“We’re used to facing down health crises, from AIDS to a general lack of medical care. And here we are, again, facing a larger threat, using the web to reach our siblings and allies wherever they are.”
Actor Amy Fox on the choice to shorten the run of Trans Scripts amid COVID-19 concerns.
Read More“There's a connection with that sort of demand for vulnerability from not only [women I photograph] but me as well—to create that safe space where we get to have fun, be free and reclaim whether we want to be powerful, sexy, soft or all of those things at the same time. “
Read More“Five centuries of wrongdoing will take time to undo. That’s where cultural industries can pave a way for better understanding of each other,” says filmmaker Gordon Loverin. “The work has only begun and there still is a lot more that both Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples need to do to find balance with each other.”
Read MoreAhead of her appearance at the 2020 Growing Room Literary & Arts festival alongside Métis filmmaker Justin Ducharme, Room magazine’s managing editor, Jessica Johns, sat down with Jade Baxter to talk about Indigenous film, anti-colonial practices on film sets, and the art of filmmaking.
Read MoreLes Ballets Trockadéro de Monte Carlo takes on the monumental task of making century-old ballet performances exciting for a contemporary audience, and does so with a sharp wit and an ingenious reconfiguration of what it means to experience, gawk at, and appreciate the discipline of ballet.
Read MoreThis fall, a new musical is hoping to melt the heart of Vancouver audiences at the 2020 Fringe Festival. Before this can happen, however, the dream team behind the queer production will have to dig deep into their pockets. SAD sat down with David Cutting, the non-binary writer behind Now That I Found You to talk about how a Ru Paul superstar is swooping in to save the pop-infused play.
Read MoreThree 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?
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