M’Girl’s percussive based hand drum songs blends harmonies into a contemporary gospel style, reflecting both their cultural practice and their personal story of home. Led by Renae Morriseau, their music reflects their personal journeys and cultural worldviews held respectfully by each M’Girl living within the urban environment of the lower mainland. Find out more! Tickets… Continue Reading M’Girl – LIVE

The 48 Hour Opera Project - Fernweh edition is a speed-creation event designed to reunite you with your far-flung friends to laugh, sweat, and cry for ART. And Lucky Penny Opera is seeking submissions! Gather a team with members from at least two different cities and jump in to write, direct, design, perform, film, and… Continue Reading The 48 Hour Opera Project: Call for Artists

Tired of feeling like a talking head? Skills not keeping up with your imagination? This seminar brings together three artists from three different art practices to talk about their work and process, inspiring you to try brave new things, digitally. Each artist will give a short talk on their artist practice and inspirations, and then… Continue Reading The 48 Hour Opera Project: Digital Creation Hacks

Spirits of the Virtual Space is a VR workshop that teaches emerging artists how to tell stories in the virtual realm. Learn about world building, immersive design, branching narratives and performance through avatars in AltSpace VR. A collaboration between re:Naissance Opera and the Cultch's Ignite! Youth Program, the workshop mentors include Alex Dault, Stephanie Wong,… Continue Reading Spirits of the Virtual Space: A VR Workshop

A friendship is tested when Cecilia, a white composer, tries to convince her roommate, Gabriella, a writer of colour – who has just returned home from a #MeToo moment with a TV producer – to enter a new opera competition together. Their debate about the whiteness of opera, the problematic portrayal of racialized women, and… Continue Reading Did I Just Say That? – LIVE

On this final day of re:Naissance Opera's collaboration with The Cultch Youth Programs, audiences are invited to attend their newly created VR theatre experience. Honouring All Hallow's Eve, the creators will explore what it means to create ghost stories in virtual reality. This workshop is by invitation only. To register, please email: info@reopera.com    

Seamstress is a documentary opera based on the collected oral histories of Palestinian women and girls from Donia Jarrar's family and community. Blending audio interviews, photography, and raw footage with live chamber orchestra and dance performances, Seamstress aims to create a moving and powerful portrait of love, strength, and resistance in the face of injustice… Continue Reading Seamstress

As creatives, our goal is to create new and exciting projects. But if our creativity is not rooted in resilience and compassion then we cannot sustain the demands of creative leadership. The truth is that creative leaders struggle with higher burnout rates, chronic fatigue and stress than the general population, which often leads to a… Continue Reading Compassionate and Resilient Creative Leadership

Text Me follows a day in the life of 10 diverse women and non-binary female presenting people, depicting their fears, challenges, and barriers they face living in a world made for and catered to men. Although they don’t all know each other, their stories all tie together in an unspoken pact to keep each other… Continue Reading Text Me Watch Party

Vancouver's history is Japanese immigration is explored through French Art Song and personal stories from creator, Luka Kawabata. Join the Paueru-Gai パウエル街 premiere & watch party on Nov. 2nd to catch an interview with the project creator, Luke Kawabata or experience this project on-demand from Nov. 2 - 7 2021. Artist Statement Paueru-Gai パウエル街 is… Continue Reading Paueru-Gai パウエル街 Premiere & On-Demand