Miami City Ballet visits Vancouver for the first time with Balanchine

George Balanchine is known as one of the most influential ballet choreographers of the 20th century, and his contemporary works range from experimental to...

A farcical Foreigner is touring the Lower Mainland

What does it take to get some peace and quiet for the weekend? Charlie (John Voth) would prefer if nobody spoke to him for...

Stupeur et tremblements is a powerful one woman show

A powerful one-woman show about cultural behaviours and repression, Amélie Nothomb’s play is captivating and profound. A long monologue about the role of a Japanese...

Fifty Shades of Grey glorifies psychopathy

Fifty Shades of Grey, an adaptation of E. L. James’ book of the same name, grossed over $100 million in North America on its...

The American Dream is alive and well in McFarland, USA

Jim White loses his job at an affluent high-school where he coached football, and relocates to a poor rural area, McFarland California, where his...

My night with Stephen Colbert

December 18, 2014 marked the end of an era in the edutainment community, as Stephen Colbert achieved immortality and set off to the moon...

Twelve is a diverse showcase of SFU talent

Twelve is an SFU dance production featuring 12 student-choreographed pieces from different styles of contemporary dance. It is a wonderful opportunity for students to...

Post-civil war tensions run high in The Whipping Man

This season, Pacific Theatre takes on The Whipping Man, a play about slavery and relationships set in post-civil war USA. Written by Matthew Lopez...

Moss-Haired Girl is complex story of family lore

R.H. Slansky’s 2014 novella Moss-Haired Girl is a fictional autobiography of former circus performer, Zara Zalinzi annotated by the fictional author Joshua Chapman Green....

You’re doin’ fine, Oklahoma

Speaking in drawls and singing their hearts out, the cast of Studio 58’s Oklahoma did this Rodgers and Hammerstein classic justice. In Oklahoma Territory...