Collaboratively created by Alon Nashman and Paul Thompson, Hirsch, part of this year’s Chutzpah! Festival, celebrates and deconstructs the life of Canadian theatre icon, John Hirsch. Before seeing this play, » Read More
Articles by Cora Li
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February 25, 2014
Chutzpah! Festival, Vancouver’s multi-disciplinary performing arts extravaganza, is back in full swing for its 14th year. For modern English speakers, the term “chutzpah” carries a meaning synonymous to “courage” or » Read More
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January 27, 2014
Last weekend, I attended the United Players of Vancouver’s take on the The Pitmen Painters, Lee Hall’s thought-provoking, historical play about the barrier transcendence of art on ordinary lives. The » Read More
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January 21, 2014
The Honest Fishmongers’ spirited adaptation of Measure for Measure demonstrates that the themes of morality, sex, power, and justice that plagued Shakespeare’s era have yet to be resolved in our » Read More
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December 13, 2013
The 170th anniversary of Charles Dickens’ classic Christmas tale about a mean-spirited, old miser is played out in the Downtown Eastside with a contemporary, local flavour. Bah! Humbug!, an annual » Read More
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December 5, 2013
Last night, I attended the opening of two solo dance pieces at the Firehall Theatre: James, and Cible de Dieu. Both performers are critically acclaimed interdisciplinary artists: James Gnam of » Read More
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November 4, 2013
The torrential November rains are upon us, washing away the last traces of golden summer sun. Vancouver’s Metro Theatre offers a jaunty remedy for the blustery blues with this season’s » Read More
