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SUMMARY:Empty-Handed
DESCRIPTION:The Firehall Arts Centre is pleased to open its 42nd season with the world premiere of The Biting School’s Empty-Handed from Wednesday\, October 2 to Saturday\, October 5. \nEmpty-Handed is a contemporary dance piece that explores the journeys of five cosmic characters through themes of darkness\, deception\, and greed. \nAudience members are invited to leave behind something from their past\, which becomes part of the show. Through expressive movement\, choreography and storytelling\, the dancers create a world that transcends time and culture. Each character guides the viewer through an emotional arc that honours the essence of their personal revolution. \nThe vibrant colour palette\, transformational costumes\, provocative props\, and theatrical lighting reinforce the characters’ metamorphosis. Multi-layered original music composition and imaginative projection design amplify our satirical commentary on the haunting subject matter. \n“We are sitting in the madness of the human experience”\, says co-artistic director and choreographer Arash Khakpour. “Forgetting we are the guests that the daffodils invited in a long time ago. We are sitting in stillness and finding the trails. The trails that will eventually take us home.” \nFirehall Arts Centre’s Artistic Producer Donna Spencer adds\, “It is exciting to open our 2024-2025 season with this newest work from The Biting School. This piece reflects our ongoing commitment to bring up-and-coming dance artists to the stage while ensuring thematic content addresses current societal issues.” \nOctober 2 – 5 | Firehall Arts Centre | 280 E. Cordova Street \nPerformance Times: Wednesday-Saturday at 7:30pm \nTickets: From $35 at firehallartscentre.ca | 604.689.0926 \nPost-Show Talkbacks: October 3 & 4 \n\n\n	Related
URL:https://districtlocal.com/event/empty-handed/
LOCATION:Firehall Arts Centre\, 280 E. Cordova Street\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6A 2L3
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SUMMARY:Paddle Song
DESCRIPTION:The Firehall Arts Centre wraps its 2023-2024 season by welcoming back Cheri Maracle in Paddle Song. Running from Friday\, May 24 to Sunday\, June 2\, this energetic and humorous one-woman musical reflects on the proud legacy of trailblazing Mohawk poet E. Pauline Johnson. \nProduced and performed by multi-award nominated performer and singer/songwriter Cheri Maracle\, Paddle Song captures the heart and journey of this gifted writer and poised orator\, from a young woman canoeing the Grand River at home on Chiefswood\, to her promising career just beginning\, to earning her place on stages in Ontario\, then Canada\, the United States\, and Great Britain. \nOne of Canada’s most remarkable feminists of the late 19th and early 20th centuries\, Pauline Johnson endlessly fought for equality\, acceptance\, and respect as an Indigenous female performer with a voice in a male-dominated literary world. A monument in Stanley Park commemorates her work and legacy. \n\n\n	Related
URL:https://districtlocal.com/event/paddle-song/
LOCATION:Firehall Arts Centre\, 280 E. Cordova Street\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6A 2L3
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SUMMARY:The Arsonists
DESCRIPTION:“Who fears change Invites greater misfortune\, What can one do Against misfortune?” \nIn literature\, the strange often happens — a homeowner favors a random acquaintance over their own family\, people turn into rhinoceroses\, a living person receives a funeral wreath… Or even the devil himself with his entourage might visit the city. All the above stories share something in common with “The Arsonists.” \nIt’s a tale of peaceful people\, leading ordinary lives\, only occasionally disturbed by the news — reading the newspaper or drinking with friends in a bar. And as night falls\, another house in the city catches fire. But if one is hospitable and cautious\, it will always be someone else’s house. Right? \nThe show is presented in Russian with simultaneous English dubbing into personal headphones. \n\n\n	Related
URL:https://districtlocal.com/event/the-arsonists/
LOCATION:Firehall Arts Centre\, 280 E. Cordova Street\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6A 2L3
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SUMMARY:Eunoia
