Editor’s choice

Concord Floral

The ambitious PuSh production of Concord Floral works on two levels.

On one, it’s frightening, suspenseful theatre about a group of teens that hangs out in an abandoned greenhouse; created by Torontonians Jordan Tannahill, Erin Brubacher, and Cara Spooner, it’s a cool thriller based on 14th-century writer Giovanni Boccaccio’s Decameron, in which a gang of children escape a Black Death–ridden city and hide out together in a deserted villa.

But, cast with teens from across the Lower Mainland, it’s also about giving voice to youths, collaborating with them on the staging of the project, and ultimately empowering them.

Concord Floral is at the Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre as part of the PuSh International Performing Arts Festival from Wednesday to Sunday (January 25 to 29).

High five

Five events you just can’t miss this week

Portraits in Motion

The flipbook taken to artful new heights.
To January 26 at the York Theatre

Cuisine and Confessions

Exhilarating, family-friendly circus feats meet the joy of cooking.
January 25 to 29 at the Vancouver Playhouse

Scott Thompson

You know him best from The Kids in the Hall, but this funnyman can hold the stage solo.
January 26 to 28 at Comedy MIX

On a Wire

Prepare to be wowed as Standing Wave joins forces with the VSO.
January 29 at the Orpheum

The Nether

Take a dark and disturbing trip into morally ambiguous online terrain.
To January 28 at the Firehall Arts Centre