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…
Category: Music
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,…
DanceHouse opens with Borderline
DanceHouse is launching their 2018/19 season with the Canadian premiere of France’s Company Wang Ramirez work, Borderline, playing October 26 and 27, 2018 at 8pm at the Vancouver Playhouse. Performed to layered rhythms and spoken word by percussionist, composer LACRYMOBOY (Jean-Philippe Barrios), along with choreographic duo Sébastien Ramirez and Honji Wang combining hip hop and contemporary dance with the movement of martial arts…
Picks of the Week – October 17, 2018
Even though the weather doesn’t feel like it, Halloween is just around the corner and we’re well into the Autumn entertainment season. Kicks: Whitecaps FC play their second to last home match of the regular season tonight at BC Place Beer: It’s your last weekend to experience #DasOriginal Oktoberfest at Vancouver Alpen Club this Friday and Saturday night….