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Vancouver International Writers Festival October 21 to 26, 2008 Shinju October 30 to November 2, 2008
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Very Hungry Caterpillar Vancouver International Writers Festival October 21 to 26, 2008
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October 21 to 26, 2008
Granville Island offers a world of ideas to explore, with 100 writers from around the world. This is your opportunity to attend readings, discussions, debates and poetry bashes, and to meet an eclectic array of writers from Canada and around the world. You can rely on several things—that Festival events will get you thinking, introduce you to new authors and, if your aspirations are to write, you are sure to be inspired. |
Tickets go
on sale Monday, September 15
Available through VancouverTix at 604-629-8849 or online at www.vancouvertix.com Full program details and information is available by calling the Writers Festival at 604-681-6330 or visiting www.writersfest.bc.ca |
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October 30 to November 2, 2008 Yayoi Theatre Movement presents Shinju based on Sonezaki Shinju by Chikamatsu Monzaemonadapted by Yayoi Hirano and Manami Hara Shinju is a classic love story set in Osaka Japan in 1703. Despite their class differences Toku and Ohatsu fall hopelessly in love and promise to marry. Life, however, has a cruel way of forcing them to choose the only way to be together; to commit double suicide so they can be reunited in the next life. Based on a true story this popular 18th century Kabuki script by Monzaemon Chikamatsu has been adapted by Yayoi Theatre Movement as a dance and movement piece accompanied by music from J.S.Bach and the unique sounds of the Shamisen, Koto and Shakuhachi. |
Saturday and Sunday at 2:00pm Tickets available at the door For more info call 604-739-7760 |
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October 21 to 26, 2008
Granville Island offers a world of ideas to explore, with 100 writers from around the world. This is your opportunity to attend readings, discussions, debates and poetry bashes, and to meet an eclectic array of writers from Canada and around the world. You can rely on several things—that Festival events will get you thinking, introduce you to new authors and, if your aspirations are to write, you are sure to be inspired. |
Tickets go
on sale Monday, September 15
Available through VancouverTix at 604-629-8849 or online at www.vancouvertix.com Full program details and information is available by calling the Writers Festival at 604-681-6330 or visiting www.writersfest.bc.ca |
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October 29 to November 8, 2008
presents True Believers Dennis Foon, Lorena Gale, Ian Weir Three unique one-person shows about finding, losing and having faith from three of Vancouver's most respected playwrights. A Jewish man relives his family's hilarious dark secrets, a middle-aged woman copes with betrayal while waiting at a bus stop, an aging soap star reaches out to her fans in her final and greatest performance. Don't miss this incredible night of theatre's most intimate offering: the one-person show. |
Tuesday to Sunday at 8:00pmSaturday Matinees at 2:00pm Ticket Prices: $22.00/$15.00 (2-for-1 Preview Oct. 29) Tickets available through Tickets Tonight 604-631-2872 www.ticketstonight.ca www.solocollective.ca |
