Celebrating 20 years of innovative choreography, Joshua Beamish / MOVETHECOMPANY presents a two-night-only 20th Anniversary Gala, May 29 & 30 at the Vancouver Playhouse. Featuring five captivating pieces – from a playful, Beach Boys-inspired ballet to the jazz-infused tonality of John Adams and more – the mixed program is a journey through the company’s evolution over the past…
Graham Clark’s 24-Hours of Stand-Up 2025 at Little Mountain Gallery Fundraises for Filipino BC
This is a marathon anyone can participate in and come out a winner! Comedian Graham Clark is set for a marathon stand-up session. The JUNO-nominated comedian will perform 24 consecutive hours of stand-up from Friday, May 23 at 8:00pm to Saturday, May 24 at 8:00pm at Little Mountain Gallery (110 Water Street). Partial proceeds from…
Picks of the Week – May 14, 2025
Whatever you call it, Victoria Day, May Long, or The May Two-Four this long weekend brings a case-load of entertaining picks Jets: CTORA Theatre presents West Side Story, one of Broadway’s most beloved and timeless musicals, running until May 24th, at the Granville Island Stage. Go: Go! Go! Until June 8th, Metro Theatre wraps up its season…
2025 DOXA Documentary Film Festival Award Winners
DOXA Documentary Film Festival, Western Canada’s largest documentary film festival wrapped up its 11 day festival with the announcement of the winners of its 2025 competitions. The five awards were presented to the following; The Colin Low Award for Best Canadian Director, presented by the Directors Guild of CanadaWinner: Patrick Shannon for Saints and Warriors, DOXA’s…
Metro Theatre Dreams Big With Joseph
Metro Theatre is bringing its 2024/25 season to a close by taking a step back to the Seventies in its staging of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Suitably, the first publicly produced musical collaboration from Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice iconic body of work, adapts the story of Joseph from the first book…
City Opera Vancouver presents the Canadian premiere of Sophia’s Forest, May 29-June 1
City Opera Vancouver presents the Canadian premiere of Sophia’s Forest, May 29 – June 1 at SFU Goldcorp Centre for the Arts. The first project in a multi-year initiative that will aim to showcase and explore the stories and experiences of newcomers to Canada, Sophia’s Forest is a powerfully evocative chamber opera by composer Lembit Beecher and librettist Hannah Moscovitch….
ITSAZOO & Pacific Theatre Invite Audiences to Meeting
ITSAZOO and Pacific Theatre (with support of Neworld Theatre) present the world premiere of Meeting, a visceral, unflinching examination of group therapy. Taking place May 14 to June 7 in a real-life meeting room at the Chalmers Heritage Building (1440 W 12th Ave) – home to Pacific Theatre, Meeting, marks the playwriting debut of actor and writer Katherine Gauthier. The audience…