The 40th edition of the Vancouver Fringe Festival has been entertaining audiences since the 5th of September at various indoor and outdoor settings on Granville Island. I caught some shows this week and here are my reviews!  Waxing The absurd premise of this solo

  Bach’s Motets: Vanish Spirits of Gloom After attending the profound and moving Monteverdi’s Vespers 1610, we attended a presentation of Bach’s Motets. The ten soloists returned for this concert along with the Pacific Baroque Orchestra. The concert also featured the

Vancouver’s Early Music Festival brings eight days of cultural immersion to the city every year. Early Music is often classified as European music from the Medieval Period through to the Baroque (about 1800) but the Early Music Festival expands this definition to

Twelfth Night  To open their 35th season, Vancouver’s iconic Shakespeare company, Bard on the Beach, presented “Twelfth Night,” a production directed by Diana Donnelly. The whimsical classic comedy of unrequited love and mistaken identity is given a cheeky carnival theme.

“Sunrise Betties” is a subversive theatrical experience, presented by Vancouver’s own ITSAZOO Productions. Depicting Vancouver of the 1970’s, the play takes place entirely in an expansive basement suite. Loosely based on the thrilling exploits of the Clark Park Gang, the

There are many ways to describe Rakesh Sukesh. He is a prolific dancer. A movement and yoga instructor. A Malayalee from Malabar. An experienced practitioner of Kalaripayattu. An aspiring global citizen (restrained by his Indian passport). What happens when all

Ramanenjana is a performative docu-fiction presented at PuSh International Performing Arts Festival by Romania’s Tangaj Collective. Part dance, part audio-visual lecture, the performance explores historical accounts from 19th century Madagascar through a post-colonial perspective.  The production is a collaborative effort between