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Encountering the Uncanny in Heart of the Scarecrow: A curatorial statement by Amy Kazymerchyk

December 07, 2018

People often describe an encounter as uncanny when it feels familiar yet is unrecognizable. The term for this phenomenon is a rough translation of the German words for homely and unhomely. Uncanny poignantly describes Guatemalan-Canadian […]

The Immediacy of the Silence in Muted: A curatorial statement by David Pay

December 04, 2018

You know when you walk into a darkened room? It takes a moment for your eyes to adjust, but then you’re able to see all the details. Muted is the aural equivalent of that. Everything […]

Defying Gender, Race, and Ability in Prince Hamlet – A curatorial statement by Ravi Jain

December 04, 2018

I started Why Not Theatre in Toronto after 10 years of living abroad. I built the company on 3 core values: innovation, community, and collaboration. Over the past 11 years Why Not Theatre has evolved into […]

A Place of Listening and Responsiveness in Fragile Forms – A curatorial statement by Delia Brett

December 04, 2018

For a collaborative company like MACHiNENOiSY inspiration is something one arrives at through shared play and struggle. With Fragile Forms inspiration came very differently. At the end of 2015, after producing 7 shows in one […]

The Intellect and Resilience of Race Cards – A curatorial statement by Hannah Bellamy

December 04, 2018

I went to Selina Thompson’s Race Cards on a surreal day. I had the opportunity to fly to Austin, Texas to meet my colleague, PuSh Interim Artistic Director Joyce Rosario at Fusebox Festival. A contemporary […]

Celebrating 10 Years of Club PuSh – A curatorial statement by Cameron Mackenzie

December 03, 2018

Club PuSh 2019—here we are in a very different world than when we started the Club in 2009. 2009: Obama is sworn in as POTUS, Iceland appoints the worlds first lesbian Prime Minister, and BC […]

A city on the brink: Dublin Oldschool—A curatorial statement by Cian O’Brien

January 26, 2018

I first experienced the world of Dublin Oldschool in a 10-minute except at Dublin Fringe Festival 2014—I knew immediately that this was a special show. The energy crackled, fizzed and jumped off the stage. The show […]

The illuminating magic of It’s Dark Outside—A curatorial statement by Katharine Carol

January 20, 2018

The opportunity to bring outstanding theatre to Vancouver is a privilege I have in my role at the Vancouver International Children’s Festival. As I explore the world for some of the finest artists who create […]

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