SLOIFF Review: “That’s So Drag”
We need more safe spaces. For art. For creativity. For self-expression. Spaces that encourage us to take risks, push boundaries, and challenge the norm, because that's how progress happens. Those…
SLOIFF Review: “The Musical”
The Power of Spite "The thing about life is sometimes you win, but other times you watch your enemies steal what could have been yours." Gizelle Bonilla, making her…
SLOIFF Review: “The Big Cheese”
Forget the Popcorn—Keep Some Cheese Nearby The Big Cheese is an 88-minute documentary that (not surprisingly from its title) centers on the spotted career of an American cheesemonger, Adam…
SLO REP’s “Virginia Woolf” Packs a Punch
Photos by Ryan C. Loyd, RyLo Media Design Power—as in, who wields it best?—is primary in the production of Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virgina Woolf? now playing through…
Avast, Ye Theatre-Goers—It’s “The Piratess”
Ben Abbott has done it again. The local playwright has written a funny, fast-moving, crowd-pleasing melodrama that will delight all the lords and ladies, lads and lasses—and pirates (arrgh!)—in the…
Shankar Tribute Fires Up SLO
“Music transcends all languages and barriers, and is the most beautiful communicative skill one can have.” — Ravi Shankar Okay, I've got a confession to make. When my editor asked…
“Sirāt” Is a Wonderful, Disturbing Film
Director and screenwriter Óliver Laxe opens his latest film, Sirāt ("path" in Arabic), with closeups of rave dancers moving in Shaker style to loud drumming sounds. The ravers look punk…
“Hoppers” Is Enjoyable and Relevant
© 2025 Disney/Pixar Over time, children’s films have gone from something adults bring their kids to and then fall asleep in, to something that is to be enjoyed by…
“Wife of a Salesman” Hits Hard
Lauren Gunderson's podcast How to Playwright: A Creative Podcast for Theatre Lovers is a must-listen for writers, theatre insiders and anyone else who enjoys the particulars of how a play…
“Urinetown” at Cal Poly Is a Must-See
Photos by B App Exciting. Eclectic. Exuberant. If you've never seen Urinetown the Musical, those three words are probably not the ones you expect to hear about a theatre…