DESCRIPTION:The Firehall is pleased to present Fujiwara Dance Inventions’ Eunoia from Wednesday\, May 8 to Saturday\, May 11\, 2024. \nEunoia is a dance-theatre production and adaptation of Christian Bök’s award-winning book of poetry of the same name. It is a conceptual book written in the form of a lipogram where each of its five chapters is constrained to the use of one vowel. It is much lauded as a work\, won the 2002 Griffin Poetry Prize\, and became a bestseller in Canada and the UK. \nEunoia means ‘beautiful thinking’ and is the shortest word in the English language to contain all five vowels. In the book\, the author imposed the severe constraint of working with only one vowel in each chapter. Remarkably\, and despite the severe limitations to the usable vocabulary\, Bök was able to create oddly narrative poems with characters\, scenes\, and coherent action. \n“The choreography has imposed constraints as well\,” says Fujiwara. “For example\, in Chapter E\, we use the neck\, spleen\, knees\, etc. Rather than limit the choreography\, we’ve found that these constraints have allowed us to create a delightful parallel world that is separate and yet\, still relates to the poem in odd and unexpected ways.” \nThroughout the production\, poetry is used as text – spoken live\, as a kind of score for the dance\, in multimedia expressions and as the basis for movement invention. The work is rigorous\, surprising\, and frequently droll. \n\n\n	Related
URL:https://districtlocal.com/event/eunoia/
LOCATION:Firehall Arts Centre\, 280 E. Cordova Street\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6A 2L3
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SUMMARY:This Is How We Got Here
DESCRIPTION:The Firehall is proud to produce and present Keith Barker’s This Is How We Got Here from Saturday\, April 13 to Sunday\, April 28. \nSimultaneously heartbreaking and heartwarming\, This Is How We Got Here follows a close-knit family still dealing with the lingering trauma of an unexpected loss. A mother\, father\, aunt\, and uncle must learn how to move forward after their shared grief as they re-learn how to interact with one another through humour\, forgiveness\, and love. \nIt has been a year since Paul and Lucille’s son Craig died by suicide\, and their once-solid family bonds are starting to break down. While the now-separated couple tries to honour their son\, Lucille’s sister Liset and her husband Jim refuse to discuss their nephew. The ties that keep the four together as sisters\, best friends\, and spouses are strained by grief and guilt… until a visit from a fox changes everything. \n“When my eye caught the cover of this newly published play in 2017\, I felt compelled to read it as I had recently had a ‘fox’ experience\, different from this but also very meaningful\,” says Firehall Arts Centre’s Artistic Producer\, Donna Spencer. “Once I started to read it\, I knew it was a play for Firehall audiences\, and I appreciated how Keith had shaped this powerful story\, blending humour with grief\, friendship with raw pain\, and the power of the natural world.” \nKeith Barker is a member of the Métis Nation of Ontario. He is a playwright\, actor\, and director from Northwestern Ontario. Keith is also the Director of the Foerster Bernstein New Play Development Program at the Stratford Festival\, and the former Artistic Director at Native Earth Performing Arts in Toronto. He is the recipient of the Dora Mavor Moore Award and the Playwrights Guild’s Carol Bolt Award for Best New Play. Keith received a Saskatchewan and Area Theatre Award for Excellence in Playwriting for his play\, The Hours That Remain\, as well as a Yukon Arts Award for Best Art for Social Change. He was a finalist for the Governor General’s Award for English Drama for This Is How We Got Here. \n\n\n	Related
URL:https://districtlocal.com/event/this-is-how-we-got-here/
LOCATION:Firehall Arts Centre\, 280 E. Cordova Street\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6A 2L3
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SUMMARY:MOI - Momentum of Isolation
DESCRIPTION:The Firehall Arts Centre is thrilled to present Shay Kuebler’s MOI – MOMENTUM OF ISOLATION from Wednesday\, March 6 to Saturday\, March 9\, 2024. \nProduced by Radical System Art\, MOI – MOMENTUM OF ISOLATION bases its themes around loneliness and isolation to reveal how social bonds and connections are essential to our humanity. The performance explores the objective and subjective experiences through the individual\, the group\, and modern society – a society with shifting values and an ever-advancing digital way of life. \nTo shape a digital world on stage\, MOI – MOMENTUM OF ISOLATION places live interactive video and sound around the performers. These elements enhance ideas on how technology