CiTR -- Arts Report

Today's show was hosted by Serra. She started the show with interview with the director and cast of the shows we later reviewed (or are going to review)! First Serra talked to the director of Urinetown: The Musical, Courtenay Dobbie, who gave us a cool insight into why Urinetown is such a cool and important musical. Then we heard from Christine Quintana, who is part of the cast of Anywhere but Here. This is a show about immigration that we are going to talk more about on the following week. Gruesome Playground Injuries received a shout-out for its cool approach to theatre, and we followed that with the actual review of Urinetown: The Musical and Noises Off ( a comedy put on by the Arts Club - it was HILARIOUS). The show ended with Serra's review of FRONTERA, which is a beautiful dance spectacle part of the PuSH festival.

We started the show with an interview with the lovely Luciana Silvestre Fernandes who is the Director of The Changeling now on at the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts. The play discussed has mentions of sexual violence, among other things. It is definitely not suitable for younger audiences. We talked a little more about set design, costume, and overall effect of the play after the interview. Then, listened to a pre-recorded interview with the bassist of Fly Pan Am who are playing live for FRONTERA. After a quick break, we reminded everyone of FUNDRIVE and we finally revealed all the prizes you can receive when donating if you mention our show! To end the show on a high note we reviewed Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story.

Welcome back to the Arts Report. On today's show we talked a little about what the PuSh Festival is and what we will be covering. We then heard an interview with one of the actors of Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story, Ben Caplan. After some ads and PSAs we highlighted the importance of Fundrive and some cool stuff that you can get when you donate certain amounts! We then talked about MOA and its importance, but better yet about their new-ish/current exhibition Playing with Fire: Ceramics of the Extraordinary. Spoiler alert: it is extraordinary! We then did an overview of a few different shows happening this and next week including: BERLIN: The Last Cabaret, Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, the Reel Causes presents Dosed at SFU Woodward's, and the super fin SMASH Comedy Festival. We finished the show with a reminder that the 3rd Annual Siloam Theatre Festival has open calls for artists until March.

We started the show with a few shout-outs to Shiny Fuzzy Muddy ( a crafts market happening Dec 14-15), Graham Clark's 24hr Stand-up Comedy Show (happening Nov 29-30), and It's a Wonderful Christmas-ish Holiday Miracle (starting tonight). We followed that with a review of Hedda Gabler, and interviews. One with the cast of O Christmas Tea, a comedy show happening next week, and Cariboo Magi, a genre bending style play. We ended the show with our farewells, and a review of the opera Gianni Schicchi produced by Opera Mariposa.

We started the show talking about a number of cool events happening all over the city including, the Vancouver Christmas Market, Hedda Gabler, Toque, FUSE x CURRENT Art Bar, and a number of events relating to Trans Day of Remembrance. We then had a review of Orquesta Akokan by Silvana, the play Anon(ymous) by Lua and the Sound of Music by Lua and Serra.

We started the show with an interview with Sevan Kochkarian who is one of the lead in the opera GIANNI SCHICCHI being put on by Opera Mariposa. We then had a review of Timothy Findley’s The Wars adapted by Dennis Garnhum, followed by two reviews of Certified, an amazing one-woman show, and Turn of the Screw, a great example of horror theatre. We ended the show with an interview Made in BC dancer Leah 'McFly' McKesey and a review of The Price being put on be the United Players Club.

Hello! On today's show we started with an interview that was meant to be aired the week before with the director of the documentary Be Afraid: The Science of Fear. It is a very cool film and it can be found on the CBC's free streaming service. We then an interview with the director of The Turn of the Screw. We are also going to be reviewing this spooky play on our next show. We did a bunch of shout-outs including, to VTFF (which we are doing a tickets giveaway for!), Certified, Vancouver Tap Dance Society. We ended the show with a review of the Paco de Lucia tribute and of the Out of Concealment exhibition at the Bill Reid Gallery.

We started the show with an interview with Connor Riopel who is part of the cast for Timothy Findley’s The Wars adapted by Dennis Garnhum playing at the Frederic Wood Theatre. We are also doing a ticket give-away for "The Wars". Like us on Facebook or follow us on Instagram, and message us to win a pair of tickets! First come, first serve! We then had two interviews by Silvana with two amazing authors, Laisha Rosnau and Stephen Chbosky (author of Perks of Being a Wallflower). We ended the show with a review of Bangara Dance and a few shout-outs to the Vancouver Turkish Film Festival (which we will also be doing a ticket give-away for) and Blaze, a Federation and Firefighter Fundraiser

In today's show we started with a review by Serra of the dance performance Spooky Action. We then had an interview with the Artistic Director of DanceHouse, Jim Smith. Serena followed that with a review of La Traviata, and we ended the show with a review of The Cost of Living, and a few shout-outs to First Pick Home Decor Event, Out of Concealment gallery exhibition at the Bill Reid Gallery and Hold These Truths, a single men show.

We started teh show with Serra's review of the VIFF film Marriage Story and a few shoutouts to First Pick Handmade Home Decor, and the dance show Spooky Action. We then had an interview with Sarah Leavitt about her new graphic novel: Agnes, Murderess which was a fascinating read. And we ended the show with a number of film reviews recapping VIFF, including Mr Jones, The Invisible Life of Euridice Gusmao, Extra Ordinary. And right before we ended we reminded everyone that Vancouver Opera's promotion of $40 under 40 is still going with a few tickets left so make sure to get yours!