As the 2017 Bard on the Beach continues bringing Shakespeare to Vanier Park, a provocative, contemporary work, Shylock, joins the repertoire. Written by BC writer Mark Leiren-Young, Shylock plays on the Howard Family Stage until September 15th. The play premiered at Bard on the Beach in 1996 and has since been performed around the world to popular and critical acclaim….
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Picks of the Week – September 6, 2017
We may be past Labour Day weekend but Summer isn’t over yet, let’s see what we can find to keep the season going through these picks of the week Shakespeare: Tonight, the contemporary work, Shylock joins the line-up at Bard on the Beach from Sept 6 – 15 while Much Ado About Nothing and The Winter’s Tale,…
Artist David Wilson draws inspiration from Instagram
Vancouver painter David Wilson’s latest exhibition, Interrupting the Interface, opening Thursday at Kimoto Gallery, takes inspiration from today’s most prolific source of images, Instagram. Wilson’s new series of paintings demonstrates the subtle interface between reality and filtered reality. It’s an important distinction in the age of fake news and doctored images, but also a deeper comment…
Graham Clark’s The Quiz Show comes to The Fox Cabaret
Laughter is the answer when Canadian comedian, Graham Clark, and co-producer Chris Bentzen bring “The Quiz Show” to The Fox Cabaret this Saturday September 9th at 8:00pm. A live hybrid of American game show and British panel show, “The Quiz Show” grew from Clark’s love of game shows, and originally debuted in 2016 at the now…
Bard on the Beach Announces its 2018 Season Line-Up
While you still have a few weeks left to get your Shakespeare fix at the 2017 season of Bard on the Beach, continuing until September 23, Artistic Director Christopher Gaze has announced the lineup the Festival’s 2018 season, running from June 6 to September 22, 2018. The 29th season of Vancouver’s Shakespeare festival will include two audience favourites,…
Picks of the Week : August 30, 2017
In this picks of the week we find another month comes to a close but brings with is a long weekend full of fun Spectacle: The tall ship Amara Zee provides the backdrop & stage for a free, unique, acrobatic aerial musical Climatopian Spectacle – Nomadic Tempest along the shores of False Creek until Sept 3rd World:…
Fringe Festival 2017 Brings Theatre to Everyone
The 2017 edition of Vancouver Fringe Festival gets underway September 7th inviting everyone to partake in 11 days of theatre. Since 1985, Vancouver Fringe Festival has celebrated theatre of all kinds. Uniquely, the Fringe Festival employs an everyone is welcome selection process, drawing the mainstage performance out of a hat. All artists from novice performers…