Closer Than Ever is now playing at the Gateway Theatre until February 20, 2016. The off-Broadway, two-act musical revue with music by David Shire and lyrics by Richard Maltby Jr, contains no dialogue but still manages to tell a story. In-spite of having no book, the opening number “Doors” sets the stage for a show looking behind the…
PuSh Festival – L’immédiat
The Push International Performing Arts Festival is always loaded with amazing performances and shows, L’immédiat is another one of these remarkable shows. Presented as part of Push Festival’s Spotlight on France, the Camille Boitel’s Association Imme?diat show is an amazing piece of movement and performance. Like the Marx Brothers meets a French circus, the slapstick mix of dance and…
The Arts Club shows Pride and Prejudice
Until February 28th, the Jane Austen classic, Pride and Prejudice comes to life, onstage at The Arts Club Theatre Company Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage. The 200 year old story of manners is turned into a comedy of errors under direction of Sarah Rodgers. The simple set decoration and costumes portray the British Regency occupied by…
Picks of the Week – February 3, 2016
Well, we’re already finished with the first month of 2016…how time flies! As we start February, here’s a few picks of the week… Push: We are in the final push of the 2016 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival, theatre, dance, performance arts, film and more wrap up February 7th. Pop: Tonight at The Vogue, You Tuber Troye…
Lunar / Chinese New Year Events 2016
Just as we wrap up Dine Out Vancouver Festival and PuSh Festival, it’s time to start preparing for Chinese and Lunar New Year events around town. Chinese New Year festivities in Vancouver keep growing and are no longer contained to Chinatown, events happen all around the city. Chinese New Year starts February 8th and The…
Brunch Crawl Yaletown – recap
As we wrapped up the 2016 Dine Out Vancouver Festival this weekend, we had a chance for one more Brunch Crawl, this time in Yaletown. This Saturday’s Brunch Crawl, organized by Vancouver Foodster, was a great opportunity to explore some new places in the neighbourhood. Starting with registration at Xoxolat we had a welcoming treat…
Friday Find: Lush Santa Lip Scrub
Today’s Friday Find is another great Christmas discovery, Lush Santa Lip Scrub. Although named after Santa, this seasonal Lip Scrub will be useful all year round. Bright red, like Santa’s suit, the little 25g pot is a perfect product for this time of year when winter weather brings rough skin and lips. If you’re like…