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Marcus Youssef's new short film Dust delivers a message from our dystopian future

The Vancouver playwright tackles climate catastrophe, data surveillance, and more in an intense and blackly satirical seven minutes

SCREEN, THEATREJanet SmithMarch 24, 2021VIFF, Neworld Theatre

Theatre review: The 7 Fingers find vivid new metaphors for pandemic limbo in moving Out of Order

The circus innovators serve up a dark carnival of aerial and acrobatic delights

THEATREJanet SmithMarch 20, 2021Les 7 Doigts, circus, The Cultch, THE CULTCH, livestream

Carmen Aguirre, Pedro Chamale star in audio drama Cloudless, to May 31

Writer José Teodoro’s suspenseful serial audio drama is loosely based on real events

THEATRE, WHAT'S STIRRINGGail JohnsonMarch 16, 2021Pedro Chamale, Carmen Aguirre, Theatre, audio play, What's Stirring

The 7 Fingers contemporary-circus troupe imagines a world without the arts in Out of Order

The virtual show, streaming via the Cultch, features pandemic-era acrobatics and the beauty of the flawed

THEATREGail JohnsonMarch 16, 2021Theatre, The Cultch, The 7 Fingers, circus

Out of Order, by Montreal circus collective the 7 Fingers, bursts onto Vancouver screens

The Cultch presents the ground-breaking arts group’s new virtual circus experience

THEATREStir VancouverMarch 9, 2021Partner Content, The Cultch, Theatre

K Body and Mind finds multimedia utopia in a sci-fi miniseries

Cyberpunk aesthetics and an action-packed soundtrack drive theatre artist Conor Wylie’s collaborative new online work with A Wake of Vultures

THEATREStir VancouverMarch 5, 2021A Wake of Vultures, Conor Wylie, livestream

Stir Q&A: Behind the surreal stop-motion music-theatre video "We Teach Our Objects How to Speak Our Language"

Animator Margaret Krawecka talks metaphorical blinds, analogue machines, and patience, in new project by Theatre Conspiracy and Rumble Theatre

THEATRE, MUSICJanet SmithMarch 5, 2021Rumble Theatre, Theatre Conspiracy, Cold Calculi

Virtual Humanity takes Human Library's one-on-one conversations online

Amid pandemic isolation, the project that connects you with a stranger’s story has never been so needed

THEATREJanet SmithMarch 4, 2021Zee Zee Theatre

BC cultural leaders put forward suggestions to provincial government for safe re-opening of cinemas, theatres amid pandemic restrictions

Professional Performing Arts Venues and Independent Cinemas hopes for reclassification, cooperative approach to operating safely anew

Khari Wendell McClelland talks Songs for Freedom at VPL, February 25

The creative force behind Freedom Singer tunes in for a virtual performance and conversation

THEATRE, MUSICGail JohnsonFebruary 22, 2021Theatre, Freedom Singer, Vancouver Public Library, Music, Black History Month

Theatre review: Strong acting helps Mx challenge audiences in wildly inventive ways

Amid a heightened, stylized talk show, one character struggles to find identity

THEATREJanet SmithFebruary 20, 2021The Cultch, BLM

Theatre review: Unexpecting, an audio play, explores female relationships amid the messiness of modern life

Bronwyn Carradine’s work is part of the Arts Club Theatre’s new Listen to This series

THEATRE, PODCASTSGail JohnsonFebruary 17, 2021theatre, podcasts, Arts Club, Arts Club Theatre

Livestream finds bold new Frequencies in Pi Theatre's Provocateurs series

Virtual reality, synthesizers, dreams, and more

THEATREJanet SmithFebruary 17, 2021Pi Theatre, livestream, HEIST, Macbeth Muet, Pi Provocateurs

Lili Robinson speaks to a world that’s awakening, as the play Mx moves to livestream

Talk show, clowning, folklore, and more mix in a show whose messages about race have become even more relevant

THEATREJanet SmithFebruary 15, 2021livestream, The Cultch, Lili Robinson, Black History Month

Jack Zipes shares insights into how fairy tales offer truth and hope in the face of fascism

Vancouver’s MISCELLANEOUS Productions hosts a free online lecture and Q&A with the renowned folklorist

THEATRE, BOOKSGail JohnsonFebruary 12, 2021Miscellaneous Productions, Jack Zipes, theatre, youth

Cultchivating the Fringe winner Mx finds new life as a livestream production

Lili Robinson’s form-pushing hit explores mixed-race identity as part of the Cultch’s Black History Month program

THEATREStir VancouverFebruary 9, 2021Partner Content, The Cultch

Rishi & d Douen focuses on family and folklore from the Caribbean diaspora, to February 28

Carousel Theatre releases audio performance produced by Rumble Theatre with a fun East Van vibe

Resurrecting Dead Fairy Tales brings subversive stories back to life

MISCELLANEOUS Productions presents an online lecture and live Q&A with folklorist and fairy-tale expert Jack Zipes

THEATRE, READ, SCREENStir VancouverFebruary 3, 2021Partner Content, Miscellaneous Productions

Do you want what i have got? a craigslist cantata, last year's livestream hit, returns February 5 to 7

If you missed the musical that proved what virtual performance can do, you have another chance

THEATRE, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithFebruary 1, 2021The Cultch, livestream

Unmasking the Future gives behind-the-scenes look at Electric Company Theatre works in development, February 6

Carmen Aguirre and Jonathon Young talk about creating in a time of COVID-19

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