Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival continues to bring brilliant entertainment to Vanier Park for its 34th Season with the fan-favourite Bard/Beatles collaboration in As You Like It and the dramatic Julius Caesar in repertoire on the Main Stage. On The Howard Family Stage Henry V continues until August 13th, when the King makes way…
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C’mon get happy…HAPPYLAND at PNE
Back for a second year, HAPPYLAND Festival, a fully-inclusive Pride celebration featuring drag, musical acts and carnival rides, takes over the PNE Amphitheatre and Playland on August 6th. The now expanded all-ages event provides a safe and inclusive space for attendees to let loose and be themselves while enjoying music, performances, and community spirit. Hosted…
Picks of the Week – July 26, 2023
July is already coming to a close, but the summer fun still thrives with Vancouver Pride events starting to enter the picks. Pyro: The skies over English Bay light up for this year’s Celebration of Light starting off with Mexico taking to the sky tonight, then The Philippines closing the festival on Saturday Musketeer: Until July 30, Presentation House Theatre’s…
APPLAUSE! Musicals in Concert returns with Cole Porter’s OUT OF THIS WORLD
After a years long break, APPLAUSE! Musicals in Concert returns this August 25-27 featuring a concert presentation of OUT OF THIS WORLD, a rare Cole Porter work that ran for just 157 performances on Broadway in 1950, on the heals of the incredibly successful Kiss Me Kate. OUT OF THIS WORLD is comical adaptation…
The Queen of Carthage leads off the EMV Summer Festival
Early Music Vancouver (EMV) gets its Summer Festival underway with the World Premier of The Queen Of Carthage, Thursday July 27th at SFU Goldcorp Centre for the Arts. Lover, leader, woman, queen – Dido’s legacy has long been reduced to a tragic role surrounding her heartbreak after the departure of Trojan hero Aeneas, as depicted…
Picks of the Week – July 19 2023
We’re into the second half of July with many of the Summer’s big activity picks still to come! Pyro: The skies over English Bay light up for this year’s Celebration of Light starting off with Australia blasting off the festival this Saturday Bard: Bard on the Beach brings two brilliant mainstage productions to this , As You Like…
Celebration of Light 2023 is Ready to Launch over Vancouver
It’s time to light up the night! The 2023 Honda Celebration of Light returns to the skies over English Bay. Now into its third decade of wowing audiences over three spectacular days and evenings, this year’s festival takes place July 22, 26 and 29. The Honda Celebration of Light is the world’s longest running offshore…