Fortunately, the south coast of B.C. is home to many people making extraordinary efforts to forge connections across cultural divides.
Talk Is Free Theatre has launched a national pilot program to address the current shortage of older, racialized actors in Canada.
This year’s festival will unveil works that address immigration, wartime connections, and the commodification of identity in the arts.
The playwright says that The Frontliners is about three settlement workers who are stationed at the Hotel Splendid in 2016.
剧作家 Zahida Rahemtulla 深知在房价高涨的城市中，为难民找寻住所是多么艰钜的任务。在 2016 年，加拿大政府于 14 个月内重新安置 44,000 名叙利亚难民时，她当时就在温哥华从事相关工作。
劇作家 Zahida Rahemtulla 深知在房價高漲的城市中，為難民找尋住所是多麼艱鉅的任務。在 2016 年，加拿大政府於 14 個月內重新安置 44,000 名敘利亞難民時，她當時就在溫哥華從事相關工作。
After working in the non-profit sector assisting refugees, Zahida Rahemtulla is “really cautious” about “model minority” terminology.
有关身份误会的舞台剧一向大行其道，例如是莎士比亚的《错误的喜剧》和《第十二夜》。然而，莎翁并非这个类别的先驱。早于古希腊时代，雅典喜剧作家米南德（Menander）已在创作这类型作品。
有關身份誤會的舞台劇一向大行其道，例如是莎士比亞的《錯誤的喜劇》和《第十二夜》。然而，莎翁並非這個類別的先驅。早於古希臘時代，雅典喜劇作家米南德（Menander）已在創作這類型作品。
In this Touchstone Theatre production, Rahemtulla makes use of mistaken identity and farcical comedy in a distinctly 21st-century setting.
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We would like to acknowledge that we are gathered on the traditional and unceded territories of the Coast Salish peoples of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam Indian Band), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish Nation), and Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh Nation). With this acknowledgement, we thank the Indigenous peoples who still live on and care for this land.
This project is funded in part by the Government of Canada.
The Society of We Are Canadians Too created Pancouver to foster greater appreciation for underrepresented artistic communities. A rising tide of understanding lifts all of us.
We would like to acknowledge that we are gathered on the traditional and unceded territories of the Coast Salish peoples of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. With this acknowledgement, we thank the Indigenous peoples who still live on and care for this land.
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