Vancouver Opera
Penticton’s own Shane Koyczan coming home for a sold out show
PENTICTON - Okanagan sensation Shane Koyczan will return to his hometown of Penticton for an already sold out show at the Dream Cafe in December. Koyczan is one of the Okanagan’s richest artistic talents, most recently performing his show, Stickboy, in Vancouver with the Vancouver Oprea. He is an award-winning spoken-word poet, author and performed...
Penticton artist debuts opera about bullying
VANCOUVER – Penticton spoken word artist Shane Koyczan will be sitting nervously in the audience at the Vancouver Playhouse Thursday night for the world premiere of the opera “Stickboy." The Vancouver Opera production is based on Koyczan’s poem of the same name. The words are by Koyczan and composer Neil Weisensel wrote music. It’s his autobiographical...