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“A Midsummer Night’s Dream”: Bard on the Beach Entrances Vancouver with Shakespeare’s Psychedelic Play

July 3, 2022
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“And then they woke up” is perhaps the most unholy way to end a story, and thankfully Shakespeare would never do that to an audience—he respects us too much. In his beloved comedy, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”, something more important

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Ballet BC’s “What If” is an Urgent Work that Reflects on a Rapidly Unravelling Social Order

May 15, 2022
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This week I stepped out of the unrelenting spring rain into Queen Elizabeth Theatre to check out the grand finale of Ballet BC’s 2021-2022 season. Emerging from the pandemic, slowly but surely, we are learning to get back to where

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Noir Thriller “The Invisible: Agents of Ungentlemanly Warfare” Asks All the Right Questions

May 2, 2022
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Historical fiction musical “The Invisible: Agents of Ungentlemanly Warfare” questions right and wrong in wartime. It follows the story of an all-female group of secret agents in World War II, tasked with sabotaging German supply lines and travel routes. This

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Kidd Pivot’s “Revisor” Deconstructs Gogol’s Timeless Satire of Corruption, and How!

April 1, 2022April 2, 2022
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As we waited in line to get our vaccine passports checked at the Vancouver Playhouse, the person behind me said to their date, “I’ve been waiting a long time for this. It’s going to be so good!” And just like

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BOW’T TRAIL RÉTROSPEK Gives Us a Glimpse of a Hopeful Future

March 31, 2022March 31, 2022
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Rhodnie Désir’s BOW’T TRAIL RÉTROSPEK conjures a hopeful vision of the future despite the horrific history of the Americas. Presented by the Vancouver International Dance Festival and the Cultch, this work looks back on Désir’s previous works BOW’T and BOW’T

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Thoughtful and Witty, “Clean / Espejos” is a True Bilingual Triumph

March 23, 2022March 23, 2022
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(Enjoy our bilingual review of this bilingual play! English words follow the Spanish below.) Algo que me fascinó de la obra Clean / Espejos fue el enfoque en el idioma. Me encantó lo completamente bilingüe que era la obra. Es que

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“Little Red Warrior and His Lawyer” is a Clever Satire about Power, Politics and Indigeneity

March 7, 2022
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With an outstanding ensemble cast, “Little Red Warrior and His Lawyer” takes you through twists and turns that will have you on a roller coaster of laughter and sobering truths. The wit and candor of the script combined with skillful

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