Time to get moving on Vancouver’s next big party: Year-long arts program, marking city’s 125th birthday, proposed as a cure for Olympic hangover
When Vancouver turns 125 next year, local theatre visionary Norman Armour wants to make sure the occasion is marked properly, with a cultural program that builds on the success of this year’s Cultural Olympiad.
“It’s rare that any city that’s had the Olympics or one of the European cities of culture has had the opportunity to immediately follow [the event] with something so significant as a 125th anniversary,” he said recently, noting the commemoration could act as a sort of creative tonic to the city’s “post-Olympic hangover.”
It may be early days, but Mr. Armour, who is executive director of the PuSh International Performing Arts Festival, said the city needs to get moving on this quickly, if it wants to do it right. “Time moves fast, particularly if you’re wanting to do artistic work with depth, with integrity and with a kind of rigour,” he said.
Ironically, it’s the Olympic Games, in part, that have slowed the city’s ability to plan for any celebrations next year.
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