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Author: Festival Coverage

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The prototypical Asian immigrant story usually revolves around a hard working person who drops everything for a better life in an unfamiliar place — someone earnest, eager, filled with hope. Many end up in the service industry, some open grocery stores or restaurants. But what about entering theatre? There are probably a few Asian immigrants […]

Well before watching DISSOLVE, I knew how topical it was. Stories on rape, particularly in the media, have been widely shared, so imagine my surprise when I learned it was first performed in 2003 as a UBC theatre project. I entered somewhat skeptical, because after reading and talking about it, I already understood the consequences, […]

Fylm is a story about relationships, and Venn diagrams, and skiing, and incompetent canine nuclear physicists. So it’s really about nothing at all. It’s a series of pointless vignettes with abrupt ends told into a consumer grade camcorder. With paper puppets. And a guitarist. And a drum machine. Naturally, it’s excellent. Looking for all the […]

Alanna Mitchell’s father was a scholar who studied one species all his life. Her mother was a wildlife artist. It’s fitting that Mitchell is the perfect combination of her parents skills and talents, mixing science and art into a one-woman show about ocean health. Though she did not study science (she was a Latin major), […]

This interview has been edited and condensed. In a broad sense, how would you describe the piece? We’re calling it a motivational keynote presentation. There are elements of pitch, [but] it’s hard to describe. I don’t want to give too much away. As a starting point, I would say it’s a keynote presentation about foreign […]

6 Guitars – Trailer from Chase Padgett on Vimeo. At some point in 6 Guitars, Chase Padgett reminds the audience that blues and hip-hop cover the same four themes (which I won’t spoil). About two-thirds of the way in, I realized that his one-man show owed a similar debt to convention. His six guitarists, which […]