Get yourself a writing mentor through Vancouver Manuscript Initiative
Hey writers. Through a program called Vancouver Manuscript Intensive, you can get yourself a personal mentor. And the mentors are pretty great. They include: Karen X. Tulchinsky (screenplays), Claudia Casper (novels), and Shaena Lambert (novels and short stories). The...
Heather Redfern: yay!
I want to give a shout-out to Heather Redfern, the executive director at the Cultch. Already, this fall, I've seen three remarkable shows in Cultch venues. The Australian acrobats who performed A Simple Space at the York reminded me of the wild joy of being in a body....
Cock and Nirbhaya provide vastly different experiences
I've got two very different shows to recommend this week. Mike Bartlett's Cock is a comedy about an existential crisis of sexual identity. John has been living with M, an older man, but falls in love—much to his surprise—with W, a woman. John can't choose, so he keeps...
Story structure is liberating. Really!
Hot tickets going fast. BUY NOW for A Simple Space.
As I write this, there are just a few seats left for the remaining performances of A Simple Space, the fantastic acrobatic show from Australia. A Simple Space closes this weekend. The last shows are on October 24. So go to the Cultch's website right now and SNAP UP...
A Simple Space will make your body sing
A Simple Space is all about pleasure in the body. Gravity & Other Myths, the elegantly minimalist acrobatic troupe from Australia is so playfully athletic that the kids in your life will totally—and innocently—dig their show. And A Simple Space is so essentially...
Buy your tickets RIGHT NOW for Empire of the Son
Okay, this is kind of the artistic equivalent of insider trading, but you should buy your tickets for Tetsuro Shigematsu's Empire of the Son right now before my review is posted online—and before other critics have a chance to chime in and word of mouth hits high...
Two fave Fringe holdovers
This is the perfect opportunity for you slackers who didn't see enough at the Fringe. Two of my favourite shows from are being held over as part of the Granville Island Public Market's Pick of the Fringe, which runs from September 23 to 27. Tonight (Wednesday,...
Master class with John Vaillant
Writing pals, you should know about the series of master classes that the Tyee is offering. On September 26, John Vaillant is teaching. He's an accomplished writer of creative non-fiction. His books The Golden Spruce and Tiger are both highly praised and highly...
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