With just six weeks until the 2018 Bard on the Beach season opens, registration is open for the return of its annual Young Shakespeareans Summer Theatre Camps and Teen Workshops. Camp and workshop sessions begin July 3, running through to August 31, 2018, allowing youth from ages 8 to 18 to receive coaching by professional actors from…
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The Cultch reveals its 45th Anniversary Season
The Cultch has recently announced its 45th anniversary season, with Executive Director Heather Redfern programming a 2018-19 season full of local premieres, international hits, and returning favourites. “The Cultch is a place that people come to for community: to have their minds stimulated, to be challenged, to laugh, to discover,” says Redfern. “The Cultch is for…
Run away & enjoy the Circa
The circus is coming to town, Australia’s Circa, a bold contemporary circus company, is visiting the Chan Shun Concert Hall, April 28th. The Brisbane-based company, formed in 2004, has performed all around the world, and bring’s its show, Opus, to Vancouver. Circa brings 14 acrobats to the Chan stage, and occasionally suspended above the stage,…
2018 DOXA line-up keeps it real
In an age of “fake news” the 2018 DOXA Documentary Film Festival celebrates those filmmakers who take the time to research and document real life and get to the bottom of the story without a script or teleprompter. The DOXA 2018 program screens radical and transformative ideas through music, art, and the power of people working…
Picks of the Week – April 18, 2018
While we’re waiting for spring to reboot and kick out winter, there’s plenty of entertainment in these April picks of the week. Tasting: Let’s start the list on a tasty note, Vancouver Foodster’s Tasting Plates visits the East Village tonight to sample what the neighbourhood has to offer. Mystery: The world premier of Nine Dragons, a 1920’s…
DanceHouse Wraps 10th Season with Dorrance Dance
This weekend, DanceHouse brought their 10th anniversary season to a close with a stellar performance from New York City based Dorrance Dance. The acclaimed tap troupe presented Triple Bill, a retrospective trio of very different dance pieces that demonstrated the range of this talented company and its Artistic Director and founder Michelle Dorrance. Triple Bill…
Nine Dragons brings mystery to Gateway Theatre
Gateway Theatre closes out their 2017-18 season with the original crime caper, Nine Dragons. Written by Gateway Artistic Director, Jovanni Sy and directed by Craig Hall, Nine Dragon is a co-production with Calgary’s Vertigo Theatre and Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre. Set in 1920s Kowloon, Nine Dragons is a gritty homage to film noir mysteries, Hong…