CiTR -- Arts Report

We begin with a segment from correspondent Ileana Soza, interviewing Paola Murillo on Latincouver's Carnaval del Sol. Next, we interview Caroline Sniatynski on her show Acceleration, currently playing at the Pacific courtesy of Stone's Throw Productions. We finish with a review of the Vagrant Players' Kill All Politicians and the Arts Club's Once with assorted musings on the political history of t...

In honour of World Refugee Day, we begin the show by interviewing John Michael Koffi on his recent book, Refuge-E: The Journey Much Desired. We then touch on Soulful Productions' Sweet Bubbling Nights and the Vancouver Irish Film Festival, specifically the Vancity Theatre's showing of The Drummer and the Keeper, including several digressions on Samuel Beckett and Michael 'Iron Mike' Malloy

We kick off with correspondent Ileana Soza giving us the skinny on Vancouver indie-funksters the Escapes, with a brief digression into horror games. After a musical break, we interview UBC professor Daniel Heath Justice on his Lay of the Land readings. After a short break, we talk about Boom For Real at Vancity and Theatre Conspiracy's Victim Impact at the Cultch. Assorted musings on jazz througho...

We start by interviewing Celeste Snowber on her upcoming show Perfect Imperfections. We then interview Andrea Fehnsenfeld on her book, Completion. We close with correspondent Ileana Soza's review of Lucrecia Martel's film Zama, as well as segments on Vancity's showing of Leaning Into the Wind, Jericho's Nell Gwynn, and a shoutout to the Bill Reid Galler's Body Art exhibit.

We start off by interviewing Gail Suderman about Good Noise Choir's upcoming event, fusing jazz and gospel, with some digressions and examples of these genres in the following segment. We close with a review of Arts Umbrella's Expressions Fest features The Phoenician Women and Missing, and a shoutout to the Andy Goldsworthy documentary Leaning Into The Wind, coming soon to VIFF Vancity Theatre.

We begin by interviewing Michelle Kim about her new book, Running Through Sprinklers. Next we interview Laura Carey about Terminal City Glass's Spark Fire and Light. We close with Christine Kim's review of Coastal City Ballet's Midsummer Night's Dream and a shoutout to Aeriosa's show, Second Nature.

We start off by interviewing the team behind MOA's Arts of Resistance exhibit, followed by an interview with Felicia Wu of Coastal City Ballet on their production of A Midsummer Night's Dream. We close with reviews of ITSAZOO's Wet and Pacific's Tolkien.

We start by interviewing Corey Payette on his new trilingual musical, Les Filles du Roi. We finish off with the undebut of our Ask a Smart Aleck segment, a plug for Staggers and Jaggs upcoming show at the Fox, and a personal recap on a certain series of happenings across Toronto, Santa Barbara, and Washington, DC.

Interview with Charles Demers, author of Property Values; and reviews of Havana Theatre's Cashless by Nathan Narusis, Arts Club's Me & You by Melody Anderson, Vancouver Theatresports' Improv on the Murder Express, the Vancouver Art Gallery's Takashi Murakami: The Octopus Eats Its Own Leg, and BOMBHEAD.

We open with a series of pop cultural digressions vaguely related to Stephanie Morin-Robert's Blindside. We progress to an interview with Roundhouse Youth Theatre Action Group's Valerie Methot and Latisha Wadhams, and we end with shoutouts to David C. Jones' production of Neil Labute's The Money Shot and Circa's Opus show, coming soon to the Chan Center.

Interviews with Jillian Christmas, Artistic Director of Verses Festival of Words; filmmaker Natalia Andrea of UBC's Persistence of Vision Festival. Reviews of Che Malambo, and shout outs to Pacific Theatre's Love/Sick, Lori Anderson, Expressions Festival, Cherry Blossom Festival, and Vancouver TheatreSports' Murder on the Improv Express. Hosted by Ashley Park, Jake Clark, and Lua Presidio.

We see how things change in Vancouver with author, historian, and all-around cool guy Aaron Chapman, and review Take 6 in Concert, talk poetry in Shut up And Say Something, Little Mountain Lion Productions' Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play. Hosted by Ashley Park and Jake Clark.

We've got 3 interviews for you today: Valerie Easton on the Massey Theatre's production of Cabaret, Madelyn Osborne on Mr Burns: A Post-Electric Play at Studio 1398, and Alli MacKay about their short film Flash Flood. We end this plus-size show with conversation with correspondent Lua Presidio regarding Firehall's Chelsea Hotel and UBC Musical Theatre Troupe's Heathers.

