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Firehall Arts Centre pushes City for $7 million accessibility upgrade

Right now, wheelchair users face stairs and other barriers to attending and working on shows at the historic theatre

THEATRE, NEWSJanet SmithJune 24, 2024FIREHALL, Firehall Arts Centre, City of Vancouver

At Dancing on the Edge, two works offer interdisciplinary reflections on sisterhood

Furious Grace Dance Theatre’s Gravity in Your Eyes and Method Dance Society’s Behind Veiled Eyes explore female friendships and matriarchal ties

Company 605 faces grief and moves forward again with lossy, premiering at Dancing on the Edge

Drawing on the endless scroll of dance fragments online, the new work pushes into fresh territory for the troupe—as does Josh Martin’s new Helen Walkley solo, blocking

Firehall Arts Centre wraps up 2023-24 season with Cheri Maracle's Paddle Song, May 24 to June 2

The energetic one-woman musical about trailblazing Mohawk poet Pauline E. Johnson is back

Firehall Arts Centre stages Cheri Maracle's one-woman musical Paddle Song, May 24 to June 2

Production tells the late-1800s story of trailblazing Mohawk poet-performer Pauline Johnson

Eunoia's wordplay infuses dance, projections, score, and costumes at the Firehall Arts Centre

Canadian choreographer Denise Fujiwara spent years creating dance out of the constraints in Christian Bök’s celebrated, vowel-happy book

DANCEJanet SmithMay 6, 2024Denise Fujiwara, FIREHALL, Firehall Arts Centre, Spring 2024

Theatre review: This Is How We Got Here provides levity as it explores the weight of grief at the Firehall Arts Centre

In the wake of loss, family and friends struggle to navigate inner turmoil, even as they inadvertently hurt each other in the process

THEATREJanet SmithApril 20, 2024FIREHALL, Firehall Arts Centre, Spring 2024, Homepage feature

In This Is How We Got Here, playwright Keith Barker reflects on moving forward after unfathomable loss

Firehall Arts Centre presentation centres a close-knit family relearning how to coexist in the wake of trauma±

THEATREEmily LythApril 9, 2024Firehall Arts Centre, Keith Barker, Spring 2024

Keith Barker's This is How We Got Here runs at Firehall Arts Centre from April 13 to 28

Play follows a close-knit family dealing with the lingering trauma of an unexpected loss

THEATREStir VancouverApril 3, 2024Partner Content, Firehall Arts Centre, Spring 2024

MOI–Momentum of Isolation takes a multimedia look at our wired existence, at the Firehall Arts Centre March 6 to 9

Fully realized production integrates powerhouse group numbers and solos, projections, and even puppets to capture digital disconnection

Theatre review: Chelsea Hotel: The Songs of Leonard Cohen's dreamlike tribute still holds poetic magic, at the Firehall Arts Centre

Tracey Power and Steven Charles’s sung-through musical, first staged in 2012, returns with its inventive staging and intimate interpretations of Cohen’s songs

THEATREJanet SmithFebruary 10, 2024FIREHALL, Firehall Arts Centre

Stir Cheat Sheet: 5 interesting facts about Chelsea Hotel: The Songs of Leonard Cohen's heartfelt theatrical hit

The Firehall Arts Centre’s fan-favourite production returns to Vancouver in celebration of more than 300 performances

MUSIC, THEATREStir VancouverFebruary 1, 2024Firehall Arts Centre, Leonard Cohen, Homepage feature

Firehall Arts Centre presents Chelsea Hotel: The Songs of Leonard Cohen, February 3 to March 3

Inventive 2012 production celebrating Canadian singer-songwriter’s life fuses music, dance, and theatre

MUSIC, THEATREStir VancouverJanuary 26, 2024Partner Content, Firehall Arts Centre

Tara Cheyenne Friedenberg explores gender identity in PANTS

The dancer-actor-comedian employs movement and a fierce sense of humour to get at serious subjects

DANCEGail JohnsonJanuary 10, 2024Firehall Arts Centre, Tara Cheyenne Friedenberg, dance, Homepage feature

Theatre review: Reflections on Crooked Walking skips down its own whimsical path

The Firehall Arts Centre brings fresh life to Ann Mortifee’s quirky fantasy musical, while retaining some of its ‘80s flavour

THEATREJanet SmithDecember 14, 2023FIREHALL, Firehall Arts Centre, Ann Mortifee

Stir Cheat Sheet: 5 things to know about Ann Mortifee's fantasy musical Reflections on Crooked Walking

Endearing family-friendly production that premiered at the Arts Club Theatre in the ’80s makes a comeback just in time for the holidays

THEATREStir VancouverNovember 30, 2023Firehall Arts Centre, Holiday 2023

Firehall Arts Centre hosts Ann Mortifee’s Reflections on Crooked Walking, December 2 to 24

Juno Award-nominated family musical follows the mysterious story of an entire town who falls asleep

THEATREStir VancouverNovember 20, 2023Partner Content, Firehall Arts Centre, Holiday 2023

Etuaptmumk/Two-Eyed Seeing: Ways of Being and Seeing offers dialogue and guidance amid the urgent climate crisis

Artists Lara Aysal and Rosemary Georgeson lead a Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival workshop based on conversations with Elders, activists, and academics