influences our lives\, and that it can both empower and disempower us. Further distilling isolation\, solo performances and the extended social isolation of one character on stage are critical to the arc of the performance. Within MOI – MOMENTUM OF ISOLATION\, one character’s interactions are only with inanimate objects. Through puppeteering and stage craft\, the inanimate world comes to life\, which highlights how social isolation can disrupt our connection to reality. Our social bonds allow us to understand that we have an impact on what is around us – that we exist. \n“Shay Kuebler’s dedication to crafting inventive performance pieces that confront the immediate human experience is to be admired\,” says Firehall Arts Centre’s Artistic Producer\, Donna Spencer. “MOI is one of those powerful works. Shay began his exploration of isolation and loneliness at the 2020 Dancing on the Edge Festival when the world was in the early stages of pandemic lockdown and the festival was presented online. His combination of digital and powerful physical movement allows us to feel how that loss of touch continues to affect us.” \nMarch 6 – 9 | Firehall Arts Centre | 280 E. Cordova \nOpening Night: Wednesday\, March 6 at 7:30pm \nPerformance Times: Wednesday-Saturday\, 7:30pm \nTickets: From $30 at firehallartscentre.ca | 604.689.0926 \nPost Show Talkback: March 7 \n\n\n	Related
URL:https://districtlocal.com/event/moi-momentum-of-isolation/
LOCATION:Firehall Arts Centre\, 280 E. Cordova Street\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6A 2L3
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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:Etuaptmumk/Two-Eyed Seeing: Ways of Being and Seeing
DESCRIPTION:Etuaptmumk/Two-Eyed Seeing: Ways of Being and Seeing is a cultural gathering regarding the impact of human-made environmental destruction on Mother Earth that invites Knowledge Keepers to share stories as activists and academics to bear witness. Let the community hold us all together as we walk towards what climate justice and action mean to us\, and remember the tales we will tell future generations. \nA circle of conversation series brings Elders\, academics\, and activists together at four events. Each event will focus on our impact on the four elements of Mother Earth: water\, air\, fire\, and earth. After the series\, the stories and knowledge will culminate into a workshop gathering on Sunday\, November 5 to discuss our roles in these ever-changing environmental times and what we are taking away with us from these four events. \nCoordinated by Rosemary Georgeson & Lara Aysal\nProduced by The Only Animal\nPresented by Firehall Arts Centre & Vancouver Moving Theatre \n\n\n	Related
URL:https://districtlocal.com/event/etuaptmumk-two-eyed-seeing-ways-of-being-and-seeing/
LOCATION:Firehall Arts Centre\, 280 E. Cordova Street\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6A 2L3
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SUMMARY:The Judge's Daughter at the Firehall
DESCRIPTION:A crowd and critic favourite from the 2023 Vancouver Fringe\, The Judge’s Daughter is back – provoking discussion as it dares to question the actions of our BC Supreme Court Judges. There are two ways this could go\, and the final scene hinges on the judgement of you\, the audience. \nThis play takes place in the Whistler ski cabins of brilliant lawyer\, Judge Kelly Saint Patrick\, and her lawyer husband James Brown. Young love blossoms for their daughter\, Erin\, and her activist friend. When a sudden death raises the morality of jailing anti-pipeline protesters\, family relationships and professional reputations are threatened. It’s time for judgment and the audience is the jury. \nCast: Jennifer Fahrni\, Sidney Klips\, Arsham Farasat\, Linden Banks \nWritten by Mairy Beam. Produced by Sinister Seniors. Directed by Lindy Sisson \n\n\n	Related
URL:https://districtlocal.com/event/the-judges-daughter-at-the-firehall/
LOCATION:Firehall Arts Centre\, 280 E. Cordova Street\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6A 2L3
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DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20231022T193000
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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
URL:https://districtlocal.com/event/peace-country/
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
URL:https://districtlocal.com/event/happy-valley/
LOCATION:Firehall Arts Centre\, 280 E. Cordova Street\, Vancouver\, BC\, V6A 2L3
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