The Young Playwrights Festival, featuring three original one-act plays, 2 performed each night, starting at 6pm: The Romantics, written by Andrew Wade, directed by Mika Laulainen; Making Light, written by Josephine Mitchell, directed by Kaylin Metchie, assistant directed by Dakota Shelby; The Education of Jamie Stewart, written by Lyndsey Bourne, directed by Jenni Raine.
IGNITE! Youth Fest: The olivia Project
05/17/12
Named after a former panel member who was said to be able “to do everything,” the olivia Project is back this May 17th for the third time! The olivia Project pairs young artists from different disciplines, and gives them three weeks to create an original, ten-minute piece. The result is a unique, interdisciplinary evening of infinite possibilities, and a small chance of death by creativity. The olivia Project will blow your mind with sheer, undiluted innovation fused into unexpected shapes and sizes. This year’s theme is TOYBOX! Come dressed as a character from your childhood, or as a toy, or a game, or anything else remotely toy-like! A few suggestions include Mickey Mouse, Zelda, or a game of Twister.
IGNITE! Youth Fest: Fruit Basket
05/18/12
Talented youth put together enticing performances about their struggles and successes with gender identity and all things sexy and sexual. Whether you are shy or flamboyant, straight or queer, young or old, lost or found, in love or looking for love, this is a unique night which combines sexuality and the arts like you’ve never seen before. As usual, the dress code is: dress in drag and get in FREE!
IGNITE! Youth Fest: Finale!
05/19/12
Get down, boogie and feel tha funk. This year’s theme for Finale is 70’s disco funk era, where we will take you down the city and through the time of funk and groove. So, you think you can dig it? Well I’ve got news for you, if you got the grooves then come on down and show us your moves. If you don’t have the moves then just watch the show and learn from the foxy girls of 70’s funk. Dynomite!
Gala Italia
05/25/12
A fundraising event to support Cultch youth arts programs and presentations.
A celebration of all things Italian - food, film, fashion and art! Enjoy canapes, bubbly, cinema, auctions, games of chance, bocce, entertainment and a beautiful light supper of regional Italian food served from chef stations throughout the building.
Tickets: $99 for balcony $250 for ground floor
Tables and sponsorships are available. Please contact Susan Howard, susan@thecultch.com or 604-251-1766 ext 110
GIANTS VI: The Finale
05/26/12
GIANTS Comedy and The Cultch are proud to announce GIANTS IV: The Finale, the final installment in a series of six big-thinking comedy events. This show brings the best GIANTS line-up yet, including an all-new comedic play written by writer/comedy/activist CHARLES DEMERS and performed by MAIN STREET THEATRE.
GIANTS VI: The Finale also features crowd-favorites from earlier shows, like stand up comics GRAHAM CLARK and IVAN DECKER, as well as brand new guests, like the charming improv duo SISTER ACT and fringe darlings THE PROGRESSIVE POLYGAMISTS. Also in GIANTS VI, the last installments of “News Around Now” with EMMETT HALL, “Delicious Things” with NIK BUNTING and brand new videos from WEEKEND LESIURE!
Standing Wave Ensemble - Raven Tales
05/27/12
presented by Standing Wave Society
Sunday May 27, 2012 Historic Theatre 8:00pm
Join Standing Wave, Vancouver's cutting edge chamber ensemble and special guests The Git Hayetsk Dancers for an evening of music borne of myth, legend, and nature featuring the premiere of award-winning Vancouver composer Marcus Goddard's Raven Tales, inspired by the work of renowned Nisga'a artist Mike Dangeli, and George Crumb's classic Vox Balaenae, with visual design and masks by Dangeli. Also including works of Steven Mackey, Michael Colgrass and Paul Frehner, along with Olivier Messiaen's Le Merle Noir, newly arranged by Jennifer Butler.
The Tarlington Training Showcase, a live performance featuring the work of 50 talented young Vancouver Actors, who've been studying at Tarlington Training 2011-12
*please note: Babes in arms are not permitted inside the theatre. All guests, no matter their age, are required to have a ticket.
