The Cultch

Theatre artists Tony Adams and Joylyn Secunda unpack the theme of transformation through self-acceptance in their respective shows

Paper planes, food rituals, and more, in Urban Ink and The Cultch production that maps the connections and disconnections over decades

The Cultch and Urban Ink present Kamila Sediego’s play that explores cultural identity and familial duty

Theatre schools, the BMI, critics, and casting auditions: everything’s fair game in a show that flips easily between biting, big laughs and darker reflections

Taboo-buster Cheyenne Rouleau traverses more personal terrain in new one-woman show

Centred at The Cultch, contemporary-performance celebration spans bioacoustic opera and African-dance-infused theatre

The Cultch, Savage Society, and NAC Indigenous Theatre coproduction balances joy and solemnity for a transporting vision

Company’s just-launched lineup will feature everything from fast-fashion-inspired acrobatics to conceptual hip-hop, across four venues

The artist and politician draws on her own Callihoo ancestors, and fills new play with fiddle and dance

Atmospheric new play at The Cultch about two women in exile from Iran revolves around duality and secrets

Play follows an Iranian architect living in Montreal who grapples with painful secrets from her past when she reunites with her childhood best friend

East Van-based theatre hub celebrates its seventh annual festival with plays and stand-up comedy

Slapstick, sound effects, and female characters upending their fates

Co-creators Pippa Mackie and Ryan Gladstone mark five years of irreverent fun, as Monster Theatre play debuts on The Cultch stage

Receiving a wild standing O, Aussie company ups its own game to create a fun, finely orchestrated flow of ever-shifting human towers and sculptures

Free-associative stories and dance stitched loosely together to match ginormous sari tapestry that unfurls in Indian Summer Festival/PuSh Festival/The Cultch show

Artist’s Indian Summer Festival/PuSh Festival solo because i love the diversity (this micro-attitude, we all have it) was a close collaboration with award-winning Vancouver playwright Marcus Youssef

Co-presentation of Australian company by The Cultch and DanceHouse pairs skill with gravity-defying acrobatics

Random memorable scenes from the year in arts span 50 dancers swirling in BOLERO X, a powerful Julius Caesar speech, and a cello star’s finale with local string students

The New Year starts off strong in the local arts community, from dance to interactive installations to a Cabane à Sucre

Powerhouse singing and pastel-hued eye candy are the added ikura on a wonderfully jam-packed maki

Strong cast, vivid staging, and an imaginary frog bring story of a family’s clashing enviro beliefs to humorous life

Pair draws on contrasting comedic styles and deep roots in the ‘hood for The Cultch and Theatre Replacement’s beloved holiday tradition

Tickets go on sale November 22 for offerings that range from a refugee-camp installation to a dance-circus set amid a surreal paper set

Hilarity-filled family dynamics and a crazy mushroom trip lead up to environmental disaster in Touchstone Theatre and Ruby Slippers premiere by Pippa Mackie

Trey Anthony play follows Jamaican mother’s complicated reunion with her daughters, after years of working abroad

Theatre Replacement and The Cultch’s holiday tradition is written by Jivesh Parasram and Christine Quintana this year

Indigenous language and oral storytelling traditions drive circus-theatre piece from New Zealand, commissioned by The Cultch and Urban Ink

Director-cowriter reflects on the safe creative space in unique collaboration between New Zealand’s Te Rēhia Theatre Company and The Dust Palace

White, liberal, social-media virtue signallers beware: The Search Party play has you in its sights