The Biting School, Nancy Lee 李南屏, and Mohammadreza Akrami are Here For Now, May 20 and 21

Volume 3 of the cross-disciplinary art event features experimental theatre, sound, and contemporary dance

HERE FOR NOW is a cross-disciplinary art event that hosts boundary-pushing experimental work in unconventional spaces. Coproduced by Slice Next Door (1636 Venables Street), volume 3 features The Biting School, Nancy Lee 李南屏, and Mohammadreza Akrami on May 20 and 21 with shows from 6:30 to 8:30 pm and 9 to 11 pm, with a social hour from 11 pm to midnight. The artists will explore ideas of touch and intimacy, sentience, and selfhood through experimental theatre, sound, and contemporary dance.

Co-founded by Arash and Aryo Khakpour, The Biting School draws on history, literature, and philosophy to look at challenging social and political issues in their theatrical works. Lee is a Taiwanese-Canadian interdisciplinary media artist, curator, filmmaker, DJ, and cultural producer. Born in Tehran, Akrami is a dance artist based in Montreal and Toronto.

With options to sit, interact with the work, or come and go from the performances, audiences are invited to move through the evening as they wish. Slice of Life's gallery shop will be open, carrying wares by local artists and makers.

Articles

Life of intrepid explorer brought to life in Tom Crean—Discovering Antarctica, November 7 to 24

Subtitled Heroic Tales of Scott, Crean & Shackleton, the solo show by Aidan Dooley has won some major awards

In immersive theatre experience The Last Resort, a cruise ship sets sail to the Bermuda Triangle in 1971

Fairlith Harvey drew on her experiences as a funeral attendant in creating the experiential work

Stir Q&A: At fifth annual TRANSFORM Festival, Corey Payette honours Indigenous artistry

Festival co-curated with The Cultch’s Heather Redfern features the workshop premiere of Payette’s musical On Native Land, plus a new choral composition

Shadbolt Centre for the Arts presents In the Belly of the Carp, November 28 to 30

Innovative show created by Rodney DeCroo, Samantha Pawliuk, and David Bloom melds music, theatre, and poetry inside a giant fish

Music review: With a talented cast of singers and actors, Die Fledermaus offers evening of unserious fun

Adaptation of Strauss’s beloved operetta opens Vancouver Opera’s 65th season with cheeky adapted dialogue and musical delights

Urban Ink's fifth-annual TRANSFORM Festival spotlights Indigenous artists, November 6 to 9

Cabaret-style festival co-curated by Corey Payette and Heather Redfern features an electrifying fusion of theatre, music, drag, circus, and more

The Prop Master’s Dream, a fusion opera, pays tribute to a unique soul

Vancouver Cantonese Opera production at the Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival honours the late Wah-Kwan Gwan

Director Ashlie Corcoran takes Vancouver Opera’s Die Fledermaus to the Swinging Sixties

The 65th-season opener features a witty new script by Mark Crawford and a Sweet Charity-worthy array of colourful retro costumes

The Last Night at the Cabaret Yitesh comes to the Chutzpah! Festival, November 9 and 10

Michael Wex’s uproarious show combines 1930s cabaret songs, original comedy sketches, Yiddish adaptations of international hits, and vaudeville classics