Three decades after a series of dreams marked her start at theatre school, playwright Carmen Aquirre has channeled those sleeping stories with rapper Shad Kabngo into Anywhere But Here. Debuting at the 2020 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival, this epic and surreal tale is at times nightmarish while also remaining full of life, beauty, music and humour.
Read MoreThe cast of Studio 58 masterfully kept up the momentum and energy written into the script and soundtrack of Urinetown. But from the beginning, it is clear that audiences aren’t invited to simply lean back and get lost in a fantastical world, dreamily charmed by romantic song and dance. This wacky mutation of our current society is meant to beg the question: How far off are we from having to pay to pee?
Read MoreIf the show title alone doesn’t give you enough reason to attend, come to witness Precious break Vegas rules by sharing untold stories of her time with the critically-acclaimed troupe Sweet Soul Burlesque.
Read MoreMusician Stefan Nazarevich and dance artist Shion Skye Carter are part of the collective olive theory, and co-produced the show ‘reach-close’ —an Interdisciplinary work that deconstructs ideas around what an instrument should look like, and how it should be played.
Read MoreFrom complex friendships, queerness, Black identity, eroticism, spirituality to music—Vancouver audiences are more than ready for She Mami Wata & The Pussy WitchHunt. Take advantage of this rare opportunity to experience d’bi.young anitafrika’s work at the 2020 PuSh Festival, on until February 1.
Read More“Go see something that your curious about,” Artistic and Executive Director Franco Boni recommends. “Choose something that feels outside your comfort zone.”
In other words, push yourself to participate in 2020 PuSh Festival.
Read MoreInfusing humorous, drag-inspired renditions of ballet favourites with new interpretations of contemporary dance, Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo (the Trocks) delights viewers with performances that dwindle at the intersection of parody and rigor.
Read MorePlaywright Jenn Griffin skillfully uses comedy to camouflage Vancouver’s dire housing crisis in a satire that will have audiences rooting for invasive rodents by the end.
Read MoreLeah Nelson and Sarah Leavitt shows us the labour of love, loss, and life in striking film Tangles at the Vancouver International Film Festival 2026.
In Experiments in a Failed Repair, an art exhibition that deconstructs and decolonises the monumentalisation of violence, Ghinwa Yassine challenges viewers to confront human violence through the rubble and remains of homes destroyed by war—and to imagine the lives that once existed within them.
Writer Brett Nelson reviews 'The Effect,' the latest production from The Cultch that explores the chemical nature of love and grapples with depression.
In this review of Frequencies: A Novel, Sophie Ganic’s debut, we explore a chilling blend of dystopian science fiction and feminist horror. Set in the aftermath of a deadly global outbreak, the novel examines isolation, psychological unraveling and past trauma.
Jill Goranson and Kelsi James presents Burn Blue, a multidisciplinary performance, at the 2026 Vancouver Fringe Festival, exploring water, memory, migration and colonisation, and the meaning of home through dance, music, poetry, and puppetry.
