of five) When you're 86 and still belting out tunes you popularized decades ago, the question "How does he do it?" is inevitable.

Fringe reviews: Quirky family comedy set in Ukraine and more

Times Colonist reviewers Amy Smart, Adrian Chamberlain and Cory Ruf are covering the Victoria Fringe Theatre Festival, running to Sept. 2. All critiques use a five-star grading system. What: Beautiful Obedient Wife Where: St.

Fringe reviews: Family-friendly fare

Fringe festivals are renowned for featuring performance artists whose output is far from kid-friendly. But the Victoria do has options for parents looking to "fringe" with their youngsters in tow.

No room for cowboys

MONDAY VIEWING It's a white-knuckle exercise in tension, best viewed from the safety of the family couch, and makes for a nifty diversion on an otherwise lazy TV summer night.

Fringe reviews: Tale inspired by workers' deaths

Times Colonist reviewers Amy Smart, Cory Ruf and Adrian Chamberlain are covering the Victoria Fringe Theatre Festival, running to Sept. 2. All critiques use a five-star grading system.

Cop tries to stay straight in crooked city

From the outside, it looks like what it once was - an old auto parts factory in an industrial corner of Toronto. Step inside, and step back in time to Manhattan, circa 1864.

Writers' contest is back

Aspiring writers: Sharpen your pencils, fill your pens with ink and practise those typing skills.
Iglesias to release new album

Iglesias to release new album

Julio Iglesias has enjoyed a Grammy-winning career spanning four decades, selling more than 300 million records in the process. Just don't suggest he's getting along in years. "I'm a really young guy," Iglesias, 68, said in a recent phone interview.