With rain clouds hanging overhead, guests at Theatre Under The Stars (TUTS) had a hard time seeing the stars on opening night of Mamma Mia!. However, a little rain didn’t dampen the enthusiasm for the ABBA-inspired musical, directed by TUTS veteran, Shel Piercy. Set on a Greek Isle, at the Summer Nights Taverna at Villa…
Tag: ABBA
Picks of the Week – May 23, 2018
The entertainment keeps coming as summer steadily creeps closer. This weeks picks finds heaps of arts & culture to keep you out and about. New Wave: Former Talking Heads frontman, David Byrne takes the stage at Queen Elizabeth Theatre tonight Comedy: Get a full course of comedy when improv legend Colin Mochrie comes to the…
Say I Do to Mamma Mia at Arts Club
From the opening notes of the overture to the final sing-along curtain call, Mamma Mia now play at The Arts Club Theatre Company Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage, will have you dancing in your seat. The feel-good jukebox musical inspired by the hit music of Abba is composed by Abba’s Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus and…
Happy New Year 2015!
Happy New Year one and all! As 2014 comes to a close, I thank you for reading along with my adventures and supporting the events in Vancouver. Here’s to a fun-filled, 2015 shared with your loved ones! And thanks to Happy New Year 2015 on YouTube, I’ll share with you a New Year favourite.
Picks Of The Week: May 8, 2013
It’s time to celebrate our Mom’s! Remember Mother’s Day is this Sunday May 12th. Show: Take Mom out for some fun and step back a few decades with The Music Of Abba featuring Arrival a cover band from Sweden when they bring the music to River Rock Show Theatre on Sunday May 12th Stage: Dreamgirls…
Mamma Mia – Broadway Across Canada
Mamma Mia – Queen Elizabeth Theatre – August 16, 2011 For one week only Mamma Mia returns to Vancouver. Opening night brought a full house to see the musical comedy inspired by the music of Abba. Mamma Mia is set in a small Greek Island and tell the tale of Sophie, well performed by Chloe…
Desert Island Discs – Disc 8
(Read disc 1, disc 2, disc 3 disc 4, disc 5, disc 6, disc 7) ABBA – Super Trouper I know, I’m revealing my inner ‘pop-tart’ with these last few discs but these are important for memories as much as quality. This album came out in 1980 just as music started to ‘matter’ to someone…