Vancouver Opera celebrated St Valentine’s Day with the opening of Giacomo Puccini’s La Bohème at Queen Elizabeth Theatre. The lush production impresses from the first moment as the curtain rises on Marché aux Puces, Paris’ largest flea market. As tourists explore the stalls, one imagines how the market was in the 1920s. As she and…
Author: Jay Minter
Théâtre la Seizième presents Le Soulier
Théâtre la Seizième is bringing the world premiere of its newest production, Le Soulier, to Studio 16, February 27 to March 9. Written by award-winning Quebec playwright David Paquet, and directed by Esther Duquette and Gilles Poulin-Denis, Le Soulier is a dark comedy, full of touching and relatable characters trying very hard to be happy….
Picks of the Week – February 13, 2019
This week brings us St Valentine’s Day as well as the BC Family Day long weekend so there’s plenty of activities to find in the picks of the week Puppets: Tonight, Thank You For Being A Friend, the ultimate Golden Girls experience brings everyone’s mature, Miami matrons to the stage in puppet form Cocoa: Warm…
True Crime at The Arts Club Leaves You Guessing
The Arts Club Theatre & Crow’s Theatre production of True Crime tells the story of convicted con-artist/murderer Christian Gerhartsreiter. Bringing it to the stage is co-creator Torquil Campbell, who plays all the true life characters, including himself. With accompanist, Composer Julian Brown playing in the shadows to the back of the stage, True Crime is…
The King’s Singers fill Chan Centre at UBC
On the eve of a trip to the 61st Grammy Awards, The King’s Singers showed the Early Music Vancouver audience the sound that garnered them a nomination for Best Classical Compendium, for “Gold” their 50th Anniversary album. The Chan Centre for Performing Arts at UBC was filled with patron and the amazing voices of the…
Fabulist Theatre presents Better Than This
Better Than This is Fabulist Theatre’s new production coming to the Havana Theatre stage February 28th to March 9th. For decades, musical theatre has been the home of iconic female characters, but for every legendary woman even more stereotypes take the stage. Better Than This is an original musical revue chronicling the evolution of women’s roles…
Tasting Plates celebrates its 7th Anniversary
Wednesday night, Vancouver Foodster and dozens of hungry foodies celebrated the 7th Anniversary of Tasting Plates. For seven years, Vancouver Foodster has been helping people discover the city’s food scene and neighbourhoods. Through the years, hundreds of patrons have found newly opened restaurants, revisited old favourites, and explored neighbourhoods that might not be in their…