Category Performing Arts

Bringing the world to the city

photo - Bangarra Dance Theatre

Bangarra Dance Theatre (photo by Edward Mulvihill) DanceHouse’s new season, October 2019 through May 2020, showcases the work of four new companies to DanceHouse audiences and two returning favourites. This season’s offerings highlight a diverse range of artists who are…

Songs, laughs, insights at Fringe

photo - Janoah Bailin in SpinS

Janoah Bailin in SpinS. (photo from Janoah Bailin) In anticipation of this year’s Vancouver Fringe Festival, which runs Sept. 5-15 at various locations throughout the city, the Jewish Independent interviewed some of the Jewish community members participating in the festival…

Festival Judío in August

photo - Brazil’s Mauro Perelmann takes part in the upcoming Festival Judío

Brazil’s Mauro Perelmann takes part in the upcoming Festival Judío. (photo from mauroperelmann.com.br) For eight days, Aug. 2-9, the Peretz Centre for Secular Jewish Culture will be transformed into a hub of Latin American culture as it hosts Festival Judío,…

Bard’s strong summer lineup

photo - Jennifer Lines and Andrew McNee in The Taming of the Shrew

Jennifer Lines and Andrew McNee in The Taming of the Shrew. (photo by Tim Matheson) Bard on the Beach celebrates its 30th season with an eclectic, nontraditional mix of three Shakespeare plays – a western Taming of the Shrew, a…

An existential comedy

photo - Michael Germant, left, Sarah Boes and Drew Henderson co-star in Island Production’s The Understudy, Aug. 1-10 at PAL Studio Theatre

Michael Germant, left, Sarah Boes and Drew Henderson co-star in Island Production’s The Understudy, Aug. 1-10 at PAL Studio Theatre. (photo by Jayme Cowley) Oftentimes, in cultural endeavours, there is a tension between artistic vision and profit margins; that is,…

Timeless political satire

photo - Michael Scholar Jr. co-directs the political comedy Born Yesterday, which opens July 13 at the Jericho Arts Centre

Michael Scholar Jr. co-directs the political comedy Born Yesterday, which opens July 13 at the Jericho Arts Centre. (photo from ETC) Garson Kanin’s comedy Born Yesterday opened on Broadway on Feb. 4, 1946, and was a hit. It has been…

Play’s Vancouver links

photo - Zayd Dohrn’s Reborning returns to the New York stage this summer

Zayd Dohrn’s Reborning returns to the New York stage this summer. (photo from Zayd Dohrn) The play Reborning, written by Zayd Dohrn, is being performed Off-Broadway at the Soho Playhouse in New York City from July 5 through Aug. 3,…

TUTS season is set to begin

photo - Left to right: Sheryl Wheaton as Rosie, Lori Ashton Zondag as Tanya and Caitriona Murphy as Donna in Mamma Mia! with Adam Charles as Jack, Caleb Lagayan as Race and Graeme Kitagawa as Mush in Disney’s Newsies

Left to right: Sheryl Wheaton as Rosie, Lori Ashton Zondag as Tanya and Caitriona Murphy as Donna in Mamma Mia! with Adam Charles as Jack, Caleb Lagayan as Race and Graeme Kitagawa as Mush in Disney’s Newsies. (photo by Lindsay…

Exploring music, dance, self

photo - The cast of Tara Cheyenne Performance’s The Body Project

The cast of Tara Cheyenne Performance’s The Body Project. (photo by Wendy D. Photography) Among the more than 20 choreographers and companies from across Canada, Brazil and Korea that are participating in this year’s Dancing on the Edge Festival are…

Meet Barry at Havana

image - In Jewish community member Ira Cooper’s Artisanal Intelligence, fellow community member Hannah Everett plays Jane, the entrepreneur and creative genius responsible for developing Barry, a fast-learning, curious and fashion-wise artificial intelligence customer service robot, played by Drew Carlson

Did you know without goats, the coffee bean may have never been discovered? Are you able to recognize if the vinyl you hear coming from your neighbor’s apartment is a 78, 45 or 33? Do you type your university essays…