On June 22, 2017, the Downtown Eastside’s Firehall Arts Centre celebrates its neighbourhood with EAT.DRINK.PLAY. Toasting the incredible food and drink happening in the Firehall’s backyard, the annual event brings together the area’s finest restaurateurs, craft brewers, small-batch distillers, and performers for an eclectic summer evening of sampling and sharing. “For 35 years, the Firehall has…
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Refuge – a powerful play at Firehall Arts Centre
Balancing a fair refugee system and public safety are especially topical subjects with the current global debate on immigration. Halagonian Mary Vingoe’s play, Refuge, reminds us that even a country as diverse as Canada has been touched by class, culture and sectarian violence as well as blemishes in our treatment of refugee claimants. A powerful and…
And Bella Sang With Us, onstage at Firehall Arts Centre
A bit of Vancouver history comes to life as “And Bella Sang With Us” by Sally Stubbs, takes the stage at the Firehall Arts Centre until January 14th “And Bella Sang With Us” imagines what life was like for Vancouver’s first female police constables. In 1912, L.D. Harris and Minnie Miller made Vancouver the first city in…
Miss Shakespeare at Firehall Arts Centre
The award winning musical, Miss Shakespeare is onstage until November 26th at the Firehall Arts Centre. Although it’s set in the 1600s, the story was topical for the current political situation, telling the story of a strong woman fighting against a male dominated industry and her attempt to break through the proverbial glass ceiling. Judith Shakespeare…