Gateway Theatre brings the holiday tradition, It’s A Wonderful Life, to the stage, until December 31, 2018. Based on Frank Capra’s 1946 film, Peter Jorgensen has adapted a new musical production with music from the 1920s, ‘30s, and ‘40s by some of the greatest songwriters of the period, from George and Ira Gershwin to Kurt…
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Picks of the Week – December 5, 2018
December has arrived and the Holidays are in full swing, Hanukkah is upon us and Christmas is just around the corner. Along the way fill your entertainment stockings with this great line-up of picks of the week Wiz: Take off to see the Wizard as The Cultch and Theatre Replacement present East Van Panto: The…
Picks of the Week – November 28, 2018
The last week of November and the first weekend of December brings us a plethora of festival fun to entertain the whole family. Pride: Catch the follow up to Pride & Prejudice with Miss Bennet : Christmas at Pemberley at The Arts Club Granville Stage until December 30 Date: Until December 30, spend your date night…
Picks of the Week – November 21, 2018
The Holiday Season is in full swing, as we are just a couple weeks away from Hanukkah and a month away from Christmas, there’s plenty of festive fun in this week’s picks. Ariel: Children’s Theatre of Richmond Association presents Disney’s The Little Mermaid Jr a children’s production of Disney’s musical adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen’s tale, November…
PuSh Festival Debuts Its 15th Anniversary Program
This week, the PuSh International Performing Arts Festival launched its 2019 Festival Program, at a party at John Fluevog Shoes in Gastown. The 2019 Push Festival, January 17 to February 3 will mark the milestone 15th annual festival, bringing international performing arts to venues around Vancouver. Featuring 26 works from 24 companies from 13 countries — including six…
Picks of the Week – November 14, 2018
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…
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…