Gateway Theatre is bringing its season to an end with a mystery masked by comedy or is it a comedy cloaked in mystery? Ken Ludwig’s Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery is playing only until April 20th so throw on your deerstalker and make a dash across the moor to catch the slapstick adventures of the…
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Bard on the Beach Confirms its 35th Anniversary Season Program
Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival confirms its 2024 return to Sená?w/Vanier Park from June 11 to September 21. The festival’s 35th season features a blend of comedy, romance, tragedy, and farce, along with a summer of special events — there’s something for everyone! “We’re very excited about our 2024 Season,” said Founding Artistic Director…
Picks of the Week – April 10, 2024
April continues to bloom more colourful entertainment in these picks of the week Velvet: Until April 21st, The Arts Club Theatre’s Red Velvet brings the true-story of the first Black actor to tread the boards as Shakespeare’s Othello to the Stanley Industrial Alliance stage. Opera: Burnaby Lyric Opera presents Puccini’s beloved La Bohème at the Shadbolt Centre for Arts’ James Cowen…
The Arts Club Theatre Company Announces Six Silver Commission for its 60th Year.
The Arts Club Theatre Company has announced six new commissioned scripts as part of their Silver Commissions program, celebrating the company’s 60th anniversary. Founded in 2006 to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the first world premiere of a Canadian play at the Arts Club, the Silver Commissions program is designed to foster the creation of…
TUTS Brings CATS & School of Rock to Malkin Bowl This Summer!
Theatre Under the Stars (TUTS) has announced it 2024 season will feature CATS and School of Rock, on stage July 5 to August 24, at Malkin Bowl in Stanley Park. TUTS invites audiences to dream big, live boldly, and rock out into the night this summer, as it brings one of the longest-running musicals of…
Comedy Reigns In April at The Improv Centre
April blooms with merriment as The Improv Centre (TIC) on Granville Island has a line-up of laughs programmed for the month. In addition to the ongoing Choose-Day (Tuesdays at 7:30pm) and Date Night (Wednesdays at 7:30pm), TIC audiences can look forward to the following fun: Turn It Up! | Thursday, April 11 at 7:30pm This sound-based improv show invites…
Dim Sum Diaries: Second Helping Feeds The Hunger For Representation
Fabulist Theatre has recently completed its world premiere workshop of Dim Sum Diaries: Second Helping at The Nest on Granville Island. While still a workshop, the show felt more complete than some full-fledged new works as it drew inspiration from Mark Leiren-Young’s 1991 Dim Sum Diaries radio play to tell eight new stories. From stories…