Winter rain keeping you cold? Why not warm up with some free jazz performances? The annual mini-festival is back, featuring free performances by local jazz groups in Performance Works. Visit www.coastaljazz.ca for groups and show times and to RSVP to guarantee admittance. Walk-ins are welcome, if capacity allows. Click the links below for performance information: […]
Leading an “unbelievably tight” (Discorder) band of some of Vancouver’s best young jazz, funk, and indie rock players, vocalist/guitarist Lydia Hol deftly combines early ‘60s soul, lush psychedelic rock, and a taste of country. With sequins and style, Hol’s show will transport and delight you. Click the link below to visit their website, or visit […]
A deep dive into the politics of language and the dynamics of privilege, Footnote Number 12 turns the act of reading into riveting theatre. It takes celebrated essay by the late David Foster Wallace, and breaks it down in a series of seriocomic monologues, each of them playfully modulated by sound artist Nancy Tam. Our […]
An economic disaster and its ripple effects are conveyed in an onstage performance by the artist and some very special companions: a group of talking rice cookers. Re-programmed to speak, these devices serve as a token of Jaha’s alienation, and a metaphor for the most absurd, most comical aspects of the recent past. Jaha sits […]
d’bi young anitafrika takes on gender, sexuality, divinity, and more, in this erotic solo piece. Whether playing a church pastor, a pole dancer, or a child in a schoolyard, d’bi positively glows with fervour; the spirit of protest runs strong through multiple characters, shifting timelines and changing settings of the narrative. Telling the story of […]
This political cabaret celebrates the subversive power of art, and offers a warning to those who would take freedom for granted. 1934: as Nazism tightens its grip on Germany, a […]
It’s Panto Time! Celebrate the holidays with this irreverent take on the classic Cinderella tale: rival Fairy Godmothers, unfortunate weddings, magic potions, and two pairs of glass shoes! The 35-person cast delivers dazzling vocal arrangements of music from numerous recent Broadway shows, including Groundhog Day, Waitress, and the Band’s Visit, and tunes from the Greatest […]
Is artificial intelligence actually intelligent? Or a series of biased algorithms? What does it mean to automate artistic work? See an artificial intelligence (MASOM) revive the music of deceased electroacoustic composers alongside live artists Kivanç Tatar, Remy Siu, and Philippe Pasquier with impressive software-generated visuals. We’ll round out the evening with sets of Al-themed electroacoustic […]
Jessie Award-winning Fringe vet and solo show meister TJ Dawe returns with a monologue about why we go to war, who our real gods are, the bizarre phenomenon of Donald Trump’s presidency, and the end of the world.
Translations is an immersive performance for small audience groups, created by All Bodies Dance Project in collaboration with VocalEye. Accessible to both blind and sighted audience members, Translations is experienced through the sound of movement, the sensation of air moving, and images drawn in one’s imagination from descriptive language. The piece explores the tools of […]
How can we be better together? In “I Care What You Think” failure is beautiful and ugliness is necessary. An interdisciplinary performance-installation created and performed by James Gnam, Vanessa Goodman, Jane Osborne, and James Proudfoot. Presented by Boca del Lupo and Plastic Orchid Family.
In 2003 Christine Tassan et les Imposteures started tending their craft in the gypsy jazz milieu. Precursors of the gypsy wave that swept across Québec, this all-woman group continues to reinvent this timeless music while integrating new ideas and influences with originality and flair.
CMHC-Granville Island would like to acknowledge that we are located on the traditional territory of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) First Nations.
