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SUMMARY:Chelsea Hotel: The Songs of Leonard Cohen
DESCRIPTION:A crowd favourite when it premiered here at The Firehall in 2012 followed by a successful Canadian tour\, Chelsea Hotel: The Songs of Leonard Cohen returns this winter from Saturday\, February 3 to Sunday\, March 3\, 2024. To toast Mr. Cohen’s legacy and their 342 performances of Chelsea Hotel\, The Firehall is holding a special pre-show reception on Friday\, February 23. \nHaunted by memories of his tumultuous love life\, a writer checks into New York’s infamous Chelsea Hotel desperate to find the words and inspiration for his next song. Wading through past relationships\, he reluctantly comes face to face with the love of the present – a love he wishes he could not only forget\, but erase from memory. \nLeonard Cohen’s powerful and inspirational music is the heartbeat for Chelsea Hotel. Through Cohen’s transcendent songs and the honesty of his lyrics\, audiences will be transfixed by this eclectic cabaret of loves won and lost and become witness in the search for the words to cure love’s pain. \nDirected by Tracey Power\, with musical arrangements by Steve Charles\, and produced by The Firehall’s Donna Spencer\, Chelsea Hotel: The Songs of Leonard Cohen is an inventive fusion of music\, dance\, and theatre that invites its audience into the hotel room of a creative mind and takes them on a poetic musical journey. The production premiered in February of 2012 and was nicknamed ‘the make out show’ as patrons were often caught kissing outside the theatre after the show. It was remounted by popular demand in autumn of that same year and went on tour to Saskatoon\, Winnipeg\, Calgary\, Edmonton\, Victoria\, and Toronto. \n“When Tracey Power brought her concept to me in 2011 for what was to become Chelsea Hotel: The Songs of Leonard Cohen\, I didn’t expect the original 2012 Firehall production to have such a long and wonderful life\,” says Spencer.\n“Between its premiere and over the six years that followed\, over 300 performances were done in theatres across Canada from Victoria to Toronto — and the amazing Ben Elliott was in all of them. When our colleagues at Western Canada Theatre in Kamloops produced the work in 2022\, I was reminded how much our audiences loved Chelsea Hotel and how fabulous the creative artists involved were\, so I wanted to bring it back home. And while Ben (having just completed a run of As You Like It for Bard in Washington\, DC) will not be with us for this run\, the production is fabulous and audiences will fall in love with it once again.” \nSince its premiere\, Chelsea Hotel: The Songs of Leonard Cohen has played to audiences of all ages and received praise across the country for its imagination and creativity. It received Ovation Awards for “Outstanding Ensemble Production” and “Outstanding Director”\, and received numerous nominations for awards including a Jessie Richardson Theatre Award\, Calgary Theatre Critics’ Award\, and Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Award. The production\, a tribute to one of Canada’s remarkable writers\, has played to sold out houses across the country\, with patrons returning again and again. \nFebruary 3 – March 3 | Firehall Arts Centre | 280 E. Cordova \nMedia Opening: February 7 at 7:30pm \nPreviews: February 3 at 7:30pm | February 4 at 3:00pm | February 6 at 7:30pm | February 7 at 1:00pm \nPerformance Times: Tuesday-Saturday\, 7:30pm | Saturday & Sunday\, 3:00pm | PWYC on Tuesday at 7:30pm & Wednesday at 1:00pm \nTickets: From $30 at firehallartscentre.ca | 604.689.0926 \nPost Show Talkbacks: February 8\, 15\, 22\, & 29 \n\n\n	Related
URL:https://districtlocal.com/event/chelsea-hotel-the-songs-of-leonard-cohen/
LOCATION:Firehall Arts Centre\, 280 E. Cordova Street\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6A 2L3
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SUMMARY:Peace Country
DESCRIPTION:The Firehall is pleased to launch its 2023-2024 season with the world premiere of Pedro Chamale’s Peace Country from Thursday\, October 12 to Sunday\, October 22\, 2023. \nPeace Country is inspired by playwright Pedro Chamale’s upbringing in Chetwynd\, B.C. This new work by Chamale is an examination of intercultural friendship\, the realities of northern living\, and the vilification of northern communities in the fight against the climate crisis. \nSet in a small rural town in British Columbia’s Northern Interior\, a new political party has swept into office with the promise of big changes – changes that could put the nail in the coffin of a little carbon-economy town\, that is\, if climate change doesn’t wipe it out first. In a time where it feels easy to spit rhetoric at one another\, a familiar face in the party forces childhood friends to have tough conversations and work together for a change. Through Peace Country\, we see a plea for dialogue around climate action in a time of great division. \n“This play is a way for me to put both sides of my heart\, the urban and rural\, on stage in direct conflict with each other\, with humour and humility for a greater cause\,” says Chamale. \nDonna Spencer\, The Firehall’s Artistic Producer\, adds\, “It gives me great joy to bring Peace Country to the stage as the season opener with our partners rice & beans theatre. It is entertaining\, relevant to what Canadians are facing today\, and delivered in a heartfelt and honest manner.” \n\n\n	Related
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LOCATION:Firehall Arts Centre\, 280 E. Cordova Street\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6A 2L3
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SUMMARY:Happy Valley
DESCRIPTION:The Firehall closes its 2022-23 season with the world premiere of rice & beans theatre’s Happy Valley from Thursday\, May 25 to Sunday\, June 4. \nConceived and performed by Sydney Risk Award-winning playwright Derek Chan 陳嘉昊\, Happy Valley is a solo\, interdisciplinary performance. Through text\, song\, multimedia and music\, Happy Valley is a new performance piece that dissects the historic\, political\, and cultural context surrounding Hong Kong’s current democratic struggles. Named after the historic race course that hosted the (in)famous Concert for Democracy in China back in 1989\, almost exactly one week before the Tiananmen Massacre\, Happy Valley is a follow-up to Derek Chan’s 2021 yellow objects theatrical installation at the Firehall Arts Centre. \nMainland China promised Hong Kong a high level of autonomy and the right to self-determination back in the ‘80s\, in preparation for the 1997 Handover from British colonization. It has been almost 25 years since Chris Patten and his family tearfully waved Hong Kong goodbye at Victoria Harbour. It has been 3 years since the first yellow raincoat drifted from the sky at Pacific Place. And it has been never since the people of Hong Kong had any agency over their fate. Fast forward to 2023: everything that has happened since is in danger of having never happened at all. To us\, democracy is a luxury. \nHappy Valley remembers everything. But what will you remember of Hong Kong in 50 years? Meet ‘Uncle Chan’. Will he ever be able to go home? In English\, Cantonese\, and memoriam. He’ll give that a go. \nMay 25 – June 4 | Firehall Arts Centre| 280 E. Cordova \nOpening Night: Saturday\, May 27 at 7:30pm \nPreviews: Thursday\, May 25 & Friday\, May 26 at 7:30pm \nPerformance Times: Tuesday-Saturday\, 7:30pm | Saturday & Sunday\, 3:00pm | PWYC on Tuesday at 7:30pm & Wednesday at 1:00pm \nTickets: From $25 at firehallartscentre.ca | 604.689.0926 \nPost Show Talkbacks: Thursday\, June 1st \n\n\n	Related
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LOCATION:Firehall Arts Centre\, 280 E. Cordova Street\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6A 2L3
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