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Lincoln Kaye

Lincoln Kaye is Vancouver Observer's Senior Correspondent for Culture and
Features. In half a century of reporting, he has served as a magazine correspondent in Asia, a food and travel writer, a music, film and theatre critic and a forest fire lookout.

Panto pantsed for Adults Only

"Silence of the Lambs" musical send-up; something to affront everyone

ETC 2019: Songs of Innocence/Experience

Stay-at-home Rep Fest @ Jericho highlights generation gaps, self-emancipation

Besties and beasties in love

Orchid Ensemble brings Chinese classic to multi-media life

Spin cycle in the Cosmic Laundromat

Gamers "click" IRL through VR role-playing in multimedia staging of 3,000 year old Chinese classic

Under the Stars: Boycotts and Bubblegum

Feel-good Fantasy returns to Malkin Bowl

Holy Dips at Vancouver Sangam

Indian Summer Fest treats local palates to mixed masala of arts, laughs and ideas

Sahibs & subalterns; Raj "Ends Well?"

Races, genders, caste & creeds clash On the Beach in Shakespearean "problem play"

Deeeeep detritus => haute couture

Victoria Marina fetes Canada Day with flotsam fashions to benefit Ocean Legacy

All-you-can-eat hors d'oeuvres @ Bard

In-jokes and out-takes abound in "Shakespeare in Love"

Giacometti & peers: "no lack of void”

Van Art Gallery show places mid-20th century master in cultural context