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Theatre artist Carmen Aguirre releases video indictment of cancel culture in stage community

Theatre artist Carmen Aguirre releases video indictment of cancel culture in stage community

She calls for discourse instead of “purge” in talk originally scheduled for PuSh Rally

NEWS, THEATREJanet SmithJanuary 25, 2021cancel culture, Carmen Aguirre

Theatre review: The Cave serves up a strange, dark carnival of animal songs

Theatre review: The Cave serves up a strange, dark carnival of animal songs

Messages on climate crisis delivered in an unexpected, creatively charged cabaret

THEATREJanet SmithJanuary 23, 2021The Cultch

Through tamales and kitchen-table talk, Vancouver theatre artist draws attention to exploitation of migrant workers

Through tamales and kitchen-table talk, Vancouver theatre artist draws attention to exploitation of migrant workers

Pedro Chamale hosts free virtual cooking demo and discussion in Playwrights Theatre Centre’s Unscripted: Made in Canada

CULINARY, THEATRE, SCREENGail JohnsonJanuary 21, 2021CULINARY, Theatre, rice and beans theatre, Playwrights Theatre Centre, PTC

Stir Q&A: composer-musician John Millard helps the animals sing in The Cave

Stir Q&A: composer-musician John Millard helps the animals sing in The Cave

In the climate-crisis cabaret, the artist gives voice to creatures great and small

THEATRE, LIVESTREAMJanet SmithJanuary 19, 2021The Cultch, The Cave, John Millard, livestream

Théâtre la Seizième, PuSh plead with B.C. government to hold COVID-19 talks with arts sector upon being forced to cancel VIOLETTE

Théâtre la Seizième, PuSh plead with B.C. government to hold COVID-19 talks with arts sector upon being forced to cancel VIOLETTE

Local arts groups say virtual-reality show had ‘‘drastic” safety measures in place; question why malls, bars, other public places can operate but not theatres with strict pandemic procedures

NEWS, STAGE, THEATREGail JohnsonJanuary 14, 2021NEWS, Stage, Theatre, Theatre la Seizieme, PuSh Festival, COVID-19

The cabaret meets the climate crisis in the Cultch's inventive The Cave, streaming January 22 to 24

The cabaret meets the climate crisis in the Cultch's inventive The Cave, streaming January 22 to 24

Singing animals take refuge from a forest fire in multimedia show

THEATREStir VancouverJanuary 12, 2021Partner Content, The Cultch

Stir Cheat Sheet: 5 things you should know about A Brimful of Asha's storied history

Stir Cheat Sheet: 5 things you should know about A Brimful of Asha's storied history

Ravi Jain’s hit show streams online via Surrey Civic Theatres January 15 to 31

THEATREStir VancouverJanuary 12, 2021Surrey Civic Theatres, Brimful of Asha, Soulpepper Theatre, livestream

Alain Grégoire steps in as interim artistic and managing director at Théâtre la Seizième

Alain Grégoire steps in as interim artistic and managing director at Théâtre la Seizième

He spent 16 years as general manager at the youth-focused Maison Théâtre in Montreal

NEWS, THEATREJanet SmithJanuary 11, 2021Theatre la Seizieme

Vancouver stage stars pitch in for Ruby Slippers Theatre's reading of Benevolence, January 8 at noon

Vancouver stage stars pitch in for Ruby Slippers Theatre's reading of Benevolence, January 8 at noon

Vancouver’s Leanne Brodie has created a new translation of the black comedy by Quebec’s Fanny Britt

THEATREJanet SmithJanuary 6, 2021Ruby Slippers Theatre, livestream

Electric Company Theatre's Reframed takes a large-scale look at cancel culture

Electric Company Theatre's Reframed takes a large-scale look at cancel culture

The film version of the Grand Acts of Theatre show tackles an online problem that’s spread alongside the pandemic

THEATREJanet SmithJanuary 4, 2021Electric Company Theatre, livestream, Homepage feature

Vancouver's best arts streaming of 2020, a year of navigating a new virtual world

Vancouver's best arts streaming of 2020, a year of navigating a new virtual world

Local arts personalities add to Stir’s list of favourites in the new digital realm

THEATRE, MUSIC, STAGEJanet SmithDecember 30, 2020VSO, The Cultch, Year in Review 2020, Homepage feature, livestream

Scenes of isolation: 10 Vancouver shows and artworks that best expressed this pandemic moment in 2020

Scenes of isolation: 10 Vancouver shows and artworks that best expressed this pandemic moment in 2020

Isolation Commissions, dancers in boxes, and other affecting work that expressed life in lockdown

DANCE, MUSIC, THEATREJanet SmithDecember 29, 2020FIREHALL, Music on Main, Little Chamber Music, Capture Photography Festival, Year in Review 2020

The Cultch Community launches along with three new subscription boxes

The Cultch Community launches along with three new subscription boxes

Winter programming includes the poignant climate-change musical The Cave

THEATREStir VancouverDecember 23, 2020Partner Content, The Cultch

Krystle Dos Santos and Michael Scholar Jr. sing streamed Solstice Greetings via Firehall Arts Centre

Krystle Dos Santos and Michael Scholar Jr. sing streamed Solstice Greetings via Firehall Arts Centre

The concert is available for a week, but fans have to buy tickets by 3 pm December 21

THEATREJanet SmithDecember 21, 2020Firehall Arts Centre, FIREHALL, livestream

Theatre review: Panto Come Home! is a welcome gift of livestreamed silliness to superfans

Theatre review: Panto Come Home! is a welcome gift of livestreamed silliness to superfans

A new Phanto of the Panto provides an excuse to revisit show’s whacked-out hits

THEATREJanet SmithDecember 19, 2020The Cultch, Theatre Replacement, Homepage feature

Performers relive musical-theatre favourites from their living rooms, in Home for the Holidays

Performers relive musical-theatre favourites from their living rooms, in Home for the Holidays

Director Barbara Tomasic and cast look back at Gateway Hits like Fiddler on the Roof and Sound of Music

THEATREJanet SmithDecember 16, 2020Gateway Theatre, Barbara Tomasic, livestream

Bah Humbug!'s Sam Bob survives COVID-19—and sees new need for the retelling of Scrooge’s reckoning

Bah Humbug!'s Sam Bob survives COVID-19—and sees new need for the retelling of Scrooge’s reckoning

The streaming collaboration sets Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol in the Downtown Eastside

THEATREJanet SmithDecember 14, 2020theatre, Vancouver Moving Theatre, SFU Woodward's, Talking Stick, Sam Bob, Jim Byrnes, COVID-19

Frank Theatre's Be-Longing brings queer stories of diaspora to multimedia life

Frank Theatre's Be-Longing brings queer stories of diaspora to multimedia life

The innovative project bridges cultures and art forms

THEATREJanet SmithDecember 13, 2020Frank Theatre, Queer diaspora, chimerik, Fay Nass

Panto Come Home! takes a fun-loving musical trip down East Van memory lane

Panto Come Home! takes a fun-loving musical trip down East Van memory lane

Maiko Yamamoto, Veda Hille, and Dawn Petten reflect on some of their whacked-out favourites

THEATREJanet SmithDecember 10, 2020The Cultch, East Van Panto, Homepage feature

Bah Humbug! streams worldwide, an artists' and community benefit

Bah Humbug! streams worldwide, an artists' and community benefit

The show is set in the Downtown Eastside and stars Juno-winning musician Jim Byrnes

THEATREStir VancouverDecember 9, 2020Partner Content, Vancouver Moving Theatre, SFU Woodward's