We are a month away from the opening of the 34th season of Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival in Vanier Park! This summer sees the return of the ‘60s- inspired, Beatles-infused production of As You Like It coming back to the Mainstage. Enjoy Shakespeare blended with The Beatles hits in this romantic comedy conceived…
Author: Jay Minter
IGNITE! Youth Arts Festival Turns 21
IGNITE! Youth Arts Festival turns 21 in 2023, while the festival may have left its youth behind, the eclectic festival is still programmed and curated entirely by members of The Cultch’s Youth Panel. When the Femme Festival comes to a close on May 14th, it makes way for IGNITE!, Western Canada’s largest youth-run arts…
Picks of the Week – May 3, 2023
Did those April Showers bring May Flowers? A line up of activities certainly bloomed in this picks of the week Musical: Royal City Musical Theatre presents its 31st Season bringing the Gershwin comedy musical Crazy for You, starring Todd Talbot (Love it or List it-Vancouver) to the Massey Theatre from April 27 – May 14. Blooms: The Fraser Valley’s…
DOXA 2023 Industry Program Returns In-Person
As DOXA Documentary Film Festival prepares for its in-person opening this week, the festival also announces it’s also bringing back its Industry program in-person venues, offering a chance to learn from leading documentary professionals, activists and academics. DOXA’s 2023 Industry program kicks off on Saturday, May 6 at SFU’s Goldcorp Centre for the Arts at…
Go Crazy for Royal City Musical Theatre’s Crazy for You!
Royal City Musical Theatre (RCMT) debuted it’s 31st season with the long-awaited opening of Crazy For You, at the Massey Theatre. Starring a powerhouse duo of Todd Talbot as Bobby Child and Rabecca Talbot as Polly Baker, this romantic comedy checks all the boxes of a golden-age Broadway musical. If 42nd Street and Seven Brides…
Chor Leoni and The Leonids fill May with Music
Chor Leoni and its star ensemble The Leonids prepare for a busy month of music, beginning with its May 5th Schubertiad collaboration with Early Music Vancouver. For their second performance, on May 11th, it celebrates strength and vulnerability in The Turning: Chor Leoni & The Leonids, both shows are on stage at St. Andrew’s-Wesley United…
As The Flying Dutchman closes out this season, Vancouver Opera reveals it coming 2023–2024 season.
As Vancouver Opera closes out its 2022-2023 season it has announced the performances coming in the 2023–2024 season. With Wagner’s The Flying Dutchman wrapping the current season with performances April 29, May 4 and May 7, audiences won’t have to wait long in anticipation of the new season. The Vancouver Opera 2023-2024 season begins in…