Chutzpah! Festival — Articles

Dance review: In Les SUBS' Pli, paper is a jumpsuit, a tug-of-war rope, and a vessel for the seemingly impossible

At PuSh Festival, artists play off themes of strength and fragility by using paper for aerial stunts

Paper becomes a playground in Pli, at the PuSh Festival

The copresentation with Chutzpah! Festival sees paper used as an aerial rope, a dance partner, and more

DANCEGail JohnsonJanuary 15, 2024PuSh Festival, Chutzpah! Festival, circus, Homepage feature

At the Chutzpah! Festival, Rita Ueda's I Have My Mother’s Eyes channels two families' generational strength

Chamber opera tells story of a Japanese diplomat who aids in the escape of 6,000 Jews from Nazi-occupied Lithuania

MUSIC, FESTSJanet SmithNovember 9, 2023Chutzpah! Festival, Powell Street Festival

In one-woman play Whistle, Hadar Galron delves into the past, present, and future of the Holocaust

Actor-playwright developed semi-autobiographical monodrama with Yaakov Buchan, the son of Nazi doctor Josef Mengele’s secretary

THEATRE, FESTSJanet SmithNovember 3, 2023Chutzpah! Festival

Klezmer master Michael Winograd's dedicated research allows him to bridge 21st century and distant ancestors

Appearing with the Honorable Mentshn and Socalled at the Chutzpah! Festival, clarinet virtuoso approaches his work as a “repairer of chains”

MUSIC, FESTSJanet SmithOctober 29, 2023Michael Winograd, Chutzpah! Festival, klezmer

Chutzpah! Festival's opening and closing nights deliver laughs and life lessons, November 2 and 23

Opening night is a special presentation of The Debaters: Chutzpah Edition, and closing night features The Best of Israeli Comedy

COMEDY, FESTSStir VancouverOctober 25, 2023Partner Content, Chutzpah! Festival

Chutzpah! Festival reveals lineup for 23rd season featuring klezmer clarinet, artistic welding, and more

Unique performances range from closing night event The Best of Israeli Comedy to a blend of dance and Deaf theatre in When The Walls Come Down

FESTS, NEWSJanet SmithSeptember 13, 2023Chutzpah! Festival

Stir Cheat Sheet: 5 things to know about UNA Productions' Grass is Green, at the Rothstein on April 25

Inspired by devastating forest fires, California work features a drag cellist-pianist and six dancers

Chef Ayelet Latovitch digs deep into Persian Jewish food

Appearing virtually live from Israel at the 2022 Chutzpah! Festival, the culinary artist is inspired by her feminist grandmother

FESTS, CULINARYGail JohnsonNovember 19, 2022Chutzpah! Festival, Jewish, Persian, food

Microphones and loopers, as the body becomes an Echo Chamber in Vanessa Goodman's newest work

The Action at a Distance artistic director has been busy creating while touring North America and the world

DANCEJanet SmithNovember 17, 2022Vanessa Goodman, Chutzpah! Festival, Action at a Distance

From Jaffa to Vancouver, Israeli-Persian artist Liraz sings of women's freedom

The groundbreaking singer-songwriter performs at the 2022 Chutzpah! Festival, echoing Iran’s rallying cry of Woman, Life, Freedom

FESTS, MUSICGail JohnsonNovember 14, 2022Chutzpah! Festival, Liraz, Persian, Jewish, Israeli, live music, Homepage feature

"Not your grandfather's Jewish comedy": stand-up comedian Joel Chasnoff smashes stereotypes

The artist who has opened for Jon Stewart and fought in the Israeli Army comes to Vancouver for Chutzpah! Festival

COMEDY, FESTSGail JohnsonNovember 10, 2022Chutzpah! Festival, comedy, Jewish

Chutzpah! Festival workshops riff on clowning, comedy, and matzo balls

Many of this year’s offerings complement the shows you’ll see on stage

FESTSStir VancouverOctober 26, 2022Partner Content, Chutzpah! Festival

From Ethiopia to Israel to the world stage, singer-songwriter Gili Yalo defies categorization

The musician blends everything from traditional music of his native Ethiopia to funk to reggae in his genre-mashing sound

FESTS, MUSICGail JohnsonSeptember 20, 2022Chutzpah! Festival, Chutzpah! PLUS, Gili Yalo

Bass-baritone Daniel Okulitch shows new sides of himself in Take This Waltz, at Chutzpah! PLUS

Ne.Sans Opera & Dance’s interdisciplinary work finds the operatic star exploring the music of Leonard Cohen

DANCE, FESTSJanet SmithSeptember 1, 2022Chutzpah! Festival, Ne.Sans Opera and Dance, Daniel Okulitch, Homepage feature

Chutzpah! PLUS announces two exciting events: Gili Yalo and Ne.Sans Opera & Dance’s Take This Waltz

The extraordinary upcoming performances kick off Chutzpah!’s fall festival season

FESTSJanet SmithJuly 28, 2022Chutzpah! Festival, Partner Content

Spanish pianist Josefina Urraca joins Chutzpah! Kibbitz, online to June 12

Hosted by actor-comedian-writer Iris Bahr, the virtual event also features NYC flutist Guillermo Laporta

WHAT'S STIRRING, MUSIC, FESTSJanet SmithMay 29, 2022SPRING, Spring Arts Guide, Chutzpah! Festival

Dance review: Two creatively inspired solos explore the joy and struggle of artistic expression at Chutzpah Festival

Alexis Fletcher’s light in the rafters riffs on Tiko Kerr’s paintings, while Idan Cohen’s Solo for Orpheus taps vaudeville, Baroque, and drag

DANCEJanet SmithNovember 17, 2021Chutzpah Festival, Chutzpah! Festival, Idan Cohen, Ne.Sans Opera and Dance

Israeli-American comedian Avi Liberman brings his jokes about Jewish life to Vancouver

The L.A.-based artist known for an offbeat style appears at the 2021 Chutzpah! Festival

COMEDY, FESTSStir VancouverNovember 15, 2021Avi Liberman, Chutzpah! Festival, comedy

Dance review: Momentum of Isolation illustrates the pain of loneliness in enthralling ways

Radical System Art choreographer Shay Kuebler’s new full-length piece is moving and fiercely funky

DANCE, FESTSGail JohnsonNovember 15, 2021Chutzpah! Festival, Shay Kuebler, Radical System Art, dance

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