Tag: Vancouver

How to Live in Vancouver

If you follow my blog you’ll remember that I recently wrote about living in London. Since I wrote it, I’ve been thinking about the city I live in right now: Vancouver. When I was fourteen years old Vancouver was my mecca. I would come here on spring breaks to visit

Say Wha?! at Olio Festival

Did you miss the last Say Wha?! show? Really? That sucks. Oh wait, lucky for you the show was live streamed and is now up online! Yay! Many thanks to Ryan from RJZTV for live-streaming the show and for being so speedy posting it online. Here I am starting the

Temple

Remember that scene in Anne of Green Gables where Anne talks about praying in an open field? No? Well, here it is: CHAPTER VII Anne Says Her Prayers “Why must people kneel down to pray?” If I really wanted to pray I’ll tell you what I’d do. I’d go out

Olio Festival Presents Say Wha?!

Thursday September 22 is a very special day. It’s the last day of summer (boo hoo!), it’s the first day of the Olio Festival which celebrates the best local and international independent talent in music, art, comedy, skate & film but, most importantly, September 22 is the next Say Wha?!

One Year of Say Wha?!

In June of 2010 a new show was born; part literary reading, part stand-up comedy, 100% takin’ the piss out of publishing. Say Wha?! Readings of Deliciously Rotten Writing has been a strongly attended monthly show and was included in the programming of BOTH the Vancouver Comedy Festival and the

Show Cancelled

I live in Canada. Hockey is our national sport. Or so I think. I’m not going to bother looking it up. I live in Vancouver. Vancouver’s hockey team is in the Stanley Cup finals. The finals have gone to game 7. This will be the game that determines who wins

Sound Links!

I finally got around to editing and, more importantly, posting some sound clips from the last few months. More to come shortly! Yay! Devon Lougheed, Vancouver’s music and comedy scenester with a distinctive haircut, shared a song his teenage self wrote at Teen Angst Night in April 2011. If you’ve

Dance Your New Year’s Resolutions Away

Hey Vancouver Ladies, I hear you want to get fit and have fun. Well, I have just the thing for you! Starting January 20, 2011 Dance Dance Party Party will be up for it’s fourth season of awesomeness. This is the first time the class will have ran in the

Strange Search Terms

There are lots of ways people come across my website. Most are probably referred by some other website linking to me. Sometimes it’s because people are searching for information about my shows Say Wha?! or Teen Angst. I’ve noticed that the keywords that bring people to my site have been

Devoted and Disgruntled

When I was living in London one of my theatre friends took me to this event called Devoted and Disgruntled. It’s organized by Improbable Theatre and uses Open Space Technology as a way of creating dialogue about issues and getting many people to come together. For me, the event was

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