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  • Dance In Vancouver: “Lossy” by Company 605 and “Croquis” by FakeKnot
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  • Strauss’ Die Fledermaus – A Halloween treat!
  • Tentacle Tribe’s “Prism” is a Gorgeous Storm of Modern Movement and Colour
  • “A Journalist’s Role is to Tell the Truth:” In Conversation with Tanya Talaga on Her New Book and Documentary Series, “The Knowing”
  • Lutalo Brings “The Academy” And Indie-Rock Driven Life Lessons To Vancouver
  • Giller-Nominated Author, Shashi Bhat, Has Perfected the Art of Short Story Telling
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  • An Evening with A.R Rahman at VIFF: Over-Promised, Under-Delivered
  • More Fringe 2024 Reviews!
  • Agrimony Captures Majestic Intricacies of Anthropocene Societies via Animalistic Ritualization
  • Fringe 2024 Reviews
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  • Early Music Festival 2024: Monteverdi’s Vespers of 1610
  • Bard on the Beach: Twelfth Night and Hamlet Bring the Summer Heat
  • ITSAZOO’s Sunrise Betties: Rewarding Watch for Thriller and History Buffs Alike
  • PuSH: because i love the diversity (this micro-attitude, we all have it) – A Yogic Meditation on Microaggressions
  • PuSH Festival: Ramanenjana by Tangaj Collective – An Artistic Critique of the Colonial Gaze
  • “Snow White” by Carousel Theatre for Young People Dazzles with Brechtian Brilliance
  • VIFF 2023 Wrap Up
  • Heart of the City Festival highlights community resilience in Vancouver’s DTES
  • Pippa Mackie’s “Hurricane Mona” Counters Climate Anxiety with Radical Humor
  • Silvia Moreno-Garcia Talks About Film, Genre, Writing, and her New Novel, “Silver Nitrate”
  • Kevin Chong’s Students Ask the Writer About his Giller Prize Shortlisted Novel “The Double Life of Benson Yu”
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  • Fallen from Heaven (Caída del Cielo) Showcases Rocío Molina’s Raw Power
  • Earthy Vancouver Folk Music Festival Returns With A Diverse Lineup
  • Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical by Theatre Under The Stars Captures the Euphoria of Youth Rebellion
  • Briefs Factory’s Dirty Laundry immerses you in queer joy
  • First Métis Man of Odesa – Love is the Antidote to War
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  • Zahida Rahemtulla’s The Wrong Bashir tackles cultural amnesia using Ismaili humor
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  • Are we not drawn onward to new erA reverses the gaze on mankind’s history to imagine new futures
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Why You’ll Want to “Take d Milk, Nah?”

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

La Traviata 2019 Vancouver Opera Annina Bell-Emily Dorn-Andrew Haji - photo Tim Matheson
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

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

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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

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

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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

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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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