Presented with Theatre Conspiracy
Jan 27 - Feb 1 2009Performance WorksTues-Thurs 9pm-1am Fri-Sat 7pm-am Sun 7-10pm
Tues, Jan 27 2009
9pm
Taylor Mac The Be(A)st of Taylor Mac
PuSh Festival poster-boy, performance artist and nouveau drag star Taylor Mac visits Vancouver with the show that has the whole world raving. " Flawless... beautiful and charming… his smart, funny, tragic songs are life-affirming in their universality, yet delivered in such an understated way he's on to the next before you realize the profundity of what he's said,” says The Scotsman. In 2007 the Village Voice, Time Out and The New York Press named Taylor Mac one of New York’s best. An unmissable experience. click to visit Taylor's website or to check out his YouTube video
11pm
The Awkward Stage Vancouver buzz band The Awkward Stage plays from their latest Mint CD, Slimming Mirrors, Flattering Lights. The Awkward Stage serves as a musical backdrop for those universal feelings of shame, inadequacy, anger, failure and loneliness: a revenge of sorts in the form of intelligent and brilliantly crafted pop songs. click to visit the Awkward Stage's website to check out their YouTube video or for a listen on their MySpace page
Wed, Jan 28 2009
9pm
Taylor Mac The Be(A)st of Taylor Mac
(See above)
11pm
DJ Betti Forde
Betti Forde has rocked the world’s hottest club nights including Boombox in London and White Nights in Paris. Back home, she holds residencies at some of the longest-running underground nights in Vancouver and has been handpicked to open for Diplo, CSS, Chromeo, Keoki, Blowfly, and Lady Miss Kier (Deelite). click to check out DJ Betti Forde's MySpace page
Thurs, Jan 29 2009
9pm
Twenty-Minute Musicals Veda Hille & Geoff Berner
Short-form 20-minute musicals, created by local and international artists pushing boundaries in independent, experimental music and multi-disciplinary art. Directed by Amiel Gladstone. Curated by Veda Hille. Produced by Theatre Replacement.
Do You Want What I Have Got?: A Craigslist Cantata
By musician and songwriter Veda Hille and CBC radio personality and author, Bill Richardson.
Distant Second: The Steve Fonyo Story
By nouveau klezmer accordion punk troubadour Geoff Berner. click to go to Veda Hille's website or her MySpace page visit Geoff Berner's site here or his MySpace page
11pm
the beige
This understated, atmospheric, wry, jazzy quintet celebrates its rootsy, off-kilter pop leanings-but sometimes not. Anything but bland, the beige complements most interiors with its stripped-back sound, subtle vibe and tight, moody tunes. At Club PuSh, the beige will be performing songs from 01 and the forthcoming album El Angel Exterminador. click for the beige's website
Fri, Jan 30 2009
7pm
Twenty-Minute Musicals Veda Hille & Geoff Berner
(see Thurs, Jan 29)
9pm
Robin Holcomb and Peggy Lee
Seattle pianist, composer, singer and songwriter Robin Holcomb is joined by Vancouver creative music force Peggy Lee, cello, for an evening of intimate improv and sonic exploration. The New York Times calls Holcomb’s music “as elegantly simple as a Shaker Quilt, and no less beautiful,” and The Wire praises Lee’s “clarity of line and sweetness of tone.” visit Robin Holcomb's website and reviews and information for Peggy Lee and her band are accessible here
11pm
Special Guests TBA Sat, Jan 31 2009
7pm
Holcombe Waller
Performing excerpts from Into the Dark Unknown: The Hope Chest and other works Portland's endearing singer/songwriter strips himself emotionally bare in a theatrical song cycle backed by a full band. Waller has developed a loyal fan base while performing at clubs throughout the West Coast and at Joe’s Pub in NYC, and a 20-minute work-in-progress version of this show was a highlight of the 2008 NW New Works Festival. click for Holcombe Waller's website visit his MySpace page and watch a YouTube video
9pm
Hooliganship
The only “tropycal-super maryogrunge- rock-duo” in the Northwest (that we know of), Hooliganship’s neon-flashing light wig-out brings dancing, costumes, cartoon videos and music together into a psychedelic soup. Portland’s Peter Burr and Christopher Doulgeris combine performance art, musical mayhem and showmanship into a very weird but very fun experience. kick off your shoes, relax and visit Hooliganship's website and then put your shoes back on, go to their MySpace page and dance
11pm
Vincat
This eccentric three-piece from Victoria admits musical influences including early ’90s educational videos, cosmic storms, space travel, extraterrestrial activity and existential crisis. Trippy, spacey and melodic, Vincat’s 2007 CD Inner Space boldly goes where no band has gone before. take a gander at their MySpace page
Sun, Feb 1
7–10pm
Trampoline Hall
A lecture series that celebrates inventiveness and the DIY spirit, Trampoline Hall’s wide-ranging subjects are brought together by one common element: None of the lecturers are experts on their subject. Now the famed Trampoline Hall comes to Vancouver hosted by performer, facilitator and all-around rabble-rouser Misha Glouberman, who also teaches courses in improvised music for regular people. Lecturers include:
Andrew Feldmar: Cooking from Memory.
Andrew is a psychologist practicing psychotherapy, a writer and renowned public speaker with almost 40 years of experience accompanying people through the dark and stony places necessary for developing a greater capacity for suffering. He prefers gratitude to resentment.
Kevin Chong: Fraternal Polyandry in Tibet.
Kevin is the author of a novel and a memoir. He was born in Hong Kong and raised in Vancouver.
Faith Moosang: There are Clues Everywhere!! Nancy Drew Knows it's Hard to Live in a Terrorized World. She Wants to Help You and She Can.
Faith Moosang is an expert. clicking here will give you more information about the lecture series
