Review Highlights: Writing & Directing  

Torched by Kate Twa

"Terri-Lyn Storey's masterful acting is perfectly suited to Twa's powerful, uplifting, comic and tragic tale of a teenager burned in a fateful chemistry accident."
       -Now, Toronto

“Kate Twa's script uses the accident as a focal point for what is mostly a coming-of-age story about the girl's older sister, and her script is full of vivid images....Terri-Lyn Storey performs the play's multiple characters with nuanced grace."
       -Georgia Straight, Vancouver

"...it's amazing the way humour and hope can illuminate the darker corners of human experience. Torched is, by turns, brave, funny and touching...it's a powerful and compelling 60 minutes of theatre and well worth your time."
        -Star, Toronto

"A riveting and thoroughly gutsy performance by Terri-Lyn Storey in this very moving piece about growing up and coming to terms with tragedy. Smartly written by Vancouver playwright Kate Twa."
        -Montreal Gazette

Writer Kate Twa manages to depict how a happy, middle-class family falls apart following the horrific event without ever exploiting that event. Storey even manages to earn a few hard-won laughs. What are you waiting for? Go."
       -Mirror, Montreal.

From stark material, Storey and writer Kate Twa create an affecting and unexpectedly humorous tale. "
       -The Eye, Toronto

"...a rich portrayal of coming of age in the shadow of tragedy...Torched burns with truth, humanity and humor."
       -Winnipeg Free Press

“…probably the solidest drama at this year's Fringe...Storey flickers between fully formed and flawed characters like the dancing squares of a disco globe, A beautiful piece."
       - Only, Vancouver

"...this is a play not to be missed, both for the tightly written script by Kate Twa and for the sharp, moving performance of Vancouver's Terri-Lyn Storey...It's an amazing work, that goes through a complex gamut of emotions."
       -Saskatoon Star Phoenix

The Hope Slide by Joan Macleod

“I didn't want this stunning production to end."
       -eye, Toronto

“Top ten must see at the Montreal Fringe”
        -Montreal Gazette

The crowd loved every shade and shape of this show, with good reason."
        -Terminal City Weekly, Vancouver

”…possibly the most moving use of nudity you'll ever see."
        -See Magazine, Edmonton

"...everything about this show, including the superb sound and lighting design, is solid, a well-relized piece of the Canadian canon."
        -Georgia Straight, Vancouver

Serfing by Kate Twa and Mark Ragan

"Serfing is well written, directed and produced. It has a talented cast that truly brings the words to life. It is a show definitely worth seeing. Watching it is not easy at times but it is always interesting and it is truly riveting…it makes you think."
        -Ruth Atherly, Splice

“…the scenarios are absurd enough to be real, and that’s what’s really scary.”
       -Kathleen Oliver, The Georgia Straight

Waiting For Lefty by Clifford Odets

"The Company We Keep troupe has successfully captured and portrayed this complex, intricate and courageous interplay, on stage."
       -Tamas Revoczi, Performance

Creeps by David Freeman

"[Kate Twa has] tuned the actors so tight, that it’s almost painful to watch them rail against the impotence of their predicaments…Days later, these characters are still jammed uncomfortably into my subconscious. Creeps is an eye-opening intense theatrical experience."
       -Vancouver Courier