Category Performing Arts

Movement and sound mix

photo - Vanessa Goodman is part of MascallDance’s OW, which premières at Dancing on the Edge

Vanessa Goodman is part of MascallDance’s OW, which premières at Dancing on the Edge. (photo from DOTE) Audiences saw a glimpse of MascallDance’s OW last year at Dancing on the Edge. This year, the full work premiéres at the dance…

Around the world in 382 days

photo - Naomi Steinberg has toured the world with Goosefeather and is now working on a book of her travels

Naomi Steinberg has toured the world with Goosefeather and is now working on a book of her travels. (photo from Naomi Steinberg) Naomi Steinberg’s Goosefeather started in 2011. “It began with interviewing my French maternal grandfather in Paris before he…

Improvisation on the edge

photo - Martin Gotfrit co-created Real Time Composition Study, which is part of this year’s Dancing on the Edge

Martin Gotfrit co-created Real Time Composition Study, which is part of this year’s Dancing on the Edge. (photo by Paula Viitanen) To celebrate its 30th year, this July’s Dancing on the Edge festival will feature more than 30 performances, including…

If you’re feeling down

photo - Warren Kimmel and Cathy Wilmot in Arts Club’s Mamma Mia

Warren Kimmel and Cathy Wilmot in Arts Club’s Mamma Mia. (photo by David Cooper) Warning: The song titles mentioned in this article have been known to cause stuck-song syndrome for several weeks. Read at your own peril. So, let’s say…

Glimpse of life in the annex

photo - Morgan Hayley Smith as Anne and Gabriele Metcalfe as Peter in Fighting Chance Productions’ The Diary of Anne Frank

Morgan Hayley Smith as Anne and Gabriele Metcalfe as Peter in Fighting Chance Productions’ The Diary of Anne Frank. (photo from FCP) “In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.” This iconic quote from…

Unavoidable, tragic fate

photo - In Euripides’ play, the Phoenecian women represent the innocent who are displaced and otherwise impacted by conflict

In Euripides’ play, the Phoenecian women represent the innocent who are displaced and otherwise impacted by conflict. (photo from Arts Umbrella) Some families are, quite literally, cursed. In Euripides’ The Phoenician Women, it is brothers Eteocles and Polyneices who are…

Big dreams, challenges

photo - Eden Lyons as Emory (seated) and Nathan Cottell as Linda in Awkward Stage Production’s MilkMilkLemonade, which runs May 23-26 at CBC Studio 700

Eden Lyons as Emory (seated) and Nathan Cottell as Linda in Awkward Stage Production’s MilkMilkLemonade, which runs May 23-26 at CBC Studio 700. (photo by Javier Sotres) True to form, Awkward Stage Production’s upcoming show, MilkMilkLemonade by Joshua Conkel, will…

The power of music and love

photo - Ted Littlemore, in Orfeo ed Euridice, the research for which will be presented by Idan Cohen and Ne. Sans on May 13 at the Dance Centre

Ted Littlemore, in Orfeo ed Euridice, the research for which will be presented by Idan Cohen and Ne. Sans on May 13 at the Dance Centre. (photo by Ted Littlemore) A relatively recent arrival in Vancouver, Israeli choreographer and opera…

Ballet BC brings back Bill

photo - Ballet BC artists perform Bill, by Israeli choreographers Sharon Eyal and Gai Behar, with musician Ori Lichtik. The company premièred the work in Vancouver 2016 and is bringing it back as part of Program 3 May 10-12 at Queen Elizabeth Theatre

Ballet BC artists perform Bill, by Israeli choreographers Sharon Eyal and Gai Behar, with musician Ori Lichtik. The company premièred the work in Vancouver 2016 and is bringing it back as part of Program 3 May 10-12 at Queen Elizabeth…

My chat with Ed Asner

photo - Ed Asner stars in A Man and His Prostate, which is at the Anvil Centre Theatre for two nights only: April 27-28

Ed Asner stars in A Man and His Prostate, which is at the Anvil Centre Theatre for two nights only: April 27-28. (photo from ACT) I did my homework. I had read and watched interviews. I had my questions ready.…