Khalil Albatran and Bilal Alkhatib are collaborators and good friends. Based in Ramallah, Palestine, they have been examining a story idea that is a uniquely tragic reality for many Palestinians, that of being named after family members martyred by occupying
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“Khalil Khalil” at PuSh 2026: Art is Resistance for Palestinian Artists Creating Art Under Occupation
Talking Globalization, the Perception of the Indian Writer, and Having Faith in Writing with Author Kiran Desai
Kiran Desai’s new novel has been ten years in the making. “The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny” was recently shortlisted for the 2025 Booker Prize, and is the successor to her Booker Prize-winning novel, “The Inheritance of Loss.” Both novels
Read more“Women of the Fur Trade” Subverts Colonial Historiography with Machiavellian Panache
How does one reclaim the unwritten tales of women that are lost to history’s obsession with masculine exploits? Playwright Frances Končan seems to have chosen the path of whimsy and millennial banter, with pop-culture references and just a dash of
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Grabbing The Hammer Lane: A Trucker Narrative Image credit: Micheal Derek Gatlin Among the numerous performance venues on Granville Island, The NEST is a cozy one. Tucked away on the third floor, the modest square footage puts very little separation
Read moreTheatre Under The Stars Returns With An Edible Dream: Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, So Don’t Dally. Go Watch It!
The opening night of Peter Jorgensen’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory on July 2nd, 2025 at Theatre Under the Stars (TUTS) was our first time attending TUTS, and we are still buzzing from the experience. The entire atmosphere in Stanley
Read more“Much Ado About Nothing” At Bard on the Beach is a Summer Treat
Opening night of “Much Ado About Nothing” at Vancouver’s cherished Bard on the Beach was a charming and laugh-out-loud adventure that delivered for the duration of its lengthy 3-hour runtime. As the sun slowly dipped behind the mountains, the open
Read moreNeworld Theatre’s “Eyes of the Beast” Adapts “The Climate Disaster Project” for Community Dialogue
Photo credit: Chelsey Stuyt “Eyes of the Beast” is an immersive production that adapts the stories of various survivors of climate disasters to foster community dialogue. A collaborative endeavor, this project brings the award-winning journalism of The Climate Disaster Project
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