Arts Report brings you a very special Just For Laughs Comedy Festival episode! Vancouver's Just For Laughs Comedy Festival is happening from February 16th-25th at theatres all over the city. You can get your tickets at jflvancouver.com. Ruby interviews comedians Becky Robinson performing at the Rio Theatre on February 19th, Gianmarco Soresci performing at the Biltmore Cabaret on February 16th, and Sasha Mark performing at China Cloud Studios on February 22nd and the Projection Room @ Fox Cabaret...
Feb 16, 2023•40 min
IT’S FUNDRIVE this week on Arts Report! We are trying to raise $20,000 for a new radio transmitter. We love CiTR so much, any amount helps. In this episode Evan interviews the director of The Wolves. Lua reviews Artclub’s Forgiveness. She also reviews Studio 58’s A Chorus line and interview’s Diane Speirs, the production's Musical Director, and Terrence Zhou, who is played Mike. We wrap up with Kimara’s interview with Dave Merheje.
Feb 09, 2023•1 hr 10 min
Arts Report comes to you on a Thursday morning for a special fill in featuring all PuSH Festival content! Zoie and Izzy interviewed the people behind the show Lotano+Istante. They also speak with Tom Arthur Davis, the interim Director of Programming for PuSH. Plus Ruby lists the shows playing during the last few days of the festival!
Feb 02, 2023•39 min
On today’s show Kimara and Phoebe joined Ruby to talk about some recent shows they saw. Kimara was entertained by Little Willy at the Cultch and Phoebe was touched by Leaving and Waving at the Polygon. We also heard a review of Amnesia at the Vancouver Playhouse from Lua, and Zoie’s interview with Fay Nas, co-creator and producer of The Cafe, showing at the PuSH festival! We are also releasing a special episode with all our PuSh coverage in one place. Check out our sound cloud link below for Zoi...
Jan 26, 2023•1 hr
The first episode of 2023! Ruby interviewed Ingrid Hansen, who is one third of the comedy troupe The Merkin Sisters. The Merkin Sister’s new musical comedy album is out now! Lua interviewed Joshua Beamish of MOVETHECOMPANY whose dance show, Source Amnesia, premiered in Vancouver on January 13th. Then we wrap up with some exciting upcoming events happening in the city.
Jan 12, 2023•1 hr
Arts Report is Back Baby! Kicking off the first episode of the new school year, Ruby Interviews the cast of CBC/Netflix's Fakes. We talk to the organizers and performers of the Vancouver Improv Festival. And get excited, because we announce CiTR and Arts Report's partnership with the Vancouver International Film Festival, specifically with the Norwegian Film, "Sick of Myself," dir. by Kristoffer Borgli.
Sep 15, 2022•1 hr
Today's show features two interviews, a review and some songs to change it up! We heard from Jacob Baldwin about the Eh! Comedy Festival for one of the interviews. Next up was with UBC Alum Daniel Curalli who is currently playing Shakespeare in Theatre Under The Stars' "Something Rotten!", he also will be understudying Farren Timoteo as Francesco Mantini in The Arts Club's "Made in Italy" which will overlap with his run on Something Rotten!. We learned if it really is hard to be the bard and wha...
Jul 07, 2022•1 hr
We started off today with an in-studio interview with Brandon Yan about the Queer Film Festival which was followed by an interview with Nicole Spinola that Dave Campbell from Eclectic Lunch (Fridays 12 pm!) did about Campcue, a theatre camp! Thank you to Dave for sharing this interview with us! We played Lua's review of White Girls in Moccasins which was recorded at the airport so excuse the background noise but hey, content creation never stops. Finally we talked to Danny Malena who plays Galil...
Jun 23, 2022•1 hr
Today's episode is filled with interviews! We kicked off with one with Anthony Lee, who told us more about Selfie which is being presented fully online. (Fun fact, this interviewed was shared on our soundcloud ahead of time so go check out our account to get interviews and reviews ahead of time!) Afterwards we had our only review of the week, Polygon Gallery's new exhibition called Ghosts of The Machine. Next up was our interview with Chris Lam followed by our last interview of the week, with Ca...
Jun 09, 2022•1 hr
Today's episode was kicked off with a review of the new exhibition at MOA, Xicanx: Dreamers/Soñadores + Changemakers/Creadores del cambio. We followed it with a shout-out to NFB and the seven shorts that celebrate the 2022 Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards (GGPAA) laureates. Afterwards we had our review of Chor Leoni's A Sound Like This and and interview with resident curator Kayleigh Sandomirsky about rEvolver Festival 2022. We finished off the show talking about Capture Photo Festival!
