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Théâtre la Seizième and The Dance Centre invite audiences to watch We Love Arabs, April 13 to 15

Thought-provoking piece uses combination of dance and theatre to explore political satire

DANCE, THEATREStir VancouverMarch 28, 2023Partner Content, Theatre la Seizieme, The Dance Centre

Theatre review: Québécois-Indigenous playwright Jocelyn Sioui's Mononk Jules has a hairpin turn

The performer-puppeteer erases nothing about his Huron-Wendat great-uncle’s history

THEATREGail JohnsonFebruary 23, 2023Theatre la Seizieme, French, Indigenous

Mononk Jules tells the story of a forgotten Indigenous hero

Montreal playwright Jocelyn Sioui shares his great uncle’s remarkable history in the documentary-theatre piece with video, puppets, and more

THEATREGail JohnsonFebruary 14, 2023Theatre la Seizieme, Quebecois, French Canadian, Indigenous, puppetry

Théâtre La Seizième presents Mononk Jules from February 22 to 25

The documentary-theatre piece shares the erased history of an Indigenous hero of the 20th century

THEATREStir VancouverFebruary 8, 2023Partner Content, Theatre la Seizieme

Théâtre la Seizième grows a green thumb in Le Potager, February 4 and 5

Quebec’s Le Petit Théâtre de Sherbrooke brings its kid-friendly French show to Vancouver

THEATREGail JohnsonFebruary 3, 2023Theatre la Seizieme, French, French theatre, Quebec

Theatre review: Un.Deux.Trois grapples with complex questions of Franco-Canadian identity

Playwright Mani Soleymanlou’s epic trilogy unpeels layer after layer in the quest for self-understanding

THEATREJanet SmithNovember 13, 2022Theatre la Seizieme, Mani Soleymanlou, theatre review, review

With Un.Deux.Trois, Mani Soleymanlou brings the largest production to date in the history of Franco-Canadian theatre to Vancouver

Thirty-six French-speaking performers take a deep dive into identity, probing what it means to be “Franco-Canadian”

THEATREGail JohnsonNovember 4, 2022Theatre la Seizieme, Mani Soleymanlou, French, French theatre

Mani Soleymanlou, in association with 40 creators and performers from francophone Canada, brings Un.Deux.Trois. to Vancouver

The national production is the largest to date in the history of Franco-Canadian theatre

THEATREStir VancouverOctober 25, 2022Partner Content, Theatre la Seizieme

Theatre review: In Stallone, Paris-based actors deliver knockout performance

Lead Clotilde Hesme will be familiar to folks who caught the French crime thriller Lupin

THEATREGail JohnsonSeptember 14, 2022Theatre la Seizieme, French, review

Paris-based team packs a punch in Vancouver with Stallone

Actor Clotilde Hesme won France’s highest theatre award for her role in the high-energy play that draws inspiration from Rocky III

THEATREGail JohnsonSeptember 6, 2022Theatre la Seizieme, French

Théâtre la Seizième announces 2022-23 season, with shows from France, Israel, and across Canada

Highlights include Stallone by CENTQUATRE-PARIS; the 40-performer Un.Deux.Trois; and la Seizième’s touring mainstage show, Le Soulier

THEATREGail JohnsonAugust 23, 2022Theatre la Seizieme, French

Loss of small-town landmarks gives rise to Québécois playwright André Gélineau's S’effondrent les vidéoclubs

With humour and colourful characters, new play explores the parallels between a dying lake, a doomed videostore, and solitudes

THEATREGail JohnsonMay 18, 2022SPRING, Spring Arts Guide, Theatre la Seizieme, French

Théâtre La Seizième presents quirky, surreal S’effondrent les vidéoclubs

Quebec playwright André Gélineau’s surreal four-hander sits somewhere between fantasy and delusion

THEATREJanet SmithMay 10, 2022Partner Content, Theatre la Seizieme

Stir Cheat Sheet: 5 facts on the one-hander La détresse et l'enchantement

The solo show is a theatrical montage of the memoirs of celebrated Franco-Manitoban author Gabrielle Roy

THEATREGail JohnsonApril 14, 2022Theatre la Seizieme, Gabrielle Roy, French, SPRING, Spring Arts Guide

Théâtre la Seizième presents Gabrielle Roy's La détresse et l'enchantement

Actor Marie-Thérèse Fortin brings the acclaimed French Canadian author to life in the Vancouver production

THEATREJanet SmithApril 5, 2022Theatre la Seizieme, Partner Content

Theatre review: ZÉRO oscillates between monologue and stand-up comedy in a quest for identity

Iranian-born Montreal-based playwright Mani Soleymanlou shares his experiences of racism with equal parts rage and humour

THEATREJanet SmithFebruary 11, 2022Theatre la Seizieme, French

For Mani Soleymanlou, the search for identity is back to ZÉRO

The Montreal-based Iranian-Canadian theatre artist explores origins in autobiographical solo

THEATREGail JohnsonFebruary 4, 2022Theatre la Seizieme

Théâtre la Seizième presents ZÉRO, a playful and profound solo by Mani Soleymanlou

The Iranian-born artist explores identity in the work that travels between comedy and drama

THEATREJanet SmithJanuary 25, 2022Partner Content, Theatre la Seizieme

Theatre review: Nombre drives to the heart of our shared humanity

The participatory show in French at Théâtre la Seizième proves touching

THEATREGail JohnsonNovember 3, 2021Theatre la Seizieme, French

At Théâtre la Seizième, Nombre gets to the heart of human connection

The new participatory show by Quebec’s Alpha Charlie Kilo is a collective experience

THEATREGail JohnsonOctober 29, 2021Theatre la Seizieme, theatre

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