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Urban Ink’s TRANSFORM Festival, presented in collaboration with The Cultch, returns to the stage to celebrate its electrifying fifth anniversary edition, November 6-9, 2024, at the Vancouver Playhouse. The four-day cabaret-style festival presents an all-star lineup of Indigenous and non-Indigenous talents, featuring the first-ever Indigenous winner of Canada’s Drag Race Season 4, VENUS; circus sensation Sido Adamson; and Vancouver dance and ballroom star Ralph Escamillan. A special highlight presentation includes the world premiere of In Spirit, in honour of National Indigenous Veterans Day, performed by Chor Leoni and the Vancouver Youth Choir, with music by Indigenous composers Corey Payette, Russell Wallace, and Alexis Vollant; as well as a workshop presentation of Payette’s latest musical, On Native Land.