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PROOF At Havana Theatre February 18 – 28

16 Feb

ProofFlickering Light Productions presents PROOF at the Havana Theatre, 1212 Commercial Drive, from February 18th to February 28th.  PROOF is the story of a young woman named Catherine. She is the daughter of Robert, a brilliant mathematician who misplaces both his brilliance and his sanity in his later years. Catherine, who is a budding mathematician herself, lives in her father’s shadow. Catherine gives up her schooling and her most creatively productive years in order to take care of her father. After her father’s death, a former student of her father’s comes to examine his papers, hoping to find valuable material in his notebooks. Catherine instantly distrusts his motives. Her sister Claire, questioning Catherine’s mental health, wants to move her from Chicago to New York.

This play by David Auburn is a compelling human drama. He reveals how fragile our hold on reality is while at the same time reminding us that finding trust and love is even more difficult than discovering truth.  PROOF begins Wednesday, February 18th at Havana Theatre and runs until February 28th.  Tickets are available in advance from Eventbrite from $19. Please note this play contains strong language and is not recommended for children.

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June Hunter Valentine’s Studio Sale February 7th

2 Feb

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JuneHunterShopify_about_2_1024x1024One of our favourite East Van artists, June Hunter, is having a Valentine’s Studio Sale on Saturday, February 7th from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm. If you don’t know her work, June has a way with nature that shows in all her pieces. Her work has been featured in Style at Home House and Home and Where Vancouver as well as on CBC’s Living Vancouver.

At June’s Studio Sale, you can expect to find sale prices on jewellery, tiles, magnets as well as the opportunity to see some of her larger pieces as well as one of a kinds. She will also have on hand special crow-themed Valentine cookies and a free special Valentine’s button for every visitor. June Hunter’s Studio is located at 2785 Parker Street (one block west of Renfrew – between Hastings St. and First Avenue). This is a “perfect chance to pick up that special something for that nature-loving sweetheart of yours.”

If you are not able to make the Studio Sale, you can also visit her Shop Online or find some of her work at Doctor Vigari Gallery, 1816 Commercial Drive.

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Review of PostSecret: The Show Now On At The Firehall Arts Centre

24 Jan

PostSecretTheShowAn innvovative new production opened at the Firehall Arts Centre on January 20th called PostSecret: The Show. This production brings to life one of the most popular blogs in the world PostSecret.com. In November 2004, US artist, Frank Warren, created a viral movement when he printed 3,000 self-addressed postcards and handed them out to people on the streets and asked them to mail their secrets to his home in Washington, DC.  The secrets were to be anonymous and the secret could be regret, fear, betrayal, desire, a confession or childhood humiliation.  Postsecret.com is now one of the most visited advertisement-free blogs in the world with over 700 million visitors from all over the world.  Vancouver’s TJ Dawe along with other Vancouver collaborators Kahlil Ashanti and Justin Sudds bring to life this innovative project that pushes the boundaries of crowd-sourced storytelling, combining intimate live performance with secrets from around the globe.  Part of the aim of the production is to show you are not alone. When you hear some of the secrets revealed, guaranteed you will find ones that resonate with you. For me, it was the postcard that read “Don’t Take Away My Sunshine is the saddest song in the world”. When my dog was diagnosed with an aggressive cancer that took him a few years too early, I sang that song to him all the time. He seemed to love it and showered me with wet dog kisses, but it always pulls at my heart strings. Some of the secrets took on a serious tone, such as suicide, but the positive we came away with is how PostSecrets.com saved so many lives literally and figuratively with words as well as actions.  PostSecret: The Show is full of raw human emotion in all its honesty, for better or for worse. Guaranteed you will see yourself in the secrets revealed to the world.  Some will make you laugh out loud, some with pull at your heart strings, some will truly make you think, but by the end, the show does in it’s own unique way make you see ‘we are all in this together’.  Each and every one of us has the ability to reach out and make a connection to someone and make a difference in someone’s life. Everyone will take away a little something different from this show which has been criticized by a few for being much like a TED Talk. This is a fair comment, but we felt that’s what made for a unique and engaging show. We encourage you to see the human in humanity.  PostSecret The Show runs till February 7th at the Firehall Arts Centre. Tickets are available online at Firehall Arts Centre.

