Ruby Slippers Theatre
Dil Ka invites audiences into the intimacy of a heated kitchen
Arts 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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French Canadian theatre for Anglophones
EIC January 26, 2015Diane Brown, artistic director of Ruby Slippers Theatre, has been producing French Canadian plays in English translation for Vancouver audiences for over 25 years. Making these plays accessible to English-speaking audiences allows them to learn from these stories and from…
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