As the province prepares for reopening of indoor entertainment, West Vancouver’s Kay Meek Arts Centre has good news to share as it moves into the future. Three years after launching a major fundraising campaign, the Centre has succeeded in achieving the $4 million target toward upgrades in accessibility, equipment renewal, and new program spaces. Says…
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Firehall Arts Centre Debuts A Reimagined 2020-2021 Season
As Firehall Arts Centre prepares to wrap up its Music in the Courtyard series on September 27, the Centre is moving forward with a reimagined Fall/Winter 2020-21 program. In announcing the Firehall Arts Centre’s programming, Artistic Producer Donna Spencer said, “Audiences are loving the Music in the Courtyard series! We have a fantastic lineup, and many of the performances are selling out. In…
Welcome the Solar Year at HR MacMillan Space Centre
This Saturday January 4th, HR MacMillan Space Centre is hosting a special New Year event for the whole family. The Perihelion is the moment when the Earth will be closest to the sun for all of 2020, astronomically considered the start of the solar year. Perihelion Family Night at HR MacMillan Space Centre includes activities, live…
Ensemble Theatre Festival has more than A Few Good Men
Ensemble Theatre Company 6th Annual Repertory Festival is now underway with A Few Good Men running in the repertoire at Jericho Arts Centre. The military courtroom drama is best known for the star-studded film of the same name but this intimate stage version really allows Aaron Sorkin’s script to be the star. Jericho Arts Centre…
The Ridiculous Darkness descends on Annex Theatre
Until November 19th, the Annex Theatre is home of The Ridiculous Darkness, an ambitious work adapted from an award-winning German radio-play. A mash up of Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocolypse Now and in turn its source material The Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad. Now set in Afghanistan, the satirical outline takes on modern racial and…
EAT.DRINK.PLAY at Firehall Arts Centre June 22, 2017
On June 22, 2017, the Downtown Eastside’s Firehall Arts Centre celebrates its neighbourhood with EAT.DRINK.PLAY. Toasting the incredible food and drink happening in the Firehall’s backyard, the annual event brings together the area’s finest restaurateurs, craft brewers, small-batch distillers, and performers for an eclectic summer evening of sampling and sharing. “For 35 years, the Firehall has…
Refuge – a powerful play at Firehall Arts Centre
Balancing a fair refugee system and public safety are especially topical subjects with the current global debate on immigration. Halagonian Mary Vingoe’s play, Refuge, reminds us that even a country as diverse as Canada has been touched by class, culture and sectarian violence as well as blemishes in our treatment of refugee claimants. A powerful and…