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Theatre

Invisible handyman held hostage at Cultch

Pulitzer-prizewinner Ayad Akhtar fuses "The Big Short" with "Invitation to a Beheading"

'Hooker Monologues' reveals hidden world of sex work to dispel myths and stigma

VANCOUVER — Maggie de Vries spent a good chunk of the 1990s trekking out to a small, grey house in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside trying to rescue her sister from a life of prostitution. But after...

Chutzpah indeed: Itai Erdal's "A Very Narrow Bridge" spans very troubled waters

A wry and moving confessional on travails of Israeli expatriation
CATS at Jericho Theatre

Fighting Chance Productions herds CATS at Jericho Theatre

Fitting a mega-musical into a compact black box theatre
Tako Aluko as Paul Robeson

Ol' Man Robeson croons anew at New West's Anvil Theatre

One-man recital recaps mid-20th century radical

Valentijn Dhaenens mouths off at The York

As a Flemish actor from Antwerp, Valentijn Dhaenens needs to know plenty of languages.

Winners and Losers at The Cultch is a sure-fire winner

Dueling frenemies draw blood

At PuSh festival, hometown militants soliloquize

"Take it to the streets!" A pair of diverse rallying cries.

Empire on trial

The Undocumented Trial of William C. Hopkinson