The Cultch’s Youth Program

Neworld Theatre and The Cultch's Youth Program Team Up to Create Five New PodPlays

Neworld Theatre and The Cultch’s Youth Program Team Up to Create Five New PodPlays

By Corbin Murdoch, Youth Program Manager On September 20th and 21st, The Cultch’s Youth Program launched its 2011/2012 season with a two-day workshop with Neworld Theatre Co-Artistic Producer Adrienne Wong. Adrienne has been spearheading a project at Neworld called PodPlays. She describes the project in the following way: “A PodPlay is a short, site-specific audio [...]

The Cultch’s Summer Camp and The Only Animal: A Collaboration Between Emerging and Experienced Performers

The Cultch’s Summer Camp and The Only Animal: A Collaboration Between Emerging and Experienced Performers

When 16 high-school aged youth signed up for The Cultch Summer Camp, they were promised the opportunity to collaborate with real-world mentors currently working in the arts. Over the course of the next two weeks, our summer campers will learn all the necessary skills to put a production together from the group up. Our company-in-residence [...]

Young Playwright Chris Nyarady talks about seeing his play performed on The Cultch stage at the 2011 IGNITE! Youth Festival

Young Playwright Chris Nyarady talks about seeing his play performed on The Cultch stage at the 2011 IGNITE! Youth Festival

From April 25 to 30, The Cultch was taken over by eager and energetic youth for the IGNITE! Youth Festival. Hundreds of youth from across the Lower Mainland came together for a week of amazing performances. We caught up with youth playwright Chris Nyarady about the experience of seeing his play Hide and Go Sell [...]

Announcing the 2011 IGNITE! Mentorship Program

Announcing the 2011 IGNITE! Mentorship Program

By Corbin Murdoch, Cultch Youth Program Manager The Cultch’s Youth Program is proud to present the fourth season of our IGNITE! Mentorship Program. IGNITE! is designed to offer youth in Vancouver unprecedented access to professional artists and to demystify what it takes to build a career in the arts. In 2011 we will be offering [...]

Building a greener future: Plans are made for a living wall at The Cultch

Building a greener future: Plans are made for a living wall at The Cultch

It’s alive! Next spring, a living green wall is making its way to The Cultch with the help of the Environmental Youth Alliance and our very own Youth Panel.  Selected by the Environmental Youth Alliance, The Cultch will be one of four buildings scheduled to have a living wall installed by gsky. Hoping to engage [...]

2010 IGNITE! Youth Festival: Youth-Driven Art Making

2010 IGNITE! Youth Festival: Youth-Driven Art Making

The 2010 IGNITE! Youth Arts Festival took place at The Cultch May 17 – 22. During this week, The Cultch was taken over and transformed by young people. Hundreds of youth were involved in what has grown to be Vancouver’s largest youth-driven arts festival. The festival included showcases in music, dance, and spoken word, the [...]

THE CULTCH’S SUMMER CAMP: EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED!

THE CULTCH’S SUMMER CAMP: EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED!

Here at The Cultch’s Youth Program headquarters, we are hard at work putting together one of the most ambitious programs we’ve ever created: The Summer Youth Performing Arts Intensive, colloquially known as The Cultch Summer Camp. The program brings together the artistic directors of four of Vancouver’s most respected independent performing arts companies to work [...]