The buzz of the BC Day long weekend, Vancouver Pride, Celebration of Light and so much more has come and gone but there’s still plenty in the picks of the week to keep you entertained all week. Arts: The 27th Harmony Arts Festival is underway now. Tonight, Best Of The West showcases local restaurants and wineries, then…
Category: Theatre
Eternal Theatre Collective presents 13 the Musical
Do you remember what it was like to be 13? Fitting in, the braces, the relationship troubles, the bar mitzvahs? All this comes to the stage as Eternal Theatre Collective (ETC) presents their first musical ever: 13, Jason Robert Brown’s acclaimed Broadway musical 13, which explores the life of an adolescent boy thrust from the…
Picks of the Week – Aug 2, 2017
The August long weekend in Vancouver is always packed with so much entertainment; Pride, Fireworks, Festivals, Concerts and more make it hard to choose the picks of the week… Lights: Look up, way up and witness the explosive entertainment of Celebration of Lights as United Kingdom lights the night tonight and Canada wows the crowds…
Picks of the Week – July 26, 2017
Where does the time go? July is already coming to a close but never fear there’s plenty of fun in these picks of the week… Kick off: The 2017 Downtown Pride Premiere brings a taste of things to come with entertainment, Queens, food trucks, games and more at Robson Square, today from 3pm – 10pm…
Girls! Girls! Girls! from the headlines to the stage
Onstage this week at Havana Theatre on Commercial Drive, Excavation Theatre presents Greg MacArthur’s Girls! Girls! Girls!. Director Jessica Anne Nelson crafts the gritty play into a sometimes uncomfortable, but insightful, look at teen angst and anger. MacArthur wrote the play in the late 90s as a reaction to violent high school stories like the…
The Drowsy Chaperone wakes up Theatre Under The Stars
For its 71st season, Theatre Under The Stars welcomes the Tony Award winning musical The Drowsy Chaperone to the stage. Alternating with Mary Poppins, the slapstick musical parody is a hilarious good time. The Drowsy Chaperone is a play- within-a-play format, opening on the single room apartment of a downtrodden musical-theatre lover (Shawn MacDonald,…
Picks of the Week – July 19, 2017
Mid-July and summer fun is in full swing with more than enough activities to full two sets of picks of the week Highschool: Opening tonight, Excavation Theatre presents Girls! Girls! Girls! a story relating the angst and traumas of high school life told in nursery rhyme-rap style at Havana Theatre until July 29th Punk: British…