Directing Reviews

 

Mamma Mia
 

Sensational singing. Check. Captivating choreography. Check.

Creative costumes. Check. Amazing acting. Check. Essential emotion. Check. Superb set. Check. The list goes on.

Don Dodger

 

My, my how can I resist this? Mamma Mia at Chemainus Theatre was even better than I anticipated.  Mamma Mia! keeps a smile on your face and a lift in your heart.

The Travelling Islanders

 

Grease
 

It’s electrifying! From start to finish, Grease delivers laughs, drama, and surprises along with incredible music and dancing.

The Travelling Islanders

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Under the direction of Barbara Tomasic, this production delves into nuances beyond the pastel hues ascribed by nostalgic memories to find the grit of every day teen realities—the struggle for acceptance, gender and societal expectations, coming-of-age.

Janis LaCouvee

 

Triumph of Love
 
Back To You, The Life and Music of Lucille Starr

Triumph of Love is a hilarious ending to a wonderful season.

Olivia Law, The Ubyssey

 

It’s so well done that the last line will have you hooting with laughter, just as the evening began. .. Bravo!

Laura Murray PR,

 

Mixing multiple song styles and the saucy sexuality of an adult Disney fantasy with witty writing and just enough suggestive jokes to keep us laughing, Triumph of Love has all the bones of a fantastic night out.

Vancouver Presents

 

Lucille Starr filled with plenty of achy, breaky heart.  It's bound to put a big grin on your face. 

Jo Ledingham, Vancouver Courier

 

Director Barbara Tomasic works hand-in-glove with the musical director to take a complex intertwining of past and presnt and make it work as a melodrama and a musical review.

Vancouver Sun

Music Man
 

It’s charming. It’s tightly produced....If you want to appreciate the crispness of Tomasic’s direction check out the scene change that sets up “Marian the Librarian”, which takes place, appropriately enough, in the library.

Colin Thomas

 

The Music Man still has the ability to brighten up a wet, cold, gloomy December day. Barbara Tomasic’s Gateway Theatre production nicely captures its old-fashioned charm.

Vancouver Sun

 

42nd Street
 

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Big, show-biz dazzle brings Studio 58's 42nd Street to tap-tastic life

Kathleen Oliver, Georgia Straight

 

42nd Street on 49th Avenue is a delightful, dizzying triumph. The verve and intelligence of this Barbara Tomasic-directed, feel-good production is cumulatively astonishing.

Vancouver Plays

 

Crazy for You

Barbara Tomasic's interpretation succeeds in spades.

Colin Thomas, Georgia Straight.

 

Crazy for You is crazy good. 

Jerry Wasserman, The Province

 

So many Broadway worthy moments in the Gateway Theatre production of Crazy For You, you could be forgiven in thinking you had just stepped out of the theatre onto the Great White Way.  Vancouver Presents

 

Goblin Market

The Goblin Market - A Musical through setting, music, and performance takes us into a magical otherworld away from our common realities.

Plank Magazine

 

Everything about this gem rings with remarkable clarity. An exquisite outdoor experience.

Peter Birnie, Vancouver Sun