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Theatre review: Fat Joke's brutally honest comedy-talk is a fearless indictment of fatphobia

Theatre schools, the BMI, critics, and casting auditions: everything’s fair game in a show that flips easily between biting, big laughs and darker reflections

Fat Joke mixes standup comedy, storytelling, and research, at The Cultch's Vancity Culture Lab, April 25 to May 5

Taboo-buster Cheyenne Rouleau traverses more personal terrain in new one-woman show

Cutting-edge rEvolver Festival unveils lineup for event May 22 to June 2

Centred at The Cultch, contemporary-performance celebration spans bioacoustic opera and African-dance-infused theatre

THEATRE, DANCEJanet SmithApril 23, 2024The Cultch, THE CULTCH, Spring 2024, Upintheair Theatre, rEvolver Festival

Theatre review: You used to call me Marie… is an artfully crafted love story reaching across Métis history

The Cultch, Savage Society, and NAC Indigenous Theatre coproduction balances joy and solemnity for a transporting vision

THEATREJanet SmithApril 23, 2024THE CULTCH, Savage Society, Spring 2024, Homepage feature

The Cultch's 2024-25 season to span an East Van Panto Robin Hood, Ronnie Burkett, and Cliff Cardinal’s As You Like It, or the Land Acknowledgement

Company’s just-launched lineup will feature everything from fast-fashion-inspired acrobatics to conceptual hip-hop, across four venues

DANCE, THEATREJanet SmithApril 22, 2024THE CULTCH, The Cultch

In You used to call me Marie, playwright-actor Tai Amy Grauman digs into Métis women’s stories

The artist and politician draws on her own Callihoo ancestors, and fills new play with fiddle and dance

THEATREJanet SmithApril 12, 2024THE CULTCH, The Cultch, Spring 2024, Metis, Homepage feature

Theatre review: Parifam takes an enigmatic look at repression and self-expression

Atmospheric new play at The Cultch about two women in exile from Iran revolves around duality and secrets

Theatre review: Juliet: A Revenge Comedy hits the sweet spot between witty fun and deeper insights on Shakespeare

Slapstick, sound effects, and female characters upending their fates

THEATREJanet SmithFebruary 12, 2024THE CULTCH, The Cultch, Monster Theatre

Juliet: A Revenge Comedy wrestles female characters' fate back from the Bard

Co-creators Pippa Mackie and Ryan Gladstone mark five years of irreverent fun, as Monster Theatre play debuts on The Cultch stage

THEATREJanet SmithFebruary 6, 2024The Cultch, THE CULTCH, Monster Theatre, Pippa Mackie, Ryan Gladstone

Review: Gravity & Other Myths' The Mirror creates a sophisticated yet saucy cabaret of physical feats

Receiving a wild standing O, Aussie company ups its own game to create a fun, finely orchestrated flow of ever-shifting human towers and sculptures

DANCE, THEATREJanet SmithJanuary 25, 2024Gravity & Other Myths, DanceHouse, DANCEHOUSE, The Cultch, THE CULTCH, Homepage feature

Review: With humour and honesty, Rakesh Sukesh's because i love the diversity (this micro-attitude, we all have it) digs into complexities of discrimination and immigration

Free-associative stories and dance stitched loosely together to match ginormous sari tapestry that unfurls in Indian Summer Festival/PuSh Festival/The Cultch show

Cascading sand and warbling strings: A few standout moments from 2023's stage and gallery scene

Random memorable scenes from the year in arts span 50 dancers swirling in BOLERO X, a powerful Julius Caesar speech, and a cello star’s finale with local string students

Theatre review: East Van Panto: Beauty and the Beast ups an already pretty-much-perfect game

Powerhouse singing and pastel-hued eye candy are the added ikura on a wonderfully jam-packed maki

THEATREJanet SmithNovember 25, 2023Theatre Replacement, The Cultch, THE CULTCH, East Van Panto, Holiday 2023, Homepage feature

Theatre review: Hurricane Mona takes an absurdly hilarious look at our pending climate disaster

Strong cast, vivid staging, and an imaginary frog bring story of a family’s clashing enviro beliefs to humorous life

THEATREJanet SmithNovember 24, 2023Touchstone Theatre, The Cultch, THE CULTCH, Pippa Mackie

East Van Panto: Beauty and the Beast writing duo Christine Quintana and Jiv Parasram embrace the weird

Pair draws on contrasting comedic styles and deep roots in the ‘hood for The Cultch and Theatre Replacement’s beloved holiday tradition

THEATREJanet SmithNovember 22, 2023THE CULTCH, The Cultch, Theatre Replacement, Holiday 2023, Holiday 2023 Top 3

PuSh International Performing Arts Festival unveils 2024 program, with works from as far away as China, Brazil, and Australia

Tickets go on sale November 22 for offerings that range from a refugee-camp installation to a dance-circus set amid a surreal paper set

In dark climate comedy Hurricane Mona, Alex Gullason plays a spunky environmental activist on house arrest

Hilarity-filled family dynamics and a crazy mushroom trip lead up to environmental disaster in Touchstone Theatre and Ruby Slippers premiere by Pippa Mackie