IGNITE! Youth Arts Festival turns 21 in 2023, while the festival may have left its youth behind, the eclectic festival is still programmed and curated entirely by members of The Cultch’s Youth Panel. When the Femme Festival comes to a close on May 14th, it makes way for IGNITE!, Western Canada’s largest youth-run arts…
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The Cultch lines up a sixth annual Femme Festival
The Cultch has announced the line-up for its sixth annual Femme Festival. With seven performances from women in music, theatre, dance, comedy, and circus, The Cultch’s Femme Festival will fill its three stages April 15-May 14, 2023. April 26-30 The Cultch’s York Theatre features the Festival centrepiece, Raven, a contemporary circus act from German circus…
Little Willy, Huge Laughter! Ronnie Burkett’s Daisy Theatre returns to The Cultch
Ronnie Burkett’s Theatre of Marionettes newest production, Little Willy, brings the Daisy Theatre back to the Historic Theatre until January 29th. Little Willy, finds the marionette Daisy Theatre (within the Historic Theatre) attempting a loose…very loose…adaptation of William Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet. From the opening number of burlesque star Dolly Wiggler kicking off with…
Little Willy Brings Big Laughs To The Cultch
Expect big laughs as The Cultch starts the year off with the world premiere of Ronnie Burkett’s Little Willy, an adults-only marionette retelling of Romeo and Juliet, at the Historic Theatre, January 10-29. From the acclaimed Ronnie Burkett Theatre of Marionettes, the gang from “The Daisy Theatre” is back with more of their irreverent hijinks…
The Cultch presents the world premiere of IN MY DAY December 2-11
Opening to carry on momentum from this Thursday’s World AIDS Day, The Cultch presents the world premiere of In My Day, a new work for the stage from playwright Rick Waines and Zee Zee Theatre, playing at The Cultch’s Historic Theatre, from December 2 to December 11. A verbatim work of contemporary drama, In My…
Bad Parent makes Good Theatre as vAct bring Ins Choi’s new work to The Cultch
Bad Parent a new play from award-winning playwright Ins Choi is now on stage at The Cultch Historic Theatre until October 23rd. Produced by Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre (VACT), with Prairie Theatre Exchange, and Soulpepper Theatre Company, the play takes a lighthearted look at marriage, parenthood and everything that goes along with them. Stars Raugi…
The Cultch Presents Veda Hille’s Little Volcano in your Living Room
The Cultch is streaming Little Volcano, a new production from Veda Hille and Theatre Replacement, from the Historic Theatre, to your living room, running October 22-25, 2020. The show is accompanied by the release of the Little Volcano’s live album—available on limited edition gold vinyl, and as a digital download. In Little Volcano, pianist and…