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Need to Know, Need to Go: Plays to see in December
December 2, 2022By: Petra Chase, Art & Culture Editor Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story recollects Jewish refugee history in Canada (Tickets $45) When: December 1–11 Where: SFU Goldcorp Centre for The Arts This love story follows two Jewish Romanian refugees in Canada in 1908. This music-theatre hybrid performance features an energetic folk soundtrack by Jewish genre-bending songwriter, Ben Caplan. The “humorously dark folktale woven together with a high-energy concert” is part of the programming for Chutzpah, Vancouver’s annual Jewish arts festival. It was developed by SFU Woodward’s Cultural Programs and 2b Theatre. In My Day shows the multifaceted history of the…
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Ali Hassan is Muslim, Interrupted
February 20, 2017Comedian Ali Hassan has trouble explaining to his children why their Muslim family doesn’t go to the mosque — and why he eats pork. The nuances between religion and culture are not always easy for many people to understand, let…
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CENTRE STAGE: In Review: Tu te souviendras de moi, Gallim Dance, Ga Ting (Family), Memory Wax/Danza Teatro Retazos at VIDF, and Reclaiming Hope
March 22, 2016Tu te souviendras de moi - Theatre la seizieme March 8–12; Studio 16 Last fall, I saw a play presented by Ruby Slippers Theatre at The Cultch called You Will Remember Me. The play was presented in translation from the…
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