Author: vanlovesart

The Wrong Bashir is set in present day Vancouver and depicts the intergenerational story of a wonky Ismaili family. The comedic plot highlights the absurd relationship dynamics and idiosyncrasies one tends to witness in displaced and migrant communities. Bashir Ladha

Our world exists in the realm of glaring contradictions – humans yearning to express love are ordered to perform hatred; children and grandchildren of trauma survivors are taught cultural lores that are incompatible with the current material reality; parents who

Photo credit: Ontroerend Goed Are we not drawn onward to new erA is a theater production that casts a reversible gaze on human actions that have led to climate change. The show, just like its title, is a palindromic sequence.

  My oldest memory of a book library comes from early schooling years in Bangalore, India. I attended an institution that was run by Catholic Missionaries who embraced an ethic of strict discipline with mandated obedience to authority. The school

Can art exist in a world that routinely endorses hegemony and oppressive systems? Is it possible for artists to occupy a place of relevance in the midst of contradictions that disregard human life for material profit? Soliloquio (I Woke Up

  Author’s note: As an outsider to African culture, I am not privy to many of the deeper symbols, sounds and movements that were invoked during the performance. So, I have not attempted to critique or analyze those aspects in

Historic Theatre, The Cultch is featuring a verbatim production, In My Day from December 2nd to December 11, 2022. Presented by ZeeZee Theatre and written by Rick Waines, this production shines a light on the stories of those affected by