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January 2020
Objects in Motion
Objects in Motion Various Artists January 21, 2020Objects in Motion presents a night of rare international animated shorts curated by local artist and animator, Myron Campbell. Settle in for an evening of experimental animation showcasing both seasoned and emerging independent filmmakers from Canada and beyond. Programming runs approx. 75-80 minutes. The following films are a sampling of what you will experience:My Generation A Short film by Ludovic Houplain — France, 2018A panoramic vision of Pop Culture as a landscape, divided by…
Find out more »Jimmy Jones (English)
The continuing story of Jimmy Jones and his heavenly truck Théâtre de la Pire Espèce January 21, 2020 World Premiere In a mythical America, Jimmy Jones reveals the stories and disappointments of his father in the middle of cornfields and legends. All audiences from 12 years-old This show is co-presented by the Centre culturel francophone de l’Okanagan (CCFO). Black Box Theatre 7:00 PM 1375 Water Street Admission Individual: $30 Students: $20 Family Pass: $60 Other Events what to experience?
Find out more »Jimmy Jones (French)
The continuing story of Jimmy Jones and his heavenly truck Théâtre de la Pire Espèce January 22, 2020L'historia sin fin de Jimmy Jones y su camión celestial World Premiere Dans une Amérique mythique, le fils de Jimmy Jones nous dévoile les histoires et déboires de son père au milieu des champs de maïs et des légendes. // In a mythical America, Jimmy Jones reveals the stories and disappointments of his father in the middle of cornfields and legends. Suitable for…
Find out more »My Dear Lewis
My Dear Lewis Kyle Loven January 22, 2020Innovative puppetry. Surreal visuals. The end of his world. Lewis is at the end of his journey met with the task of looking back over a life lived. What unfolds is a pilgrimage made by his mind and body into the dark and dusty corners of memory. Puppetry, objects, video, and music unexpectedly combine in this one-person show. This Jim Henson Foundation-supported piece earned the Innovation in Puppetry Award at the 2013 National…
Find out more »A Falling Stone: reflections on the lives of objects
A Falling Stone: reflections on the lives of objects Neil Cadger January 23, 2020 @ 6:00 PMLooking at visual art as well as performance, this talk will explore how art reveals our complex relationships with the non-human world. We may think we know what we want but what does everything else want? Join Associate Professor and Artistic Director of the Living Things International Arts Festival, Neil Cadger, at this FREE public talk at the Kelowna Art Gallery on Thursday, January 23rd. Kelowna Art Gallery 6:00…
Find out more »Ubu Sur La Table (French)
Ubu Sur La Table Théâtre de la Pire Espèce January 23, 2020 All audiences from 14 years-old Tout le grotesque du monde sur une table ! Une armée de baguettes de pain se dresse devant une autre, les bombes de tomates éclatent, le batteur à œufs survole les troupes en déroute, du sang de mélasse pisse sur les soldats-fourchettes marchant sur le Père Ubu. Le sort de la Pologne se joue sur une petite table où, faisant flèche de tout bois,…
Find out more »My Dear Lewis
My Dear Lewis Kyle Loven January 23, 2020Innovative puppetry. Surreal visuals. The end of his world. Lewis is at the end of his journey met with the task of looking back over a life lived. What unfolds is a pilgrimage made by his mind and body into the dark and dusty corners of memory. Puppetry, objects, video, and music unexpectedly combine in this one-person show. This Jim Henson Foundation-supported piece earned the Innovation in Puppetry Award at the 2013 National…
Find out more »Ubu On The Table (English)
Ubu on the Table Théâtre de la Pire Espèce January 24, 2020 All audiences from 14 years-old A world of grotesque on a table! Two armies of French baguettes face each other in a stand-off as tomato bombs explode, an egg beater hovers over fleeing troops and molasses-blood splatters on fork-soldiers as they charge Père Ubu. Anything goes as Poland’s fate is sealed on a tabletop! Multiple film references spice things up as two performers hammer-out a small-scale fresco of…
Find out more »Find Your Own Inner Elder
Find Your Own Inner Elder Michelle Thrush January 24, 2020This imaginative show talks about the importance of reconnecting with our Elders and how impactful the stories are that our Grandparents carry. FYOIE talks about the passing of information between the generations and the strength of language. This touching show portrays the connection between 4 generations in one family. This eventually leads to the creation of an Inner Elder... named Kookum Martha! That is when the laughter begins.Mary Irwin Theatre at…
Find out more »Object Theatre Workshop
