Midway through November, we find the Holiday season picking up pace to bring lots of entertainment and activities to the picks of the week Ceasefire: Honouring Remembrance Day, The Cultch honours the 100th Anniversary of the Armistice with the continuing Ceasefire Series as the last of three plays exploring the causes, effects, and traumas of war from different…
Category: Music
Joshua Redman brings Jazz to Chan Centre Tomorrow
Tomorrow night, The Chan Centre for the Performing Arts at the University of British Columbia presents jazz superstar Joshua Redman with the critically acclaimed band Still Dreaming. Joshua Redman is one of the world’s most renowned saxophonists, in this show he pays tribute to the highly revered quartet Old and New Dreams, of which his father Dewey Redman was…
Picks of the Week – November 7, 2018
The Holiday season is underway, but this weekend we also take a moment out of the entertainment to remember the 100th anniversary of the armistice of WWI. Ceasefire: The Cultch honours the Armistice with the Ceasefire Series of three plays exploring the causes, effects, and traumas of war from different lenses, Honour: Sunday November 11th, veterans…
Youth Gives A Christmas Story : The Musical, A Leg Up
Align Entertainment kicks off the Holiday theatre season with A Christmas Story : The Musical. The joyful musical is based on the film version of Jean Shepard’s semi-autobiographical anecdotal book In God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash. The 1983 holiday classic comes to life with book by Joseph Robinette and music and lyrics by…
Backbone Makes You Sit Up & Take Notice
Backbone, now playing at the Vancouver Playhouse, is edge of your seat entertainment! Presented by The Cultch, Australian circus troupe Gravity and Other Myths (GOM) will literally throw your perceptions of circus out the window. Like other contemporary circus/physical theatre troupes, GOM tests the boundaries of the human body. Backbone strips down any flashy sets…
Picks of the Week – October 31, 2018
It’s Halloween night! As the veil between realms is lifted, get out and have a hauntingly good time. Then get ready to fill the longer nights of November with more entertaining picks of the week. Fright: It’s the final night to experience the thrills and chills of the haunted houses, rides and ghouls of Fright Nights…
Picks of the Week – October 24, 2018
Halloween week is upon us, the ghouls and good times are out in full force as the entertainment ramps up for the season. Eat: Explore the flavours of Gastown as Tasting Plates takes a tour around the neighbourhood for another evening of great tastes tonight. Fright: Experience the thrills and chills of the haunted houses,…