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PuSh 2020: “Old Stock” is Moving, Relevant and Extremely Entertaining

January 27, 2020January 28, 2020
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“This is not a story about a long time ago, but about now” says a PuSh Festival presenter. This is the perfect way to describe 2B Theatre’s “Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story”. The show is set in 1908 but

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Merry-Kissmas and Fado: The Saddest Music in the World

November 25, 2019November 25, 2019
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Merry Kiss-mas – A Royal Roaring Fest!   “Merry Kiss-mas – A Royal Romance” is all you could hope for the holidays and more! It’s the perfect night out with friends and family, and almost therapeutic since the troupe had

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Margaret Grenier on Dancers of Damelahamid, “Mînowin,” and the relationship between Indigenous Art and Indigenous Identity

November 20, 2019November 20, 2019
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Dancers of Damelahamid are back on the Vancouver stage with their newest offering, “Mînowin.” The brand new show explores the process of recovering and re-interpreting Indigenous teachings over multiple generations, through story, dance, and music. The show’s choreographer, and Executive

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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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