Circus, dance, theatre, and more, as The Cultch unveils full roster of in-person shows for winter-spring 2022 season
The Femme Festival, the musical The Invisible, Germany’s still hungry and other performances spread across three venues
The hit musical The Invisibles with Melissa MacPherson. Photo by DB Photographics
RAVEN. Photo by Lucia Gerhardt
THE CULTCH HAS unveiled an ambitious season of 11 live performances for the winter-spring 2022 season, between February and May.
After a mostly digital fall lineup, the venue that oversees the Historic Theatre, the York, and the Vancity Culture Lab is making a full return to in-person shows, from local premieres to visiting dance and contemporary-circus works.
The season kicks off in the new year with the return of the Femme Festival. Alanna Mitchell’s critically acclaimed meditation on climate-change Sea Sick, based on the book of the same name, launches the fest from February 2 to 6. That’s followed from February 8 to 13 by the Berlin-based collective still hungry, with the contemporary circus RAVEN at the York. Elsewhere as part of the fest, Pi Theatre’s Beautiful Man, by Erin Shields, debuts February 24 to March 5; March 10 to 19 will see the world premiere of Vancouver playwright Christine Quintana’s Clean/Espejos, performed in English and Spanish and exploring the lives of two women from different worlds; and The Search Party’s Bunny, by Hannah Moscovitch, plays March 17 to 27 at the Culture Lab. The festival also includes In Response to Alabama, Little Thief Theatre’s autobiographical work about the three performers’ experiences with abortion, running March 3 to 12.
Savage Society’s Little Red Warrior and His Lawyer. Photo by Emily Cooper
Outside of the fest, Vancouver-created shows on the Cultch program include Savage Society’s Little Red Warrior and His Lawyer, by award-winning playwright Kevin Loring, March 3 to 13 at the York; Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre’s Bad Parent, by Ins Choi, creator of the hit sitcom and play Kim’s Convenience, April 20 to May 1 at the Historic Theatre; and Theatre Conspiracy’s Himmat, a world premiere co-presented with South Asian Arts, and directed by Paneet Singh, May 6 to 15 at the same venue.
Visiting from out of town are Catalyst Theatre’s (Edmonton) The Invisible: Agents of Ungentlemanly Warfare, a hit musical that about female special operations executives during the Second World War, April 26 to May 7 at the York; and, in a coproduction with the Vancouver International Dance Festival, a performance of BOW’T TRAIL RETROSPEK, from Montreal’s Rhodnie Désir and RD Créations, March 23 to 26 at the Historic Theatre.
The Cultch’s Box Office at 604-251-1363 or go online at thecultch.com. Stay tuned for an announcement this January about the digital series and new digital platform RE/PLAY, The Cultch's new online platform.
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