Beatroute Magazine BC Print Edition - September 2017
BeatRoute Magazine is a monthly arts and entertainment paper with a predominant focus on music – local, independent or otherwise. The paper started in June 2004 and continues to provide a healthy dose of perversity while exercising rock ‘n’ roll ethics. Currently BeatRoute’s AB edition is distributed in Calgary, Edmonton (by S*A*R*G*E), Banff and Canmore. The BC edition is distributed in Vancouver, Victoria and Nanaimo. BeatRoute (AB) Mission PO 23045 Calgary, AB T2S 3A8 E. editor@beatroute.ca BeatRoute (BC) #202 – 2405 E Hastings Vancouver, BC V5K 1Y8 P. 778-888-1120
BeatRoute Magazine is a monthly arts and entertainment paper with a predominant focus on music – local, independent or otherwise. The paper started in June 2004 and continues to provide a healthy dose of perversity while exercising rock ‘n’ roll ethics.
Currently BeatRoute’s AB edition is distributed in Calgary, Edmonton (by S*A*R*G*E), Banff and Canmore. The BC edition is distributed in Vancouver, Victoria and Nanaimo. BeatRoute (AB) Mission PO 23045 Calgary, AB T2S 3A8 E. editor@beatroute.ca BeatRoute (BC) #202 – 2405 E Hastings Vancouver, BC V5K 1Y8 P. 778-888-1120
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FRINGE FESTIVAL<br />
“Letters that were written on behalf of my father,<br />
expressing his dissatisfaction with the amount<br />
of money that was paid for his property and his<br />
belongings,” Nakamura Maguire describes over<br />
the telephone, from her home in Whitehorse.<br />
“His request for the money that was due to him,<br />
because his savings were running out and he wasn’t<br />
working at the time.”<br />
Nakamura Maguire, though published in short<br />
story and essay, had never written a play. What<br />
became Hidden Memories first began as a single<br />
scene — a dialogue-building exercise from a<br />
creative writing course she took in 2015. Once she<br />
started, the story urgently flowed from her pen.<br />
Margaret, the protagonist, slightly mirrors<br />
Nakamura Maguire — the daughter of Japanese<br />
immigrants who tries to fill in the gaps of<br />
understanding of her parents’ history and<br />
contemplates what she’ll pass on to her own child.<br />
To provide a deeper historical narrative, Nakamura<br />
Maguire researched the circumstances of other<br />
Japanese Canadians, referencing archives and<br />
interviewing women who spoke of what it was like<br />
growing up in the aftermath of that time.<br />
“I think Hidden Memories is about the value in<br />
sharing our stories and the understanding about<br />
ourselves that can happen as a result of that,”<br />
Nakamura Maguire says. She has gained profound<br />
insight into her mother, who had been silent about<br />
her experiences until the National Association of<br />
Japanese Canadians received their apology from<br />
Prime Minister Brian Mulroney in 1988. “And<br />
that was part of the reason for writing the play,”<br />
Nakamura Maguire adds. “I wanted to give voice<br />
to my mother’s story. I wanted to give voice to the<br />
way she felt and how hurtful it must have been for<br />
many women through this period.”<br />
How does Nakamura Maguire feel about her<br />
own identity? “I feel proud that I’m a second<br />
generation Japanese Canadian. I’m proud that I’m<br />
a Canadian. And I’m glad that the government<br />
of Canada has recognized some of the things<br />
that they’ve done wrong in the past and they’ve<br />
apologized or they’ve reached settlements.” No<br />
group, she asserts, should go through that kind<br />
of discrimination, especially through government<br />
policy. Something, in today’s divisive political<br />
climate, that is exceedingly important to<br />
remember.<br />
“The challenge for us is not to forget those<br />
lessons that, hopefully, people have learned,”<br />
Nakamura Maguire says. “We’ve got to learn from<br />
our history.”<br />
Hidden Memories runs on <strong>September</strong> 13 at False<br />
Creek Gym.<br />
PICKS OF THE FRINGE<br />
far out fringe selections to put on your radar<br />
7 Ways to Die, A Love Story<br />
<strong>September</strong> 7 – 17 at Studio 16.<br />
This production by Vancouver<br />
playwrights Keltie and Alexander<br />
Forsyth grapples with the isolation<br />
of modern living in full masks and<br />
with zero dialogue. A dark romanticcomedy<br />
about suicide, and two<br />
neighbours who in their loneliness<br />
become the perfect match.<br />
A David Lynch Wet Dream<br />
<strong>September</strong> 7 – 17 at Revue Stage.<br />
Like your favourite David Lynch<br />
movie, this wet dream is a solo show<br />
featuring one woman fresh out of<br />
the gate and in the midst of trying to<br />
find herself amongst the complexity<br />
of her environment. Composed and<br />
