Firehall Arts Centre

Cliff Cardinal’s Huff has been touring across Canada and creating quite a stir with the critics as it makes its way across the country. This raw, powerful story about the injustices Indigenous youth face is on at the Firehall Arts Centre this week as part of PuSh Festival. Tickets are sold out for two performances, […]

Opening tonight, Trish Cooper’s play Social Studies presents a distinctly Canadian play inspired by her own life.  Cooper and Director/Artistic Producer Donna Spencer talked with ubyssey’s Julia Wong to discuss the play and its timely nature. A Canadian refugee’s experience of comedy and tragedy in Social Studies By Julia Wong for ubyssey.ca During the second […]

We asked Daniel Léveillé some questions about his piece Solitudes Solo which is coming to the Firehall next week, October 28th-31st. Don’t miss your chance to see these fantastic pieces where Léveillé subjects the dancers to the test of the solo and to impossible choreographic scores. 4 days only! Where did you get the inspiration […]

We are! Up next at the Firehall Arts Centre is Daniel Léveillé’s work, Solitudes Solo. The Artistic Intention? Because of its resistance to rational harmony, the body tends to fall toward the ground and the project of many of today’s choreographers is to pursue a movement realizing a sort of elated dionysism, positioned as a […]

The Firehall Arts Centre can’t wait for shameless hussy’s production of Love Bomb to open our Season! To break the ice, we asked Director Reneé Iaci a couple of questions. What excites you most about this production? The music. Steve Charles did an amazing job of composing and Meghan Gardiner‘s lyrics are poetic and, at […]

All of us at the Firehall Arts Centre are excited to yet again be a Bring-Your-Own-Venue for the Vancouver Fringe Festival! This year we will be the venue for 7 Fringe performances (6 of which are local companies). With a variety of dark comedies, circus, musicals, and sensory treats: the Fringe goer will be sure […]

It wouldn’t be summer without Canada’s longest running dance festival descending on the Firehall with an explosion of contemporary dance performances from July 2-11. This year Dancing on the Edge has put together a handy guide to help you get the most out of the outdoor site works at the festival such as Dusk Dances […]

For our cross-nation partnership with Native Earth Performing Arts, we’re bringing Toronto and Vancouver audiences Drew Hayden Taylor’s God and The Indian. The play has just finished a successful run in Toronto and is headed to the Firehall for a run this week (May 20 – 30, 2015). After directing the world premiere of God and […]