The Cultch has recently announced its 45th anniversary season, with Executive Director Heather Redfern programming a 2018-19 season full of local premieres, international hits, and returning favourites. “The Cultch is a place that people come to for community: to have their minds stimulated, to be challenged, to laugh, to discover,” says Redfern. “The Cultch is for…
Tag: drama
Nine Dragons brings mystery to Gateway Theatre
Gateway Theatre closes out their 2017-18 season with the original crime caper, Nine Dragons. Written by Gateway Artistic Director, Jovanni Sy and directed by Craig Hall, Nine Dragon is a co-production with Calgary’s Vertigo Theatre and Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre. Set in 1920s Kowloon, Nine Dragons is a gritty homage to film noir mysteries, Hong…
Salt-Water Moon brings simplicity to Gateway Theatre
Salt-Water Moon has been performed countless times since its debut in the mid 1980s, yet the current production at Gateway Theatre brings a fresh take to the Canadian classic. The Factory Theatre production, on tour with Why Not Theatre is directed by Ravi Jain who reimagines David French’s story about the romantic beginnings of Jacob…
Next To Normal tackles mental illness
West Moon Theatre is presenting the award-winning rock musical Next To Normal at Studio 16 Theatre until February 17th. In a unique turn, this production is double cast with two separate casts taking on the challenging musical’s heavy content and numbers. The double cast allows for two interpretations of the characters and brings a different…
Firehall Arts Centre presents SHIT by Patricia Cornelius
Firehall Arts Centre is now presenting the Canadian debut of Patricia Cornelius’ SHIT. Directed by Firehall Arts Centre’s Artistic Producer Donna Spencer, the profane and provocative production is an in-your-face look at the lives of three women. The trio, played with stunning realism by Yoshié Bancroft, Kayla Deorksen, & Sharon Crandall appear to exist on the…
Topdog/Underdog battle for supremacy at Arts Club
Last night, the Pulitzer Prize winning play, Topdog/Underdog opened at the Arts Club Theatre Company Goldcorp Stage at the BMO Theatre Centre. The two act, two-hander is an intense two hours of rapid fire dialogue and emotions, written by Suzan-Lori Parks, the first black woman to win a Pulitzer Prize, and directed for The Arts…
Midtwenties Theatre Society goes Above The Hospital
Midtwenties Theatre Society and Red Gates Art Society present the new play Above The Hospital, until January 21st at Red Gates Review Stage on Granville Island. The new production is the first written by director Beau Han Bridge, founder of Midtwenties Theatre Society. As with Midtwenties Theatre Society’s debut, This Is Our Youth, Beau Han…