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Four queer shows to catch at the 2017 Vancouver Fringe Festival
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Four queer shows to catch at the 2017 Vancouver Fringe Festival

From performances about love, life and identity, this year has something for everyone

September 6, 2017
How Edith Piaf inspired drag in a classical tenor
Arts

How Edith Piaf inspired drag in a classical tenor

Frédérik Robert performs at Vancouver’s Queer Arts Festival

June 27, 2016
Mormon parents meet their dead gay son’s boyfriend in new musical
Arts

Mormon parents meet their dead gay son’s boyfriend in new musical

‘It isn’t about religion being bad, or gay being good,’ says Facing East producer

April 22, 2016
Vancouver’s queer theatre company has a ‘breakthrough’
Arts

Vancouver’s queer theatre company has a ‘breakthrough’

The frank theatre turns 20 with a record number of mainstage shows

February 15, 2016
Four queer shows to see at 2015 Vancouver Fringe Festival
Arts

Four queer shows to see at 2015 Vancouver Fringe Festival

Baker’s Dozen returns to the Butcher, the Baker and the Candlestick Maker

September 1, 2015
Young hip-hop dancer says Queer Arts Festival a ‘safe haven’
Arts

Young hip-hop dancer says Queer Arts Festival a ‘safe haven’

Proximity: Remix explores queer youth expression through dance

July 30, 2015
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Catholic school coming-out story on stage at Queer Arts Festival
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Catholic school coming-out story on stage at Queer Arts Festival

Queer Filipino performer says she can relate to Sister Mary’s a Dyke?!

July 27, 2015
Victoria Fringe fest producers launch first queer theatre festival
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Victoria Fringe fest producers launch first queer theatre festival

Victoria audiences favour LGBT content, says OUTstages creator Intrepid Theatre

June 29, 2015
Ballet features romantic male-male duet rarely seen in dance
Arts

Ballet features romantic male-male duet rarely seen in dance

Joshua Beamish uses contemporary dance to explore gay relationship in burrow

June 22, 2015
Celebrating a grandmother and her gay grandson
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Celebrating a grandmother and her gay grandson

The Way Back To Thursday explores intergenerational connection through song

June 9, 2015
Gay Jesus, a depressed drag queen and purgatory
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Gay Jesus, a depressed drag queen and purgatory

Ghost Light Projects founder explains common theme among three plays

March 9, 2015
Tomboy Survival Guide & other queer picks at PuSh Festival
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Tomboy Survival Guide & other queer picks at PuSh Festival

Christeene says she’s coming to Club PuSh to help us free our inner ponies

January 7, 2015
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Saving Gayblevision, Vancouver’s first gay TV show
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Saving Gayblevision, Vancouver’s first gay TV show

VIVO Media Arts fundraising to digitize important gay and lesbian archive

December 3, 2014
Late Company asks tough questions about suicide
Arts

Late Company asks tough questions about suicide

Jordan Tannahill’s play explores contemporary parenting, bullying and grief

November 11, 2014
Shooting Stars Foundation wraps up with one last Starry Night
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Shooting Stars Foundation wraps up with one last Starry Night

Executive director doesn’t want to compete for finite donor dollars

November 5, 2014
Thirty years of smut
Arts

Thirty years of smut

Vancouver Fringe Fest openly embraces sexy shows, good and bad

August 29, 2014
Project aims to document 2,700 years of gay history
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Project aims to document 2,700 years of gay history

Documentary filmmaker seeking seed money for Out of History

August 27, 2014
Spamalot’s surprise gay twists
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Spamalot’s surprise gay twists

What happens in Camelot stays in Camelot

May 14, 2014
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