Ne.Sans Opera & Dance’s About Time acknowledges relentlessness of news cycle, while Livona Ellis and Rebecca Margolick’s Fortress examines femininity and matriarchs
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Strength and vulnerability meet in new work inspired by the choreographer-dancers’ mothers and grandmothers
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Group melds folk traditions, klezmer music, and urban energy into a unique style as it raises money for Ukraine’s humanitarian and military efforts
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Michael Wex’s uproarious show combines 1930s cabaret songs, original comedy sketches, Yiddish adaptations of international hits, and vaudeville classics
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Acclaimed multimedia storytelling performance invites locals to respond to the prompt, “Who has power over you and what do you want to say to them?”
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This year’s lineup ranges from comedy by Juno Award–winner Jacob Samuel to a dance world premiere by Livona Ellis and Rebecca Margolick
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The Chutzpah! Festival and the Jewish Book Festival fall outside of new “designated priority groups” for federal and provincial funding, and are struggling to stay afloat
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At PuSh Festival, artists play off themes of strength and fragility by using paper for aerial stunts
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The copresentation with Chutzpah! Festival sees paper used as an aerial rope, a dance partner, and more
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Chamber opera tells story of a Japanese diplomat who aids in the escape of 6,000 Jews from Nazi-occupied Lithuania
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Actor-playwright developed semi-autobiographical monodrama with Yaakov Buchan, the son of Nazi doctor Josef Mengele’s secretary
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Appearing with the Honorable Mentshn and Socalled at the Chutzpah! Festival, clarinet virtuoso approaches his work as a “repairer of chains”
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Opening night is a special presentation of The Debaters: Chutzpah Edition, and closing night features The Best of Israeli Comedy
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Unique performances range from closing night event The Best of Israeli Comedy to a blend of dance and Deaf theatre in When The Walls Come Down
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Inspired by devastating forest fires, California work features a drag cellist-pianist and six dancers
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Appearing virtually live from Israel at the 2022 Chutzpah! Festival, the culinary artist is inspired by her feminist grandmother
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The Action at a Distance artistic director has been busy creating while touring North America and the world
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The groundbreaking singer-songwriter performs at the 2022 Chutzpah! Festival, echoing Iran’s rallying cry of Woman, Life, Freedom
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The artist who has opened for Jon Stewart and fought in the Israeli Army comes to Vancouver for Chutzpah! Festival
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Many of this year’s offerings complement the shows you’ll see on stage
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