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iPhoto caption: Photo by Lynda J Watson.
Anita La Selva’s interdisciplinary 12 Litres 8800 Steps frames caregiving as an emotional odyssey
“I really wanted to tell the story of the people who are affected by their loved ones’ addictions. Because I don't think that that is a story that we see very often,” says the creator-performer ahead of the show’s premiere at the Factory Theatre Mainspace.
iPhoto caption: Members of the company of 'On Native Land.' Photo by David Cooper.
REVIEW: In Vancouver, the new musical On Native Land shimmers with hope
Corey Payette’s On Native Land unfolds as something layered and multi-perspectival, moving between individual stories and a more panoramic awareness of larger forces at play.
iPhoto caption: (L to R) Ron Pederson (Nils) and Alexandra Lainfiesta (Nora) in 'A Doll's House.' Photo by HarderLee.
Anita Rochon, director of A Doll’s House at Theatre Calgary, knows a good play has your back
“[I know] the rhythms and aspects of humanity that she’s interested in exploring,” Rochon said. “I’m always attracted to the complex, troubled, imperfect human. Ibsen and Herzog invite in complexity.”
iPhoto caption: Kayla Sakura Charchuk, Jay Leonard Juatco, Kimberly-Ann Truong, Jun Kung, and Raugi Yu in Cambodian Rock Band. Set design by Jung-Hye Kim, costume design by Stephanie Kong, lighting design by Itai Erdal. Photo by Moonrider Productions.
REVIEW: Cambodian Rock Band makes scintillating Canadian premiere at Vancouver’s Arts Club
Jumping back and forth through time, it weaves the story of a father-daughter relationship together with high-energy musical performances and meditations on the traumatic effects of the Cambodian genocide.