Cara McKenna at Metro Vancouver A politically charged Indigenous burlesque troupe will soon make its debut in Vancouver, as the 16th annual Talking Stick Festival begins in venues around the city. It’s the first time that the diverse Indigenous performance and arts festival has featured the art of striptease — but one of its founding members says it’s about much …
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By Shawn Conner at O Canada 16th annual Talking Stick Festival Feb. 16-26 | Various venues on the traditional unceded territories of the Coast Salish people Tickets and info: talkingstickfest.ca Performed hundreds of times over the years, Moonlodge has been the exclusive property of one person — its creator, Margo Kane. That is, until this year’s Talking Stick Festival. “I believe …
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Article posted on Artslandia Seventeen years after writing Moonlodge, Margo Kane is now passing her work into the hands of two of Canada’s brightest upcoming theatre artists. Directed by Corey Payette, Moonlodge will, for the first time, be performed by a different actor, Paula-Jean Prudat. Can you tell us a bit about the story? MK: Moonlodge tells the story of a young girl named Agnes …
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Article posted on Vancity Festival dates: Thursday, February 16 to Sunday, February 26, 2017 In its 16th year, the Talking Stick Festival is a citywide celebration of Aboriginal performance and art featuring a mix of theatre, Ab-original Cabaret, live music, dance, spoken word, traditional Powwow, workshops, artist talks and more. With over 150 artists from across Canada, The Talking Stick …
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The Indigenous Youth Wellness Team at PHSA will be hosting a free conference for Indigenous youth 18 to 24 living in BC from February 15th to 17th, 2017. The conference is being hosted within the ancestral, traditional and unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh people at the Blue Horizon Hotel in Vancouver, BC. The goal is to provide …
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For those who have taken a peak at our social media in the last few days, you might have noticed something a little different. Can you guess what it is? It’s the #TSF2017 artwork! This year’s artwork was created by the fabulous Jay Havens. Havens is an artist of Haudenosaunee Mohawk and Scottish Canadian ancestry from the Six Nations of …
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NOMADIC TEMPEST is a new work featuring metaphoric multi-disciplinary theatre and music spectacle revelation of climate refugees on a dreadlocked planet. The Caravan Stage Company, (www.caravanstage.org) is a professional non-profit theatre company that travels and performs with a diverse cast on it’s own 90 ft Sailing/Theatre Ship. The Caravan creates original experimental theatre/opera encompassing the themes of human and civil …
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Full Circle: First Nations Performance would like to give a warm shout out to the cast and the crew who participated in the production of The Girl Who was Raised by Wolverine and Women of Papiyek at the 2016 Vancouver Fringe Festival. Please join us in giving them a Full Circle round of applause. The Girl Who Was Raised By Wolverine …
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Developed with support of DD Kugler, Playwrights Theatre Centre, and Full Circle: First Nations Performance A dystopic future, resources are depleted, overpopulation is destroying the earth. A militant government keeps people locked away in individual living quarters as the population continues to grow. The time of the culling is near. Stephanie, like so many others, has been confined since …
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Full Circle is proud to celebrate National Aboriginal Day by helping present O’wet/Lost Lagoon written and performed by Quelemia Sparrow O’wet (oh-wee): a verb colloquially used to denote propelling a canoe. O’wet is also connected to a shaman’s canoe ride to the land of the dead to retrieve a lost soul. Lost Lagoon: A body of water in between …
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