The Chop

This Thurs in the Shuswap.
Come and meet Luke and learn about moss!
6-8pm at Salmon Arm Arts Centre.

RSVP in the comments below!

The Chop is excited to announce that Anita has accepted a position with Green Thumb Theatre.

Anita and Emelia have built this company since 2006, travelled internationally and put 18 new works in the world. We are best friends, life time artistic collaborators and we’re both excited to see where Anita’s new role will take her.

Anita will remain part of select future Chop programming. She is our Emeritus Artist.
Emelia and Chelsea are happy to helm the Chop into new places.

Upcoming announcement for The Chop is:

Shuswap Artists Residency! A free live/work space to create in nature. DM emelia for residency dates here!

We welcome all your well wishes. We’re very proud of Anita.

Anyone in Vancouver leaving for Spring Break?
Our housing fell through. Kids are in YVR day camps and hanging with their city besties!

We’re looking for anywhere between March 16-24.

Dog sitting.
Plant watering.
We’re a real nice family. Happy to smoosh together.

https://www.createastir.ca/articles/emelia-symington-fedy-skid-dogs

Thanks to Janet Smith and Stir for this lovely Q and A about Skid Dogs. Keep me on the best seller list babes!

Stir Q&A: Skid Dogs author Emelia Symington Fedy talks teen years and consent — Stir The Chop Theatre artist returns to Ashcroft for her aching yet funny new memoir

🚨JASON BYRNE TODAY!🚨
Edinburgh Festival Fringe comedy legend Jason Byrne joins us at today for The Chop's .
Join us at 5pm!

Final tix avail >> http://bit.ly/2Q7z4xO

‘The outright king of live comedy’ THE TIMES

This week's line up!

CanadaHub

Luke Rollason Is A Clown was our first performer at the Edinburgh Fringe and he got some great coverage with Sky News!

Climate crisis takes centre stage at Edinburgh Fringe Extinction Rebellion - whose activists brought cities to a standstill in April - are among those appearing at the festival.

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Vancouver Mom on Twitter

Our Artistic Director Emelia Symington Fedy has a show on. Check this giveaway out.

twitter.com/vancouver_mom/… “After a wildly successful 2015 run, Motherload returns to The Cultch from Oct 4 to October 15, 2016. https://t.co/pOC5xQO4jZ”

Last Sonic Elder performance today at 2PM - come, spend a Sunday afternoon in a strip club!

We're sold out for tonight, but there are still tickets left for Saturday 7PM and Sunday 2PM. Catch Sonic Elder before it's gone...

Meet a Sonic Elder​ - RON KOSAKA- Creator/Performer/Bass
Bassist Ron Kosaka started The Shades as a high school student in the 1950s and played dances around Vancouver for years. He has been working in the steel industry for the past 40 years.

Photo credit: Jimmy Jeong

Sonic Elder opened last night. Tickets still available until the end of the run - www.sonicelder.brownpapertickets.com

We opened! Friends, if you want to come tonight (Wed) or tomorrow (Thurs) night for $15, message me Anita Rochon and I'll give you the password.

Sonic Elder

Sonic Elder OPEN TONIGHT - Tickets Still Available
http://sonicelder.brownpapertickets.com/

sonicelder.brownpapertickets.com The older they get the harder they rock.

Meet a Sonic Elder -
JONI MOORE - Creator/Performer/Lead Vocals

Singer Joni Moore was known as Canadas Brenda Lee and sang at every club in Vancouver and beyond. She joined The Shades at the age of 14. She currently lives in Nanaimo, BC. Before Sonic Elder, she had not sung in over 10 years.

Photo credit: Jimmy Jeong

Hello Chop page likers - pm me (Anita Rochon) for a password to get half off your ticket to Sonic Elder on Wednesday or Thursday.

Turn your tele to the CBC's Our Vancouver - right now! To see Sonic Elder
And also Sunday and Monday at 11am.

Meet a Sonic Elder - BUFF ALLEN- Creator/Performer/Drums

Buff's recommended listening is
Lingus - Snarky Puppy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_XJ_s5IsQc

Career Highlights:
-2003 Juno Nominee, best vocal jazz album, Joani Taylor and Bob Murphy
-1989 Juno Award winner, best jazz album (Hugh Fraser Quintet, "Looking Up")
-1987 Laureate, CBC-Alcan Jazz Competition Montreal Jazz Festival
- performances with Ed Bickert, Johnny Hartman, Lenny Breau, Teddy Wilson, all world renowed jazz musicians
- 1991 Canada Council Jury member for "B" grant selection
-Buff plays and endorses Istanbul Agop cymbals

Photo credit: Jimmy Jeong

Sonic Elder recalls the Vancouver dance club heyday | Vancouver Sun

A really great preview for Sonic Elder in the Vancouver Sun. http://vancouversun.com/entertainment/celebrity/the-chop-presents-sonic-elder-a-vancouver-musical-confessional

vancouversun.com

Theatre Preview: Age ain't nothing but a number in Sonic Elder

Another reason to go to Sonic Elder - http://dailyhive.com/vancouver/theatre-preview-age-aint-nothing-but-a-number-in-sonic-elder

dailyhive.com Sonic Elder is on-stage documentary that takes six local musicians out of retirement and puts them back into the hot seat.

Janice & Cory - (Sept 19, 2016)

Christie and Billy Butler talk about Sonic Elder on Roundhouse Radio. Seriously, opening Spet 27th and it's only on for a week. Listen and get excited. www.thechoptheatre.com for tix

cirh.streamon.fm Janice and Cory speak with Christie Watson, Director of Sonic Elder, and William “Billy” Butler, Guitar/vocals for Sonic Elder, about The Chop Theatre’s production of Sonic Elder­ – September 27-October 2 at The Penthouse Night Club