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  • Anosh Irani’s “Behind the Moon” Spotlights Immigrant Issues with Dramatic Flair
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  • Katha-Keertana Chronicles Delivers a Didactic Discourse via Musical Story-Telling
  • Crystal Pite, Pierre Pontvianne, and Imre and Marne van Opstal Present Risk-Taking, Philosophical Works in DAWN
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  • Tentacle Tribe’s “Prism” is a Gorgeous Storm of Modern Movement and Colour
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  • Agrimony Captures Majestic Intricacies of Anthropocene Societies via Animalistic Ritualization
  • Bard on the Beach: Twelfth Night and Hamlet Bring the Summer Heat
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  • PuSH Festival: Ramanenjana by Tangaj Collective – An Artistic Critique of the Colonial Gaze
  • Heart of the City Festival highlights community resilience in Vancouver’s DTES
  • 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”
  • VIFF 2023: Sculpting the Giant
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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
  • The Lightning Thief – The Percy Jackson Musical Brings Local Talent to Light
  • Soldiers of Tomorrow injects moral clarity into dominant geopolitical discourse
  • Are we not drawn onward to new erA reverses the gaze on mankind’s history to imagine new futures
  • MANUAL is an immersive conversation with a public library
  • Soliloquio (I Woke Up and Hit My Head Against the Wall) is a Heart Wrenching Demonstration of Anti-Art
  • Colored Swan 3: Harriers Remix is a Metaphysical Journey Through Time and Space
  • In My Day – A Tribute to Vancouver’s History of HIV Activism
  • Indiefest 2022 Reimagines Performance Arts by Highlighting Vancouver’s Cultural Diversity
  • Hot Brown Honey – The Remix: a Sweet Taste of Activism
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  • “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”: Bard on the Beach Entrances Vancouver with Shakespeare’s Psychedelic Play
  • Vancouver Opera Returns with the Gothic Glamour and Romance of “Orfeo ed Euridice”
  • Medhi Walerski and BalletBC’s Return to the Stage with “Unfold + Give” Slaps!
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  • Neworld Theatre’s “Eyes of the Beast” Adapts “The Climate Disaster Project” for Community Dialogue
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Pacific Theatre’s “ ‘da Kink in My Hair” is a Shining Example of the Diverse Narratives That We Are Craving!

July 6, 2018July 6, 2018
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There’s Sherelle. She’s exhausted. She’s a Yale PhD, but that doesn’t matter because she’s black and a woman and there’s no way she could have gotten to where she is today with only brains and talent. Sherelle is tired. So

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“Lysistrata” Director Lois Anderson On Greek Comedy, Inspiration, and Bard on the Beach

June 26, 2018July 12, 2018
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Lois Anderson is directing Aristophanes’ “Lysistrata”, a riotous comedy from 411 BC playing at Bard on the Beach from July 6th to September 13th. Her many roles at Bard have included Paulina in the “Winter’s Tale”, Viola in “Twelfth Night”,

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Vancouver Men’s Chorus Celebrates Pride Month With “Gays of Our Lives”

June 7, 2018June 11, 2018
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Granville Island is about to get a whole lot funkier from Friday, as the Vancouver Men’s Chorus (VMC) brings us six days of music and celebration, paying homage to the ‘Gays of Our Lives’. On at Performance works from June

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Bard on the Beach’s Lady Macbeth, Moya O’Connell, Takes Us Behind the Scenes and Into Her Process

May 31, 2018
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Opening the 2018 Bard on the Beach season is Shakespeare’s dark, psychological inquiry: “Macbeth”. A tale of the corrupting potential of power, and its inevitable, ruinous effects. For those who are a little rusty on the plot- after a prophecy

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Julia Taffe’s Gravity-Defying Choreography in Aeriosa’s “Second Nature” Examines the Beauty of Human Transformation

May 25, 2018May 25, 2018
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Aeriosa has been part of Vancouver’s cultural landscape for almost a decade now. And quite literally so! The dance company has performed aerial dance pieces amongst the lofty branches of Stanley Park trees, on the textured cliffside of the Stawamus Chief,

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“Les Filles du Roi” Dissects Colonialism To Reveal Our Confused Definitions of Indigeneity

May 24, 2018May 24, 2018
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“Les Filles du Roi”, a new piece by creative duo Corey Payette and Julie McIsaac, is a historical reimagining. It follows the story of Marie-Jeanne, played by McIsaac, a young “fille du roi”, who discovers that the “new world” is

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My, My, How Can We Resist You? – Skip the Movies and Hit Stanley Theatre Instead For “Mamma Mia” This Summer

May 23, 2018May 23, 2018
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If you’re looking for upbeat entertainment, dance galore and music that’ll have you singing in the shower for weeks – “The Smash-Hit Musical Based on the Songs of ABBA: Mamma Mia” is a must this summer! This show has been tried and

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