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Upintheair Theatre and Left Right Minds are launching an exciting new summer theatre festival for Vancouver. From July 21 to August 1, 2010 at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre, you can see new and innovative theatrical works.
In 2010, we are bringing you four local shows, two national shows and the Walking Fish Showcase of Emerging Artists. You gotta be here... after all, the Cultch does have air conditioning.
Plank Talk at Neanderthal Arts Festival: Countries Shaped Like Stars | August 3rd, 2010
Plank Magazine has posted their last Plank Talk from the Neanderthal Arts Festival. Riel Hahn finds out the dirt about the talented people behind Countries Shaped Like Stars.
Plank Talk at Neanderthal Arts Festival: The Cast of Highway 63: The Fort Mac Show | July 30th, 2010
Those kick ass people over at Plank Magazine have done it again and posted yet another Plank Talk from the Neanderthal Arts Festival. The ever cool Riel Hahn digs finds out what is going on behind the magic of the performance. She sits down the the entire cast of Highway 63: The Fort Mac show and chats them up about life, love, and the arts.
Countries Shaped Like Stars. Review in the Georgia Straight | July 30th, 2010
We've been telling everyone we know about how Countries Shaped Like Stars will rock your world. Sure, we're a bit biased, but apparently the Georgia Straight agrees with us.
This national show continues to win accolades for its imaginative take, romantic storyline and charming style. Here's an excerpt from the review:
If you wear socks to this show, be prepared to have them charmed off. Countries Shaped Like Stars, from Ottawa’s Mi Casa Theatre, gently unhinges language and logic, so that we can play in the spaces between words and bathe in the emotions that underlie reason. Another way of saying this is that Countries Shaped Like Stars makes you feel as openhearted and happy as a kid.
Plank Talk at Neanderthal Arts Festival: Dave Deveau | July 29th, 2010
Holy cow (and any other animals you may want to bring up) this is just totally wicked! Plank Magazine has posted yet another Plank Talk. This time the wonderful and always glamorous Riel Hahn takes some time to chat with Dave Deveau about his most recent version of Tiny Replicas.
Plank Talks: A Chat with Jeff Gladstone Is Online! | July 29th, 2010
Plank Magazine has just posted their first Plank Talk. In this Plank Talk, hosted by our very lovely and stunning Riel Hahn, we chat with Jeff Gladstone who is one of the coolest people I know. He is directing SeaOfSouls.com for the Walking Fish Showcase this year and he talks about that and how this experience has made him a better person.
Well, maybe that isn't exactly what he said but you'll have to watch the video to find out.
Neanderthal Arts Festival Photobooth Huge Hit! | July 28th, 2010
We just received word that we will be getting our Cheese Photobooths disc in the next couple of days. We had a quick preview and the disc contains a bunch of photos of Neanderthal's having a blast at the Neanderthal Arts Festival last weekend.
We will post these online in the next little while and you may then bask in the glory of all that is Neanderthal! Thanks to those who took the time to check out the booth!
Theatre is fun and you thought it was extinct ... shame on you.
National Shows, Walking Fish, and More for Second Week of Festival | July 27th, 2010
Our second week is upon us! The second set of shows begins tomorrow night and this is just a quick reminder about what is coming up!
- Highway 63: The Fort Mac Show
Every Canadian experiences the benefits of oil, but many know very little about life at its source. Behind every barrel, every economic projection or environmental scandal, there are people. Who are the people at the northern tip of Alberta's Highway 63? At the heart of the world’s largest energy project, theatre creators from across Canada use a blend of verbatim and improvisation to bring the front lines of the oil sands to Vancouver.
- Countries Shaped Like Stars
The courtship of Gwendolyn Magnificent and Bartholomew Spectacular is a tale of love best heard through a tin-can telephone. With performer-operated lights, water glasses, whirly winds and a mandolin, they create the sounds and images of a landscape forever altered by regret.
- The Hanging Judge
In a cemetery outside 19th Century London, two trolls meet by the discarded corpse of a hanged judge. The mangier troll, Blemish, has brought a bag with him inside which is a bound man. Blemish would like to eat this man, but the other troll – Chantecler – has just returned from France, where Napoleon has ushered in an era of enlightenment. And Chantecler has learned.
- Walking Fish
And don't forget about the Walking Fish! Five up and coming shows that will excite, tantalize, and make you fall in love with theatre - all over again.
Check out the schedule to find out more. See you all tomorrow!
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Neanderthals North By Northwest On CBC | July 25th, 2010
The Neanderthal Arts Festival has been featured in the CBC's North By Northwest podcast.
We discussed how the idea for the festival first came about after a visit to the Summerworks theatre festival in Toronto and how it evolved from that idea into a reality -- in spite of challenging times and a cutback in funding for the arts.
You can also listen to the on the CBC website or by subscribing to the CBC podcast for North By Northwest.
CBC Features Neanderthal Arts Festival On The National | July 23rd, 2010
It's been an incredible beginning to the Neanderthal Arts Festival and we're so grateful for the love we're getting from our community in Vancouver and our friends from across the country. Today, we had a great time romping through the woods in Stanley Park today with the CBC's Theresa Lalonde, explaining how our geocaching scavenger hunt works. The intrepid reporter also got a plug in for our "Meanderthal" photo contest, noting that for all image submissions, it's "the uglier, the better".
See the video on the CBC website.
Plank Magazine Posts First Review of Nigeria | July 23rd, 2010
Our friends at Plank Magazine have posted a review of Nigeria. Give it a look and toss in your two cents about the show!
Here is a small sample:
Remember your mother telling you to finish your dinner because children were starving in Africa? As its central motif, ‘Nigeria’ contrasts the spiritual wealth of Africa with the obsession with monetary wealth, spiritual bankruptcy and ennui of life in West Vancouver. In spite of its dazzling verbal gymnastics, the play often feels clichéd. And then, in a refreshing u-turn, the playwright questions the authenticity of his own premise.
If you have seen one of our shows, why not submit a review to Plank!
