Danceboy is in the house! Come meet playwright and actor Munish Sharma as they perform excerpts from their new play Danceboy and chat about playwriting with Lois Anderson, Artistic Director at Touchstone Theatre. Part high-energy solo show, part dance-floor memoir, Danceboy takes audiences on a comedic journey, tackling cultural stereotypes and Bollywood’s glossy heteronormative ideals of love – all without missing a beat. A celebration of connection, self-acceptance, and (most importantly) joy. A 10-minute pop-up dance party with Munish will close the evening.
Presented in partnership with Touchstone Theatre.
*Image credit: Pi Theatre
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Munish Sharma is a Vancouver based actor, writer and producer. Munish's first work as a playwright, Mrs. Singh and Me won Pick of the fringe honours at the Vancouver Fringe Festival in 2015. More recently he created the Pop of Dance show Dance like no one's watching with Richard Wolfe and Anita Majumbar for Pi Theatre in 2021 and was Commissioned by Regina's Globe Theatre to write the play #34 about the life of the late great CFL legend George Reed which premiered in 2022 at Regina's Globe Theatre. Munish also just finished his first international tour of Whynot Theatre’s adaptation of the ancient epic Mahabharata, in which he played Bhima. This summer he will take on the role of Macbeth at Bard on the Beach. Recent credits include: A Christmas Carol; Globe Theatre, Robin Hood; Theatre Replacement, Hamlet; Bard on the Beach, and Himmat; Theatre Conspiracy.
Lois Anderson is the Artistic Director of Touchstone Theatre, and an Adjunct Professor at UBC in the Department of Theatre and Film. She won the Jessie Award for Best Direction (Pericles, Bard on the Beach) and the 2019 Critic’s Choice Award for Innovation (Lysistrata). She has worked extensively in Canada and Australia and has been an artistic associate with The National Arts Centre most recently directing You Used to Call Me Marie by Tai Amy Grauman.
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This event takes place in the Alice MacKay Room, Lower Level
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