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Arts & Culture
Catch Bold Theatre at the Firehall
Brave, current theatre and contemporary dance in a restored 1906 fire station, close enough to practically touch the performance.
Arts & Culture
Brave, current theatre and contemporary dance in a restored 1906 fire station, close enough to practically touch the performance.
The Firehall Arts Centre is literally a restored 1906 fire station, brick still showing, which gives every show a peculiar charge: you're watching contemporary dance in a room that used to hold ladders and hose. The studio stage seats about 130, which is just a polite way of saying two of you can practically touch the performance, and that intimacy makes everything hit harder. Programming leans toward Indigenous and culturally diverse voices you won't find on the big commercial stages, so you'll actually have something to talk about over drinks afterward. And those drinks can happen in the gallery-lounge before you go in, because the Firehall built a civilized pre-show glass of wine right into the evening. Book ahead, show up early for the lounge, and pick somewhere in Chinatown after. The brick walls stay warm for hours.
