Music On Main presents Vicky Chow Plays Philip Glass Piano Etudes Book 2, closing out the month May 28th at Christ Church Cathedral. The anticipated concert is a follow up to Chow’s sold-out performance last spring where the Vancouver-raised, New York-based pianist wowed audiences with Philip Glass’ driving, hypnotic creations. Chow’s return will see her…
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Carousel Theatre for Young People’s The Papa Penguin Play Celebrates Family in All Its Forms
A true tale of two penguins becomes a celebration of family as Carousel Theatre for Young People, Vancouver International Children’s Festival, and Zee Zee Theatre present the world premiere of Vancouver playwright Dave Deveau’s The Papa Penguin Play. Running May 15 to June 2 at Granville Island’s Waterfront Theatre, The Papa Penguin Play is inspired…
Join Us On The 11th Annual Vancouver Foodster Taco Challenge!
Spice up spring with the 11th Annual Vancouver Foodster Taco Challenge, now underway, until May 26, 2024! With participating locations from Squamish to Port Moody, it’s a perfect opportunity to get out and explore the region. Offering up fish, shrimp, lamb, pork, beef, and more with a colourful array of toppings and sides from zesty…
Picks of the Week – May 1, 2024
Happy May Day! Whether you’re dancing around the Maypole or celebrating worker and labour movements to celebrate the start of the month, there’s plenty to do to keep you entertained this week. Youth: Some Assembly Theatre Company presents the World Premiere of I Know Your Secret written & directed by Valerie Methot in collaboration with…
Vancouver Opera’s Carmen Closes The Season
Vancouver Opera (VO) closed out its successful 2023-2024 season with an opulent production of Georges Bizet’s most beloved opera, Carmen. From the familiar opening strains of the overture, conducted by Leslie Dala and curtain rising on the beautifully atmospheric set its easy to see why Bizet’s Carmen has become the fasted selling production in Vancouver…
Moonlight and Magnolias Bloom at Metro Theatre
Until May 18, Moonlight and Magnolias by Ron Hutchison at Metro Theatre takes us behind the scenes in the creation of the epic film, Gone With The Wind. It’s 1939 and Hollywood producer David O. Selznick (played by J.D. Dueckman) is making his epic Gone With The Wind, but he has a problem, he’s fired…
Firehall Arts Centre Brings Fujiwara Dance Inventions’ Eunoia To The Stage.
The Firehall Arts Centre brings Fujiwara Dance Inventions’ dance-theatre production, Eunoia to the stage from Wednesday, May 8 to Saturday, May 11. Adapted from Christian Bök’s award-winning book of poetry, Eunoia, a conceptual book written in the form of a lipogram where each of its five chapters is constrained to the use of one vowel….