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Arts Alert Friday Sept. 8 by Cathleen Bond
First Stop - Vancouver
The 15-year old theatrical extravaganza swears this shift will not affect the artistic integrity of its alternative offerings. Instead, they claim on the website,
"This is not as much a move away from Commercial Drive as it is a theatre invasion into Vancouver." So instead of dodging drunks and hooligans on the mean streets of the east side, festival-goers instead will be fighting the eternal battle for parking space on the Island.
It sounds as though the fest hasn't totally lost its edge, with show titles like Talking Dirty, Eat Me, I Can Have Anyone in this Bar I Want, Love Is a
Cannibal and Grimm Tales: A Modern Guide to Manhood. There are also small, earnest productions of a few classics, like Krapp's
Last Tape and Danny and the Deep Blue Sea. Oftentimes, these more serious productions are mounted by veteran Vancouver stage and film actors, who use their own money to finance a dream project.
This year the festival is launching the experimental series Theatre Boutique, for plays between two and 30 minutes long. There will also be short performances on the Aquabus, which carries theatre-goers from the
West End to Granville Island.
For more on the shows, visit the web site at:
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As we all know the Toronto International Film Festival is underway, and as exciting as that sounds, there are other fab fests happening in other parts of the country. Some big and others smaller. Here are a couple of cultural activities you can participate in without going Hollywood North. (By the by -- I'm going to a gala on Saturday and will dish up the skinny on Monday. Hope
there's at least one celebrity sighting, tacky wannabe that I am ...)
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