Last weekend On the Boards hosted the second half of their Northwest New Works Festival, an annual event now in its 27th year. With sixteen short performances in all, NWNW allows local and regional artists to premiere new, original works in dance, music, and performance theatre. more ›

Last weekend On the Boards hosted the second half of their Northwest New Works Festival, an annual event now in its 27th year. With sixteen short performances in all, NWNW allows local and regional artists to premiere new, original works in dance, music, and performance theatre. more ›

Last weekend On the Boards hosted the first half of their Northwest New Works Festival, an annual event now in its 27th year. With sixteen short performances in all, NWNW allows local and regional artists to premiere new, original works in dance, music, and performance theatre. more ›

Last weekend On the Boards hosted the first half of their Northwest New Works Festival, an annual event now in its 27th year. With sixteen short performances in all, NWNW allows local and regional artists to premiere new, original works in dance, music, and performance theatre. more ›

Audible, 605 Collective. Hell yeah! After an hour of interpretive dance pieces heavy on long, languid, movements, 605 Collective emerged like an antidote, kicking it up more than a few notches. The five dancers that comprise 605 are electrifying, delivering an athletic, fast-paced, personality-driven snippet from a 60-minute work to debut at the Dancing on the Edge Festival in July. If you live in Vancouver, B.C., don't miss these people. Influenced by everything from hiphop to ballet, they delivered in a stunning way. more ›

Sunday Service, Sara Edwards, Becky Poole, Erin Jorgensen, Paige Weinheimer. This show was odd--in fact, we'd be tempted to say it didn't work if not for the fact that something very real, emotionally, was happening onstage. more ›

RECOMMENDED NW New Works Fest @ On the Boards. Week two of OtB's annual revue of the best experimental theatre, performance, and dance from around the Northwest. Last weekend was a blast, and this weekend there's eight completely different performers hitting two stages. The Studio Showcase plays tonight at 8 and Sat. and Sun. at 5, and the Mainstage performances are Sat. and Sun. at 8. (100 W. Roy St. Tix $14.) more ›

Saturday at five o'clock we went down to On the Boards to catch the first week's Studio Showcase, part of the Northwest New Works Festival. The festival closes up next weekend with entirely different lineups in both the Mainstage and Studio showcases; more info here [PDF]. Tickets $14. more ›

RECOMMENDED Northwest New Works @ On the Boards. The NW New Works Fest returns in top form! The first weekend features a lineup of top Northwest dance groups on the mainstage, and a cast of brilliant experimental troupes down in the studio, our favorite part of the fest. The studio showcase plays Fri. 8, Sat. and Sun. at 5. The mainstage performances are Sat. and Sun. at 8. Next weekend, the lineup changes, so this is your only opportunity to see some of Seattle's best performers, including Helsinki Syndrome, featuring former Seattlester Rachel Hynes, live from London. (100 W. Roy St. Tix $14.) more ›