The Cultch and Theatre Replacement are keeping the holiday tradition of East Van Panto alive for 2020! Panto Come Home!, is a live-streamed remixed holiday extravaganza that combines the best of all seven East Van Pantos, the York Theatre, and 350 pounds of past costumes! Streaming online December 17 – 27, 2020, Panto Come Home!…
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Picks of the Week – December 9, 2020
Moving further into the Holiday Season, we wish a Happy Chanukah to our friends and readers celebrating the Festival of Lights, and look at the entertainment picks are available during the season. Light: Celebrate the first night of Chanukah by joining the community on Zoom to watch the lighting of the largest menorah in Canada,…
Picks of the Week – December 2, 2020
While it’s still not recommended to socialize, let’s see what we can find to entertain ourselves safely or virtually. Bands: Tonight, enjoy the UBC Bands: Fall Showcase presented online by the woodwind, brass, and percussion chamber ensembles performing music by Mozart, Brahms, Joplin and more Symphony: December 4, join the UBC Symphony Orchestra for a…
Think of Theatres this Giving Tuesday
Today has become known as Giving Tuesday, a day to give-back following the shopping blitz of Black Friday-Cyber Monday. There are many worthy organizations in need of assistance, this year perhaps think about supporting your favourite local live theatre. Throughout the pandemic restrictions have closed or severely limited the capacity for our live theatres to…
Amahl and the Night Visitors comes to Vancouver Opera Digital Season
The Vancouver Opera digital 2020–2021 season continues December 12th with the premiere of the holiday classic Amahl and the Night Visitors. Composed by Gian Carlo Menotti, it was the first opera written specifically for television broadcast and quickly became a holiday favourite, Amahl and the Night Visitors will touch audiences with its heartwarming story and impact…
Picks of the Week – November 25, 2020
While COVID-19 restrictions have us sticking close to home, let’s see what virtual picks are still available to entertain us at home or in-person in our household bubbles. Origins: Tonight, Chan Centre for Performing Arts at UBC and Early Music Vancouver present Origins-Music of the Tang Dynasty, a free (donations encouraged) online performance by Silk…
BC’s Margaret Grenier wins 2020 Walter Carsen Prize for Excellence in the Performing Arts.
For just the second time in its 19 year history, the Canada Council for the Arts has announced a BC winner of the Walter Carsen Prize for Excellence in the Performing Arts. Margaret Grenier, choreographer, dance artist, Executive and Artistic Director of Dancers of Damelahamid, and Producer and Director of the annual Coastal Dance Festival,…