After a months-long closure due to Covid-19 restrictions, New Westminster’s Anvil Centre is bringing live performance back to its stage. The curtain rises on the premiere of Hey Viola!, a musical exploration of Canadian Civil Rights hero, Viola Desmond, from October 15 – 25, 2020. Set in a cabaret style, this one woman show…
Author: Jay Minter
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra Has A New, Virtual, Home
This fall, the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra (VSO) will have a new virtual home to connect audiences around the world. TheConcertHall.ca, presented by TELUS, will host exceptional musical experiences created and curated by the VSO. Subscribers to TheConcertHall.ca will get to access to a full season of the VSO performances, premiering October 16th with a season opening performance at 7:30pm featuring…
Vancouver Fringe Festival 2nd Mini-Festival – One Week Away
With the very timely theme of “A Shift in Perspective”, the 2020 Vancouver Fringe Festival has wrapped up a successful premiere mini-festival of small capacity live performances, virtual workshops and gatherings. The Festival’s second mini-festival is coming up October 1-10 on Granville Island at Performance Works The lineup for the second mini-festival’s staggered performances includes:…
Picks of the Week – September 23, 2020
We move into the first weekend of Fall, wrapping up a lot of the activities and entertainment extended from the Summer picks Rides: Playland gives you one last weekend of fun and thrills, including extended Saturday Park in the Dark, late openings 6pm-11pm Music: The Firehall Arts Centre wraps up its final weekend weekend of Music in the…
See Red for Day of Visibility
Don’t be surprised if you’re seeing red tonight. Hundreds of live event and performance venues are banding together for Day of Visibility, today September 22, 2020. Created by Live Event Community, a group founded to help support workers in the Canadian event industry who have lost their livelihoods due to Covid-19 pandemic shutdowns and protocols. …
Vancouver Opera Rolls Out A 2020-2021 Digital Season
Vancouver Opera has added their reimagined 2020–2021 season to Vancouver’s growing Covid-era Fall Arts scene. Embracing digital content with diverse and high-quality series of programming this marks Vancouver Opera’s first-ever digital season. “Vancouver Opera is taking the performances off the stage and reimagining a season for the screen and at-home enjoyment,” explains Tom Wright, Vancouver Opera General…
Fall For The Vancouver Writers Festival – Tickets On Sale Now
Tickets are now on sale for The Vancouver Writers Festival 2020 Fall Programming. Adapted to the Covid era the line-up of 40+ virtual events is designed to entertain, provoke and inspire, including the flagship Festival, running October 19-25, as well a host of events from September to December. As Artistic Director Leslie Hurtig says of…