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Ballet BC’s Program1: Busk is a Near Religious Experience and the Familiar B.R.I.S.A is Quirky and Modern

November 5, 2019November 5, 2019
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Emily Molnar is leaving Ballet BC and this is her last season. She has transformed Ballet BC from a predictable dance company into a force of the future. So with some sadness in my heart, and wanting to lap up

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Toronto Writer, and Governor General Poetry Finalist, Gwen Benaway, On: Dating as a Trans Woman, Her Love of Writing, Self Care, and the Web of Academia

October 28, 2019October 28, 2019
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When I get on the phone with Gwen Benaway for our Saturday morning, coast to coast call, it’s a happy occasion. Gwen has just become the first trans woman to be nominated for a Governor General Literary Award for Poetry.

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Bard on the Beach’s “All’s Well That Ends Well” is Edgy but Ends Well

October 20, 2019
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Bard on the Beach took a chance through a new twist to Shakespeare’s “All’s Well That Ends Well”. This story of a secret unrequited love is set during the India-Pakistan Partition era, where an Indian woman falls in love with a British

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More Vancouver Fringe 2019 Reviews!

October 20, 2019
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We’re mid-October and it’s a time as good as ever to look back at the shows that moved us in September at the Vancouver Fringe. Many of these shows will continue on the worldwide Fringe circuit and we might even see

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Why You’ll Want to “Take d Milk, Nah?”

October 19, 2019October 19, 2019
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Jiv Parasram begins “Take d Milk, Nah?” with his distaste for “identity” plays. He goes on to explain their structure, their predictability, and how all of them talk about snow, especially the Canadian ones. At first, I just couldn’t stop moving

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“La Traviata” Set in 1920s Paris is Romantic and Highly Emotional

October 19, 2019October 19, 2019
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I have a confession to make. Before Vancouver Opera’s “La Traviata” I had never been to the opera. I didn’t know what to expect. I thought everything would fly right over my head. But that is, thankfully, not the experience

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“The Shipment” Takes a Satirical Look at White Perceptions of Black Identity and Culture

October 2, 2019
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“The Shipment” has returned to Vancouver after sweeping the Jessie’s for its debut run a few years ago. The play is the proud work of playwright Young Jean Lee and has toured North America since 2009. Ten years on it

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