This new funding will support the planning and presentation of COVID-19 safe events in the arts and music sectors – including both live and digital – and provide work opportunities in these sectors. It includes the one-year renewal of an additional $25 million initially provided in Budget 2019 to help stabilize the overall environment for the arts and music sectors.
Read MoreThe Provincial Health Order effective November 20 allows every business already operational under the previous order to remain so with the exception of live performance. Contact our premier and ministers to lend your support!
Read MoreActsafe’s COVID-19 Safety Course provides a general overview for workers in British Columbia’s arts and entertainment production industries on how to minimize the risk of exposure to COVID-19 on their worksites.
Read MoreThe survey, called The Change You Want to See, was designed by Hill Strategies and Rosa, and polls Canadian union and non-union contract workers in the performing arts, film, and television industries. Complete it by October 23.
Read MoreAfter 32 years, Patrick McDonald will be stepping aside as Artistic Director of Green Thumb Theatre at the end of 2020. Rachel Aberle will assume the role effective January 1, 2021.
Read MoreThe National Collaborating Centre for Environmental Health hosts "COVID-19 Risks and Precautions for the Performing Arts", a free webinar, on September 30.
Read MoreThe BC Entertainment Hall of Fame invites nominations for its 2021 honourees. Nominations are open until November 15.
Read MorePACT is convening a weekly Town Hall meeting with PACT staff and special guests every Thursday to discuss the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on Canadian theatre
Read MoreThe Jewish Community Centre of Greater Vancouver has announced Jessica Mann Gutteridge as the new Artistic Managing Director of the Norman and Annette Rothstein Theatre and Chutzpah! Festival.
Read MoreThe BC Touring Council is accepting registrations for On the Road: A Touring Workshop for Young, Aspiring Emerging Performing Artists, Agents, Managers and Administrators, taking place November 9-10 in Burnaby.
Read MoreOn August 21, CAPACOA presented its new report, "A Linked Digital Future for the Performing Arts: Leveraging Synergies along the Value Chain."
Read MoreRealwheels Theatre has announced a national call for submissions for a playwright who lives with disability to participate in a residency beginning in 2020. All submissions must be received between September 15 and 30.
Read MoreThe Professional Association of Canadian Theatres and the Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts have both made salary disclosures mandatory on their job listings, echoing a measure put in place by the BC Alliance in 2017.
Read MoreRosario assumes her new role having recently guided the organization through a period of transition as Interim Artistic Director, from May 2018 through June 2019.
Read MoreThe 37th annual Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards were held on Monday, July 15, to celebrate excellence in professional theatre in Vancouver.
Read MoreNational culture exports have increased by 39.7% over seven years, with film and video named as British Columbia’s most economically valuable export.
Read MoreRespectful Workplaces in the Arts has issued a Canadian Code of Conduct for the Performing Arts, a series of guidelines to create “safer, more inclusive, respectful workplaces where artists can thrive, free from all forms of harassment, including sexual harassment, discrimination, bullying and violence.”
Read MorePerforming artists are encouraged to apply for the showcase, which takes place April 4-5, 2020 in Burnaby.
Read MoreJesse: An ASL Opera will be presented as a workshop reading on June 24, followed by a group feedback session.
Read MoreThe funds, received from Canadian Heritage’s Canada Cultural Spaces Fund, will go towards a series of upgrades to increase the Centre’s accessibility, creating a safer and more inclusive venue for performers and audience members.
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