September 29, 2016
Drawing on Boccaccio’s The Decameron for a cast of teenagers, playwright Jordan Tannahill has painted an evocative, foreboding setting: a million-square-foot abandoned greenhouse where neighbourhood kids like to hang out. In this place of both […]
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In the age of Facebook and Twitter, information crosses physical boundaries as never before: a sentence typed in Helsinki or Ho Chi Minh City appears globally with a single click, and our notions of creation […]
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It’s back! A worldwide phenomenon, Human Library is a much loved event that invites people to borrow a human book. Think of it as the word made flesh: readers become listeners, engaging with real-life stories […]
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Inspired by the Hieronymus Bosch painting of the same name, this is an experience of the city as rendered in darkness. In this immersive journey, viewers are guided by shadow projections and sound cues to […]
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A spectacular hit at the Edinburgh Fringe, and hitting Vancouver as part of an international tour, Mess is the best production yet from English theatre maker Caroline Horton, whose work has garnered acclaim and awards […]
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The Youth Assembly, now in its second year, is a free day-long performance arts conference just for arts-minded young people who hope to pursue a life or maybe a career immersed in and around the performing […]
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Here the adventurous spirit of the avant-garde meets the crowd-pleasing slapstick of circus comedy. Camille Boitel’s Association Immédiat is a company out to wow us; their raison d’être is to shake up our ideas about […]
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The world of circus artist Etienne Manceau is a strange, funny, scary place. It’s a place where newspapers can become claws; where small obsessions can make you crazy; where everyday objects appear in a new […]
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