From November 3-24, The Chutzpah! Festival returns with another exciting and dynamic lineup of music, theatre, comedy, dance and multimedia arts. An eagerly anticipated, annual highlight of Vancouver’s arts season, for over two decades the Chutzpah! Festival has been connecting communities and celebrating the vibrancy of its stories.
Sharing their work in person and through select digital streams, artists will return to venues across town including the Norman & Annette Rothstein Theatre, Wosk Auditorium, and the Sidney & Gertrude Zack Gallery, the festival hub at the JCC.
The 22nd Annual Chutzpah! Festival will include a special programming highlight brings Jewish and non-Jewish artists of Persian heritage together to explore how these communities have intersected in their artistic expression. The Festival’s new programs for young audiences and families expand with theatre and music events, including special school matinees. With an emphasis on homegrown artists from across Canada, alongside work from Israel, the United States, and the United Kingdom, audiences will have the opportunity to attend in-person performances, or to enjoy select digital events from the comfort of their own homes.
“We are delighted to welcome audiences back to the theatre to participate in all the Chutzpah! Festival has to offer,” says Jessica Mann Gutteridge, Artistic Managing Director. “We look forward to bringing communities together to share stories, celebrate our cultural vibrancy, and learn more about each other through shared artistic experiences.”
The Chutzpah! Festival lineup includes:
OPENING NIGHT EVENT:
Not a Day Goes By with City Opera Vancouver
November 3 at 8pm @ Wosk Auditorium
COMEDY:
Joel Chasnoff (Israel/USA) with special guest Talia Reese (USA)
November 16 at 8pm @ Norman & Annette Rothstein Theatre
Celebrating Queer Jewish Comedy featuring Liz Glazer (USA)
Hosted by Yenta (USA) With Drag Queens Ziona Patriot & Talula Bonet “The Holy Sisters” (Israel)
November 24 at 8pm @ Norman & Annette Rothstein Theatre
DANCE:
Ne.Sans Opera & Dance World Premiere of Hourglass (Israel/Canada)
November 5 & 6 at 8pm @ Norman & Annette Rothstein Theatre
Alexis Fletcher & Arash Khakpour World Premiere of ? ?? ???? ?? ??? ???????? | All my being is a dark verse (working title) (Canada)
November 9 & 10 at 8pm @ Norman & Annette Rothstein Theatre
DANCE DOUBLE BILL:
Vanessa Goodman/Action at a Distance – World Premiere of Echo Chamber (Canada)
Shay Kuebler/Radical System Art Ghost Scripts (Canada)
November 21 & 22 at 8pm @ Norman & Annette Rothstein Theatre
THEATRE: STAGED READING
Yankl & Der Beanstalk (UK)
Part of the DBLSPK Program co-presented with rice & beans theatre (Canada)
November 7 at 1pm @ Norman & Annette Rothstein Theatre / Digital Stream Also Available
The Flame – Home Again at Chutzpah! (Canada)
November 12 at 8pm @ Norman & Annette Rothstein Theatre
Edith Tankus Canadian Premiere of Wild Country (Canada/UK)
November 20 & 21 at 8pm @ Djavad Mowafaghian World Art Centre, SFU Goldcorp Centre for Arts
MUSIC:
Joan Beckow Legacy Project (Canada)
Album Launch & Documentary World Premiere
November 13 at 7pm @ Norman & Annette Rothstein Theatre
David Buchbinder, Mark Rubin & Michael Ward-Bergeman – Music at the Center of the River (Canada/USA)
November 17 at 8pm @ Norman & Annette Rothstein Theatre
Liraz – A Persian-Jewish Program (Israel)
November 23 at 8pm @ Norman & Annette Rothstein Theatre
MULTIMEDIA:
Maya Ciarrocchi & Andrew Conklin – Site: Yizkor (Canada/USA)
November 10-19: Installation and Workshops @ Sidney & Gertrude Zack Gallery
November 19: Performance @ Norman & Annette Rothstein Theatre
PROGRAMMING FOR FAMILIES AND YOUNG PEOPLE:
Dan and Claudia Zanes in Concert (USA)
Family Show: November 13 at 11am @ Norman & Annette Rothstein Theatre
School Matinee: November 14 at 11am @ Norman & Annette Rothstein Theatre
Axis Theatre – Th ‘owxyia: The Hungry Feast Dish (CANADA)
School Matinee: November 18 at 11am @ Norman & Annette Rothstein Theatre
Family Show: November 19 at 11am @ Norman & Annette Rothstein Theatre
PUBLIC OUTREACH:
Jacqueline Saper – From Miniskirt to Hijab: A Girl in Revolutionary Iran ( USA)
November 14 at 1pm, Digitally Streamed
Ayelet Latovich – Persian Jewish Food and Cooking (Israel)
November 21 at 6pm , Digitally Streamed
Other workshops and talkbacks with festival artists, facilitated by members of the Vancouver arts community will run throughout the Festival. Select workshops will also be available for streaming. Check the website for updates and registration information.
For more information and full details of all the 2022 Chutzpah! Festival line-up, and to purchase tickets and passes, visit chutzpahfestival.com