Nigredo Hotel: A Wondrously Dark Night of the Soul
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“I’ll be more than happy if someone who doesn’t like opera comes, then we can have a conversation and I will find out why; Then I will convert them.”
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Fringe Festival 2018 Review: Awkward Hug
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There is an oft-expressed coming-of-age narrative we are familiar with—something unequivocally quiet and clumsy, something that sports all the sentimentality, the angst and the usual gawky suspects. So when Cory Thibert launches into Awkward Hug with an anecdote on how he lost his virginity, one might feel inclined to settle into their expectations. However, it would be an injustice to Cory, Linnea Gwiazdaan and TJ Dawe to say this is just a coming of age story.
Read MoreFringe Festival 2018 Review: Rocko and Nakota: Tales From the Land
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In Rocko and Nakota: Tales From the Land, expert storyteller Josh Languedoc takes his audience on a journey into mental illness and the healing power of stories. This one--man show, in which Languedoc switches with remarkable remarkable prowess between multiple characters, explores young Nakota’s struggle to grapple with his demons, both internal and external. Rocko and Nakota gifts audiences with traditional and contemporary stories about resilience and becoming your own hero.
Read MoreFringe Festival 2018 Review: Lip Service
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Lip Service, the physical comedy by Natalie Tin Yin Gan and Ashley Whitehead, is wholly satisfying (pun and innuendo intended). From the more technical aspects, such as their marked choreography and synchronization, to the show's deserved focus: Vulvas, obviously. And more specifically, issues of service, of self-acceptance, of doing-it-all, and more.
Read MoreMeet September's Featured Artist: Sarah Davidson!
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Sarah Davidson works between drawing and painting to investigate the interconnected organisms of the natural world. She holds a BFA from Emily Carr, and is currently earning an MFA from the University of Guelph.
Web Editor Sarah chatted with Sarah Davidson about the conversation between science and art, plant cognition, and some killer book recommendations. Enjoy!
Read MoreFringe Festival 2018 Preview: Poly Queer Love Ballad
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“I was constantly grappling with the label of being poly and bisexual and what that meant to me and other people. Then I realized, I had never seen a play about polyamory.”
Read MoreFringe Festival 2018 Preview: Precious Little
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When our words are no longer useful, how do we experience our interactions? Can we communicate in a more visceral, bodily way? Is it possible to be understood in a more spiritual, energetic sense, to go deeper in dialogue when we are stripped of our dependence on the word?
Read MoreNo Home Land: Theatre, Bagels, and Vancouver’s Affordability Crisis
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“It’s important for a city to have diversity of income because you need artists and you need all sorts of people in a city to make it work. That’s what makes it beautiful, and you can’t have a city with only millionaires in it.”
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