Vancouver Opera’s 2021–2022 season is coming to a close with Gilbert & Sullivan’s HMS Pinafore. Four performances of the wildly popular opera will take the stage at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre on Saturday April 30, Thursday May 5, and Saturday May 7 at 7:30 p.m. with a 2:00 p.m. matinee on Sunday May 8. Gilbert…
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Coastal Dance Festival Celebrates its 15th Anniversary
Dancers of Damelahamid celebrates the 15th annual Coastal Dance Festival, April 20-24, 2022 at New Westminster’s Anvil Centre, showcasing Indigenous stories, song, and dance from across Canada and around the world. This year’s festival is included in Canada’s yearlong Nordic Bridges initiative, fostering cultural exchange between Canada and the Nordic region through the multidisciplinary presentation…
Chemainus Theatre Festival returns to the Main Stage for 2022 Season
Vancouver Island’s acclaimed Chemainus Theatre Festival is returning with a full line-up for its 2022 Mainstage season. Filled with comedy, music, and stories to inspire and nourish the human spirit, the season kicks off with The 39 Steps, the parody by Patrick Barlow, adapted from the 1915 novel by John Buchan and the 1935 film…
Picks of the Week – March 30, 2022
Can it already be the end of March? No fooling, it’s already April filled with entertainment Men: Hit the locker room, as two hockey dads face off in the Vancouver premiere of Zee Zee Theatre’s production of Men Express Their Feelings, wrapping up April 3 at Firehall Arts Centre. Singer: Acclaimed Canadian singer-songwriter, Ndidi Onukwulu, known as Ndidi O, brings her…
33rd Festival du Bois returns to Mackin Park, Mallardville
After an online edition last year, the 33rd edition of Festival du Bois is ready to return, April 1-3, live and in-person to Mackin Park in Coquitlam. Following a successful digital 32nd Festival, in-person audiences can expect a weekend of brilliant folk, roots, global and Québécois music from French Canada and beyond. Audiences can expect…
Alegría brings the joy of Cirque du Soleil back to the Concord Pacific Place
The familiar Grand Chapiteau has once again returned to the Vancouver waterfront at Concord Pacific Place as Cirque du Soleil’s Alegría In a New Light opens. After a 20 month shut down of its touring shows, the intermission is over for Cirque du Soleil as it welcomes audiences once again. Privileged to attend opening night…
Let Made In Italy make your night, at The Arts Club
Until April 17th, Farren Timoteo’s Made In Italy is now playing at The Arts Club Granville Island Stage. Delayed by Covid from its original January run, it’s been worth the wait for the laughs and fast-paces entertainment that come with the one-man show. The semi-autobiographical story of Francesco Martini, and his family of Italian immigrants,…