Vol. 6, No. 4 / Reviews & ReflectionsChanging Brands, Shifting Sites and SightsA reflection on 5X Festival’s programming challengesBy Conner Singh VanderBeekThe 2011 poster for the City of Bhangra Festival.Share ArticleWhen Delhi 2 Dublin founding member Tarun Nayar was appointed Artistic Director for Vancouver International Bhangra Celebration Society (VIBC), it was clear that the annual City of Bhangra Festival would …

Vol. 6, No. 4 / Reviews & ReflectionsFantasy of Acceptance in Bard on the Beach’s All’s Well That Ends Well?By Rusaba AlamImage by Emily Cooper.Share ArticleIn the new Bard on the Beach adaptation of All’s Well That Ends Well, co-creators and directors Johnna Wright and Rohit Chokhani set the drama in the 1940s, leading up to the Partition of India. …

Vol. 6, No. 3 / Reviews & ReflectionsMaking Queer Pakistani Women Visible in Patthar Ki ZabaanBy Sanchari SurPatthar Ki Zabaan The Rhubarb Festival Toronto, Ontario February 20, 2019 Erum Khan + Tijiki Morris (co-creators + performers) Camila Diaz-Varela (performer) Nicholas Murray (sound designer) Michelle Urbano (puppetry coaching)Photo by Connie TsangShare ArticlePatthar Ki Zabaan interrogates the female body in the context …

Vol. 6, No. 3 / Reviews & ReflectionsUndone ExpectationsSoleimanpour’s Nassim reviewedBy Rusaba AlamWriter and Performer: Nassim Soleimanpour Various Performers The Cultch, Historical Theatre Vancouver, BC May 7-18, 2019Nassim. David Monteith Hodge.Share ArticleAudience expectations are undone again and again in Nassim, an experimental performance work by Nassim Soleimanpour, staged at the Cultch from May 7 to 19. The premise is simple, …

Vol. 6, No. 3 / Reviews & ReflectionsKathak and Tap Dance ConverseBy Veena GokhaleRhythm Rewritten Seema Mehta and Jason Samuels Smith Montreal, Quebec May 18, 2019 At the Festival Acces Asie Organized by Festival Acces Asie and the Kabir Cultural Centre Kathak & Tap Dance – 1Kathak & Tap Dance – 2Kathak & Tap Dance – 3Kathak & Tap Dance …

Vol. 6, No. 3 / Reviews & ReflectionsMaterial Questioning: Durrah Alsaif’s Jawahir: JewelsBy Simranpreet AnandJawahir: Jewels Deerlake Gallery, Burnaby, BC August 18 – September 15, 2018 Organized by Burnaby Arts CouncilDurrah Alsaif, Jawahir:Jewels.Share ArticleI first became familiar with Durrah Alsaif’s work through the larger-than-life portraits that hung over the the Stadium/Chinatown Skytrain station this past spring. The work, titled Qimash, featured …

Vol. 6, No. 3 / Reviews & ReflectionsPhotos Perform India at the VAGBy Hussein KeshaniMoving Still: Performative Photography in India Vancouver Art Gallery April 1 to September 2, 2019 Curated by: Diana Freundl (Vancouver Art Gallery) and Gayatri Sinha (Independent Curator). Photos Perform India – 1Sunil Gupta, Sun City, 2011, 1 of 16 archival inkjet prints 71 x 107 cm (each). Courtesy …

Vol. 6, No. 2 / Reviews & ReflectionsPrickly FruitThe Orchard (After Chekhov) reviewedBy Rusaba AlamThe Orchard (After Checkhov) Written by Sarena Parmar Directed by Jovanni Sy March 21–April 21, 2019 Arts Club – Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage, Vancouver, BCThe cast. Set design by Marshall McMahen, costume design by Barbara Clayden, and lighting design by Sophie Tang. Photo by David Cooper.Share Article”To a cowboy in love, it …

Vol. 6, No. 2 / Reviews & ReflectionsCountervailing at the MarginsActs of Refusal in Simranpreet Anand’s ਮੈਂ ਇੱਥੇ ਹਾਂ (i am here)By Kiran Sunarਮੈਂ ਇੱਥੇ ਹਾਂ (i am here) Performance by Simranpreet Anand Curated by cheyanne turions Portrait of the Artist: An Exhibition from the Royal Collection October 28, 2017 to February 4, 2018 Vancouver Art Gallery (VAG)Artist Simranpreet Anand. …

Vol. 6, No. 2 / Reviews & ReflectionsClaiming Visible SpaceReflections on the Vancouver Mural FestivalBy Shagufta PastaVancouver Mural Festival 2018 Artists: Doaa Jamal and Sara KhanWhy Can’t They See Us?. Mural by Doaa Jamal. Vancouver Mural Festival 2018.Share ArticleI long to see myself represented in Vancouver in meaningful ways. I moved to Vancouver two years ago via Surrey, Toronto and …