The silly-Sixties are well in hand as Metro Theatre presents Send Me No Flower until February 24th. Written by by Norman Barasch and Carroll Moore, Send Me No Flowers, is best known as the 1964 Rock Hudson – Doris Day romantic comedy, adapted from their 1960 Broadway play. This production, directed by Emma Graveson stars…
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10 Ways To Celebrate The Lunar New Year Of The Dragon
This Saturday February 10, marks the start of year 4722 on a Chinese Calendar and the Lunar New Year of the Dragon, those born in 2024, 2012, 2000, 1988, 1976, 1964, 1952, are celebrating ‘their birth sign year’. The fifth of the 12 zodiac animals, the dragons are majestic, ambitious and powerful. Their confidence and…
Sing the Praises of Choir Boy at The Arts Club
Feel the music and emotions swell as the Arts Club Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage welcomes Choir Boy, by Tarell Alvin McCraney until February 25, 2024. The brilliant coming-of-age play is filled with beautifully sung gospel music, sung a cappella by the incredibly talented cast. Written by playwright Tarell Alvin McCraney, the Academy-award winning screenwriter for…
Picks of the Week – January 31, 2024
Hard to believe we are wrapping up January already, but starting off February with plenty of great activities in this week’s picks Performing: PuSh Performing Arts Festival continues until Febuary 4th with cutting edge performing arts from around the world to stages and venues around Vancouver. Features this week include; Returns at Scotiabank Dance Centre, The Shadow…
Advance Theatre Festival, Advancing The Radically Inclusive Stage, at The Shadbolt
The Advance Theatre Festival returns to Burnaby’s Shadbolt Centre for the Arts. This February 5-9, Ruby Slippers Theatre, the Shadbolt and Playwrights Guild of Canada join forces to co-present five new staged readings written and directed by female identifying and gender non-conforming artists who also identify as IBPOC. Curated by Tricia Trinh The Advance Theatre…
The Mirror Reflects Amazing Contemporary Circus!
On stage at Vancouver Playhouse until January 27th, DanceHouse and The Cultch present the North American premiere of Gravity & Other Myths’ (GOM) acrobatic and athletically-charged work, The Mirror. The run is nearly sold out so get tickets now, if you can, because this is a show not to be missed! In their annual collaboration,…
Picks of the Week – January 24, 2024
January is speeding along with a host of activities and festivals keeping everyone’s week full of entertaining picks. Circus: For their annual collaboration DanceHouse and The Cultch once again bringing energizing contemporary circus to the Vancouver Playhouse presenting the North American premiere of Gravity & Other Myths’ acrobatic and athletically-charged work, The Mirror opening tonight through until January 27th Performing: PuSh…