Written and Directed by Paneet Singh.

A Vancouver Guldasta focuses on the Dhaliwals—a Punjabi family in Vancouver in the early 1980s—as they navigate through the experience of trauma and violence occurring in Punjab, and their daughter’s complicated friendship with Andy, a Vietnamese refugee teen who lives in their basement. The story takes place during the Indian government’s armed invasion of the “Golden Temple”—the holiest shrine of the Sikhs—in the epicentre of the Sikh diaspora, South Vancouver, BC, Canada. A Vancouver Guldasta is an examination of common experience, identifying home, and processing trauma.

Playing to sold-out houses in 2017, A Vancouver Guldasta allows you to eavesdrop on conversations otherwise reserved only for the privileged ears of living room walls.

Personal experience is at the heart of much of my work, so I invite you into the experience of this production. Experience the tension, the rage, the love, the family and the process” — Paneet Singh, Writer/Director

Running Time:

60 minutes, no intermission

Showtimes:

Oct 02, 8PM: Preview

Oct 03, 8PM: Opening

Oct 04 – 06, 09 – 13, 16 – 20, 8PM

Oct 07 & 14, 7PM

Oct 07, 14, 21, 2PM

Post Show Q&A following each performance