Ticket Prices: $27 (general)
IGNITE! Spoken Word Mentorship Showcase
05/31/12 To 05/31/12
The Spoken Word Mentorship program will bring together a group of six youth who are interested in exploring the art of performance poetry. Together, they will work with three professional mentors who are leaders in Vancouver’s Spoken Word community: Barbara Adler, Brendan McLeod, and RC Weslowski. Through a series of one-on-one sessions, the mentors will lead the participants through the process of creating poetry that is intended for the stage.
The Dance/Choreography Mentorship program will bring together a group of six young dance artists who are interested in exploring the choreographic process. Together, they will work with three world-class mentors (Josh Martin, Tara Cheyenne Friedenberg, and Amber Funk Barton) in order to bring new work to the stage. This work can be collaborative, solos, brand new, revisited work… it is entirely up to the group to determine what they want to bring to create.
The Songwriting Mentorship program will bring together a group of six youth who are interested in exploring the art of songwriting. Over the course of the program, they will work with three professional mentors who are making waves on the Canadian music scene: Aidan Knight, Kathryn Calder and Giorgio Magnanensi. Through a series of one-on-one sessions, the mentors will lead the participants through the process of writing memorable and meaningful songs.
presented by Warriors Against Violence Society Wednesday June 7, 2012 Doors open at 6:00pm for refreshment & silent auction Performance at 7:30pm
Making WAVS is an evening of Aboriginal Music, Comedy, Fashion, and Silent Auction on Thursday, June 7th. Performers include Kalan Wi, Mathew Gong, and DJ Roy and more and fashion by designers Sho Sho Esquiro and Lyn Kay.
Money raised from the event will support WAVS commitment to helping Aboriginal families unlearn abusive and violent behaviours and reclaim their traditional values. WAVS programs work towards teaching non-violent ways to deal with feelings of anger and frustration and restoring safety and trust in families.
Ticket Prices: $40 (adults)
Tangissimo Plus - A Tango Event
06/10/12
Presented by Louis J. Bongiovanni
Sunday June 10, 2012 Historic Theatre 7:30pm Concert 9:00pm Milonga
Tangissimo, featuring Linda Lee Thomas – Piano and Ed Henderson - Guitar, will be joined by Jonathan Goldman – Bandoneon, Joan Blackman – Violin and Dylan Palmer – Double Bass, performing original quintet arrangements by Astor Piazzolla plus other more traditional tangos. Following the concert there will be a milonga (a place to dance tango) with DJ Claudio Bigler.
Ticket Prices: $45 (adults)
SHIFT 1-Act Festival 5
06/14/12 To 06/15/12
June 14 & 15, 2012 Culture Lab 8:00pm
The SHIFT 1-Act Festival is our signature event and features over twelve short plays June 21 to 23, 2012 at Port Moody's Inlet Theatre - And for the first time, in celebration of our fifth anniversary, on June 14 & 15, 2012 at The Cultch in East Vancouver! The Festival is juried by our 1-Act Programming Committee made up of theatre professionals and SHIFT Board members. Our Festival line-up in 2012 will feature published and original short plays, all forty-five minutes or less with three to four plays on stage each night.
June 20 - 23 & June 27 - 30, 2012 Culture Lab 8:00pm
Sandbox Productions is pleased to present William Shakespeare’s The Tempest! A play filled with love, vengeance and magic. Lost sons, devious courtiers and bumbling servants find themselves the playthings of the banished Duke, Prospero and his mischievous spirit on an island filled with magic and wonder. Plots will be made, new love will be found and secrets will be revealed in this fun-filled classical romp! Come and be amazed at the mystery and wonder of The Tempest!
Warning! This show contains nudity, dirty jokes, lewd behavior and plenty of thunder! This is not your grandmother’s Shakespeare!
During the last two weeks in August 2012, you are invited to join us at The Cultch for a summer camp experience unlike any other!
You will be given full access to The Cultch’s state-of-the-art facilities to explore the fundamentals of contemporary theatre creation with some of Vancouver’s most acclaimed professional artists. Our company in residence, The Only Animal, will lead you through a highly collaborative process unlike any you’ve experienced before. Best of all, you’ll get to meet and work with other creative young people from across the Lower Mainland and beyond.
Expect to learn! Expect to laugh! Expect to be challenged! It will be the most exciting and inspiring two weeks of your summer, guaranteed. Ages 13-24
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