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Dil Ka invites audiences into the intimacy of a heated kitchen
March 15, 2024By: Petra Chase, Arts & Culture Editor Writer and filmmaker Lee Nisar sums up her first full-length play as combining “the power of buzzcuts and biryani into one unapologetically queer story.” Dil Ka has been years in the making, with its world premiere set for March 22–31 at the Presentation House Theatre in North Vancouver. Dil Ka, meaning “of the heart,” is about a young Pakistani woman, Zahra (Talia Vandenbrink), preparing the traditional dish biryani to serve her latest arranged marriage candidate, chosen by her family. However, Zahra is more interested in Jaz (Tanaz Roudgar), her “friend and gay crush”…
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David Suzuki and Tara Cullis take the stage for the world’s greatest love story
February 27, 2024By: Karissa Ketter, News Editor With ever-increasing concern for our planet, longtime Canadian environmental activist duo David Suzuki and Tara Cullis are trying a new way to get people’s attention. They hit the stage February 13–17 to star in What…
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Broadway Across Canada’s Hadestown masterfully delivers its cyclical love story
November 28, 2023By: Kelly Chia, Editor-in-Chief You might know the Greek myth of Orpheus: the talented musician who journeys to rescue his wife, Eurydice, from the underworld. Hades promises Orpheus he can have Eurydice only if he walks out of the underworld…
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Forest of Truth breaks gender stereotypes in a whimsical way
October 24, 2023By: Tam Nguyen, SFU Student Vancouver Fringe Festival is the biggest theatre festival in BC, held annually every September on Granville Island. Fringe 2023 wrapped up with over 85 independent artists and performers from across the world, cherishing all kinds…
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Before They Cut Down Our Tree ponders growing out of friendship
September 5, 2023By: Petra Chase, Arts & Culture Editor An almost universal experience of adulthood is learning to accept that friendships change over time. For playwright Karter Masuhara, this unspoken realization occurred at an old friend’s bridal shower. “When I went, it…
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Theatre Under the Stars: much to love and room to improve
July 25, 2023By: Petra Chase, Arts & Culture Editor Since 1940, Theatre Under the Stars has put on family-friendly plays in Stanley Park’s Malkin Bowl, an outdoor venue equipped with comfortable seating, a commissary kitchen, bar, and emergency ponchos. This season, which…
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The Café takes people-watching to another level
February 13, 2023By: C Icart, staff writer The Café is a play with a unique concept that appeals to those of us that like people-watching. The event took place last week as part of this year’s PuSh International Performing Arts Festival. Directed…
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Pass Over uses morbid humour to critique systemic racism
June 27, 2022By: Yasmin Vejs Simsek, Staff Writer Content warning: mention of racial slur, racism, police brutality. Pass Over at the Waterfront Theatre on Granville Island is a political commentary on Black men wanting a better life for themselves. Written by Antoinette Nwandu…
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The Seagull gives its namesake play new life, but not much else
May 11, 2018By: Natasha Tar If you’re into intense love triangles, crying, and general drama, The Seagull is the movie for you. Set in a Russian country estate, the film shows the intense relationships that develop between a group of friends and…
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URP’s production of Rent hit all the right notes
November 26, 2016The 20th anniversary production of Rent by URP wrapped its last show on November 20, and I’m not alone in wishing it would stick around for longer. I already wish I could see it again. Upon entering the theatre, the…
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