Whatever you call it, Victoria Day, May Long, or The May Two-Four this long weekend brings a case-load of entertaining picks Jets: CTORA Theatre presents West Side Story, one of Broadway’s most beloved and timeless musicals, running until May 24th, at the Granville Island Stage. Go: Go! Go! Until June 8th, Metro Theatre wraps up its season…
Author: Jay Minter
2025 DOXA Documentary Film Festival Award Winners
DOXA Documentary Film Festival, Western Canada’s largest documentary film festival wrapped up its 11 day festival with the announcement of the winners of its 2025 competitions. The five awards were presented to the following; The Colin Low Award for Best Canadian Director, presented by the Directors Guild of CanadaWinner: Patrick Shannon for Saints and Warriors, DOXA’s…
Metro Theatre Dreams Big With Joseph
Metro Theatre is bringing its 2024/25 season to a close by taking a step back to the Seventies in its staging of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Suitably, the first publicly produced musical collaboration from Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice iconic body of work, adapts the story of Joseph from the first book…
City Opera Vancouver presents the Canadian premiere of Sophia’s Forest, May 29-June 1
City Opera Vancouver presents the Canadian premiere of Sophia’s Forest, May 29 – June 1 at SFU Goldcorp Centre for the Arts. The first project in a multi-year initiative that will aim to showcase and explore the stories and experiences of newcomers to Canada, Sophia’s Forest is a powerfully evocative chamber opera by composer Lembit Beecher and librettist Hannah Moscovitch….
ITSAZOO & Pacific Theatre Invite Audiences to Meeting
ITSAZOO and Pacific Theatre (with support of Neworld Theatre) present the world premiere of Meeting, a visceral, unflinching examination of group therapy. Taking place May 14 to June 7 in a real-life meeting room at the Chalmers Heritage Building (1440 W 12th Ave) – home to Pacific Theatre, Meeting, marks the playwriting debut of actor and writer Katherine Gauthier. The audience…
Picks of the Week – May 7, 2025
May brings us the start of another entertaining month of picks around the city Princess: At The Arts Club Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage until May 25, Casey And Diana by Nick Green, is inspired by Princess Diana’s historic, compassionate visit to Toronto’s Casey House in 1991 Warrior: Contining until May 11th, Warrior Festival at The Cultch includes Dance Nation a play by…
Much Ado as Bard On The Beach’s 36th Season Opens June 10th
In one month, Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival launches its 36th Season under the tents in Senákw/Vanier Park. The “Mediterranean house party” of Much Ado About Nothing gets the Bard on the Beach 2025 season under way, running June 10 to September 20 with Two Gentlemen of Verona, June 13 to September 19 on…