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Fringe 2019: Guards at the Taj, The Woman Who Borrowed Memories and Rape Is Real & Everywhere

September 16, 2019September 16, 2019
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Guards at the Taj This show brought the house down to its feet– it’s a must-see! This is by far a polished piece for the more experimental atmosphere of the Fringe. I was blown away by the acting, the story,

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Fringe 2019: Monica Versus The Internet

September 15, 2019September 16, 2019
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Monica Ogden’s Fringe show is about the toxicity of the Internet. It’s about trolls. It’s about racism. It’s about being of mixed heritage and it’s about the perpetual internal conflict that heritage comes with. But most of all, “Monica Versus

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Fringe 2019: Amelie, Operatic Panic Attack and R’n’J

September 9, 2019September 9, 2019
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“Amelie” at the Firehall Arts Centre is a full blown musical squeezed into 90 minutes. Fans of the movie get everything that they came for. It is romantic, it is heart warming, it is visually textured, layered and cosy. The cast

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Fringe 2019: Becoming Magic Mike, Elemental, and Bedwetter

September 8, 2019
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And just like that, we’re thick into Fringe season! It’s raining outside but summer is still bumbling around. The wind is still warm and friendly. It feels like a cloudy summer day with the hint of October approaching. The school year

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Fringe 2019: “Bike Face” and “Crazy for Dick Tricks: A Dick Darrow Investigation”

September 8, 2019September 8, 2019
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In “Bike Face” a very charming narrator takes her audience across Canada on a hair-raising adventure. Natalie Frijia’s writing is poetic and intelligent. She conjures up the scenery accurately as she recreates her journey from Halifax to Vancouver. Natalie’s storytelling is so vivid and

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“Line of Control” and “Birds of a Feather”: SFU’s South Asian Artists Present Cultural Magnificence through Photography Exhibit About Identity

September 8, 2019
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I entered the glassed gallery at the SFU downtown building, welcomed by a veil of paper, lit and suspended into the air. There, swayed frozen the work by Minahil Bukhari. In her Master of Fine Arts (MFA) graduating exhibition, Minahil

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The Hilarious “Silence! The Musical” Does a Lot With Little

July 31, 2019
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Musicals are polarising. You’re either a diehard fan or run in the opposite direction from them. “Silence! The Musical” brings some unique and unconventional draws to this controversial genre. It’s based on a movie that most people have seen and the

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