Editor’s choice

Studying Andy Dixon

Celebrated local artist and musician Andy Dixon has a style all his own, his canvases immediately recognizable for their punk sensibility, their historic references to masterworks, and, of course, their pops of colour—especially pink. That’s why we’re so intrigued by the new project by Jane Q Cheng, Make Gallery’s summer artist in residence. In her new show, titled Jane Q Cheng: Studying Andy Dixon, she’ll try to crack his world, observing the way he walks and talks in his studio, trying to figure out how he hones his personal style, and seeing if that style can even be re-created in her own paintings. Her work poses witty questions about authorship and collaboration, and promises some pretty cool results. We’re expecting pink might predominate.

Jane Q Cheng: Studying Andy Dixon is at Make Gallery (257 East 7th Avenue) on Thursday (July 21) from 7 to 10 p.m.

Guest pick

Clean Sheets

Actor, playwright, and co–artistic producer of Delinquent Theatre Christine Quintana, whose next big show is Zee Zee Theatre’s Elbow Room Café: The Musical at the Cultch next March, weighs in this week with the event she’s most looking forward to:
“Given the state of the world right now, I’m looking forward to the frank theatre’s free Clean Sheets reading series—new plays by queer Canadian playwrights [including Lesley Ewen, shown here]. This year, they’re focusing on the intersections between race, culture, and sexuality. It is essential that we fight fear and hate by understanding one another—and what better way than through sharing our stories?”

Clean Sheets 2016: Intersections runs from Thursday to Saturday (July 21 to 23) at the Goldcorp Centre for the Arts in SFU Woodward’s, Room 4210. Admission is free.

High five

Five events you just can’t miss this week

Pericles

Visual magic from the unexpected hit on a strong fest roster.
At Bard on the Beach to September 18

Betrayal

Harold Pinter’s bleak look at infidelity cuts like a knife in Ensemble Theatre Company’s production.
At the Jericho Arts Centre to August 19

Bharti Kher: Matter

Saris, chairs, bindis, the human, and the animal mesh in a mesmerizing show.
At the Vancouver Art Gallery to October 10

Kyle Bottom

Follow the sound of this local standup’s booming baritone for big laughs.
At the Comedy MIX from July 21 to 23

The Big Picture

Seemingly impossible: a new improvised movie at every TheatreSports performance.
At the Improv Centre to September 25