{"id":11768,"date":"2014-05-24T18:13:49","date_gmt":"2014-05-24T10:13:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=11768"},"modified":"2014-05-24T18:13:49","modified_gmt":"2014-05-24T10:13:49","slug":"the-firehall-arts-centres-2014-2015-season-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/05\/24\/the-firehall-arts-centres-2014-2015-season-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"The Firehall Arts Centre\u2019s 2014-2015 Season Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Vancouver, BC \u2013 Firehall Arts Centre\u2019s Artistic Producer Donna Spencer is pleased to announce that for the 2014-2015 season the Firehall will produce and present 14 theatre and dance shows. Bridging time, cultures and artistic disciplines the works bring unique, entertaining and truly universal stories to the Firehall stage.<\/p>\n

When announcing the season, Ms. Spencer advised that the selected work was informed by an eclectic range of cultures, whether it be Kayvon Kelly and Joel Bernbaum\u2019s comic look at their respective Muslim and Jewish backgrounds in My Rabbi, the confrontation of Canada\u2019s dark past in Drew Hayden Taylor\u2019s God and the Indian, or the Jewish\/French Basque Country\/Quebecois heritage of Esther Brandeau in ribcage: this wide passage\/thorax.<\/p>\n

Urinetown: the Musical, one of the Firehall\u2019s most popular and beloved shows will return with an all-new production and TJ Dawe will direct the collective creation PostSecret, the Show. Due to popular demand and an upcoming election Michael Healey\u2019s PROUD will be back for those who missed its political antics the first time.<\/p>\n

Dance highlights include two solos by internationally renowned South African choreographer Vincent Mantsoe, the world premiere of Wen Wei Wang\u2019s Made In China, new solo show from Denise Clarke (One Yellow Rabbit) WAG, and a collaboration by Canada\u2019s finest dance artists Things Near and Far (featuring choreography by Tedd Robinson and Vancouver\u2019s Josh Martin).<\/p>\n

2014\/2015 SEASON<\/p>\n

MY RABBI<\/strong> \u2013 October 7-18
\nThe Vancouver premiere of a new play by Kayvon Kelly (Chelsea Hotel) and Joel Bernbaum (Home is a beautiful Word) about friendship, faith and family.<\/p>\n

WAG<\/strong> \u2013 October 21-25
\nA comedy of tragic proportions by Denise Clarke. \u2018Wag is many things \u2014 a meditation on life, a storytelling dance piece, and a waltz party \u2014 but ultimately, it\u2019s good fun.\u2019 (Calgary Herald)<\/p>\n

URINETOWN: the Musical<\/strong> \u2013 November 1-29
\nThe Jessie Award winning smash hit musical comedy returns. One of the Firehall\u2019s most popular productions ever!<\/p>\n

THINGS NEAR AND FAR<\/strong> \u2013 December 3-6
\nAn evening of bold, new dance that spans three generations of greative experimentation. Featuring Choreography by Josh Martin and Tedd Robinson and performances by Ziyian Kwan, Ron Stewart & Anne Cooper.<\/p>\n

CHELSEA HOTEL<\/strong> \u2013 December 2014
\nThe sold-out Firehall production inspired by Leonard Cohen returns for a limited Christmas run. Featuring six artists playing seventeen different Instruments in an eclectic cabaret of loves won and lost.<\/p>\n

KAYAK<\/strong> \u2013 January 8-17
\nAlley Theatre\u2019s production of brilliant emerging Vancouver playwright Jorden Hall’s smart and funny play about the ways love and absurdity get tangled up in ecological ethics.<\/p>\n

POST SECRET<\/strong> \u2013 January 2013
\nA Firehall Arts Centre production of the play inspired by Frank Warren\u2019s internet phenomenon postsecret.com. A visual, auditory and emotional journey through the beauty and complication of our deepest fears, ambitions, and confessions. Produced and directed by TJ Dawe.<\/p>\n

NTU, SKWATTA<\/strong> \u2013 February 11-14
\nExperience the riveting mastery of the incomparable Vincent Mantsoe and his Afro-fusion dance, which mixes traditional African dance and contemporary Western street styles. These two solos pieces draw you into the poverty stricken world of South Africa\u2019s squatter camps.<\/p>\n

MADE IN CHINA<\/strong> – Feb 18-21
\nWen Wei Dance weaves together dance, music and storytelling to explore the shared identity of three Canadian artists of Chinese heritage and their evolution as contemporary international artists.<\/p>\n

RIBCAGE: THIS WIDE PASSAGE\/THORAX<\/strong> \u2013 Dates TBC
\nThe startling true story of Esther Brandeau, a woman from Jewish French Basque country, who arrives in 18th Century Quebec City as a male labourer. A bold, little-know Canadian tale by urbanink productions about displacement, prejudice & identity.<\/p>\n

THE VILLAGE<\/strong> \u2013 Dates TBC
\nA one-woman show by Canadian artist Tina Milo, whose Serbian heritage infuses this unique and darkly humorous fusion of music, physical theatre & film. Part-autobiography, part universal tale, this is a story all women and mothers will relate to.<\/p>\n

PROUD<\/strong> \u2013 April 4-25, 2015
\nThe popular comedy about Canada\u2019s Prime Minister returns. Michael Healey\u2019s sexy, cheeky and surprising play will have you rolling in the aisles \u2013 regardless of your politics.<\/p>\n

GOD AND THE INDIAN<\/strong> \u2013 May 2015
\nA First Nations woman confronts a priest for answers about her dark residential-school past. A Firehall production in association with Native Earth Performing Arts of Drew Hayden Taylor\u2019s unflinching and heartbreaking play.<\/p>\n

BC BUDS, Firehall Spring Arts Festival<\/strong> \u2013 May 2015
\nThe 11th edition returns to fill the Firehall with music, dance, theatre and the unexpected.<\/p>\n

Early bird season passes are now on sale at www.firehallartscentre.ca or by calling 604-689-0926.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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