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Dinner and a show: Vancouver's Anh and Chi Vietnamese restaurant partners with The Cultch for a culinary-arts pairing

Both the Mount Pleasant eatery and the play we the same were born out of the experiences of Vietnamese refugees

Touchstone Theatre returns to live performance with Adam Grant Warren’s new Lights, and more

A play about Trayvon Martin and a Scottish-themed queer musical are other highlights

We the same's dramatic tale of Vietnamese refugees is, at its core, a mother-daughter story

Playwright Sangeeta Wylie and Ruby Slippers’ Diane Brown use traditional music, shadow puppetry, and camera closeups for livestream premiere

THEATRE, LIVESTREAMJanet SmithNovember 1, 2021The Cultch, THE CULTCH, Ruby Slippers Theatre

Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre names Derek Chan as new managing artistic director

The playwright, director, and performer has been co-artistic director of rice & beans theatre since 2010

NEWS, THEATREGail JohnsonNovember 1, 2021Derek Chan, vAct, Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre, rice and beans theatre

Theatre review: Alley Theatre's compelling #whatnow gets real about consent and harassment

Headphone verbatim technique brings humanity and authenticity to #MeToo, at Heart of the City fest

THEATRE, FESTSJanet SmithOctober 30, 2021Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival, Alley Theatare, #MeToo

At Théâtre la Seizième, Nombre gets to the heart of human connection

The new participatory show by Quebec’s Alpha Charlie Kilo is a collective experience

THEATREGail JohnsonOctober 29, 2021Theatre la Seizieme, theatre

Testimonial-based #whatnow goes beyond hashtags to tell human stories behind #MeToo

Alley Theatre project blends “headphone verbatim” theatre with dance at Heart of the City Festival

Inaugural STAND Festival celebrates immigrant and refugee theatre artists

Blackout Art Society and Presentation House Theatre launch Strength Through Art Network Diversity

"A total blast": Chicago can't get enough of Bard on the Beach's Beatles-driven As You Like It

Reviewers south of the border are giving thumbs up to director Daryl Cloran’s hit

THEATREJanet SmithOctober 18, 2021Bard on the Beach

Vancouver costume designer Nancy Bryant shortlisted for Siminovitch Prize

Four finalists will join an online forum on theatre design on October 28 at 4 pm

NEWS, THEATREJanet SmithOctober 16, 2021Ballet BC, BALLET BC, Nancy Bryant

Théâtre la Seizième presents Nombre, a participatory theatrical experience

The show, in French, is an adaption of Quebec-based collective Alpha Charlie Kilo’s unconventional interactive production

THEATREStir VancouverOctober 15, 2021Partner Content, Theatre la Seizieme

Whip-smart CHILD-ISH puts the words of kids into the mouths of adults, streaming via the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts on October 15

Sunny Drake’s verbatim theatre piece tackles topics that will move you as much as they make you laugh

THEATRE, LIVESTREAMJanet SmithOctober 15, 2021Shadbolt Centre for the Arts

Playwrights Christine Quintana and Jivesh Parasram amid Governor General’s Literary Awards finalists

Other nods include Ivan Coyote’s Care Of and J.B. MacKinnon’s The Day the World Stops Shopping

READ, THEATREJanet SmithOctober 14, 2021RUMBLE THEATRE

Green Thumb Theatre's revamped CRANKED delves into addiction and recovery

Michael P. Northey’s one-person show is more relevant than ever amid the ongoing opioid crisis

THEATREGail JohnsonOctober 5, 2021Green Thumb Theatre, theatre

In Stories That Transform Us, Corey Payette retraces 20 years of Urban Ink theatre accomplishments

Directing his first film, the artistic director blends interviews with dazzling theatrical sequences at VIFF

SCREEN, THEATREJanet SmithOctober 4, 2021VIFF, VIFF 2021, Urban Ink Theatre

Vancouver's Carousel Theatre for Young People announces new co-artistic and managing directors

Jennica Grienke and Dave Deveau share the roles, say TYA is in their blood

NEWS, THEATREGail JohnsonSeptember 28, 2021Carousel Theatre, theatre

“Empty House: Real Estate and Theatricality in Vancouver’s Downtown" wins Katrina Dunn a national PhD dissertation award

The veteran theatre artist has been named co-recipient of the Best PhD Dissertation in Canadian Studies Prize

NEWS, THEATREGail JohnsonSeptember 27, 2021news, theatre, Katrina Dunn

Online cooking and a live East Van Panto as The Cultch unveils a hybrid fall season

The hyperlocal holiday tradition heads to Wonderland

THEATRE, LIVESTREAMJanet SmithSeptember 23, 2021The Cultch, THE CULTCH

Terry Hunter and Savannah Walling celebrate 50 years of creative collaboration

The artists are co-founders of Vancouver Moving Theatre and its flagship Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival

Théâtre la Seizième unveils a season of the numerical, the whimsical, and the historical

Amid the offerings, the interactive Nombre and a work based on the autobiography of Gabrielle Roy

THEATREStir VancouverSeptember 14, 2021Partner Content, Theatre la Seizieme

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