• Posted May 12th, 2012 by Alicia Novak · Vancouver

    Ballet BC presents the world premiere of Bliss at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre this week. Resident
    choreographer Jose Navas created this work in collaboration with the dancers in the company. He has expanded on the shorter piece, The bliss that from their limbs all movement takes, to create a bright and emotionally charged evening of dance.

  • Posted April 26th, 2012 by Danielle Benzon · Vancouver

    I am so glad...

  • Posted April 25th, 2012 by Allyson McGrane · Vancouver

    Theatre Terrific recently produced Egni's Eye at Performance Works in Vancouver.  Subtitled as "The Story Arthur Miller Didn't Want Told: Part 2 - The Mother", this new play is inspired by the true story of photojournalist Inge Morath who gave birth to a daughter and a son.

  • Posted April 5th, 2012 by Kedrick James · Vancouver

    In welcoming the audience to Vancouver Intercultural Orchestra’s production Imagined Worlds: Intertwined, VICO founder Moshe Denburg made reference to the tremendous variety of musical worlds that arise out of this “uniquely Canadian” musical setting, where master instrumentalists of diverse musical heritage foment bonds that run deeper than political and geographic...

  • Posted March 26th, 2012 by Jill Goldberg · Vancouver

    Blush, which was performed by Gallim Dance from New York City, at the Playhouse Theatre on March 23rd and 24th was, simply, a boundary shattering monument to the extremes of originality, creativity, and excellence in choreography and dance, as well as lighting and music.  I left the theatre breathless, as though winded by the exhilaration of merely watching...

  • Posted March 22nd, 2012 by Danielle Benzon · Vancouver

    Staged readings can feel like a more pure form of theatre. The words have room to breathe. They lift off the page and soar around us in the room.

  • Posted March 10th, 2012 by Danielle Benzon with comments from Genevieve Koehl · Vancouver

    “What drives good people to do bad things?” What a powerful question. One I’d rather not think about too hard. I think of myself as a good person. Would I do those awful things given the right circumstances?

  • Posted March 10th, 2012 by Allyson McGrane ·

    I received an invitation via Facebook to a Vancouver Playhouse Rally planned for tonight at 7pm the Vancouver Playhouse to honour the company's history on the night of its final performance. The suggestion is for those attending to wear white, bring flashlights to shine at the theatre and show solidarity.  Why?

  • Posted March 9th, 2012 by Danielle Benzon · Vancouver

    What a refreshing and rambunctious production of King Lear!

  • Posted March 9th, 2012 by Allyson McGrane ·

    WOW - it's curtains for Vancouver Playhouse.

    One final show tomorrow evening of Catalyst Theatre's Hunchback, then the Playhouse is no more. 

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