The Arts Collective

CiTR -- Arts Report

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The Arts Report, run by CiTR's Arts Collective volunteers, focuses on arts and culture happenings in so-called 'Vancouver' (and beyond!). With a mix of reviews, live interviews, select songs and playful banter, the Arts Report connects listeners to the thriving arts community that CiTR is part of. Tune in every other Wednesday from 5-6 to get the low down on our favourites in music, visual art, performance art, and any topic you can imagine.

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Latest episode

Jun 11, 2026

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Episodes

Hysteria! 19.09.2019

Unfortunately we had a technical glitch on this show and it ended up being a short one. We had so much to talk about, but we did have a chance to air an incredible interview with the cast of Hysteria!

Fringe Fest 12.09.2019

We talked a lot about so many different Fringe shows today! We started the show with a review of Alice in Glitterland, How to Really...Really? Really! Love a Woman, and the The Robber Bridegroom. We then had an interview with Eleanor O'Brien who is the producer, writer, and cast of How to Really...Really? Really! Love a Woman. We ended the show with more reviews, including: Love Songs for Future G...

Previews! 04.09.2019

We started the show with an interview with the cast of "The Most Massive Woman Wins." We then had a review of the preview show of SpinS and THE GREAT CANADIAN P-RNO: THE MUSICAL, followed by an interview with the artistic Director of "The Robber Bridegroom by the Brothers Grimm." And we ended the show with a shoutout to the Fringe show "Inescapable"

Last Summer Show 29.08.2019

We started the show with an interview with Ilana Zackon the director of "THE GREAT CANADIAN P-RNO: THE MUSICAL" which will be having its premier at this year's Vancouver Fringe Festival. We then did a shout-out to the Vancouver Soundwalk Collective Archive which will be having a soundwalk this weekend on Sept 1. Then we had another interview with Jill Lockley who is the writer, producer and is act...

Queer, indigenous and youth 15.08.2019

We started the show with a live interview with Linnea Ritland, the director and producer of the shorts "Everything's Great!" and "Ameteur Dramatics" that will be showing in the Vancouver Queer Film Festival, starting tomorrow. We then had an interview with Angela George, an indigenous artist who is focused on weaving and will have her residency in the Blue Cabin Artistic Residency. We concluded wi...

Shoutout to Pride! 01.08.2019

We started the show with an interview with Myles Anderson about his new album “Myles from Home.” We had several shoutouts, including:the Vancouver Mural Festival, Pride in Chinatown, Twisted Disney Cabaret, and Lenoir. After that we had a review of "Silence! The musical", and an interview with Laura Carly Miller and Sydney Doberstein about Deep into Darkness: An Immersive Theatre Experience. We en...

Bad weather doesn't stop us! 18.07.2019

We started the show with a review of Rock of Ages. We followed that with an interview with Collete Berg who is the stage manager for Newsies. We had a little technical difficulty, but we worked through it and did an event roundup of the Vancouver Bach Festival followed by interview with Lan Tung the Artistic Director of the Orchid Ensemble. We ended the show with a review by Margarita and Lua of M...

Summer Fun 04.07.2019

Today we started the show with an interview with Paisley Eva who is one of the founders of Dame Vinyl, an amazing organization that trains female identifying persons on vinyl DJing. They are performing this weekend at the Indian Summer Festival event: Conjuring the Future! Then we had an interview conducted by Margarita Galper of the Alt-Rock Band CIVILIANA, and we played one of their songs: Carry...

Reviews, Reviews, Reviews 20.06.2019

We had a lot of reviews this show because there is just so much going on! We started the show with a review of The Taming of the Shrew at Bard on the Beach. Then we talked about the film The Extraordinary Journey of Fakir, which is a great feel-good summer film that is coming out soon. We had several shout-outs to: comedian Sophie Buddle, An ASL Opera, the documentary about art forgery There Are N...

So much is going on! 06.06.2019

Today we started the show with an interview with Joyce Hilton, the co-managing director of th Chan Centre, to talk about the upcoming show in 2019-20 season. Some very exciting stuff is coming and we will be here to review it for you! We also had a review of Matilda: the Musical being put on by the Arts Club until July 14th, and a review of the 43rd edition of the dance performance 12 Minutes Max.

Starting Summer Right 23.05.2019

And the Arts Report is back for the summer with biweekly shows! Today we had the pleasure of interviewing Frank Zotter the lead of play “Hosanna”. Then we had an interview with Warren Dean Flandez who is performing with the Good Noise Vancouver Gospel Choir as a Guest artist on March 25th, followed by an interview with Katrina Bois the Artistic Director of Coastal City Ballet talking about their p...

Caio Vancity 25.04.2019

We kick off by interviewing Johnny MacRae about the coming Verses festival. We then segue into a diverting review of Coastal City ballet's Bedroom Folk, shoutouts for Pi Theatre's 4 1/2 Ignoble Truths and Pacific's upcoming season, and finish with segments on Mariza's recent Chan Centre performance and the Cinematheque's Down and Dirty in Gower Gulch features Damaged Lives and False Faces.