Object Theatre Workship Théâtre de la Pire Espèce January 25, 2020 Students will discover the object’s expressive possibilities and will practise different manipulation techniques. They will then be asked to create short pieces using objects as characters or symbols, under the watchful eye of their instructors. Students will perform their new work at the 2020 Puppet Slam later that night, at 10 PM on January 25. In Quebec and abroad, the Théâtre de la Pire Espèce regularly offers intensive courses…
Find out more »Find Your Own Inner Elder
Find Your Own Inner Elder Michelle Thrush January 25, 2020This imaginative show talks about the importance of reconnecting with our Elders and how impactful the stories are that our Grandparents carry. FYOIE talks about the passing of information between the generations and the strength of language. This touching show portrays the connection between 4 generations in one family. This eventually leads to the creation of an Inner Elder... named Kookum Martha! That is when the laughter begins.Mary Irwin Theatre at…
Find out more »Puppet Slam
Puppet Slam Various Artists January 25, 2020 An evening of professional and amateur performers doing unusual things with objects... Underground puppet slams are popping up everywhere. They feature contemporary short-form puppet and object theater for adult audiences, often late at night in small venues, nightclubs, and art spaces. Puppet Slams exist at the nexus of vaudeville, burlesque, and performance art through the intersection of experimental theater, art, music, and dance as a viable alternative to the culturally homogenous digital mass…
Find out more »Objects in Motion
Objects in Motion Various Artists January 28, 2020Objects in Motion presents a night of rare international animated shorts curated by local artist and animator, Myron Campbell. Settle in for an evening of experimental animation showcasing both seasoned and emerging independent filmmakers from Canada and beyond. Programming runs about 75-80 minutes in length approx. The following films are a sampling of what you will experience:Erodium Thunk A Short film by Winston Hacking — Canada, 2018The piece is an endless barrage of…
Find out more »Sounds Like Things
Sounds Like Things is an experimental concert event that breaks musical boundaries, opens minds, and challenges listeners to hear in new ways.
Find out more »Cuckoo
Cuckoo Jaha Koo January 30, 2020 incluA journey through the last 20 years of Korean history told by a bunch of talkative rice cookers. In bittersweet and humorous dialogues, Jaha and his clever rice cookers take you on a journey through the last 20 years of Korean history, combining personal experience with political events and reflections on happiness, economic crises and death. One day when his electric rice cooker informed him that his meal was ready, Jaha Koo experienced a…
Find out more »Cuckoo
A journey through the last 20 years of Korean history told by a bunch of talkative rice cookers.
In bittersweet and humorous dialogues, Jaha and his clever rice cookers take you on a journey through the last 20 years of Korean history, combining personal experience with political events and reflections on happiness, economic crises and death.
Looks Like Sounds
Looks Like Sounds Various Artists January 31, 2020Looks Like Sounds is an experimental performance event that combines music, dance, and visual projection to explore live improvisation between multiple artistic forms. Classical and avant-garde musicians and dancers will observe and respond to each other amid an ever-changing visual backdrop, connecting and communicating through the languages of movement, sound, and light. An instantiation of interdependence and flux, this performance will bring artists together in a collaborative spirit of artistic innovation, audacious imagination, and…
Find out more »February 2020
Figures in Motion
Figures in Motion Vanessa Goodman & Heather Ware February 1, 2020An evening of dance, celebrating figures in motion. Container // Vanessa Goodman Container is a new work by choreographer and performer Vanessa Goodman that explores heritage, culture and resilience. A Fine Kind of Madness // Heather Ware A body in conflict searches for balance, for resolution. A paralytic state of fear is made bearable by ones own physical being. What is needed within a person to move forward when every…
Find out more »Figures in Motion (Matinee)
Figures in Motion Vanessa Goodman & Heather Ware February 2, 2020An evening of dance, celebrating figures in motion. Container // Vanessa Goodman Container is a new work by choreographer and performer Vanessa Goodman that explores heritage, culture and resilience. A Fine Kind of Madness // Heather Ware A body in conflict searches for balance, for resolution. A paralytic state of fear is made bearable by ones own physical being. What is needed within a person to move forward when every…
Find out more »January 2021
The Collective Body
DANCERS, MUSICIANS & DIGITAL ARTISTS PLAY TELEPHONE…
How do artists connect and collaborate while living in isolation? Experience a haunting, shimmering collage of diverse bodies projected onto the windows of the Rotary Centre for the Arts, as a cascade of sound washes over visitors outside.
