Vancouver Opera

Eternal Cosmological Adventures of the Hindoooos

FREE! Date: October 19 - 20, 2024 Time: 7:00PM & 2:00PM Location: Progress Lab 1422 Studio, 1422 William St, Vancouver, BC V5L 2P7 Kicking off the month of September, Anju Singh and Asitha Tenekoon joined Rumble’s AD Jiv Parasram to dive back into the creation process of this new interdisciplinary collaboration blending Theatre, Opera, and Contemporary Music. BBB started as an artistic response commissioned by Vancouver Opera to engage the highly problematic Orientalist depiction of South Asians in Bizet’s “The Pearl Fishers” which VO produced in fall 2022. While in that initial creation period, Queen Elizabeth II died, prompting the trio of South Asian artists to satirically engage the complex legacy of British Colonialism framing the piece as a tongue in cheek eulogy of sorts to Empire. The project takes us from delighting in the absurdity of this proposition to a loud expression of South Asian rage against this legacy of occupation and oppression. Audiences are invited to attend the workshop presentation of this new work in progress! The Progress Lab Bar will be open, and the show features complimentary food for audiences (dhal and rice – vegan, gluten free).