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By The Cultch on May 2, 2013
This week we’d like to spotlight one of the mentees from The Cultch’s IGNITE! Mentorship Program — Nina Sky Robertson. Robertson was selected for a mentorship in Stage Design and has been learning the ropes from accomplished artist/designer, Alice Mansell. This brand new mentorship program in costume and set design is intended for aspiring young [...]
Posted in 12/13 Presentations, Dance, Dance Presentations, Uncategorized | Tagged Arts, IGNITE!, tara cheyenne friedenberg, the cultch, The Vancouver East Cultural Centre, Vancouver
By The Cultch on April 11, 2013
The bicycle serves not only as inspiration but also as instrument in our new show SPIN running until April 20. Through a series of songs played live on a vintage bicycle, SPIN recounts a theatrical cycle of stories about women, cycling, and liberation. In honour of Evalyn Parry’s SPIN, we feature one of our very [...]
Posted in 12/13 Presentations, Uncategorized | Tagged Arts, Isa Szeto, SPIN Evalyn parry, the cultch, The Vancouver East Cultural Centre, Vancouver, Vancouver Live Theatre: No. 2
By The Cultch on March 20, 2013
This writer, director, producer and set-designer is so loved by The Cultch he needs no introduction. From his 2011 dramatic hit 1984 to the smash hit Broken Sex Doll currently wowing audiences on The Cultch stage, Andy Thompson of Vancouver’s The Virtual Stage shares his creative process behind Broken Sex Doll, or as The Province [...]
Posted in 12/13 Presentations, Uncategorized | Tagged Andy Thompson, Broken Sex Doll, the cultch, The Vancouver East Cultural Centre, The Virtual Stage
By The Cultch on March 8, 2013
Vancouver has seen its fair (ok, more than fair) share of historical buildings being razed to the ground recently and an increasing loss of cultural spaces: The Pantages Theatre built in 1907, torn down in April of last year; The Ridge Theatre saw its final days last month and it’s not looking good for The [...]
Posted in History of The Cultch, Theatre, York Theatre | Tagged the cultch, The York, Vancouver Heritage
By Sarah Cruickshank on February 13, 2013
This week we bring you the second part of our exclusive two-part interview with the award winning choreographer and creative director of RUBBERBANDance Group, Victor Quijada. His work, which examines human relationships through a seamless marriage of classical, contemporary, and urban aesthetics, is performed internationally. In part two, Quijada shares with us the process of [...]
Posted in 12/13 Presentations, Dance, Dance Presentations, Uncategorized | Tagged Arts, Dance, RUBBERBANDance Group, the cultch, The Vancouver East Cultural Centre, Victor Quijada
By Sarah Cruickshank on February 6, 2013
Are you the type of person who likes to rock out in your bedroom to your favourite song? Or, would you rather tap your foot to a good groove?. There’s something about moving to music that just feels good. Victor Quijada, Montreal choreographer and artistic director of RUBBERBANDance group, knows what we’re talking about. In [...]
Posted in 12/13 Presentations, Dance, Dance Presentations | Tagged 2012, Arts, Gravity of Center, RUBBERBANDance Group, the cultch, The Vancouver East Cultural Centre, Vancouver, Victor Quijada
By Caitlin Bryant on January 30, 2013
We had the chance to chat with the über-talented and award-winning Tara Cheyenne Friedenberg last week about Side by Side, the upcoming benefit performance for The Cultch’s IGNITE! Mentorship Program. As the Artistic Director of Tara Cheyenne Performance (TCP), Tara is devoted to the production of highly physical, character driven performances that blend movement and [...]
Posted in 12/13 Presentations, Dance, The Cultch's Youth Program | Tagged IGNITE!, tara cheyenne friedenberg, the cultch, The Vancouver East Cultural Centre
By Olivia Hui on January 24, 2013
It’s funny, audacious, and a perfect extension to your Robert Burns Day celebrations! On January 29, (in partnership with the PuSh International Performing Arts Festival), The Cultch will be celebrating Robert Burns Day in the most unique way possible with the production of The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart at the intimate WISE Hall from [...]
Posted in 12/13 Presentations, Uncategorized | Tagged Live Theatre, Music, National Theatre of Scotland, PuSh International Performing Arts Festival, Robbie Burns Day, Robert Burns Day, the cultch, The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart, The Vancouver East Cultural Centre, theatre
By Sarah Cruickshank on January 16, 2013
On January 30, as part of the 2013 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival, UK playwright and performer Tim Crouch brings his latest production, I, Malvolio, to The Cultch. A celebrated international performer, Crouch has developed a large following here in Vancouver, thanks to past visits performing My Arm and An Oak Tree in 2007, and [...]
Posted in 12/13 Presentations, PuSh Festival | Tagged 2012, Arts, Bullying, I, Live Theatre, Malvolio, the cultch, Tim Crouch, Vancouver, Youth
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