Boldskool Hip Hop Theatre Workshop
Stand Up! urban ink’s Boldskool Hip Hop Theatre Workshop is here. An exciting one-day workshop that will put mics in hands, flips to kicks and rhymes to words! Featuring Artist Facilitators: Omari Newton, Kia Kadiri, Emotionz and more... May 19th Youth Workshop, Vancouver 9am-6pm At SFU Woodwards (149 West Hastings Street) May 20th Adult Workshop, Vancouver 2pm-6pm at SFU Woodwards (149 West Hastings Street) June 2nd, Williams Lake 9am-6pm at The Basement (240 Oliver Street) FOR YOUTH: Up to 25 lucky youth participants will be instructed by some of the leading hip hop and theatre artists in Vancouver. Inspired by themes from urban ink’s original hip hop play ...
Confessions of the Other Woman
Written by Valerie Sing Turner (Winner of the 2011 Enbridge Award for Emerging Canadian Playwright) Directed by Diane Roberts & Gerry Trentham Click the following buttons to purchase your tickets Collaborating Artists: Conor Moore (Set; Lighting and Projection Design); Tara Cheyenne Friedenberg (Dance Design); Troy Slocum (Sound Design); Florence Barrett (Costume Design); Candelario Andrade (Video & Projection Design; Jordan Nobles (Composer); Travis Pangburn (Technical Direction); Shannon Macelli (Stage Management) Starring: Kevin Loring, Valerie Sing Turner & Matt Ward This slideshow includes images taken at the 2011 summer residency workshop at the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, which included John Emmet. ...
Women in Fish: Hours of Water Tour
Directed by Marie Clements (Governor General Nominee-Burning Vision) and Kathleen Flaherty (CBC Radio) Dramaturgy by Paula Danckert (Playwrights Workshop Montreal) Featuring award winning designers including: Tim Matheson, Noah Drew, John Webber, Sandy Scofield, Jonathan Ryder, Richard Wilson, Rosemary Georgeson, Mia Perry, Julie Moore and David Kerr. Written by Marie Clements with Rosemary Georegson, Eileen Lorenz and the WIF Participants. View WIF Archival Website Performed by Rosemary Georgeson With Hours of Water Ensemble: Ben Cardinal, Patricia Collins, Steven Hill, Renae Morrisseau, Suzie Payne & WIF community voices Live Performance Animated by Diane Roberts In the beginning there were stories and like all surviving stories this one ...
The Arrivals Project
The Arrivals Project is a touring workshop series designed to engage artists and communities in a creation process based on Ancestry and Personal Legacy. The primary focus of the Arrivals Project is to guide artists in an embodied exploration of their own histories of (dis)place(ment). urban ink has developed a unique and internationally recognized process for the facilitation of this based on the stories, voice and cultural practices of each artist’s personal ancestry. These workshops have been offered across Canada, in the UK, Colombia, the Caribbean, and Europe. The workshops are facilitated primarily by urban ink Artistic Director Diane Roberts ...
ribcage: this wide passage
written and performed by Heather Hermant Dramaturgy/Direction: Diane Roberts Composer/Musician & Sound design: Jaron Freeman-Fox Videography: Melina Young Costume Design: Luisa Milan Video Mixing: Kaija Siirala Lighting Design: Simon Rossiter "Aujourdhuy 15e septembre 1738..." is a ribcage-derived experimental one-to-one performance on at Rhubarb Festival, Feb. 10-12, 2012. 519 Church St. Community Centre. 6-10 pm Fri-Sat, 2-5 Sun. Visit Heather Hermant's Facebook page Production History: Rumble Productions' Tremors Festival, Vancouver Spring 2010 Tour Launch: Le Mai, Montreal Fall 2010 In September 1738, Esther Brandeau appeared before colonial authorities at Quebec City, an outed female, and an outed Jew. Who outed her on either count, and how, remains in question. There she ...
Sal Capone: The Lamentable Tragedy of
Written by Omari Newton Directed By Diane Roberts Production Team: Lance Cardinal (set design); Candelario Andrade (projection design); DJ Mana (composer); Chimwemwe Miller (sound design); Sarah Hall-Khlifi (costume design); Emma Tibaldo (dramatury); Mia Perry (outreach consultant); David Kerr (production management); Lighting Design & Grafitti Artist (TBA) Produced in collaboration with Black Theatre Workshop and Playwrights Workshop Montreal Premiering Spring 2013 Vancouver/Fall 2013 Montreal The fatal police shooting of a talented but troubled young DJ irrevocably changes the lives of his three friends. The future of their once promising hip-hop group is now in jeopardy. Can these troubled poets salvage their dreams in the face of ...
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Vancouver Arrivals Workshop Intensive
The Arrivals Personal Legacy Workshop June 13th-17th, Vancouver Space TBA The Arrivals Workshop Intensive is for writers, actors, poets and storytellers (oral, written or visual) working from diverse media and traditions...
Boldskool Hip Hop Theatre Workshop
Stand Up! urban ink’s Boldskool Hip Hop Theatre Workshop is here. An exciting one-day workshop that will put mics in hands, flips to kicks and rhymes to words! Featuring Artist Facilitators: Omari Newton, Kia Kadiri,...
