Category Performing Arts

Bahr to host Chutzpah!

photo - Iris Bahr pulls double duty at the 2020 Chutzpah! Festival, as host and performer

Iris Bahr pulls double duty at the 2020 Chutzpah! Festival, as host and performer. (photo from Chutzpah!) Comedien, writer, actor, director, producer and podcaster Iris Bahr will both host this year’s Chutzpah! Festival, Nov. 21-28, and perform her stand-up live…

Living and working together

photo - Eman El-Husseini, left, and Jess Salomon with furry family member Esther Honey El-Husseini

Eman El-Husseini, left, and Jess Salomon with furry family member Esther Honey El-Husseini. (photo by Mike Bryck) Jess Salomon and Eman El-Husseini, aka the El-Salomons, close out this year’s Chutzpah! Festival on Nov. 28. They will live-stream from Brooklyn, and…

Generations combine

photo - Mary-Louise Albert returns to the stage Nov. 19-21 in a new work by choreographer Serge Bennathan

Mary-Louise Albert returns to the stage Nov. 19-21 in a new work by choreographer Serge Bennathan. (photo by Maxx Berkowitz) The Dance Centre presents Mary-Louise Albert: Solo Dances/Past into Present Nov. 19-21. Jewish Independent readers will be very familiar with…

Childbearing choice

photo - Michael Scholar Jr. directs Lungs, which is at Studio 16 Nov. 13-22

Michael Scholar Jr. directs Lungs, which is at Studio 16 Nov. 13-22. (photo from Mitch and Murray Productions) If you’ve not been to the theatre in many months, consider treating yourself to a COVID-19-safe performance of Lungs, opening at Studio…

Arts Club stage opens

Among the theatre performances around town cautiously returning to live venues is the Arts Club’s production of Buffoon, a one-man play being presented at the Granville Island Stage until Dec. 6, and featuring the contributions of two members of the…

Nurturing love of storytelling

photo - Toronto-based Dana Fradkin will participate in this year’s Yulanda M. Faris Young Artists Program at Vancouver Opera long distance

Toronto-based Dana Fradkin will participate in this year’s Yulanda M. Faris Young Artists Program at Vancouver Opera long distance. (photo from Vancouver Opera) Dana Fradkin is one of six participants chosen for this season’s Yulanda M. Faris Young Artists Program…

Highlighting goodness

photo - Grounds for Goodness Downtown Eastside: Adventures in Digital Community Art Making, led by Ruth Howard, is part of the Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival, which starts Oct. 28

Grounds for Goodness Downtown Eastside: Adventures in Digital Community Art Making, led by Ruth Howard, is part of the Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival, which starts Oct. 28. (photo by Adrienne Marcus Raja) Tikkun olam, the imperative to repair…

And the 2020 Jessies go to …

screenshot - Wendy Bross Stuart accepted her GVPTA Career Achievement Award while playing the koto

Wendy Bross Stuart accepted her GVPTA Career Achievement Award while playing the koto. (screenshot) On June 29, the 38th annual Jessie Awards were celebrated virtually, with several Jewish community members among those being honoured. The GVPTA [Greater Vancouver Professional Theatre…

Dancing with purpose

photo - Vanessa Goodman

Vanessa Goodman (photo by David Cooper) One could be forgiven for thinking there was a Jewish dance festival coming up, as there are so many community members participating in this year’s Dancing on the Edge, which takes place July 2-11.…

The festival must go on

photo - SD Holman, artistic and executive director of the Queer Arts Festival, which takes place July 16-26

SD Holman, artistic and executive director of the Queer Arts Festival, which takes place July 16-26. (photo from QAF) “Since the very beginning, I said not doing the festival was not an option … because my belief is that they…