As the year wraps up, Gateway Theatre and Five Blessings Collective launch their final installment of the A Year of Blessings audio play series – Operation Double Happiness. This final episode of the popular audio play series is a celebration of the Winter Solstice or Dongzhi Festival. Traditionally observed on the winter solstice, typically falling…
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Picks of the Week – December 20, 2023
’twas the week before Christmas and all through the city, entertainment was brewing with plenty to see Lights: Find some festive feels as you brighten up the longest nights of the year with any of the many Christmas and Holiday illuminations around Metro Vancouver like – Bright Nights, Van Dusen Festival of Lights, Heritage Christmas, Martini Town…
The Arts Umbrella Mixed Nuts Brings a Nutcracker Mash-up To Stage
This past weekend, Arts Umbrella School of Dance presented its annual student showcase, Mixed Nuts, at the Vancouver Playhouse. Adding a contemporary twist to Tchaikovsky’s timeless classic, The Nutcracker, the Mixed Nuts show gets an update each year, as past graduating classes make way for new Grad, Senior, Apprentice, Professional Training and Pre-Elementary Dance Companies. With local choreographers and the…
Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella Dances On To The Gateway Theatre Stage
In their own little corner of Richmond, Gateway Theatre brings the Tony Award-winning Broadway Musical Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella to the stage. First written and composed for a 1957 TV adaptation starring Julie Andrews, the stage version, with an updated 2013 book by Douglas Carter Beane, maintains the timeless music of Richard Rodgers and lyrics…
Presentation House Theatre reveals its 2024 Winter/Spring Season
Presentation House Theatre (PHT) has revealed its 2024 Winter/Spring Season, including returning classic Where the Wild Things Are, partnerships with Blackout Art Society and Ruby Slippers Theatre presenting new and diverse stories, thought-provoking theatre for young audiences that boldly navigates challenging topics through the magic of play, with immersive experiences, cultural richness, and insightful narratives….
Metro Theatre’s Annual Panto – Sinbad! Is So Good!
For the 38th year, Metro Theatre brings Vancouver a traditional English Panto, this season presenting Sinbad! by Ellie King. Whether it’s your first panto or 38th, you’re in for a rollicking good time! Playwright Ellie King “The Queen of Panto” faithfully preserves the elements of a traditional English panto to be transplanted on the Metro…
Picks of the Week – December 6, 2023
This weekend brings even more December Holiday entertainment and activities to our Picks of the Week Lights: Don’t miss out on making your spirits bright with many Christmas and Holiday illuminations taking place around Metro Vancouver Turkey: On now, until December 31st, the hilarious Mom’s The Word Collective return to The Arts Club Granville Island…