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
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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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February 24, 2014
You receive your first clue that you’re in for a extraordinary experience upon receipt of the program for The Only Animal’s production of Nothing But Sky. Rather than the traditional » Read More
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An Excellent Student Cast and Wonderful Staging for Exit 22 Productions’ Witness for the Prosecution
February 14, 2014
Capilano University is home to a beautiful theatre, the BlueShore Financial Centre for the Performing Arts. The centre provides students in the university’s various theatre programs an opportunity to create » Read More
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February 14, 2014
A girl who took up drumming in school, now a woman looking back on her professional musical career, Lauri Lyster is The Drummer Girl, with stories to tell and music » Read More
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February 7, 2014
In Rodgers and Hammerstein: Out of a Dream, Director Peter Jorgensen has assembled five of the strongest, most vibrant voices this side of heaven to take us on a journey » 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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January 6, 2014
Having just witnessed Vital Spark Theatre’s Rebel Women, created and directed by Joan Bryans, I’m thinking any student of history would have been able to predict the power of a » Read More
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December 16, 2013
Most of us have said it at least once by now: “I’m looking forward to a break.” That’s exactly what Pacific Theatre’s jolly Christmas Presence offers. At a time in » Read More
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December 13, 2013
If you’re looking for a new take on the Christmas spirit theme, then Mrs. Claus’ Kitchen will fit the bill, leaving you humming and smiling as you exit the Presentation » 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 9, 2013
After a hiatus of about 35+ years, it felt so good to be back inside the York Theatre and to be among the first to witness the premier production Jack » 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
