Category Performing Arts

Jerusalem’s Henderson

photo - Adam Henderson stars in Jerusalem, at the Jericho Arts Centre June 7-30

Adam Henderson stars in Jerusalem, at the Jericho Arts Centre June 7-30. (photo from United Players) The play Jerusalem by Jez Butterworth sees its debut in Vancouver this month at the Jericho Arts Centre and its lead actor, Adam Henderson,…

Dancers explore new territory

photo - Magic & Remembering opens at Scotiabank Dance Centre on June 1, which is B.C. Access Awareness Day

Magic & Remembering opens at Scotiabank Dance Centre on June 1, which is B.C. Access Awareness Day. (photo from All Bodies Dance Project) The themes in this show range from home and belonging to our collective connection to self, city…

A wonder-full evening

photo - Illusionist Vitaly Beckman can seemingly change a driver’s licence photo. To witness the feat in person, check out his June 5 show at the River Rock Casino

Illusionist Vitaly Beckman can seemingly change a driver’s licence photo. To witness the feat in person, check out his June 5 show at the River Rock Casino. (photo by Galina Sumaneeva) “I rarely have a chance to perform in my…

You can choose own family

photo - The cast of Arts Umbrella’s production of James and the Giant Peach includes Teilani Rasmussen (as Ladahlord), left, and Sophie Mercier (as James)

The cast of Arts Umbrella’s production of James and the Giant Peach includes Teilani Rasmussen (as Ladahlord), left, and Sophie Mercier (as James). (photo by Tim Matheson) “Well, maybe it started that way. As a dream, but doesn’t everything. Those…

Three-generation comedy

photo - David Biltek and Susan Wilkes are part of the cast of Bema Productions’ presentation of We Are the Levinsons, by Wendy Kout

David Biltek and Susan Wilkes are part of the cast of Bema Productions’ presentation of We Are the Levinsons, by Wendy Kout. (photo from Bema Productions) Bema Productions’ 2019 Mainstage presentation is the Canadian première of We Are the Levinsons,…

The time is right for comedy

photo - Adam Olgui, centre, stars in Theatre in the Raw’s production of Enter Laughing, which opens May 9 at Studio 16

Adam Olgui, centre, stars in Theatre in the Raw’s production of Enter Laughing, which opens May 9 at Studio 16. (photo from Theatre in the Raw) “The show has everything you could ask for: comedy, romance, great music and a…

Complex, funny, beautiful

photo - Dylan Floyde (Willy), left, and Stephen Aberle (Evens) rehearse for Slamming Door Artist Collective’s production of The Sea, which opened May 2 at Jericho Arts Centre

Dylan Floyde (Willy), left, and Stephen Aberle (Evens) rehearse for Slamming Door Artist Collective’s production of The Sea, which opened May 2 at Jericho Arts Centre. (photo by Michelle Morris) “Published in 1973, The Sea is fiercely, presciently relevant. [Edward]…

The power of resilience

photo - Ballet BC dancers Scott Fowler and Parker Finley in rehearsal for the company’s final program of the season, which features all Jewish community choreographers

Ballet BC dancers Scott Fowler and Parker Finley in rehearsal for the company’s final program of the season, which features all Jewish community choreographers. (photo by Michael Slobodian) Ballet BC concludes its season May 9-11 with Program 3, featuring all…

Defending a neo-Nazi

photo - Kenton Klassen, left, and John Voth co-star in Pacific Theatre’s production of Cherry Docs

Kenton Klassen, left, and John Voth co-star in Pacific Theatre’s production of Cherry Docs. (photo by Dylan Hamm) I often wonder, as a lawyer and the child of a Holocaust survivor, if I would be able to defend a skinhead charged…

A further peek at Cohen’s Orfeo

photo - Dancers Jeremy O’Neill, Ted Littlemore and Kate Franklin

Dancers Jeremy O’Neill, Ted Littlemore and Kate Franklin. (photo by Idan Cohen) Last May, Idan Cohen introduced local audiences to his reimagining of Christoph Willibald Gluck’s opera Orfeo ed Euridice. He will share more of this ongoing work in EDAM…