Don’t wait! This is a rare chance to book space at Progress Lab 1422! Our incredible 1700 sq ft production studio is perfect for rehearsals, events, workshops, parties, and just about anything you can dream up. ✨BOOKING LINK IN BIO✨
If you’re interested in September dates, send us a DM! We’ll also be releasing our 2026/2027 schedule shortly. Secure your dates before they’re gone!
The Rumpus Awards are here! 🏆
A night to celebrate the gloriously weird, heartfelt, and chaotic moments that make our performing arts community what it is. Think Best Rehearsal Snack, Saved Our Butts Award for Emergency Understudying, and other categories that honour the brilliance, humour, and humanity of making live art together.
Hosted by @steffwithanff with accompaniment by @mdcuttler , this is a one-night-only community celebration presented by Neworld Theatre & Progress Lab 1422.
📍 Progress Lab 1422 📅 Monday, June 1 🕢 7:30pm
✨ Nominations are now open 🎟️ Tickets are available by donation
All proceeds go toward making this fully community-built event possible—brought to life through countless volunteer hours, care, and collaboration from across our theatre community.
We’re inviting you to help shape the night: → Nominate your unsung heroes → Suggest community members who deserve recognition → Pitch award ideas we absolutely need to hand out
Know someone who saved a show? Made rehearsal better? Did something quietly brilliant that never got its flowers? This is your moment.
Save the date, grab your ticket, and submit your nominations for a wacky, silly, fun night celebrating our performing arts community!
🔗 Links in bio to nominate + get tickets!
📸: @cstuyt
🚀 Our new space booking platform is live!
We’ve updated everything and opened our calendar all the way through August 2026, so book your spot while it lasts!
✨ Explore our unique spaces at c-space.ca
📅 Booking platform: Link in bio
Full Call Link in Bio 🔗 We are seeking submissions from companies and individuals interested in becoming part of the PL1422 community.
If you’re seeking stable office space and regular access to Progress Lab facilities, rehearsal space and gear, this opportunity might be for you.
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How to Apply:
Email your submission to [email protected] with the subject line “PL1422 Proposal.” Contact us with any questions or to schedule a viewing.
✨🥬🥕🌱 Are you a local artist connected to the community at PL1422 who loves gardening? Are you looking for a raised garden bed to call your own this summer? We at PL1422 are looking for up to 4 artists who want to have their own plot in a community garden to tend at 1422 William Street in East Vancouver for 2025 - or potentially long term. If you are interested in getting involved in the PL1422 Community Garden, please DM or send an expression of interest to [email protected]. 🌱🥕🥬✨
🌀 FORMations 🌀 our annual movement and filmmaking jam returns!
With facilitators 🌟 Josh Oncgol, Miguel Maravilla, danielle Mackenzie Long, Erin Lum 🌟
Participants will create and present their own short movement-based film by the end of this workshop!
🗓️ Saturday November 9
⏰ 1:00pm - 5:00pm PST
💞 Doors open at 12:30pm
📍 Location: Progress Lab, 1422 William Street
💌 Free Event - Registration link in bio - Space is limited!
🌀 Open to all movement & film backgrounds & experience levels
🌀 Prioritizing participants between the ages 15 to 25
🌀 Expect to play the roles of dancer and filmmaker in this jam
All you need to bring is…
🙂 Yourself
🤸 Comfortable clothes to dance in
📲 A phone with space to record a few videos
🫧 Please note: you do not need access to a smart phone in order to participate! 🫧
🌀 Jam Overview 🌀
Inspired by his current piece, “The E.N.D: Energy Never Dies,” Josh will lead an exploration of the street dance concept of the Cypher; a communal gathering of creative exchange and energetic flow. F-O-R-M Associate Artistic Directors Erin and danielle will facilitate an exploration of how moving bodies relate to the lens of the camera, in response to the movement of the Cypher. Miguel will support this collaborative exchange with live improvised music to interact and respond to.
⭐Brand Design by @jingy1_liu
📽️Festival Co-Presenter @sfu_voce
📌Image Description pinned in our comments
📸 Photo of Josh by: Zuzu @zuleyyma
📸 Photo of Miguel by: Zuzu @zuleyyma
📸 Photo of Erin by: Nicole Yen @the.nicoden
📸 Photo of dani by: Samantha Bush @s.amanthabush
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Join us for a coffee from @ninebar.coffee , yummy treats from @thaaschocolates and a reading of “Eyes of the Beast” by @neworldtheatre . Tickets are free/by donation, please register in advance. Link in bio.
Join us at Progress Lab 1422 for an exclusive behind-the-scenes experience with Neworld Theatre!
Enjoy food and refreshments as you witness a live studio showing of “Eyes of the Beast,” followed by a Q&A with the artists. Presented by C-Space, this event offers a glimpse into the heart of our creative hub, where innovation and collaboration bring extraordinary works to life.
