Past
Ubuntu (The Cape Town Project)
A Firehall Arts Centre Production/Presentation
April 12 to 21, 2012
In South Africa, “ubuntu” refers to the spirit of community; the belief that humanity is tied together.
Weaving storytelling, music and dance and featuring actors from Canada and South Africa, Ubuntu tells the tale of two people, separated by oceans, who are brought together by ghosts to discover the secrets of their pasts.
A staged reading of the play Empress of Asia
A Firehall Arts Centre Production
March 23 & 24, 2012
Join us for a free staged reading of Larry Wong’s new play, Empress of Asia.
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Fragments – Volume I
A Firehall Arts Centre Production/Presentation
March 14 to 17, 2012
Montreal’s Sylvain Émard places the dancers at the very heart of this creation, crafting for them made-to-measure roles inspired by their most pressing needs. In three solos and a duet, he establishes four contrasting worlds where the depth and authenticity of gesture convey the complexity and vulnerability of the individual and create a striking patchwork of insistent urgency.
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Goodness
A Firehall Arts Centre, Chutzpah! Festival and Touchstone Theatre Co-Presentation of the Volcano Theatre Production
March 6 to 11, 2012
The story of a Jewish-Canadian writer, the descendant of Holocaust survivors, who after a heartbreak, goes on a journey to uncover his past. By chance, he meets a woman who has lived through a much more recent genocide. Together they explore individual responsibility, prejudice and revenge as the stage fills with music from around the world- from Ukraine to Croatia to Zimbabwe.
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Chelsea Hotel
A Firehall Arts Centre Production/Presentation
February 3 to March 3
Leonard Cohen’s powerful and inspirational music and lyrics are the heartbeat for Chelsea Hotel, an illusory world full of enchantment, desire, passion and love.
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The TCP Show
A Firehall Arts Centre Production/Presentation
January 11 to 14
Known for strong performances, impressive technique and a penchant for the world of dance-theatre, The Contingency Plan, winners of the 2010 BC Buds Silver Development Award, bring The TCP Show, a mixed program of two new choreographies, to the Firehall stage.
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Portraits and Scenes of Female Creatures
A Firehall Arts Centre Production/Presentation
December 7 to 10
Four mysterious female creatures create a world of loss and grief at sea in this highly anticipated full-length work from the response.’s Amber Funk Barton
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Vimy
A Firehall Arts Centre Production/Presentation
November 2 to 19, 2011
The Battle of Vimy Ridge was a turning point in Canadian self-determination. In this play by Governor General’s Award-winning playwright Vern Thiessen, a nurse looks over four young soldiers as they recover from the battle in a military hospital in France. All five are drawn into the past as memories of their time on and off the front occupy their thoughts. Thiessen creates characters with extreme depth and feeling in this exploration of friendship, responsibility and nationalism.
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Riverview High: The Musical
Entrance Theatre in association with the Firehall Arts Centre
August 7 - 24, 2013
The gang from Riverview High is BACK! Who will Alex choose? Just wait and see!
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