The Prop Master’s Dream: A New Vision
Date: November 2, 2024 (Saturday)
Time: 2:00 P.M. & 7:30 P.M.
Venue: Vancouver Playhouse (600 Hamilton Street)
Ticket: $60, $50, $40
This Fusion Cantonese opera, performed in Cantonese and English with English & Chinese subtitles, tells the life story of Wah-Kwan Gwan (1929-2000), a prop master born to a Chinese father and an Indigenous mother in B.C. ‘The Prop Master’s Dream’ is a two-hour production that explores Gwan’s journey as he returns to Canada, faces identity challenges, and uncovers the cultural legacy of Vancouver’s Chinese community through opera, Indigenous drumming, and modern jazz.'
Sponsors
- 1. Canada Council for the Arts
- 2. Province of B.C.
- 3. British Columbia Arts Council/Province of B.C.
- 4. Metro Vancouver
- 5. City of Vancouver
- 6. City of Vancouver/Arts, Culture & Tourism
- 7. Vancouver Civic Theatre
- 8. Hamber Foundation
- 9. Hong Kong Economic & Trade Office
- 10. SFU David Lam Centre
- 11. The Cantonese Project
Media Sponsors
- 1. AM1320 CHMB
- 2. AM1470
Cantonese opera (粵劇) is one of the major categories in Chinese opera, originating in southern China’s Guangdong Province. It is a traditional Chinese art form, involving music, singing, martial arts, acrobatics, and acting. The Vancouver Cantonese Opera is a non-profit society incorporated on June 30th, 2000. Our mission is to preserve and promote Cantonese opera in Canada. We endeavor to present the unique traditional art form of Cantonese opera at the highest level to both Chinese and non-Chinese audiences. We also strive to collaborate with our stakeholders to meet the fundamental need for spiritual and aesthetic satisfaction and richness in our lives.
The Awakening need your support. We received $10,000 from the City of Vancouver to kick this off. We will need another $80,000 for this project.
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The Vancouver Cantonese Opera is a vibrant and culturally significant non-profit organization playing a pivotal role in preserving and promoting this rich heritage. Through a committed core of volunteers, dedicated artists, and passionate supporters, the Vancouver Cantonese Opera strives to educate, entertain, and engage the community with its mesmerizing art form.
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is a non-profit and charitable society with a mission to preserve and promote Cantonese opera in Canada.
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We are grateful to live and work on the unceded and ancestral lands of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.
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