May 26, 2022•1 hr
Today's episode had a little bit of everything: gallery, theatre, dance. We started off with an interview with Greta de León, co-curator of the new exhibition at MOA, Xicanx: Dreamers + Changemakers / Xicanx: Soñadores + Creadores del Cambio. After the interview we had a review of The Invisible by The Cultch, 'a musical that people who don't like musicals will like' and LA's BODYTRAFFIC's performance hosted by DanceHouse.
May 12, 2022•1 hr
We started today with a shout-out to Bad Parent which now has been moved to the 2022/23 season so keep an eye out! We then had an interview with Theland Kicknosway about the Coastal Dance Festival. After the interview, we did a couple reviews, first one being that of White Noise. After White Noise we covered the movie Edge of the Knife and finally, How the World Began.
Apr 28, 2022•1 hr
We kicked off today's episode with a live interview! We haven't had one of those in years and couldn't be happier to have had 2021/22 Dance West Network Re-Centering/Margins creative residency artist Sophie Dow to talk about their experience in the residency and as a dancer in general! After our interview we had some shout-outs. Shout-out to Same Difference and Himmat by Theatre Conspiracy, CJSW 90.9 FM’s Survivors, Drag at the Improv Centre, Chor Leoni's upcoming concerts and Vancouver Opera’s ...
Apr 13, 2022•1 hr 55 min
We have so many reviews today! First up was All Bodies Dance which was followed by a quick listen of Mojo Jojo by Turunesh who also performed at Arts Night Out, creating the perfect transition into the review of Arts Night Out at MOA. We then heard a review of Made in Italy by the Arts Club Theatre Company as well as Program B of Six of One: New Play Festival by Studio 58. Finally we talked about Kidd Pivot's Revisor presented by DanceHouse.
Apr 07, 2022•1 hr
Lua hosted today's episode! Thank you Lua
Mar 24, 2022•1 hr
Today's episode started off with a review of Beautiful Man which was followed by an interview with Cameron Mackenzie about Zee Zee Theatre's Men Express Their Feelings. We then talked about the new exhibition at The Polygon, Cloud Album which included snippets from the curator led tour!
Mar 17, 2022•1 hr 2 min
This episode has it all, dance, theatre, interviews! We started off today's episode with a shout-out to Clean/Espejos, a bilingual play being presented by The Cultch! We then moved on to our reviews and interviews. Ruby talked with Debby Friday and Cecillia with Geoff D'Eon! Our reviews included that of Kim's Convenience by The Arts Club, Albatross which is part of the Vancouver International Dance Festival and Little Red Warrior and His Lawyer by The Cultch.
Mar 10, 2022•1 hr
We had so many shout-outs today! Shout out to the Fox Cabaret, GVPTA 2022 Unified General Auditions & Designers' Spotlight, Inside Chor Leoni, Swimming Home, The Cultch’s Femme Festival, VIDF and The National Film Board of Canada's Focus on Black Filmmakers section! Besides our many shout-outs we also had Lua's interview with Lisa Mennel about The Cultch's RE/PLAY season!
Feb 24, 2022•1 hr
Today's episode was kicked off with a shout-out to Talent MATCH Arts and Culture Industry Chat. Afterwards we had Cecillia's interview with Jim Smith, artistic director of DanceHouse. We also had two reviews, Ruby and Cecillia talked about SEA SICK and Lua about TM, both from The Cultch. We also spent the rest of the show talking about how amazing The Cultch is, we love and appreciate all that they're giving us! Links: DanceHouse: https://dancehouse.ca/ The Cultch: https://thecultch.com/whats-on...
Feb 17, 2022•1 hr
IT'S FUNDRIVE* STILL!We started off with a shout-out to MOA because throughout Black History Month (February) they are admitting Black and African community members for free! We also shouted-out Farhaven, a local Vancouver band, because they are playing a gig on February 17th at the Koerner's Pub on UBC's campus. You also heard their latest single It's My Life so you get a taste of what their gig will be like! After the shout-outs Serra had her interview with Olivia C. Davies, the artistic direc...
