The World Premiere of Forgiveness at The Arts Club Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage is a moving story of Forgiveness, that won’t soon be forgotten. A co-production with Theatre Calgary, Hiro Kanagawa’s adaptation of Mark Sakamoto’s acclaimed memoir Forgiveness: A Gift From My Grandparents brings a whole range of emotions to the stage. Just like life,…
Author: Jay Minter
Anvil Centre Presents OUTSIDE/IN Free Performances
Starting January 21st, New Westminister’s Anvil Centre presents OUTSIDE/IN, a series of six free performances and events between January and March. Featuring six regions of Canada, OUTSIDE/IN is a free celebration of arts and culture with “IN” performances at the Anvil Theatre feature nationally-renowned performing artists from different parts of Canada. “OUTSIDE” is an outdoor…
Picks of the Week – January 18, 2023
As we head further into January we find the city’s roster full of festivals and entertainment! Canyon: This is the last week to experience Canyon Lights with the heights of the Capilano Suspension Bridge Park in North Vancouver as thousands of lights illuminating the bridge, trails and trees glowing until Sunday Panto: The digital edition on-demand performances of East…
Gateway Theatre Continues Its 2022-2023 Season
After a successful holiday run of its brilliant production of Anne of Green Gables: The Musical, Gateway Theatre has announced remainder of their 2022-2023 season of in-person artistic offerings and new audio plays. To start the year, Gateway Theatre is launching a free audio plays series, A Year of Blessings, where young audiences and their…
Six Ways to Celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year of the Rabbit
This Sunday, January 22nd, marks the Lunar New Year of the Rabbit, those born in 1951, 1963, 1975, 1987, 1999, 2011, are celebrating ‘their birth sign year’. The fourth of all zodiac animals, legend has it the Rabbit was proud—arrogant even—of its speed, looking down on the other slower animals. (reminiscent of The Tortoise &…
Greater Vancouver Hot Chocolate Festival is Back Bigger & Tastier Than Ever
This January 14 to February 14, the 13th annual Greater Vancouver Hot Chocolate Festival is brewing up and a bigger and better festival than ever. As the first city-wide celebration using hot chocolate to support small business and keep us warm on winter days. Presented by CityFood Media, this year’s Festival finds 143 flavours at…
Little Willy, Huge Laughter! Ronnie Burkett’s Daisy Theatre returns to The Cultch
Ronnie Burkett’s Theatre of Marionettes newest production, Little Willy, brings the Daisy Theatre back to the Historic Theatre until January 29th. Little Willy, finds the marionette Daisy Theatre (within the Historic Theatre) attempting a loose…very loose…adaptation of William Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet. From the opening number of burlesque star Dolly Wiggler kicking off with…