November 21, 2017
Critical Ideas brings together artists, critics, scholars and audiences to discuss formal, social and ideological issues affecting performance practice and reception. Whether as therapy in hospitals, community-building in prisons, outreach in schools, or entertainment at […]
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Neworld Theatre brings us theatre at its most transformative. This production is a work of radical upheaval, in which the King Arthur legend is made fresh for our eyes. Merlin, Lancelot, Guinevere—they’re all present in […]
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From Pi Theatre comes this incendiary exploration of a tragic contemporary phenomenon. Written by David Greig, The Events features Claire, a priest and choir leader who has survived a mass shooting. Shattered and bereft, she […]
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This profane space oddity, from Hong Kong Exile, features two aliens on a journey to Earth… for their honeymoon. It’s a long trip—many light years, in fact—which gives our lovers plenty of time to swap […]
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For over 24 years, Vancouver music ensemble Standing Wave has been wowing audiences and gaining critical plaudits for their work. Here they present an evening of collaboration with composer and video artist Nicole Lizée. The […]
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We know Frank Zappa as a daring innovator, synonymous with audacity, virtuosity and crazy inventiveness. But as a youth he cut his teeth on Edgard Varèse, one of the twentieth century’s great composers. In this […]
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From China Miéville’s award-winning novel comes this unique theatre experience from Upintheair Theatre and The Only Animal. The play itself is a tale of two cities, with a twist: the cities are in the same […]
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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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