PuSh festival’s performances of caregiving
Vancouver’s PuSh Festival will showcase 17 works exploring connections between art festivals and social change from Jan. 18 to Feb. 4. Three works engage with caregiving – directed at loved …
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January 8 2024 Culture Hold On Let Go takes centre stage this January, with contemporary performers tackling issues of technology in a unique and creative way
“This process is like this moving boat; there are pockets of space where we can bring our own stories forward and allow for the synergizing of our own beliefs and stories into the room,” said …
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December 11 2023 Culture Shield Maiden rages war against gender inequality
No fourth walls here. Melanie Teichroeb will trek back into the 10th century as she steps forward into character – on Saturday, Dec. 16 at New Westminster’s Anvil Theatre – bringing Garrison …
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November 27 2023 Culture An East End Holiday Tradition - East Van Panto presents Beauty and the Beast
Grab your pitchforks and prepare your most questionable French accent, as flurries of wonder and whimsy blow into the York Theatre. The 11th annual East Van Panto is reimagining a …
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October 16 2023 Culture Te Tangi a te Tūī - Theatre and cirque combine to re-create a forgotten birdsong
Te Tangi a te Tūī (The Song of the Tūī) offers a unique live performance that blends Māori culture with the artistry of cirque theatre, all conveyed in te reo Māori, the Māori language. …
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May 29 2023 Culture Polyphony takes to the stage
To be uncompromising with showcasing culture, and to have honest explorations of themselves is what rice & beans theatre want from artists when developing their art form. The first-ever …
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April 3 2023 Culture Last call to claim one’s identity
Director and playwright Valerie Methot expertly weaves together humour and the struggle of owning one’s identity in a bold and original tale The Identity Bureau, presented by Some Assembly …
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March 6 2023 Culture Krow’s Transformation to screen for government to celebrate international transgender day of visibility
The relatable struggles of youth, to discover one’s true authentic self in order to gain confidence for adulthood, are heightened by gender identity conflict. To mark the International Trans Day …
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January 9 2023 Culture Choosing forgiveness
Hiro Kanagawa’s adaptation of Forgiveness invites us to discuss the divisive world we’ve come to live in and why embracing forgiveness is so important.
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December 5 2022 Culture Huffing and Puffing: The 3 Little Pigs revisited and somewhat twisted
Vaxxing and masking has brought out the age-old struggle of individualism vs solidarity, and Stiles & Drewe’s The 3 Little Pigs is the best platform for opening children’s …