Merewyn Comeau and Raes Calvert in Th’owxiya: The Hungry Feast Dish, which is on the Chutzpah! stage Nov. 18-19. (photo by Javier Sotres) For the first time, the Chutzpah! Festival, which was launched in 2001, is presenting programming specifically targeted…
Left to right: Stephen Aberle, David Bloom, Suzanne Ristic and Gustavo Fabres are among the cast of Western Gold Theatre’s production of Seventeen, which opens Nov. 4. (photo by Javier Sotres) None of us can go back in time and relive…
Arash Khakpour and Alexis Fletcher première All my being is a dark verse (working title) Nov. 9-10 at the Rothstein Theatre. (photo by Peter Smida) This year’s Chutzpah! Festival, which takes place Nov. 3-24, highlights Persian culture. The decision to…
Vicente Sandoval and Sylvia Zaradic are among the cast of Raincity Theatre Company’s Cabaret, which opens Oct. 15. (photo by Nicol Spinola) Given the excellence of its previous two site-specific immersive musicals – Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet…
A scene from Clowns by Hofesh Shechter Company. (photo by Todd MacDonald) Double Murder takes audiences on a journey from cynicism and violence to hope and healing. The double bill from the United Kingdom’s Hofesh Shechter Company features Clowns, described…
Artists of Ballet BC in a previous presentation of Bedroom Folk by Sharon Eyal and Gai Behar. (photo by Cindi Wicklund) Ballet BC will share five new commissions as well as beloved audience favourites in its 2022/23 season. From emerging,…
Students Adrianne Fitch and Brian Nguyen, with instructor Irwin Levin behind them. Levin and Cass Freeman teach a free workshop on Sept. 13. (photo by Adam Abrams) “When I teach a series of eight classes, I see people who are…
Rita Sheena (photo by Kristine Cofsky) After an acclaimed run at the Vancouver Fringe Festival in 2021 and the Edmonton and Montreal Fringes this year, Everybody Knows returns to its creator’s hometown and the Vancouver Fringe Festival. In this semiautobiographical,…
Ghazal Azarbad and Daniel Fong in Bard on the Beach’s Romeo and Juliet, which runs to Sept. 24. (photo by Tim Matheson) William Shakespeare’s tragic love story, Romeo and Juliet, about teenaged lovers who come together despite the objections of…
Katherine Matlashewski is creator, performer and co-producer of Disclosure, which “explores the struggles of a survivor searching for pathways toward healing in an adversarial medical system.” (photo from Disclosure Productions) “Disclosure was inspired by a true story that focuses on…
