Theatre Under the Stars (TUTS) has announced it 2024 season will feature CATS and School of Rock, on stage July 5 to August 24, at Malkin Bowl in Stanley Park. TUTS invites audiences to dream big, live boldly, and rock out into the night this summer, as it brings one of the longest-running musicals of…
Author: Jay Minter
Vancouver Foodster Chowder Challenge Entries Bowled Over The Tastebuds
The 2024 @VanFoodster Chowder Challenge has come to an end. Did you try any, or all, of the entries? The Challenge is over, and the judging and voting has been completed. I was privileged to be one of the Media Judges along with Shelley Hayashi and Rick Green. Each of us had the opportunity to…
DOXA Documentary Film Festival Reveals its 23rd Annual Program
DOXA Documentary Film Festival, Western Canada’s largest documentary film festival, returns for its 23rd edition, screening May 2 to 12, 2024. Last night, DOXA announced its program of crucial and thought-provoking documentaries to be presented in-person at theatres across the city, bringing filmmakers and audiences together for a communal cinema experience. The 23rd annual DOXA…
Picks of the Week – April 3, 2024
April Showers us with plenty of entertainment to start the month and these picks of the week Velvet: Opening tonight, The Arts Club Theatre’s Red Velvet brings the true-story of the first Black actor to tread the boards as Shakespeare’s Othello to the Stanley Industrial Alliance stage until April 21st Opera: Burnaby Lyric Opera presents Puccini’s beloved La Bohème…
Comedy Reigns In April at The Improv Centre
April blooms with merriment as The Improv Centre (TIC) on Granville Island has a line-up of laughs programmed for the month. In addition to the ongoing Choose-Day (Tuesdays at 7:30pm) and Date Night (Wednesdays at 7:30pm), TIC audiences can look forward to the following fun: Turn It Up! | Thursday, April 11 at 7:30pm This sound-based improv show invites…
Dim Sum Diaries: Second Helping Feeds The Hunger For Representation
Fabulist Theatre has recently completed its world premiere workshop of Dim Sum Diaries: Second Helping at The Nest on Granville Island. While still a workshop, the show felt more complete than some full-fledged new works as it drew inspiration from Mark Leiren-Young’s 1991 Dim Sum Diaries radio play to tell eight new stories. From stories…
The Arts Club rolls out Red Velvet at the Stanley Stage
The Arts Club Theatre Company presents Lolita Chakrabarti’s Red Velvet at the Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage, until April 21st, Based on the true story of Ira Aldridge, an American-born Black actor. Specializing in the tragedies; Othello, King Lear, Macbeth, and Shylock in the Merchant of Venice he made his name as one of the greatest…