The Collective Body is an audio/video project that captures a moment in history while inspiring artists from across North America.
Objects in Motion, Part 1
Unconventional and unexpected. A selection of animated films that push narrative boundaries.
Objects in Motion spans two evenings, each with a different selection of films. Experience rare international animated short films curated from international festivals and archives by local artist, animator and UBC professor, Myron Campbell.
Objects in Motion, Part 2
Unconventional and unexpected. A selection of animated films that push narrative boundaries.
Objects in Motion spans two evenings, each with a different selection of films. Experience rare international animated short films curated from international festivals and archives by local artist, animator and UBC professor, Myron Campbell.
The Book of My Shames (Postponed)
An original solo show that's thoughtful, raw and honest, with achingly funny turns.
Follow Canadian opera star Isaiah Bell through the challenges of growing up in a restrictive fundamentalist commune, making bad choices in men, and pursuing a life on the stage. Combining rapid-fire monologues and personal stories with an unorthodox array of music old and new, this “comic, wrenching, and personal tour-de-force” reminds us that desire, rejection, and acceptance are themes common to us all… Isaiah just does it with a bit of glitz, some operatic pathos, and a campy wink.
The Book of My Shames (Postponed)
An original solo show that's thoughtful, raw and honest, with achingly funny turns.
Follow Canadian opera star Isaiah Bell through the challenges of growing up in a restrictive fundamentalist commune, making bad choices in men, and pursuing a life on the stage. Combining rapid-fire monologues and personal stories with an unorthodox array of music old and new, this “comic, wrenching, and personal tour-de-force” reminds us that desire, rejection, and acceptance are themes common to us all… Isaiah just does it with a bit of glitz, some operatic pathos, and a campy wink.
The Collective Body: Live Stream
DANCERS, MUSICIANS & DIGITAL ARTISTS PLAY TELEPHONE…
How do artists connect and collaborate while living in isolation? Experience a haunting, shimmering collage of diverse bodies projected onto the windows of the Rotary Centre for the Arts, as a cascade of sound washes over visitors outside.
The Collective Body is an audio/video project that captures a moment in history while inspiring artists from across North America.
The Book of My Shames (Postponed)
An original solo show that's thoughtful, raw and honest, with achingly funny turns.
Follow Canadian opera star Isaiah Bell through the challenges of growing up in a restrictive fundamentalist commune, making bad choices in men, and pursuing a life on the stage. Combining rapid-fire monologues and personal stories with an unorthodox array of music old and new, this “comic, wrenching, and personal tour-de-force” reminds us that desire, rejection, and acceptance are themes common to us all… Isaiah just does it with a bit of glitz, some operatic pathos, and a campy wink.
January 2022
Something is Rotten
Described as ‘object theatre with a bit of puppetry’, Something is Rotten is a 60-minute comic retelling of Shakespeare’s Hamlet. With two performers they endeavor to tell the story in a makeshift castle with a few pieces of string, a fork, a kettle, a rose, and some other accessories. Created by Pier Porcheron of Elvis Alatac, the retelling is a clumsily beautiful fusion of DIY puppetry and dramatic theatre. Book Now
Find out more »The Living Things Cabaret
Short-form, adult puppet & object theatre cabaret Ever wonder what was on the other side of a black hole? Or under the bed when you're sleeping? Or what happens when you mix mustard with scotch whiskey? Well, so do we! — And just maybe we will find out in a night of deep art and shenanigans hosted by the Myrtle Sisters who have been putting the Awwwwwhhh back in Awkward since daylight savings. Featuring works by Candice Roberts, Mattew Poki…
Find out more »Something is Rotten
Described as ‘object theatre with a bit of puppetry’, Something is Rotten is a 60-minute comic retelling of Shakespeare’s Hamlet. With two performers they endeavor to tell the story in a makeshift castle with a few pieces of string, a fork, a kettle, a rose, and some other accessories. Created by Pier Porcheron of Elvis Alatac, the retelling is a clumsily beautiful fusion of DIY puppetry and dramatic theatre. Book Now
Find out more »The Living Things Cabaret
Short-form, adult puppet & object theatre cabaret Ever wonder what was on the other side of a black hole? Or under the bed when you're sleeping? Or what happens when you mix mustard with scotch whiskey? Well, so do we! — And just maybe we will find out in a night of deep art and shenanigans hosted by the Myrtle Sisters who have been putting the Awwwwwhhh back in Awkward since daylight savings. Featuring works by Candice Roberts, Mattew Poki…
Find out more »