A leap year gives us an extra day to find plenty of entertaining picks of the week! Dates: It’s the last chance to turn Wednesday into Date Night with the performers celebrating dating, relationships, and everything between in a night full of laughs about love at The Improv Centre tonight. Things: Until March 3rd, find the joy in everything…
Author: Jay Minter
City Opera Vancouver Presents the Canadian Premiere of Song from the Uproar: The Lives and Deaths of Isabelle Eberhardt
Leap into the leap year with City Opera Vancouver’s presentation of the Canadian premiere of Song from the Uproar: The Lives and Deaths of Isabelle Eberhardt, at the York Theatre from February 29th to March 3rd. Directed by the acclaimed Ann Hodges, under the baton of City Opera Vancouver Artistic Director Gordon Gerrard, composer Missy…
Catch the new comedy musical Sigma Acapella on Granville Island, opening March 18
A witty new musical is opening March 18, Rushed Productions presents the world premiere of Annahis Basmadjian’s Sigma Acapella. The new original musical production, with a brand-new score, and a one-of-a-kind script arguably never before seen on stage. Theatre and musical fans of all ages will enjoy an evening of song, laughs, a relatable cast…
Chemainus Theatre Festival Celebrates 30th Anniversary Season
Vancouver Island’s Chemainus Theatre Festival celebrates its 30th Anniversary with the announcement of its 2024 Season. For thirty seasons, the iconic domed theatre has welcomed audiences from near and far to the seaside village for fine dining at the Playbill Dining Room and presentations of rousing musicals, raucous comedies, heartfelt dramas and great Canadiana. 2024…
Vancouver Opera Reveals Its 65th Anniversary Season
As Vancouver Opera recent presentation of Don Pasquale marks the midway of the current season the Company prepares to celebrate its 65th anniversary with the announcement of its 2024–2025 season. In October, Strauss’ eternally-charming Die Fledermaus opens the season, followed by Jonathan Dove’s compassionate contemporary classic Flight in February 2025. Puccini’s sublime masterpiece Madama Butterfly…
Picks of the Week – February 21, 2024
As we move further into February, big events abound in these picks of the week Celebration: Tonight, at long last, the postponed Madonna’s Celebration Tour brings her greatest hits to Rogers Arena Seven: Get out your fancy dress costumes and head to BC Place for the three day spectacle that is HSBC Vancouver SVNS –…
Dancers of Damelahamid present 17th Coastal Dance Festival March 1-3
Honouring Indigenous stories, song, and dance from across Canada and around the world, the 17th annual Coastal Dance Festival presented by Dancers of Damelahamid comes to the Anvil Centre, March 1st – 3rd This year’s festival will feature an exclusive excerpt from Dancers of Damelahamid’s upcoming full-length work, Raven Mother, created in honour of the…