Theatre Under the Gun: The Social Distancing Edition is a 48-hour play creation challenge streaming online on April 21. Vancouver-based theatre companies receive an inspiration package and have just 48 hours to race against the clock and create an original piece of theatre, along with not being in the same room. The event is produced by…
Thank you to to the 2018 Vancouver International Dance Festival, for inviting our student writers out to this 3-week festival of culturally diverse contemporary dance. You can see the full calendar of VIDF Events here. The Rite of Spring Originally composed in 1913 by Igor Stravinsky, The Rite of Spring is a well-established piece whose…
Thank you to to the 2018 Vancouver International Dance Festival, for inviting our student writers out to this 3-week festival of culturally diverse contemporary dance. You can see the full calendar of VIDF Events here. On Friday, March 23rd Lola Lince’s Experimental Dance Company presented Studies and Fragments on Dreams. Lola Lince intended the project…
Staging a beloved and classic work of theatre such as Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream is no easy task. For some theatregoers, they may feel as though they’ve seen it all before. For some, it might simply remind them of their Grade 8 English syllabus. Exit 22 Company Productions’ Director Bob Frazer is a veteran…
An Exit 22 Company production. Adapted for the stage by Rick Elise Music by Wayne Barker Based on the book by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson For those of you who were desperate for a little backstory to Peter Pan, look no further. Peter and the Star Catchers is a play based off of the…
The Christians Written by Lucas Hnath Directed by Sarah Rodgers Pacific Theatre’s small space lends itself well to the intimacy of a faith-based community that The Christians is trying to portray. At the same time, the conflict is so big that the setting becomes suffocating. The play is interactive: audience members are made to feel…
Just Not That Woman Written and Performed by Ali Scott Kennedy Directed by Sarah Holden — Magic is something that many people look to for comfort and entertainment. Its alluring promise takes us out of our comfort zone, to be amazed and astonished. Ali Kennedy Scott hit all those notes in her one-woman production of…
Draining the Swamp: A Musical Tweet Written by Rajiv Joseph Directed by Mel Tuck — Donald Trump is a fraud, a con artist and a clown. That’s how I feel anyway, and evidently, the creators of Draining the Swamp do too. This 2017 Fringe Festival entry takes a comical in-depth look into the metaphor that Donald Trump used throughout his 2016…
Expression through performance art has many different shades and creative outlets. As Fringe Fest so colourfully demonstrates, the art of ‘the play’, is a form that balances both human grace, and animal instinct—all lost within the world of Act I through III. Fringe Fest produced a ‘one-man-band’ gem this year, The Traveller. Pushed out of…
White Bird In A Blizzard is about a daughter looking back to a time when her mother disappeared on her and her father. The movie reflects on issues like sex, love, affairs, and jealousy. Starring, Shailene Woodley, as the daughter Kat, Kat leaves curious as to why her mother left her family when she…
Holiday entertainment isn’t just about the Hollywood blockbusters and Love Actually commandeering cable television. For those looking for fresh entertainment ideas this season, ArtsClub Theatre currently has two shows on the go and both productions take a different spin on the classic Christmas stories. It’s Snowing in Saltspring (Now playing until December 28 on the Granville…
War Horse is a rare theatrical experience for culture buffs, blending traditional stage elements with modern puppetry to create a spellbinding show. It is one of the most captivating stage productions to ever visit Vancouver’s Queen Elizabeth Theatre. Based on Michael Morpurgo’s 1982 novel of the same name and adapted for the stage by Nick…