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Theatre and Multi-purpose studios available for rental located in the Woodward's Heritage Building i ft. The premises include 2,315 sq.

In October of 2014, Vancouver City Council unanimously approved a General Manager of Community Services, in consultations with the General Manager of Real Estate and Facilities Management, recommendation that Kokoro Dance Theatre Society be the primary tenant of 7,168 sq. of community amenity space at 111 West Hastings Street and 351 Abbott Street (“Woodwards”) to be shared with Vancouver Internat

ional Dance Festival Society, Vancouver Moving Theatre Society, and Raven Spirit Dance Society. of office space shared by the four organizations on the 2nd floor of the Woodward’s building, a 1,051 sq. dance studio on the main floor, and a 3,802 sq. production studio in the basement of the building. Kokoro Dance shares 1,422 sq. of office space with the VIDF. The studios are now managed by Kokoro Dance. Kokoro Dance holds a 5-year lease on the premises that is renewable for at least the next 15 years. The studios, now named KW Studios, have undergone $900,000 worth of renovations and improvements to convert them to dynamic and creative spaces for dance, theatre, music, rehearsal, creation, production, and recording purposes. KW Studios has a specific mandate to provide spaces primarily to not-for-profits arts groups at affordable rates.

04/18/2026

🌀 good loser — work in progress 🌀

An excerpt from a new performance by Alexa Solveig Mardon

A duet between dancer + drummer.
Score meets improvisation.
Structure meets collapse.

Staying present.
Repeating gestures.
Failing. Singing.
Letting the mess happen.

An attempt to stay afloat through personal + collective loss —
and to practice becoming a good loser.

🕡 Doors — 6:30PM
🕖 Show — 7:00PM

🎟 $20 GA / $40 Supporter
🔞 19+

📍 KW Studios

Dance — Alexa Mardon
Drums — Jen Yakamovich

Costume — Jaewoo Kang, Tess Rafael
Sculpture — Tess Rafael, Alexa Mardon
Objects — Tess Rafael, Erika Mitsuhashi

Dramaturgy — Even Minn, Erika Mitsuhashi
Lighting — Gillian Hanemayer

03/21/2026

CLONE — VANCOUVER DEBUT

NYC’s Clone lands in Vancouver for the first time and we want to give the first 3 people who comment NYC2VAN tickets! Keep your dms open and we will msg you!

Joined by local band + label mates Revolution Above Disorder.

Two cities. Same frequency.

Doors — 7:30
Music — 8:00

$15 online
$20 door
Ages 19+

02/25/2026

.noamgagnon , KW Studios and Kokoro Present
Being - Noam Gagnon and Stefan Smulovitz

March 11, 2026 - March 14, 2026
At the KW Production Studio

being is a personal reflection on modern life, mortality, and the necessity of pause. It offers no easy answers, but instead asks its audience to sit with stillness and rediscover the power of presence.

Get tickets now link in bio!

Footage from SFU Theatre Feb 19th

02/11/2026

🌀 A NIGHT OF ELECTRONIC MUSIC THAT BREATHES 🌀

Dreamy highs.
Bouncy lows.
Cutting-edge sound with room to feel something.

Vancouver artists Ivy Hollivana (soaring, ethereal) and Blade of Betrayal (gripping, kinetic beats)
meet Montreal’s 17sport on their Canadian tour,
joined by Toronto’s genre-defying art-pop presence Annika Zee.

This is electronic music made to
dance to
sway to
twirl to
and maybe quietly lose yourself for a moment.

🕖 Doors: 7:00 PM
🕗 Music: 8:00 PM

🎟 Tickets
• Advance — $15
• Door — $20

🔞 19+

📍 KW Studios
111 West Hastings Street, Vancouver
Look for the KW sign off Hastings Street.

Come open. Leave changed.

02/09/2026

🎸 STITCH — RECORD RELEASE SHOW 🎸
Celebrating the release of their debut alternative rock album
Bright and High

Joined by Land Assembly, Casual Vices, and special guest Stuck Productions.

The night kicks off with a live reading from
Stuck Productions’ new magazine — The Lined Paper Method.

🕖 Doors: 7:00 PM
🕗 Show: 8:00 PM

LINEUP:
📖 Reading — The Lined Paper Method
🎶 Casual Vices
🎶 Land Assembly
🎶 STITCH

🎟 Tickets:
• Advance — $15
• Door — $20

🔞 19+ event

Come early. Stay late. Celebrate a debut release done right.

01/30/2026

This is not a one-off show.
This is the Teflon Spine series.

A recurring night built around dark energy, heavy sound, and immersive performance — where every lineup is intentional and every set is meant to be felt, not just heard.

Raw. Intimate. Unfiltered.
No filler. No fluff.

BRING YOUR DATE ON FEBRUARY 14TH!

If you’ve been to one, you know.
If you haven’t — this is the night.

01/20/2026

🎤 LIVE AT KW STUDIOS 🎶
Raven Pedron hits the stage Feb 21

Soulful vocals. Smooth pop energy.
An intimate night of live music in the heart of the city.

📍 KW Studios
🗓 Feb 21
⏰ Doors at 7pm MUSIC AT 8PM!
🎟 Tickets: https://www.showpass.com/raven-pedron-ft-rossinite-band/

Come support local talent and experience live music the KW way.

11/19/2025

KW Studios 111 W Hastings St, Vancouver

19+ adv $20 dos $25

Doors 7:30pm show at 8pm

Elisa Thorn
Celebrating the release of her album xiik, harpist Elisa Thorn laughingly classifies it as “experimental folk for the bathtub.” Reflecting on her trajectory from classical to contemporary music, she says “as much as I roll my eyes at the angelic/mythical/feminine reputation the harp has, generosity is important to me in music making. My hope is for the listener to feel held in some way- which means sometimes it does sound magical and dreamy. That being said, I think the harp can be a total boss, and that's why I love it.”

Tickets Here:
https://www.showpass.com/elisathorn/

RSVP Here:
https://www.facebook.com/events/816901954049528

10/17/2025

When: October 18th 10pm-2am

GORESH*T – 200+ BPM Techno Mayhem at KW Studios

Brace yourself for an unrelenting night of speed, distortion, and chaos. Kittyonfire brings you GORESH*T, a no-compromise assault of 200+ BPM breakcore designed to push the limits of sound and stamina. Expect crushing kicks, razor-sharp synths, and a relentless atmosphere that leaves no room for rest.

This isn’t just a show—it’s a full-force dive into the underground where the BPM never drops, the energy never fades, and the floor stays alive until the final beat.

10/15/2025

About the Performance

Tidal Locking is an interdisciplinary research project that bridges planetary science and relational aesthetics through performance. Inspired by the orbital process of tidal locking, in which two astronomical bodies gradually synchronize their rotations and come to always face one another, the work explores negotiation and balance between bodies.

October 17th will be a time you dont want to miss!

09/05/2025

Fu**up Nights Vancouver
Stories of failure, lessons learned, and the laughs in between.

Think TED Talk—but raw, unfiltered, and way funnier. At Fu**up Nights (FuN), entrepreneurs, creatives, and professionals take the mic to share their biggest screw-ups. No polished highlight reels—just the real stories of risks, mistakes, and what came after.

Address

111 West Hastings
Vancouver, BC
V6B1H4

Telephone

+6049142180

Website

http://kwstudios.ca/

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