Feb 10, 2022•1 hr 2 min
Today was a bonus episode in which we talk about non-local things, all for Fundrive*! We started off by hearing from Brandon at Unsigned BC, catch them on Tuesdays and Saturdays for more local music! They are based in Victoria and volunteer run just like us. We then talked about all the events you can attend for Black History Month, ranging from livestreams to guided tours. After we were done with BC, we jumped to Deon in France! They talked about the Cannes Film Festival which they attended and...
Feb 05, 2022•1 hr 30 min
Happy Black History Month everyone! Make sure you support your Black artists now and always. Today we started off with Ruby's interview with Kaitly Lee for Vancouver Short Film Festival. We then heard Griffin's review of Haven being put on by the United Players of Vancouver at the Jericho Arts Centre. We then shouted-out the movies being shows at VIFF Connect for Black History Month. Second to last Silvana had her review of Broadcasts from Here and finally Niko's interview with Metis author and ...
Feb 03, 2022•1 hr
Happy new year folks! Our first show of 2022 was full of interviews. We started off with Ruby's interview with Laura Adamo, writer/director/producer and star of the feature film “The Wishing Tree”. We then had Serra's interview with Laine Gillies who is playing Riff Raff in Studio 58's production of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show". (Tune in on Feb 9th to hear our review!) Our last interview was one that Deon did all the way from France with Lisa Baldissera who is the curator of Per Diem: The Ger...
Jan 27, 2022•1 hr 5 min
Our last episode of the year was pretty chill. We had Serra's interview with Erick Lichte about Chor Leoni's upcoming Christmas with Chor Leoni performance. The two talked about the projects Chor Leoni has taken on during the pandemic, getting back to performing live and how Erick needs to make sure the back of his head needs to look good because as the conductor that's what the audience sees! Serra also talked about Babel 7.16 which is a dance show inspired by the tale of Babel and was presente...
Dec 16, 2021•1 hr
We started off today with a shout-out: Shout-out to O Christmas Tea! O Christmas Tea is an all ages spectacular with British comedy legends James & Jamesy. Catch it on December 22nd at 7.30 pm at the Centennial Theatre in North Vancouver! After our shout-out, we had Serra's interview with Jim Smith about Babel 7.16 which is the upcoming performance selected for DigiDance! We then moved on to Serra's review of Trace by Red Sky Performance, a dance company from Toronto, hosted by DanceHouse. A...
Dec 02, 2021•1 hr
We promise the episode title makes sense if you listen to the end! Today's episode had a little bit of everything. We listened to Lua's review of Steven Shearer at the Polygon and her interview with Steven Shearer about his exhibition. We also had Alex's review of Farm to Fable and her interview with Curtis Andrews. The last review we had was of Hasalala Danxalax: Marion Newman & Friends at the Chan Centre that Sheila did. We also had a shout-out: Shout-out to Parallel 04: UNION Immersed whi...
Nov 25, 2021•1 hr
In today's episode everybody talks, and I say that because this week is filled with interviews. We started off with a ticket giveaway for Red Sky Performance's on Wednesday November 24th. After the announcement, we listened to three interviews: Serra's interviews with Alysha Collie about Virtual Humanity, Phoebe's interview with Christine Nielson and Serra's interview with Montana Lehmann and Kosta Lemermeyer about Studio 58's second show of the season "Everybody". After our three interviews, Lu...
Nov 18, 2021•1 hr
Happy first fall break ever dear UBC students! Hope you enjoy our episode on the first day of your fall break. Today we had Alex's pre-recorded interview with Michelle Mathias. Afterwards we had Lua and Jay talk about MOA together followed by an interview. Lastly, Olivia talked about Imagine Picasso which is currently happening at the Vancouver Convention Centre.
Nov 11, 2021•55 min
Today's show was VERY packed so hang on tight, this will be a wild ride. We started with four reviews: Ellie's review of DanceHouse's first in-person performance after the lockdown and the first of the season, Rubberband. Sheila's review of Kimmortal's concert that was part of the UBC Artivism festival. Alex's review of Studio 58's first in person performance after the lockdown and the first of the season, Cerulean Blue. Eva's review of Spinning You Home. After the quick ad and psa break we had ...
Oct 28, 2021•1 hr 20 min
We kicked off today's show with Lua's interview with Jim Smith, the artistic director of DanceHouse. Afterwards Silvana and Lua did their reviews of a bunch of VIFF movies; Azor, Spaghetti Called Love, The King of North Sudan, The Siamese Bond and The Worst Person in the World. Timestamps: Interview with Jim Smith 3:09 VIFF Reviews 17:03
Oct 14, 2021•1 hr 6 min
