Category Performing Arts

Touring with Cirque’s ECHO

photo - Cirque du Soleil’s ECHO, at Concord Pacific Place until  Jan. 5, is just beautiful

Cirque du Soleil’s ECHO, at Concord Pacific Place until  Jan. 5, is just beautiful. (photo by Jean-François Savaria) Beautiful. Cirque du Soleil’s ECHO, at Concord Pacific Place until Jan. 5, is just beautiful – the costumes, the movements, the music,…

PuSh Festival turns 20

photo - Clayton Lee explores his childhood obsession with Jewish professional wrestler Bill Goldberg in his The Goldberg Variations, which is at Waterfront Theatre Jan. 30

Clayton Lee explores his childhood obsession with Jewish professional wrestler Bill Goldberg in his The Goldberg Variations, which is at Waterfront Theatre Jan. 30 (photo by Kenneth Koo) PuSh International Performing Arts Festival runs Jan. 23-Feb. 9. This year’s run…

Join Pacific Theatre in Shire

photo - Peter Carlone, left, and Tim Carlson in Pacific Theatre’s production of The Hobbit

Peter Carlone, left, and Tim Carlson in Pacific Theatre’s production of The Hobbit (photo by Chelsey Stuyt) Need a break from reality? On now at Pacific Theatre is The Hobbit, based on JRR Tolkien’s book, with all its adventure, wizardry,…

Learning from her ancestors

photo - Tasha Faye Evans shares a work in progress at Dance in Vancouver

Tasha Faye Evans shares a work in progress at Dance in Vancouver. (photo courtesy Scotiabank Dance Centre) “With everything I do, I always ask myself, what is the medicine of this work? How is this dance, this play, this project,…

A Shylock written for Rubinek 

photo - Saul Rubinek in Mark Leiren-Young’s Playing Shylock, which is playing in Toronto. Leiren-Young wrote the work with Rubinek in mind

Saul Rubinek in Mark Leiren-Young’s Playing Shylock, which is playing in Toronto. Leiren-Young wrote the work with Rubinek in mind. (photo by Dahlia Katz) Victoria playwright Mark Leiren-Young spent October in Toronto, where his Playing Shylock is appearing at Berkeley…

Comedy can unite and heal

photo - Comedian Erik Angel performs his one-man standup show, Speaking Falafel, at the Jewish Community Centre of Greater Vancouver on Nov. 14

Comedian Erik Angel performs his one-man standup show, Speaking Falafel, at the Jewish Community Centre of Greater Vancouver on Nov. 14. (photo from Erik Angel) “This year, I discovered even more how comedy is an important tool to bring people…

The joys of connection

Actor Kerry Sandomirsky – who has more than 130 stage and screen credits – is making her producing debut with the Vancouver première of The Sound Inside, written by Adam Rapp, which was nominated for six Tony Awards in 2020,…

Feel-good comedy at Metro

photo - The cast of Bound! The Musical (In Concert), a quirky, character-based show, the story of which is a vehicle for the characters’ journeys and personal growth

The cast of Bound! The Musical (In Concert), a quirky, character-based show, the story of which is a vehicle for the characters’ journeys and personal growth. (photo by Joelle Wyminga) For two nights only, Nov. 19-20, Metro Theatre and Bound…

Judaism’s funny sides

photo - Los Angeles-based comedian and podcaster Antonia Lassar brings The Best Jew to Vancouver Performing Stars’ theatre on Nov. 30

Los Angeles-based comedian and podcaster Antonia Lassar brings The Best Jew to Vancouver Performing Stars’ theatre on Nov. 30. (photo by Xander DePascale) Ever wonder how Sarah might have welcomed back Abraham and Isaac from their “camping trip”? Who’s the…

More than an edgy cabaret

photo - Left to right: Shane Baker, Sasha Lurje and Michael Wex in The Last Night at the Cabaret Yitesh (Di Letste Nakht Baym Yitesh), which closes this year’s Chutzpah! Festival Nov. 9-10

Left to right: Shane Baker, Sasha Lurje and Michael Wex in The Last Night at the Cabaret Yitesh (Di Letste Nakht Baym Yitesh), which closes this year’s Chutzpah! Festival Nov. 9-10. (photo by Shendl Copitman) “The final sketch in the…