At the Firehall Arts Centre until March 26, 2016
It was the late novelist Marian Engel who said something about people who live on the very edges of continents. They get away from the centre as far as they can before falling off.
Stephanie Iszak as Lizzie and Matthew MacDonald-Bain as Danny in The Out Vigil. Credit: Emily Cooper
At The Cultch until March 19, 2016
Seeing this production of The Gay Heritage Project back-to-back with The Hooker Monologues brought up similarities between gays and sex workers: they share long histories of persecution and lifestyles that are heavily stigmatized.
Paul Dunn and Damien Atkins in The Gay Heritage Project. Credit: Guntar Kravis
The Hooker Monologues at The Firehall Arts Centre until March 13, 2016. Sold out.
There’s gutsy and then there’s GUTSY. That’s The Hooker Monologues, enjoying a sold-out run at The Firehall until March 13.
The cast of The Hooker Monologues. Centre: Maggie de Vries. Credit: Gail Stephan
At The Cultch until March 19, 2016
It’s really hard to believe that a mother, singing “Somewhere Over The Rainbow” to her infant son, had – according to the baby’s father – “made” the child grow up gay. Pity Kevin, a young Asian guy, coming out to such an ignorant father.
BC Lee, Brian J. Sutton and Alannah Ong in Ga Ting (Family). Credit: Raymond Shun
Dayson Board Room, Jewish Community Centre, March 5-10 and March 12-13
If you take religion out of the equation, is a Jewish guy still a Jew? That’s the question Itai Erdal – best known as one of Vancouver’s most innovative lighting designers – asks himself.
Itai Erdal in A Very Narrow Bridge. Credit: Emily Cooper
At the Jericho Arts Centre until March 12, 2016
As Ryan Mooney, Cats director and Fighting Chance Productions’ artistic director writes in his program notes, “What is it about this odd show?” Odd, indeed.
Four of the cast of Cats. Costumes by Fairlith Harvey. Credit: Allyson Fournier
No more Vancouver performances. March 11-12, 2016 at the Royal Theatre, Victoria
Heartbreaking. Harrowing. But eventually there’s a little light at the end of a very dark, very frightening tunnel.
Tiffany Tregarthen and Jonathon Young in Betroffenheit. Credit: Michael Slobodian
At Pacific Theatre until March 5, 2016
How many parents tell their kids, “You can be anything you want”? Then comes the reality check for a lot of them after post-secondary education: McDonalds, Yellow Cabs, waiting tables if you’re lucky, unemployment if you’re not.
Dimitry Chepovetsky, Curtis Tweedie, Rachel Cairns and Genevieve Fleming in Bright Blue Future. Credit: Mark Halliday
At The Cultch until February 27, 2016
James Long and Marcus Youssef haven’t killed each other yet. And that’s pretty amazing since they have been publicly insulting each other since November 2012.
Marcus Youssef and James Long in Winners and Losers. Credit: Simon Hayter
At the York Theatre until February 21, 2016
BigMouth is an extraordinary performance by Valentijn Dhaenens, produced by SkaGeN (Belgium) and Richard Jordan Productions (UK), and presented by The Cultch. BigMouth. Big performance. Big message.
Valentijn Dhaenens in BigMouth. Credit: Maya Wilsens