performed by Natasha Perry-Fagant,<br />
the actor constructs a commentary<br />
about the human body and pressure<br />
of living as one.<br />
Gigantic Lying Mouth<br />
<strong>September</strong> 7 – 17 at Revue Stage.<br />
A powerful poetic performance by<br />
Scottish spoken-word artist Kevin<br />
P. Gilday, whose character has<br />
perished in a tragic yoga accident<br />
and is trapped in the afterlife. A<br />
contemporary blend of where<br />
comedy and drama meet in verse.<br />
A Night at the Rose<br />
Coloured Discotheque<br />
<strong>September</strong> 7 – 17 at the Cultch<br />
Historic Theatre.<br />
Buy Me Dinner First Productions<br />
presents this satirical look at life<br />
and love in <strong>2017</strong>, starring two club<br />
kids and their bag of rave essentials.<br />
Funny, naughty, and profane, a night<br />
at this discotheque is bound to be<br />
anything but ordinary.<br />
A Soldier’s War<br />
<strong>September</strong> 7 – 17 at Waterfront<br />
Theatre.<br />
Taking inspiration from the letters<br />
his grandfather, a member of the<br />
Stormont, Dundas, and Glengarry<br />
Highlanders Infantry Regiment,<br />
would send home during World<br />
War II, playwright Joshua Ramsden<br />
delves deeply in to a story of tragedy<br />
and hope. This unique show offers a<br />
moving glimpse into the horrors of<br />
battle, and is not to be missed.<br />
Cry-Baby: The Musical<br />
<strong>September</strong> 7 – 17 at Firehall Arts<br />
Centre.<br />
This re-vamped version of the<br />
popular Johnny Depp film hits<br />
the Fringe this year with a fresh<br />
script, classic songs, leather-clad<br />
delinquents, and not-so-hip squares.<br />
If you’re up for music and comedy,<br />
this Tony Award-winning show is for<br />
you.<br />
Just Not That Woman<br />
<strong>September</strong> 8 – 16 at Firehall Arts<br />
Centre.<br />
In the heat of a Donald Trump<br />
presidency, this production from<br />
playwright Ali Kennedy Scott<br />
creatively charts the experiences<br />
of female global leaders like Hillary<br />
Clinton, and poses the big question of<br />
how limitless inequality really is.<br />
Fin<br />
<strong>September</strong> 8 – 17 at TheatreSports<br />
Improv Centre.<br />
Award-winning comedy team Hip.<br />
Bang! is behind Fin, an innovative<br />
look at the obscurities that plague<br />
our planet, including the mysteries of<br />
politics and our other-worldly oceans.<br />
For 60 minutes, the duo makes<br />
things hysterically uncomfortable,<br />
questioning who you are and where<br />
you live.<br />
Setting Bones<br />
<strong>September</strong> 9 – 16 at Revue Stage.<br />
This new short from interdisciplinary<br />
arts company Kalik follows three<br />
siblings as they struggle to come to<br />
terms with the death of their mother<br />
and grandmother, gathering at their<br />
childhood home to confront the<br />
legacy of cultural erasure left behind.<br />
A play about intergenerational<br />
trauma and healing.<br />
12 Minute Madness<br />
<strong>September</strong> 9 – 17 at Firehall Arts<br />
Centre.<br />
Smokers, well-endowed babies, and<br />
drunken social workers all live in<br />
Marlene’s head. But behind every<br />
exploded psyche is a story and this is<br />
hers. Written and performed by Raina<br />
Von Waldenburg.<br />
BIG ROCK BREWERY FRINGE BAR<br />
Gigantic Lying Mouth<br />
A Soldier’s War<br />
12 Minute Madnesss<br />
EMILY BLATTA<br />
photo via Facebook<br />
A Night at the Rose Coloured Discotheque<br />
photo via Facebook<br />
photo by Chris Graham Photo<br />
photo by Catchfall Photography<br />
In celebration of the 11-day arts festival, Big<br />
Rock Brewery Fringe Bar will serve as a hub<br />
for all things Fringe, becoming a physical<br />
space for the community to gather and<br />
participate in the experience. The bar is set<br />
to host festivalgoers from across the country,<br />
as well as become the city’s hottest music<br />
venue featuring both local and touring<br />
musicians. SAVVIE, Art D’Ecco, Devours,<br />
and Rae Spoon are just a handful of the<br />
artists featured. Whether you’re looking to<br />
celebrate a successful opening night, meet<br />
your favourite performers, or just be a part<br />
of the buzz, let this be your all-inclusive<br />
home for the season.<br />
Hidden Memories is loosely based on the<br />
experiences of playwright Lillian Nakamura<br />
Maguire’s parents.<br />
photo by Bob Hanham<br />
Art D’Ecco is one of many quality acts gracing the stage at the Fringe Bar this year.<br />
Located at Ocean Art Works on Granville<br />
Island, the Fringe Bar is open Monday-Friday<br />
from 6 p.m. till late, and Saturdays and<br />
Sundays from 1 p.m. till late.<br />
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