In a restoration of a nearly-vanished podcast, we discuss MOV's Haida Now exhibit with director Vivianne Gosselin, as well as discuss UBC Theatre with reviews of UBC Players' Festival Dionysia and the BFA Acting program's year-end production of The Crucible.

We kick off the show by interviewing Jessica Nelson, director of UBC Theatre's currently-running production of Arthur Miller's The Crucible. After the break, correspondent Monique Rodriguez gives us an interview with film director Mayumi Yoshida. We finish off with a shoutout to Anne Cormier's free Robson Square lecture, reviews of Too Fly's Little Miss Glitz and Studio 58's FOURPLAY, and a whole...

We open with an interview with designer Janna Hurtzig, who gives us a rundown on Vancouver's indie fashion outing at First Pick Handmade. An interview with Robin Brunet introduces us to the grandiose personality of Frank Palmer, the Vancouver ad man whose biography hit the shelves in February, while Christine Kim's discussion with Matthew White explores the performance of Early Music Vancouver's G...

We kick off the show by interviewing Wendy D on her VWiFF feature Mind Stories. A chat with Laura Harris on her Brave New Play Rites feature Gridlock brings us the finer points of clowning and the conceptual ramifications of staging a show in Bangkok. We go retrospective with a brief review of the Cinematheque's screening of Bob Fosse's Star 80, and finish things off with correspondent Lua Presidi...

With three interviews dealing with everything from the commodification of oxygen to UBC improv, we've got a packed show today! We start by chatting with Andrey Summers and Fiona Revill about their Brave New Play Rites show, mOXY, then chew the fat with Megan Fass and Alain Tahir regarding the Eternal Theatre Collective's production of Seven Minutes in Heaven. We close with a review of Arthur Holde...

We look at various iterations of the Theatre of Depression as we interview Arthur Holden about the world premier of his play The Past, then proceed to discuss Fun Home with correspondent Shivangi Sikri. We end with a review of the ABB Collective's production of Fool for love, including an acknowledgement of the eclectic doings and prodigious legacy of the late playwright, Sam Shepard.

We open the show today with a Black History Month feature on VPL's Where Are You Really From? colloquium and the oft-overlooked cultural impact of Bobby Taylor and the Vancouvers. Burlesque C&W balladeer Shirley Gnome swings by to tell us about her coming Valentine's variety show at the Rickshaw, and we end with an up-to-date history of awkward February 14th double-features.

To open the show, actor-director Frank Zotter and playwright Peter Takach swing by to fill us in on this year's Brave New Play Rites. Courtesy of Christine Kim, we have an interview with Julia Ullrich on Align Entertainment's production of Legally Blonde, as well as an interview with Deborah Pearson, the creator of the PuSh Festival's history history history. We close the show with correspondents...

We open by interviewing playwright Dave Deveau on the tragic context of his play, My Funny Valentine. Correspondent Aaron Kenney debuts with a segment on some classic Vancouver films, and we announce the Flashback Film Festival Giveaway for the nostalgic theatregoers out there. We close the show with our dance correspondent Lua Presidio as we discuss MOA's excellent array of events, including the...

An interview triple-header gives us an interview with Lawrence Lam, Jerome Loo and Mary Galloway for Vancouver Short Film Festival, Marcus Youssef for PuSh Festival feature King Arthur's Night, and Aidan Wright for UBC Theatre's She Kills Monsters, followed by a discussion on the same show with Correspondents Ileana De Soza and Shivangi Sikri.

We're joined by first-time correspondent Shivangi Sikri discuss the Musical Theatre Troupe's 24-Hour Musical, with various digressions into the filmography of John Hughes and the mental state of Vincent Van Gogh, plus a couple of shout-outs to UBC Theatre's She Kills Monsters and the upcoming PuSh Festival. Hosted by Jake Clark.

It's our special hour and a half episode! Content Warning for strong language. The Arts Report interviews Gail Suderman of Good Noise Vancouver Gospel Choir's "Good Tidings!"; DJ A Slam talks about EDM and representation; reviews of Better Watch Out, directed by Chris Peckover; and Arts Club's Onegin by Amiel Gladstone and Veda Hille; shout outs to The Disaster Artist, the MOA's Night Shift: Super...