The Firehall Arts Centre has announced its 2023-24 programming, carrying on from its successful 40th anniversary season, with another stellar line-up. “One of the greatest joys of choosing work for a season is imagining audiences sitting in the theatre waiting expectantly for the lights to go down and for the fun to begin,” says Artistic…
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Picks of the Week – August 16, 2023
Midway through August and in the midst of a heatwave, let’s see what cool events Vancouver has to offer this week! Everything: Movie tonight? Wednesdays in August, Vancouver Civic Theatre’s Sunset Cinema are on the big screen outside the Queen Elizabeth Theatre, this week feature is the swashbuckling Puss in Boots: The Last Wish Dance: Friday August 18th,…
The Cultch’s Golden Anniversary Season Line Up Shines
All that glitters is Golden as The Cultch announces its 50th anniversary season! The Cultch’s Golden Jubilee Celebrations bring a full season of in-person shows, online productions on its digital platform RE/PLAY, plus special 50th-anniversary events. Whether you’re looking for new works, to engage with new and interesting ideas, characters and stories, seeking laugher, or…
Pi Theatre Explores What’s Truth & Lies
Pi Theatre brings its 2022-2023 season to a close by presenting the world premiere of Truth & Lies from June 22 to 25 at the newly renovated Martha Lou Henley Rehearsal Hall, located in the Vancouver Opera Production Centre (1955 McLean Drive). With the rise of social media and partisan propaganda, and with conspiracy theorists…
Upintheair Theatre’s rEvolver Festival is coming to The Cultch
Upintheair Theatre’s 11th-anniversary rEvolver Festival is coming to The Cultch May 24 to June 4, with a line up of innovative and contemporary new works by emerging and mid-career artists from across Canada. The 2023 festival presents 12 live productions and 4 digital presentations, plus special events, pf adventurous and high energy works, bringing audiences…
IGNITE! Youth Arts Festival Turns 21
IGNITE! Youth Arts Festival turns 21 in 2023, while the festival may have left its youth behind, the eclectic festival is still programmed and curated entirely by members of The Cultch’s Youth Panel. When the Femme Festival comes to a close on May 14th, it makes way for IGNITE!, Western Canada’s largest youth-run arts…
Picks of the Week – May 3, 2023
Did those April Showers bring May Flowers? A line up of activities certainly bloomed in this picks of the week Musical: Royal City Musical Theatre presents its 31st Season bringing the Gershwin comedy musical Crazy for You, starring Todd Talbot (Love it or List it-Vancouver) to the Massey Theatre from April 27 – May 14. Blooms: The Fraser Valley’s…