Theatre
SKIM and Maiden China get personal in YOU AND I ≠ WE
June 15, 2023“Do you like living in Vancouver?” That’s the first question Maiden China (Kendell Yan’s drag persona) asks her co-star SKIM (Romi Kim’s drag persona) during their show YOU AND I ≠ WE as part of the rEvolver Festival at The Cultch. What follows is a long answer reflecting on what it means to be a racialized settler on unceded, unsurrendered xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and Sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil-Waututh) territory. But how did I get here? Well, the first time I fell in love with SKIM was during Pride last year. Their moving drag performance to the song “King” by Florence +…
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Need to Know, Need to Go: March 11–April 2
March 10, 2023Vintage postcard writing workshop (free) Saturday, March 11, 3:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m. / Geist office at 111 West Hastings St., Vancouver Canadian quarterly publication, Geist and their writer-in-residence, Christine Lai, invites you to join this complementary writing workshop inspired by their…
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The Café takes people-watching to another level
February 13, 2023The 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 by Fay Nass and Chelsea…
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Need to Know, Need to Go: Plays to see in December
December 2, 2022Old 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…
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All about drama: SFU needs a theatre club
July 12, 2022Shakespeare once wrote, “All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players.” But for most SFU students, that line can’t literally be the case. Our school is an outlier in the academic community, hosting no all-major,…
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Consider the tea spilled on mental health in SFU’s Tea Time with Anxiety
March 24, 2019As a fellow SFU student, I have definitely had my fair share of anxiety and my moments of panic. And while mine are sometimes only limited to feelings of pressure from deadlines and exams, these experiences are especially frequent…
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Vancouver Theatre this September
September 24, 2018F*ck Tinder: A Love Story [caption id="attachment_106377" align="alignleft" width="300"] Photo courtesy of David Rodwin[/caption] F*ck Tinder is a one man show that centers around David Rodwin’s autobiographical foray into finding love on Tinder as a middle-aged romantic — it…
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Must-see events
March 25, 2018rEvolver Theatre Festival (early bird tickets) rEvolver Festival is a yearly event designed to promote the work of up-and-coming performance artists in Vancouver. As stated on the organizer’s website, the festival offers “the full range of contemporary theatrical practice, from…
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Shows to see at the Cultch this February
January 30, 2018Jabberwocky — February 6–17 at the York Theatre [caption id="attachment_102466" align="alignleft" width="164"] (Image courtesy of the Cultch)[/caption] Presented by the Old Trout Puppet Workshop, this is a theatrical experience like no other you will see this year. The Globe and…
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The East Van Panto returns with a local twist on Snow White and the Seven Dwarves
November 28, 2017It wouldn’t be the holidays without traditions. Some traditions can be tedious or even irrelevant, but one that is neither of those things is East Van Panto. This year the incredibly talented team from Theatre Replacement will present their own…
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