The finale of Vancouver Opera’s 2024–2025 season, Madama Butterfly brings Giacomo Puccini back to the Queen Elizabeth Theatre stage April 26-May 4. Bringing together gorgeous staging, transcendent melodies, and a timeless tale of love and loss makes Madama Butterfly is a must-see season finale. This Vancouver Opera production features a international cast—including star sopranos Yasko…
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CTORA Brings The Timeless West Side Story to Granville Island Stage
CTORA Theatre invites audiences to West Side Story, one of Broadway’s most beloved and timeless musicals, running May 8th to 24th, at the Granville Island Stage. Inspired by Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, the gripping tale follows two young lovers, Tony and Maria, who find their lives torn apart by rival gangs in the streets…
Theatre Under the Stars Reveals Its Summer 2025 Line-Up
This week, Theatre Under the Stars (TUTS) announced its 2025 season, featuring Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Legally Blonde The Musical, on stage June 27-August 16, 2025, at Stanley Park’s iconic Malkin Bowl. Oh My Gawd, You Guys! From the perfectly pink appeal of Elle Woods to the wonderful whimsy of Willy Wonka’s world…
Picks of the Week – April 9, 2025
April showers are washing away spring flower and blossoms but bringing in more entertaining picks of the week Reels: The REEL Earth Day Challenge is on until April 22, supporting Metro Vancouver Regional Parks Foundation in collaboration with the BC Film Industry, the fundraiser aims to protect and enhance Metro Vancouver’s regional parks with funds…
Burning Mom Lights Up The Arts Club
The Arts Club Theatre Company presents the one-woman play, Burning Mom at the Granville Island Stage until April 24. Written and directed by Mieko Ouchi, Burning Mom stars Susinn McFarlen as Dorothy, a widow on a journey through grief and life. Based on Mieko Ouchi’s own family history, the mostly true story follows Dorothy, after…
Arsenic & Old Lace, The Ingredients Of Comedy at Metro Theatre
Until April 26th, Metro Theatre presents the killer comedy, Arsenic & Old Lace by Joseph Kesselring. Well known for its 1944 Frank Capra film adaptation starring Cary Grant, the classic black-comedy is directed by Catherine Morrison, featuring a skilled cast that offers excellent chemistry for such an eclectic cornucopia of characters – a pair of benevolently…
Krystle Dos Santos brings A History Of Motown to Firehall Arts Centre
The Motor City comes alive at The Firehall Arts Centre with A History of Motown. Until Sunday, April 13th, the supreme, soulful vocals of Krystle Dos Santos fill the historic theatre with the sounds of the era. Part cabaret, part review, part history lesson and all party, A History of Motown literally has the audience…