ARTS LISTINGS
ONGOING
PUSH INTERNATIONAL PERFORMING ARTS FESTIVAL Annual interdisciplinary arts fest features 27 works from 24 companies. Jan 21–Feb 9, various Vancouver venues. HOUSE AND HOME A comedic take on Vancouver’s current housing crisis. To Jan 25, Firehall Arts Centre. From $20.
THE CHANGELING Thomas Middleton and William Rowley’s sensual and dark 17thcentury English tragedy. To Feb 1, 7:30-9:30 pm, Telus Studio Theatre. $11.50-24.50. GRAMMA A poetic new tale of human connection in the loneliest of circumstances. To Feb 1, 8-9:15 pm, Pacific Theatre. $20-36.50.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22
UNIKKAAQTUAT New multidisciplinary work celebrates Inuit culture, traditions, and vision for the future. Jan 22-25, Vancouver Playhouse. From $20.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 23
SMASH COMEDY FESTIVAL Three-day comedy festival spotlighting Vancouver’s best women/trans/femme/plus performers. Jan 23-25, Little Mountain Gallery.
BERLIN: THE LAST CABARET City Opera Vancouver presents the world premiere of a political satire set in Nazi Germany. Jan 23-26, Performance Works.
NOISES OFF Farce about the egos and insecurities of a second-tier acting troupe putting on a show. Jan 23–Feb 23, Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage. From $29. SKYBORN Musqueam/Sto:lo visual storytelling and animation combined with interIndigenous sound and puppetry. Jan 23–Feb 1, 7:30-9 pm, Historic Theatre. From $26. BLIZZARD BY FLIP FABRIQUE Cirque performers from Quebec. Jan 23, 8 pm, Queen Elizabeth Theatre. From $35.
MAMA’S BOY Play based on a true story about a boy being raised by a single mother struggling with addiction. Jan 23-24, 8 pm, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts. $15-36.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 24
IT’S JUST DRAG Drag show starring Brooke Lynn Hytes and Monet X Change from RuPaul’s Drag Race. Jan 24, 9 pm, Commodore Ballroom. $40.
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