North Vancouver’s Presentation House Theatre and Mexico’s Marionetas de la Esquina present Jack and the Magic Bean, at Presentation House Theatre from April 11th to 28th. In this whimsical and enlightening adaptation of the classic fairy tale, when Jacky tries to sell her beloved toys to buy food for her family and then trades them for a magic bean, she…
Author: Jay Minter
Merideth Kaye Clark’s Pays Tribute to Joni Mitchell’s Blue Album.
This Wednesday is the opportunity to Joni Mitchell’s iconic album BLUE performed live by Merideth Kaye Clark in the Studio Theatre at Surrey Arts Centre. A veteran of the musical theatre stage, Ms Clark will perform Joni Mitchell’s iconic 1971 album, BLUE from beginning to end while playing the guitar and dulcimer, accompanied by Mont Chris…
2019 Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival Blooms
The 2019 Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival blossoms from April 4th to April 28th, highlighting the city’s vibrant colourful cherry trees. This year’s record cold February gave way to some record warmth for the start of spring and now the city’s Cherry trees are coming into bloom to welcome the new season. Once again the Festival kicks off…
The Dance Centre presents Sons of Sissy
The Dance Centre presents the penultimate show in the 2018-19 Global Dance Connections series, Simon Mayer’s Sons of Sissy, April 4th to 8th. The Austrian choreographer has created a deconstruction of traditional folk dances and music of the Alps, as well as masculine stereotypes. Four virtuosic male performers deploy their bodies, voices and instruments with…
Picks of the Week – March 20, 2019
Finally, Spring has arrived, with record breaking temperatures this week to wake us from our Winter slumber and get out and enjoy these picks of the week. Conduct: The Gateway Theatre spring production, Gross Misconduct, tackles the topics related to the #MeToo and #TimesUp movements, running until March 23rd. Blooms: What’s spring without flowers, Metropolis at Metrotown’s…
DanceHouse Explores The Garden of Earthly Delights
DanceHouse welcomed Montreal’s Compagnie Marie Chouinard to the Vancouver Playhouse March 15 & 16, to present Hieronymus Bosch : The Garden of Earthly Delights. Commissioned by the Jheronimus Bosch 500 Foundation to celebration the artist’s 2016 quincentennial, the work is based on Bosch’s triptych : The Garden of Earthly Delights. Presented in three acts, representing…
Hot Brown Honey Keeps The Hive Buzzing
Australian based Hot Brown Honey returned to The Cultch York Theatre building on the buzz from last year’s visit. The Honeys; Kim ‘Busty Beatz – The Queen Bee’ Bowers, Lisa Fa’alafi ‘The Game Changer’ , Ofa Fotu ‘The Myth Slayer’, Hope Haami ‘Hope One The Beatboxer’, Elena Wangurra ‘The Truth Sayer’, Crystal Stacey ‘The Peace Maker’…