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The Road Forward At The York Theatre February 5 to 7

21 Jan

RoadForward-landscape-300x225The Road Forward is a multi-media musical inspired by the ground breaking movement of the Native Brother and Sisterhood of British Columbia. This performance is dedicated to the countless First Nations women who have disappeared on B.C.’s Highway of Tears this blues/rock musical integrates traditional and contemporary art forms, historical media archives and interactive live performance.  This event is brought to you by PuSh International Performing Arts Festival, Touchstone Theatre and Red Diva Projects.   The Road Forward will be performed at the York Theatre, 639 Commercial Drive, on February 5 – 7. Tickets start at $19 and are available online via The Cultch.

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Canadian Premiere of PostSecret: The Show At The Firehall Arts Centre January 20th

19 Jan

PostSecretTheShowThere is an innovative new production coming to the Firehall Arts Centre on January 20th called PostSecret: The Show.  It brings to life one of the most popular blogs in the world PostSecret.com. US artist, Frank Warren, created a viral movement when he printed 3,000 self-addressed postcards and handed them out to people on the streets and asked them to send in their secrets. Postsecret.com is one of the most visited advertisement-free blogs in the world with nearly 700 million visitors. There have been six PostSecret books one of which made it to the New York Times bestseller list. In 2011, 300 of the postcard images became an exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art In New York.

On January 20th, Vancouver’s TJ Dawe along with other Vancouver collaborators Kahlil Ashanti and Justin Sudds will create a live immersive experience based on unheard PostSecret stories in collaboration with Frank Warren. This innovative project pushes the boundaries of crowd-sourced storytelling, combining intimate live performance with secrets from around the globe. You can expect a “visual, auditory and emotional journey through the beauty and complication of our deepest fears, ambitions, and confessions.” PostSecret: The Show showcases original music along with recorded voices, projected images and video in the hopes of reminding audiences that no matter what you may be facing in your life, you are not alone.

A preview show takes place January 20th with opening night taking place on January 21st. PostSecret The Show runs till February 7th. Tickets available online at Firehall Arts Centre.

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Motherload At The Cultch February 3rd to 21st

14 Jan

Motherload_IMG_0920_cmyk_clip_web-300x195The Cultch, 1895 Venables Street, invites you to check out Motherload starting February 3rd.  This is an intimate account of parenting in the modern age.  Four prominent Canadian theatre artists share their personal stories of motherhood.  They will be drawing on personal experiences such as playground conversations, coffee shop confessions and the issue of isolation that many moms feel while some get into ‘competitive mommying’.   By sharing their real life stories of parenthood, they hope to’ lighten the collective load’.  Motherload kicks off February 3rd at 8:00 pm with a preview show, opening night is February 4th and the show runs until February 21st.  For the moms or dads wishing to see the show with ‘Babes in Arms’, there will be matinee performances on February 8th and 14th  at 2:00 pm where you can bring children 2 and under.  Tickets are available online at The Cultch starting from $19.

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Review Of Kayak On Now At The Firehall Arts Centre Until January 17th

10 Jan

KayakFirehallArtsCentreA new riveting and thought provoking play Kayak produced by Alley Theatre opened at the Firehall Arts Centre on January 8th.  The play is written by Jordan Hall who is being hailed as one of Canada’s new emerging artists and recently awarded the Samuel French Award for playwriting for Kayak. After seeing the show, we can see why.  The play brings you three very different perspectives on socially relevant issues. First there is Annie Iverson a bleach blonde mother who loves her BMW and is played by Susan Hogan. Annie is on a mission to save her son Peter played by Sebastian Kroon from his radical environmentalist girlfriend, Julie Daniels, played by Marisa Smith.  The play weaves together a number of different themes including our personal values, ethical and environmental choices we make daily.  Do you drive to work each day in your SUV?  Julie would call it your own “personal environmental disaster” and would much prefer you take transit or cycle to reduce your carbon footprint. Whereas Annie is quite happy with her BMW and its kick ass GPS system thank you very much.  Peter lies somewhere in the middle trying to find his own footing in the world. He struggles with the traditional establishment values he was raised with and Julie’s ‘save the world’ minimalist views. Should he finish his business degree at Sauder Business School or work on his ethical existence as this may garner Julie’s love.

