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John Jane Co-managing Editor & Webmaster

John is originally from Britain but has also lived in South Africa, Thailand, and China and has now been living happily in Vancouver for over twenty-five years. He has worked as a teacher, an engineering technologist, a technical writer and a soldier. While John's career background is essentially technical, he regards himself as an aspirant musician. His main interests are theatre, music, and of course, soccer.

recent reviews Broadway Across Canada: Ain’t Too Proud -The Temptations | Theatre Under The Stars: Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical | Pacific Theatre: God Said This | Paramount Pictures: Scream VI | Paramount Pictures: 80 for Brady | Vancouver Opera: A Midsummer Night's Dream | 2023 DOXA Documentary Film Festival | The Cultch: Body Parts | Vancouver Symphony Orchestra: West Side Story


Elizabeth Paterson Co-Managing Editor

A retired librarian, Elizabeth developed web-based catalogues for libraries in the Burnaby School District. She has lived and worked in England and in London, Ontario, where she studied Classics and English at the University of Western Ontario. She plays recorder with the Pastime Consort, is Librarian for the B.C. Recorder Society, reads avidly, and attends as many concerts, operas, and plays as possible.


Patricia Cassidy

Born and raised in London, England, Patricia loves film, art, literature and architecture. She has lived and worked in many countries and has completed film and fine art studies in Vancouver. Patricia has narrated documentary films, and interviewed several well known novelists, including crime writer Michael Connelly (The Poet) and Arthur Golden (Memoirs of a Geisha). In a perfect world, she would love to have visited, or better still, been a part of, Gertrudes Stein's Paris salon with Hemingway, Picasso, Marcel Duchamp and F. Scott Fitzgerald dropping by.

recent reviews Linda McCartney Photography Retrospective | Four Shillings Short | Off The Vine: Arizona Wine Festival | Borderlands Theatre: Barrio Stories Nogales | Steve McCurry Exhibit


Darren Cordeiro

Darren was born in Chilliwack where his parents exposed him to diverse forms of art from a very young age. At the age of 18, he moved to Montreal where he completed a degree in Marketing at Concordia University. Studying the way that people think and behave always intrigued him. He enjoys seeing how artists transpose these thoughts into their own personal forms of expression. Living in Montreal for over 15 years allowed him to be immersed in the rich culture that a bilingual speaking city offered. Back in Vancouver, he enjoys the culture and art that the West Coast brings.

recent reviews Broadway Across Canada: Cats | The Improv Centre: Bring Back the '90s | Vancouver Queer Film Festival | Geekenders: Kill The Ripper | Theatre Replacement: Alice in Wonderland


Jason Martin

Jason is a West Coast boy at heart, with salt flowing through his veins. Growing up on Vancouver Island, when he wasn't writing short stories and making radio plays as a kid he was skipping rocks at the beach or biking with the bears. A writer and creative at heart, he recently took on a book project highlighting wood architecture and design in British Columbia, a passion project of his decades-long career in marketing and communications. He often forgets that he earned a master’s degree from Syracuse’s Newhouse School of Public Communications that he will one day get around to hanging on his wall. When he’s not working, he dabbles in comedy writing, stand-up, photography and is always keen to take in arts and culture throughout the city. He enjoys bike rides along the sea wall, effortlessly dodging innocent tourists at every turn.

recent reviews The Cultch: My Little Tomato | The Cultch: Little Red Warrior and his Lawyer


Eve Newstead

Born and raised in Newcastle, England, Eve is new to Vancouver. Last year she completed the Creative Writing MA at Royal Holloway University and is now working on her first novel. She has short fiction published in various magazines, and was twice short-listed for the Bridport International Prize. Living in London last year, she loved her theatre review post and is excited to continue reviewing in Vancouver and learning about Canada’s diverse culture through its arts. Generally, Eve is happiest when creating (fiction, clothes, jewellery, paintings), walking her dogs on the beach, and reading a good book. Oh, and eating of course.

recent reviews Vancouver Fringe Festival | Wise Owl Theatre: The Window Outside | Renegade Arts: Spring Awakening


Nancie Ottem

Nancie was born in St. Catharines, Ontario but has lived all but 5 years in Vancouver. Growing up she was attracted to the arts, particularly theatre and dance and has continued to enjoy live theatre and dance productions as well as being an avid art gallery goer throughout her life. A degree in Canadian Studies enhanced her love of Canadian culture. Opening and running a gardening gift shop for 10 years in Vancouver was an achievement of a long held dream and allowed her to source and feature Canadian artisans from across Canada and indulge a love of artistic expression. Writing for Review Vancouver since 2011 has brought the love of theatre, dance, artistic expression and Canadian culture together and gives access to the vibrant cultural scene in Vancouver.


Ross Michael Pink

Ross Michael Pink enjoys the artistic adventure, particularly books, ballet, film and symphony. Ross has authored two books on the environment and wrote, directed a TV documentary with the NFB that was broadcast in 7 countries, Ross has reviewed with pleasure over 50 arts events for reviewVancouver.

recent reviews Red Light Osita Cabaret | Vancouver Symphony Orchestra: Jon Kimura Parker | Ballet BC: OVERTURE/S | The Dance Centre: VanVogueJam (+ Interview) | The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra: Buniatishvili Plays Tchaikovsky


Christian Steckler

Christian's long-time passion has been contact and immersion with various cultures and their artistic traditions. His professional career began as a community development advocate for New Canadians in the 1970s. From there, his interest in arts and culture took him to life in Arctic Canada, where he taught for five years, and became an avid collector of Inuit art. He has also taught in China and Qatar, and has traveled extensively in Africa, South America and various other parts of the world. From his childhood, Christian has been interested in theatre, art and artistic performance, and enjoys the cultural scene wherever his travels take him. He presently teaches college prep English at Capilano University.