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  • Anosh Irani’s “Behind the Moon” Spotlights Immigrant Issues with Dramatic Flair
  • Abi Padilla’s “Grandma. Gangsta. Guerilla.” Offers a Well-Knit Story, Brimming with Action-Packed Levity
  • East Van Panto Robin Hood Is Giving Cozy, Festive, Political Roast
  • Dance In Vancouver: “Lossy” by Company 605 and “Croquis” by FakeKnot
  • VIFF 2024 Reviews
  • 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
  • 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
  • “As You Like It Or The Land Acknowledgement” Offers a Brutally Honest Take on Land Acknowledgments
  • 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
  • Early Music Festival: Bach Motets and Bach & Mandolin
  • 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”
  • VIFF 2023: Sculpting the Giant
  • VIFF 2023: I Used to be Funny
  • VIFF Live: 32 Sounds
  • VIFF Live: Machine Folklore Fails to Impress
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  • Vancouver Fringe 2023 Platforms a Plethora of Transformative Artistic Expressions
  • VIFF 2023: The Old Oak
  • 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
  • Zahida Rahemtulla’s The Wrong Bashir tackles cultural amnesia using Ismaili humor
  • 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
  • Angel’s Bone at Indiefest : Shining Light on a Darker Side of Society
  • Indiefest 2022 Reimagines Performance Arts by Highlighting Vancouver’s Cultural Diversity
  • Overture/s: Ballet BC is Back with Fearless Choreography by Sharon Eyal, Gai Behar, Medhi Walerski and Dutch stars, Imre and Marne van Opstal
  • Hot Brown Honey – The Remix: a Sweet Taste of Activism
  • Summer Night Fun with Theatre Under the Stars: We Will Rock You and Something Rotten
  • “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!
  • Despite Virtual Setting, Vancouver International Burlesque Festival 2021 Titillated Body and Mind
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In My Day – A Tribute to Vancouver’s History of HIV Activism

In My Day – A Tribute to Vancouver’s History of HIV Activism
December 6, 2022
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Historic Theatre, The Cultch is featuring a verbatim production, In My Day from December 2nd to December 11, 2022. Presented by ZeeZee Theatre and written by Rick Waines, this production shines a light on the stories of those affected by

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Angel’s Bone at Indiefest : Shining Light on a Darker Side of Society

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December 1, 2022
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“Angel’s Bone follows the plight of two fallen angels whose nostalgia for earthly delights finds them far from heaven. They are found battered and bruised by a man and his wife, known only as Mr. and Mrs. X.E., who have longed

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Indiefest 2022 Reimagines Performance Arts by Highlighting Vancouver’s Cultural Diversity

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December 1, 2022December 1, 2022
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The Vancouver Arts Review received an invitation to review re:Naissance Opera’s 3rd annual Indiefest. The program brochure mentioned a lineup of 14 events happening over 11 days from November 16 to 27. We attended a few events and were blown

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Angel’s Bone at Indiefest: An Opera That Tackles the Subject of Human Trafficking with Sensibility and Compassion

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November 25, 2022November 27, 2022
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Have you heard the saying, “Art has the capacity to unravel the emotional recesses in one’s soul”? An audience composed of opera artists and other such industry insiders got an opportunity to internalize this saying during the Community & Industry

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Overture/s: Ballet BC is Back with Fearless Choreography by Sharon Eyal, Gai Behar, Medhi Walerski and Dutch stars, Imre and Marne van Opstal

Ballet BC Dancer Sidney Chuckas in Bedroom Folk. Photo by Michael Slobodian
November 25, 2022
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A new season of ballet is upon us. If “Overture/s” is any indication, we are in for a journey bursting with the energy that comes from having finally emerged from a pandemic, and from the desire to stretch our wings

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The Cultch’s “The Cave” Takes Us on a Journey into Collective Suffering and Wisdom

The Cultch’s “The Cave” Takes Us on a Journey into Collective Suffering and Wisdom
November 15, 2022
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I arrived at the Historic Theatre dressed in layers, on a chilly evening in Vancouver. The agenda:  to watch a crew of animal brethren perform a cabaret show called “The Cave”. On entering the theater, I got a sense that

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Hot Brown Honey – The Remix: a Sweet Taste of Activism

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November 3, 2022
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The Honeys are back, and they are as sensational as ever! The beats, the rhythm, the dancing, the crowd-work, the pure unfiltered and unapologetic joy on stage is equally enchanting and contagious. It is the ultimate celebration of queer femmes,

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