Annie tries valiantly to thwart her son’s relationship as she tries to impart her own values on her son thinking that what made her happy will make her son happy.  Peter, of course, carves out his own future much to his mother’s dismay. If you don’t know the story of Noah’s Ark, you certainly will after this performance. Water is one of the many themes as are natural disasters due to climate change.  Even Al Gore’s documentary An Inconvenient Truth gets a nod in this performance.  Establishment vs. environmental, profit vs. sustainability, where do you see yourself as a global citizen? As Julie put so succinctly “meaning well accounts for shit!” Go see Kayak, it will make you think.  For us, a sign of a great performance. Kayak the play runs until January 17th at the Firehall Arts Centre.

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Funny Lady Sara Bynoe Starts The New Year Off With Teen Angst Night & Say Wha?

8 Jan

TeenAngstNightSaraSara Bynoe self-titled actor, writer and producer of fun times is starting off the New Year with humour as only she can.  You are invited to her upcoming installment of Teen Angst Night on Tuesday, January 13th  8:00 pm at the Cottage Bistro, 4468 Main Street. These are brave souls that read real live diary/journal entries from those anxiety causing teenage years which now in retrospect many of us can only laugh at, or so we hope. Tickets are available at the door for $10.

You can also catch Sara at her next installment of Say Wha?! Readings of Delicious Rotten Writing on Tuesday, January 20th at The Emerald, 555 Gore Street 8:00 pm. Sara and her ever funny guests will be reading from the worst published books they can put their hands on.  Sara has been running these shows since 2010 and we are sure she and her guests will bring you many laughs.  Tickets are available in advance via Eventbrite for $10.

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KAYAK Opening Night January 8th At The Firehall Arts Centre

4 Jan

KayakFirehallArtsCentreFirehall Arts Centre and Alley Theatre bring you an environmental disaster at sea Kayak. Alley Theatre is an independent Vancouver theatre company who have built a reputation for socially relevant theatre productions.  Kayak is a witty and intelligent play about love and idealism and just may change the way you think about climate change.  The play is written by one of Canada’s emerging young playwrights, Jordan Hall, of Alley Theatre.  The play weaves together the perspectives of three very different characters, a bleach blonde BMW driving Annie who is on a mission to save her son, Peter, from his radical environmentalist girlfriend, Julie. Annie ends up throwing herself into a path of events larger than she could have imagined.  Kayak kicks off on January 7th with a preview show at 8:00 pm and a pay what you can matinee at 1:00 pm.  Opening night is January 8th at 8:00 pm with the show running until January 17th.  Tickets are available online from $16 – $32. What people are saying about Kayak: “Smart, funny, political: if this play were a guy, I’d date him.” – Colin Thomas, Georgia Straight  “Kayak really got me where I live. . . . This is a terrific, even terrifying, play that delivers some surprises.” – Vancouver Courier

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Canadian Premiere Of All That Fall By Samuel Beckett At The Cultch Until January 24th

2 Jan

AllThatFallTheCultchThe Cultch and Blackbird Theatre bring you the first ever Canadian production of All That Fall by Irish writer Samuel Beckett.  For 50 years no one has been allowed to stage this entertaining Irish play which touches on the harshness of life and the futility of religion.  After a ban was lifted, audiences in New York and London were able to see this radio play produced on stage and now it’s finally come to Canada. The Globe & Mail has a nice run down about the history of how the show came to Canada.   All That Fall is now on at The Cultch, 1895 Venables Street, until January 24th nightly at 8:00 pm with 2:00 pm matinees on January 4th, 11th and 18th.  Tickets start at $19 and are available online at The Cultch.

What people are saying about All That Fall.

“Radio play by famed Irish writer Samuel Beckett comes to the stage for the first time in Canada” – The Province

“Estate’s approval leads to Canadian premiere of a rarely seen Beckett play” – The Vancouver Sun

“Samuel Beckett’s All That Fall is a masterpiece” – The Georgia Straight

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