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Kinky Boots' dynamic stage duo talks high heels, quick changes, and being who you want to be

Stewart Adam McKensy and Sayer Roberts form a close bond as the drag queen and shoe-maker at the centre of Arts Club’s celebratory musical

THEATREJanet SmithJune 10, 2022Arts Club Theatre, Kinky Boots, Homepage feature, SUMMER

Ensemble Theatre Company's Summer Repertory Festival returns for 2022, with two powerful dramas

Marjorie Prime and Pass Over anchor the fest at ETC’s new home at Waterfront Theatre; film screenings added

Theatre review: Handsomely staged with live foley sound effects, Yellow Fever resonates across the decades

Noir tale of racial inequity in 1970s Vancouver speaks directly to today

THEATREJanet SmithJune 5, 2022FIREHALL, Firehall Arts Centre, SPRING

Final weekend of rEvolver Festival sees explorations of technology and more, to June 5

Last chances to check out Controller and Lucky, plus the final Updraft readings

FESTS, THEATREJanet SmithJune 3, 2022Upintheair Theatre, rEvolver Festival

Talking Stick Festival brings back Stories That Transform Us, in-person on June 12

The feature-length documentary by Corey Payette also screens for free online to July 3 as part of the festival

Morag, You’re a Long Time Deid features loop pedals and Scottish ballads in a journey of queer discovery

A grandmother whom co-creator Claire Love Wilson never met inspired the experimental musical

Taran Kootenhayoo, Columpa Bobb, Sam Bob among Vancouver artists nominated for 2021-22 Jessie Awards

Clean/Espejos, ‘da Kink in my Hair, Bunny, Beautiful Man, and more up for awards before the Jessies go on hiatus

NEWS, THEATREGail JohnsonJune 3, 2022SPRING, Spring Arts Guide, Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards

Part game, part theatre piece, New Societies looks to audiences to build utopia

Re:Current Theatre’s interactive production gets viewers collaborating, competing, and dreaming

Theatre reviews: Body autonomy and a queer-love rock-pop concert, as rEvolver fest swings into motion

SEETHERED joins four women in a hospital waiting room, while Passenger Seat cranks up the fog machines

THEATREJanet SmithMay 27, 2022rEvolver Festival, Upintheair Theatre, Homepage feature

Teatret Gruppe 38 conjures delicate, low-tech magic at the Vancouver International Children's Festival

A Story of a House That Turned Into a Dot blends shadow puppetry, storytelling, and music in an intimate show that explores a big emotion

Theatre review: Hamilton still feels artistically revolutionary as it finally hits Vancouver

Performances are strong across the board, and a lot of the singing sounds excitingly “street”

THEATREJanet SmithMay 26, 2022Hamilton

In Yellow Fever, actor Hiro Kanagawa plays with hardboiled-detective tropes in 1970s Powell Street

The actor-playwright finds the comedy-mystery’s themes of racism all too timely

THEATREJanet SmithMay 25, 2022FIREHALL, Firehall Arts Centre, Hiro Kanagawa, SPRING, Spring Guide 2022

Mashing forms and exploring identity, as rEvolver Festival returns with live performances

Gender? I Hardly Know Them mixes sketch comedy and true monologues to spread “Prairie queer joy”

COMEDY, THEATREJanet SmithMay 20, 2022Upintheair Theatre, rEvolver Festival, Homepage feature

Pi Theatre presentation of This Is the Story of the Child Ruled by Fear asks friends and strangers to read together out loud

Writer-performer David Gagnon Walker leads a journey of worry and wonder as part of Pi Provocateur Series

THEATREJanet SmithMay 19, 2022Pi Theatre, Pi Provocateurs

Arts Club Theatre Company announces cast and creative team for Kinky Boots

The blockbuster Broadway spectacular struts onto the Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage June 9 to July 31

THEATREJanet SmithMay 19, 2022Partner Content, Arts Club Theatre, SUMMER

A Cultural Celebration MENAT Style! mixes together storytelling, music, and food

Medusa Theatre team created monologues out of real memories from immigrants from the Middle East, North Africa, and Turkey

THEATRE, CULTUREJanet SmithMay 18, 2022Rumble Theatre, RUMBLE THEATRE, Medusa Theatre, MENAT, SPRING

Loss of small-town landmarks gives rise to Québécois playwright André Gélineau's S’effondrent les vidéoclubs

With humour and colourful characters, new play explores the parallels between a dying lake, a doomed videostore, and solitudes

THEATREGail JohnsonMay 18, 2022SPRING, Spring Arts Guide, Theatre la Seizieme, French

Celebrating Asian Excellence poster campaign marks Asian Heritage Month with message of positivity and promise

Boca del Lupo’s The Fishbowl on Granville Island and theatres across Canada display the new, rallying words and faces

THEATRE, NEWSJanet SmithMay 16, 2022Boca del Lupo, BOCA DEL LUPO, Sherry J Yoon, Asian Heritage Month

The Biting School, Nancy Lee 李南屏, and Mohammadreza Akrami are Here For Now, May 20 and 21

Volume 3 of the cross-disciplinary art event features experimental theatre, sound, and contemporary dance

WHAT'S STIRRING, OPERA, THEATRE, DANCEJanet SmithMay 16, 2022SPRING, Spring Arts Guide, The Biting School, Nancy Lee

Drew Facey, celebrated set and interior designer, mourned by Vancouver arts community

Colleagues and friends are taking to social media to remember award-winning talent

NEWS, THEATREJanet SmithMay 12, 2022Drew Facey

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