In just two weeks, the Vancouver Opera 2022-2023 season continues with the company premiere of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. British composer Benjamin Britten’s romantic, atmospheric opera makes its Vancouver Opera debut for three performances starting February 11th at 7:30pm, followed by Thursday, February 16th at 7:30pm and Sunday, February 19 at 2pm. Adapted from the…
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Picks of the Week – January 25, 2023
Can you believe we’re already at the final weekend of January!? Let’s take a look at what’s happening in these picks of the week Panto: If you missed it over the Holidays, the digital edition on-demand performances of East Van Panto: The Little Mermaid is still available on line until January 31st. Also on digital, the audio-only play…
Anvil Centre Presents OUTSIDE/IN Free Performances
Starting January 21st, New Westminister’s Anvil Centre presents OUTSIDE/IN, a series of six free performances and events between January and March. Featuring six regions of Canada, OUTSIDE/IN is a free celebration of arts and culture with “IN” performances at the Anvil Theatre feature nationally-renowned performing artists from different parts of Canada. “OUTSIDE” is an outdoor…
Gateway Theatre Continues Its 2022-2023 Season
After a successful holiday run of its brilliant production of Anne of Green Gables: The Musical, Gateway Theatre has announced remainder of their 2022-2023 season of in-person artistic offerings and new audio plays. To start the year, Gateway Theatre is launching a free audio plays series, A Year of Blessings, where young audiences and their…
Six Ways to Celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year of the Rabbit
This Sunday, January 22nd, marks the Lunar New Year of the Rabbit, those born in 1951, 1963, 1975, 1987, 1999, 2011, are celebrating ‘their birth sign year’. The fourth of all zodiac animals, legend has it the Rabbit was proud—arrogant even—of its speed, looking down on the other slower animals. (reminiscent of The Tortoise &…
Greater Vancouver Hot Chocolate Festival is Back Bigger & Tastier Than Ever
This January 14 to February 14, the 13th annual Greater Vancouver Hot Chocolate Festival is brewing up and a bigger and better festival than ever. As the first city-wide celebration using hot chocolate to support small business and keep us warm on winter days. Presented by CityFood Media, this year’s Festival finds 143 flavours at…
Little Willy, Huge Laughter! Ronnie Burkett’s Daisy Theatre returns to The Cultch
Ronnie Burkett’s Theatre of Marionettes newest production, Little Willy, brings the Daisy Theatre back to the Historic Theatre until January 29th. Little Willy, finds the marionette Daisy Theatre (within the Historic Theatre) attempting a loose…very loose…adaptation of William Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet. From the opening number of burlesque star Dolly Wiggler kicking off with…