Arts and culture in Victoria, BC. Hosted by Sarah Petrescu, John Threlfall, Melanie Tromp Hoover, Amanda Farrell-Low, Brianna Bock and Tim Ford.
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Arts and culture in Victoria, BC. Hosted by Sarah Petrescu, John Threlfall, Melanie Tromp Hoover, Amanda Farrell-Low, Brianna Bock and Tim Ford.
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June 12, 2020
Ep 37: Guest Taiwo Afolabi on the CRD IBPOC Artists & Cultural Administrators Meeting
<p>The Belfry Theatre's Manager of Artistic and Community Connections Taiwo Afolabi joins us to talk about a June 11 meeting of Indigenous, Black and People of Colour (IBPOC) Artists and Cultural Administrators in the Capital Regional District that has been in the works since April, but has taken on a new sense of urgency given recent protests and actions in North America and around the world focused on anti-Black racism. Plus a look at what we are watching (29:10), including Pacific Opera Victoria's Flight of the Hummingbird and Atomic Vaudeville's latest virtual cabaret, as well as some venues and events that might actually get you away from a computer screen (39:50), including the reopening of the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, the Royal BC Museum, and the Vic Theatre, Oliver Swain's physically distanced outdoor concerts, and Coffeehouse Theatre's CoffeeMakers Festival.</p>
May 18, 2020
Ep 36: What might performance look like this summer?
<p>With gatherings over 50 banned, will we see any live theatre or performance this summer? Theatre SKAM thinks so--and has some ideas in the works. We speak with <a href="https://skam.ca/">Theatre SKAM's</a> Matthew Payne (1:26) about their tentative plans for their annual outdoor SKAMpede festival, summer camps, theatre home delivery and other potential activities. Plus what we have been watching at home, with local content from UNO Fest online and Charles Ross' One Man Star Wars as well as some national and international entertainment (21:17) and local arts news, including the AGGV reopening, the City of Victoria pondering support for the arts, why are symphonies singled out in BC's Phase 3 plan? and local performer Jimbo on Canada's Drag Race (42:14).</p>
April 19, 2020
Ep 35: Virtual Vaudeville
<p>Our first physically distant episode. We talk to Atomic Vaudeville's Britt Small about their first virtual cabaret (1:26), what we are watching at home (26:07) and an interview with Janet Munsil about her Canadian Play Thing (42:29). With Amanda Farrell-Low, John Threlfall, Sarah Petrescu, Melanie Tromp Hoover, Briana Bock and Tim Ford.</p> <p> </p>
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