Momix and Mumbles 18.04.2019

We open with an interview with Dide Su Bilgin regarding the UBC Film Production program's Persistence of Vision film festival. In between song plays from Anoushka Shankar and Mariza's newest albums, we play an interview with Al Lafrance of Hunch Festival, shout out the Bill Reid Gallery's Womxn and Waterways, and review Momix's Dance House, the Arts Club's Bed and Breakfast, and the Cinematheque's...

Live People's Things 11.04.2019

We open with an interview with Jenn Stewart, UBC alumnus and set designer for ZeeZee Theatre's Dead People's Things, with a segue into the Bill Reid Gallery's Womxn and Waterways exhibit. We then segue into a prerecorded interview with MoMix's Jason Dubois and an intriguing segment regarding LGBT tabletop gaming. We close with features on DOXA and Pacific Theatre's Cherry Docs.

Reel 2 Knockoff 04.04.2019

We start by interviewing Jenna Brown, panelist on the Reel 2 Reel Film Festival's Inside the Industry panel, on the life of a Technical Lead. We follow that up by interviewing Melissa Ferriera on the local fashion and craft extravaganza Nifty For Fifty. We close with reviews of the Arts Club's The Orchard (After Chekov), Elee Kraljii Gardiner's Trauma Head and Melissa Bull's The Knockoff Eclipse,...

A Few Shades of Blonde 28.03.2019

We started the show with a pre-recorded interview with Kenton Klassen about Cherry Docs. We had a few shout outs to Mariza performing at the Chan Center, the University Singers at St. James, and Christina Pato that is offering student rush tickets! After we had and interview with Marco Cornejo about MTT's Legally Blonde.

Reviews, reviews, reviews... 21.03.2019

We started today's show with a review of the play Goldrausch playing here at UBC; followed by a review of Redpatch produced by Hardline Productions a company in residence at the Arts Club, and a review of the film Birds of Passage. We also did shout out for: Nosferatu, and Merideth Kaye Clark performing Joni Mitchell’s BLUE album.

A Magikal Show 14.03.2019

We had an interview with Camilo the Magician about his show Magik. We talked about the AR game East of the Rockies written by Joy Kowaga, and we ended the show with a discussion of Hot House, which will be on Studio 58 next week, and some features at Cinematheque!

A Fundrive Interview Extravaganza 07.03.2019

We feature quite a smorgasboard of interviews today, including Matthew Rhodes (UBC Theatre's GOLDRAUSCH), Carly Pokoradi (Monster Theatre's Jesus Christ: The Lost Years), Angelica Poversky (Turn it Up and Disrupt) and Ana Valine (There was a Winter at Vancity Theatre). In closing, we run through an array of shoutouts, including Firehall's The Good Bride, Level 16 at the Vancity Theatre, Vancouver...

A Serendipitous Show 28.02.2019

We kick of with two interviews - Meghan Bell for the Growing Room literary festival, and Olivia Davies for Vancouver International Dance Festival. To taper off, we play a lovely tune, review Manual Cinema's No Blue Memories, and shoutout the Coastal Dance Festival and our own Fundrive Prizes.

Queer Happenings on International Radio Day 14.02.2019

We open with Margarita Gal's interview with Renaud Doucet, for Vancouver Opera's production of La Boheme, and run our giveaway for the Chan Centre's No Blue Memories. Afterwards, we discuss Jacob Boehme's Blood on the Dance Floor, the Cinematheque's Derek Jarman Feature and the Arts Club's True Crime. We close with a review of MOA's Sound House, including a song from one of the performing groups,...

Matchmakers and Chapbooks 07.02.2019

We start this extra-length show with an interview with Professor Norman Cornett and Ms. Linda Naiman, and run a series of giveaways for the Kings Singers, the Chan Centre's Gwendolyn Brooks retrospective No Blue memories, and SFU Goldcorp's Blood on the Dance Floor. Moving on to reviews, correspondents Leah Siegel and Will Alvarez tell us about the Arts Club's The Matchmaker and Vancity's showing...

Hen-ry the 8th I Am I Am 31.01.2019

We open the show with a ticket giveaway for the Kings' Singers impending appearance at the Chan Centre, as well as correspondent Leah Siegel's review of United Players' Goodnight Desdemona, Good Morning Juliet. We then proceed to anticipate the coming interview with Professor Norman Cornett and the coming review of the Cinematheque's screening of Narcissister Organ Player, and end with some Oscar-...

The Show'll Come Out...Tonight? 24.01.2019

We open by interviewing Daniel Curalli regarding Align Theatre's production of Annie. Our reviews include Pacific's A Prayer for Owen Meany, UBC Theatre's Lion in the Streets, the Audain's Visual Art Undergraduate Exhibition and Firehall's Circle Game.

On the Count of Faith 17.01.2019

We start with Lua Presidio and Silvana Martinez reviewing the Belkin Gallery's Hexsa'am and Allison Chisholm's On the Count of None. We then chat with Margarita Gal and Leah Siegel about the future of VR and the current situation of theatre, specifically Mrs. Krishnan's Party at the Cultch. We end with a segue into the religious, interviewing Ian Farthing (director of Pacific Theatre's Prayer for...

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