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Community Arts: A Digital Discovery Workshop (North Vancouver, BC)

Community Arts: A Digital Discovery Workshop (North Vancouver, BC)

Framing North Vancouver | Connect, Create, Capture: Your Community in Focus.
Walk, talk, and take pictures. Join our 5-day digital photo workshop to explore North Vancouver through the lens of your own camera or smartphone.

Wednesday, July 29 – Sunday, August 2, 2026
1:00 PM – 4:00 PM

All levels welcome, including beginners.
Ages 16–29 (Free); Ages 30+ (By Donation)

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Rural Community Arts: A Digital Discovery Workshop (Summerland, BC)

Rural Community Arts: A Digital Discovery Workshop (Summerland, BC)

Framing the Okanagan | Connect, Create, Capture: Your Community in Focus.
Walk, talk, and take pictures. Join our 5-day digital photo workshop to explore Summerland, BC through the lens of your own camera or smartphone.

Wednesday, August 5, 2026 – Sunday, August 9, 2026
1:00 PM – 4:00 PM

All levels welcome, including beginners.
Ages 16–29 (Free); Ages 30+ (By Donation)

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International Translation Exchange (Brazil)

International Translation Exchange (Brazil)

Bouche Theatre Collective
& Núcleo Experimental
O JOGO DO BEIJO
By Rhiannon Collett
Translated to Portuguese
by Izabel Hart
Translated from THE KISSING GAME

Saturday Aug. 10, 2024 | 8 PM
Teatro do Núcleo Experimental
(São Paulo, Brazil)

International Translation Exchange (Brazil)

International Translation Exchange (Brazil)

Bouche Theatre Collective
& Núcleo Experimental
O LEITO DO RIO
By Eric Noel
Translated to Portuguese
by Zé Henrique de Paula
Translated from FAIRE DES ENFANTS

Saturday Aug. 3, 2024 | 8 PM
Teatro do Núcleo Experimental
(São Paulo, Brazil)

New Translation Development (Inter-Provincial, CAN)

New Translation Development (Inter-Provincial, CAN)

New Translation Canada | Nouvelle Traduction Canada presents
A Digital Workshop Reading of
QCOLONISÉES
By Annick Lefebvre | Translated to English by Johanna Nutter
Monday July 29, 2024

“One of Quebec’s most fierce pens…” – ICI Radio-Canada

Towards an Inclusive Theatre (Vancouver, CAN)

Towards an Inclusive Theatre (Vancouver, CAN)

The Creatus Project
& Bouche Theatre Collective
THE BALLAD OF GEORGES BOIVIN
By Martin Bellemare | Translated by Jack Paterson with Johanna Nutter
Featuring Allan Morgan
Directed by Jack Patereson

May 25 & May 26, 2024
rEvolver Festival, The Cultch

“A superb show, with a superb actor!”
-EntertainmentVancouver.com

New Translation Development (Montreal, Canada)

New Translation Development (Montreal, Canada)

New Translation Canada
& Centre des auteurs dramatique
N’IMPORTE OÙ SAUF ICI
By Carmen Aguirre
Raps created
with Shad Kabango
Translated to French by Emmanuelle Jimenez

Friday Feb. 9, 2024 | CEAD

Towards an Inclusive Theatre (Vancouver, CAN)

Towards an Inclusive Theatre (Vancouver, CAN)

THE CREATUS PROJECT
PARTICIPATION OF ARTISTS OF ALL AGES
This infographic aims to help artists, administrators, & organisation to understand the barriers facing Senior Artists in the Performing Arts.

Oberammergau Passionsspiele: Exploring a Sacred Theatre (Part 9)

Oberammergau Passionsspiele: Exploring a Sacred Theatre (Part 9)

LESSONS & REFLECTIONS
Several hundred years ago, the Passionsspiele was performed by Catholic farmers isolated in the mountainside. Passion plays were the few opportunities for local people to engage with their spiritual and religious stories in their own voices, their own their own languages, and their own words, rather than the Latin of the pulpit. For those of the Christian faiths, this interaction remains true today.