As the Groundhogs gave us a mixed bag of spring predictions this past weekend, the picks of the week deliver a mixed bag of great entertainment for the coming days. Arts: This is the last week to catch the great entertainment delivered by the annual PuSh International Performing Arts Festival before it wraps February 9th. Chocolate: Until February 14th,…
Gruesome Playground Injuries Explores Relationships
Untold Wants Theatre brings Gruesome Playground Injuries to The Cultch Vancity Culture Lab February 5th – 15th. Written in 2009 by American writer Rajiv Joseph, Pulitzer Prize playwriting finalist for “Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo”, and Obie-winning playwright for “Describe The Night”, Gruesome Playground Injuries comes to Vancouver after a premiere, starring Selma Blair,…
Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, Rocks The Royal
Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, presented by Broadway in Victoria, sold out Victoria’s Royal Theatre for 5 performances over January 31 – February 2, 2020. Whilst the rain pounded the pavement outside on opening night, inside all thoughts of the weather were washed away by the steady stream of beautiful performances on stage. Beautiful: The…
Frontera Blasts Onto The PuSh Festival Stage
As PuSh International Performing Arts festival moves into its second week, the centerpiece performance of Frontera took the stage. Before a nearly full house at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre in Vancouver, a trifecta of visual artists collaborated on Frontera. Montreal choreographer Dana Gingras & her Animals of Distinction dance company took the stage backed up…
Noises Off Goes Over The Top At The Arts Club
A farce is defined as a comic dramatic work using buffoonery and horseplay and typically including crude characterization and ludicrously improbable situations – Noises Off at The Arts Club Theatre Company Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage certainly meets that definition. Michael Frayn’s Noises Off, is often referred to as one of the funniest plays ever written….
Picks of the Week – January 29, 2020
Wrapping up January already, where does time fly? As we wrap up the second New Year (Lunar) celebrations of the month let’s see what else is in the picks of the week. Arts: The annual PuSh International Performing Arts Festival fills the city with a stunning program of performing arts from around the world until February 9th Eat: Dine…
42nd Vancouver International Wine Festival Gets Ready to Pour
The 42nd annual Vancouver International Wine Festival is getting ready to start pouring February 22-March 1, 2020. The eight-day wine and food extravaganza will showcase 163 wineries from 15 countries, including 42 wineries from France, this festival’s featured country. Joining the French wineries, 121 more wineries from around the world, will be pouring 1,500+ wines…