During this time of uncertainty due to the coronavirus pandemic, our theatre and film communities, many of whom are alumni, have rallied in their resourcefulness and are offering entertainment, film screenings, and even chocolate.
Here are some of the links that we’ve gathered to make your quarantine time more interesting and creative, including links from service organizations, non-profits, alumni, students, and random cool things to watch and do. Some are free and some are monetized.
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RESOURCES
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Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB): https://bit.ly/3duJ5R7
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Need Help? Here’s how to Apply For EI & COVID-19 Related Benefits: https://bit.ly/2UGmb0q
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Vancouver Quarantine Performance Project: Original monologue, short film, stand-up comedy, original song. Submit by April 3.
VQPP: https://bit.ly/3boXWux
Facebook Event: https://bit.ly/2UxsYcN
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Art From a Distance: A resource list in-progress to help those of us self-isolating, in quarantine, staying home, with cancelled work and wondering ”what now”? The focus of this list is consuming and creating art.
AFAD: https://bit.ly/3dmcHjH
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Globe and Mail offers links to productions online: https://tgam.ca/33WMm7D
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National Arts Centre offerings: https://bit.ly/3aq9i1u
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For Academics! National Emergency Library: https://bit.ly/2ybwQsA
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OUR FRIENDS, STAFF, ALUMNI, AND STUDENTS SUGGEST
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UBC Library launches a one month trial to Audio Cine Films Digital Campus collection: https://bit.ly/2UF8NcV
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Acting alum Katey Wright and her husband own Origins Chocolate Bar (shipping is free within Metro Vancouver for orders over $30 – originally $50): https://bit.ly/3dr71oF
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Sunday Service Improv Show: Features BFA Acting alum, Ryan Beil, who shares: We are continuing to do a version of our regular show on the internet every Sunday at 9 PM PST! You can catch it all on our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/2vMGuAZ
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Our friends at the Chan Centre suggested NPR Concerts to watch online: https://n.pr/33KC4qX
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Dmitri Lennikov, our Visual Resource librarian working with our Cinema and Media Studies program, offers this: horror streaming service Shudder offers 30-day free trial to new members (it is usually 7 days). Use the promo code SHUTIN: https://bit.ly/2wyfVji
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MFA filmmaker Anaisa Visser has organized a Facebook group, West Coast Quarantine Movie Night: https://bit.ly/3atbMfa
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Film Studies Student Iantha Diala Freer has organized an In House Virtual Scavenger Hunt: https://bit.ly/2UgSN22
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BFA Acting alum Kim Senklip Harvey’s Kamloopa: The LIVE stream, in partnership with the National Arts Centre: https://bit.ly/2vPaMTP
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Blind Tiger Comedy School, featuring UBC alumni who perform every year at Harvest Improv, is offering virtual classes: https://bit.ly/3avRu4I
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Ryan Reads You the Book Dune: BFA Acting alum, Ryan Beil, podcasts himself reading a chapter of Dune every day. Hilarity and insight ensue: https://bit.ly/2WGqjjD
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If you’re looking for something that’s just super cute, follow Theatre Studies alum Celina Wong’s Instagram account, chronicling the life of her ferret, 2point.oh: https://www.instagram.com/2point.oh/
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TO WATCH
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Watch MFA Film Production alum Jason Karman’s Lions in Waiting, featuring BFA Acting alum Ryan Davis Bugaresti, online: https://vimeo.com/209017675
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Watch BFA Film Production alum Jenny Lee-Gilmour’s short doc, More Than Just a 1/2: https://bit.ly/2UCvT3Z
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Watch BFA Acting alum Daniel Curalli sing a socially distant duet with Joscelyne Tamburri – Only Us from Dear Evan Hansen: https://bit.ly/3dxiSBg
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DIVERSE TOURS, TUTORIALS, SCREENINGS, AND PERFORMANCES
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National Theatre Live: https://bit.ly/2ybwqCw
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Stream Shakespeare plays recorded at The Globe Theatre: https://bit.ly/33JSAay
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Tour Russia’s Hermitage Museum: https://bit.ly/2WHf5LW, THEN watch the 5-hour, one take, cinematic tour of Hermitage Museum shot entirely on an iPhone, Russian Ark: https://bit.ly/2wtVnc1
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Sadler’s Well (home of dance) Digital Stage and workshops: https://bit.ly/2UgR0tQ
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International Documentary Film Association (IDFA) movies: https://bit.ly/2UI4DkS
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Download books from the New York Public Library: https://bit.ly/2WEKI8W
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Broadway musicals and plays: https://bit.ly/2WJ03p2
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Google Earth tours of USA National Parks: https://bit.ly/33M8iSB
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Vancouver dancer Magnus Futrell-Fruhling (IG @Magnus.Magneto) teaches Absolute Beginner Break Dancing tutorial: https://bit.ly/33KEXYM
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Take a virtual tour of the Paris Catacombs: https://bit.ly/2wFL3NQ
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Online Ballet Barre with the Dutch National Ballet: https://bit.ly/2WN5Qd5
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Meditation with Oprah and Deepak Chopra: https://bit.ly/3brKeXP
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Virtual tours of the best museums in the world: https://bit.ly/2WLkkKu
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Virtually tour Versailles: https://bit.ly/2UGo79c
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Fiona, the Hippo, from the Cincinnati Zoo goes online: https://bit.ly/2vOseYu
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Every episode of The French Chef with Julia Child: https://bit.ly/3ai5Wxq
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