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Chelsea Hotel Tributes Late Leonard Cohen, Celebrates Firehall Arts Centre’s...
by Max Szentveri Photo by David Cooper VANCOUVER – Vancouver based playwright and director Tracey Power has always believed it vital to tell Canadian stories. “We don’t need to see American and...
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REVIEW: The Cultch presents “Butcher”
By Jessie Foster Photo by Tim Matheson VANCOUVER – Butcher opens dramatically with complete darkness, setting the tone for a cutting-edge morose, comical and haunting thriller. The Cultch production...
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With Crystal, Cirque du Soleil Prompts Reflections on New Terrain
by Erin Ward Photo by Matt Beard VANCOUVER – After four months of acrobats learning to skate and skaters learning acrobatics, Cirque du Soleil has officially begun touring North America with Crystal,...
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The Simpsons-Inspired Mr. Burns: A Post-Electric Play Explores the...
By Axel Matfin Photo by Duy Nguyen The stories that we tell and hear have an immense impact on our society and culture. From binge-watching a new show to downloading a book directly to the palm of our...
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Review: Cirque du Soleil’s ‘Crystal’ Delivers Chilling Beauty in Solitude
By Jonny Bones Photo by Matt Beard Abbotsford Centre April 13th, 2018 Combine the death defying majesty of aerial acrobatics with the seemingly effortless elegance of figure skating, and you have...
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The Release Party, a Youth-Written and -Produced Play, Prompts Important...
By Maggie McPhee VANCOUVER – This May marks Vancouver’s Roundhouse Youth Theatre Action Group Project’s 17th year, and with it, a brand new youth-written and -produced play. Valerie Methot founded...
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Les Miserables Adaptation Brings Audiences Closer Than Ever to Author Victor...
By Jamila Pomeroy Photo by Matthew Murphy VANCOUVER – The musical adaptation of Victor Hugo’s novel, Les Misérables, may be set in 19th-century France, but performer Nick Cartell, who portrays Jean...
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VANCOUVER FRINGE FEST – BEATROUTE’S INBOX FAVS
By Leah Siegel VANCOUVER – Every year when the Vancouver Fringe Fest rolls around we get a lot of random press releases in our inboxes. It makes sense because the Fringe Fest is pretty random. Rather...
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New Works By Diverse Women Champions Feminism At Vancouver Fringe
by Yasmine Shemesh and Leah Siegel While You Sleep Advance Theatre: New Works by Diverse Women is an annual showcase of dramatic readings from female-identifying Canadian playwrights. It’s a stage set...
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‘The Ones We Leave Behind’ Explores Human Connection in a Changing Canadian...
By Lauren Donnelly Creatively drained from back-to-back runs of her award-winning play Dirty Old Woman, playwright Loretta Seto was looking forward to a break. Instead, she found herself applying for a...
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The Book of Mormon is Earnest, Unwholesome Fun
By Leah Siegel Book of Mormon. Photo by Joan Marcus It takes chutzpah to satirize an established religion like The Book of Mormon does. Judging by the amount of laughter heard in the Queen Elizabeth on...
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Ceasefire Celebrates Peace in a Time of War
by Leah Siegel Photo by Emily Cooper VANCOUVER – It’s almost amusing – in a sad, quaint sort of way – how H.G. Wells once called the First World War “the war to end war.” The conflict that spanned from...
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Places Please – November 2018
As we put away our sexy Halloween costumes and shift our attention to the inevitable cold embrace of winter, let’s talk theatre. Sure, that older stuff has its time and place. Arthur Miller’s Crucible?...
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Longtime Fringe Fest Favourite, God is a Scottish Drag Queen, Brings Both...
By Dora Joella Prieto VANCOUVER – Ready for something a little different this Christmas? While big theatres dust off The Nutcracker, Miracle on 34th Street, and A Christmas Carol for yet another...
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Places, Please – January 2019
By Leah Siegel photo by Angel Lynne Happy 2019, Vancouver! How are those New Year’s hangovers coming along? We here at BeatRoute aren’t doctors (just ask our parents!), but we know how to use a search...
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Attractor is a Transcendental Purge Through Organized Chaos
By Maryam Azizli Photo by Gregory Lorenzutti The show begins with two musicians and eight dancers on stage. Indonesian metalcore duo Senyawa incorporates traditional motifs into an experimental brand...
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In Prince Hamlet, Sign Language Adds a New Poetry to a Shakespeare Classic
By Leah Siegel A little over 10 years ago, Ravi Jain was trying to establish a theatre company in Toronto. He had just returned from a stint abroad and was still reacquainting himself with Canadian...
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With “Race Cards,” Selina Thompson Flips the Deck on the Conversation Around...
by Joey Lopez photo by Manuel Vason If you were to ask 1000 questions about anything, what would it be? In her art installation titled Race Cards, multi-disciplinary artist Selina Thompson asks 1000...
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Assassinating Thomson at Lunchbox Theatre
Calgary Assassinating Thomson Bruce HorakPhoto by Kurt Firla CALGARY – Bruce Horak’s journey to create his show Assassinating Thomson dates back to 2013 and the Vancouver Fringe, but his personal...
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‘Thank You for Being a Friend’ Carries a Torch for Your Favourite Queen Bee...
By Jennie Orton It is hard to imagine a universe in which a network would green-light a show with the following synopsis: “The hilarious daily lives of four women over 65 who share a Miami bungalow and...
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