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,…
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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…
This Is Our Youth at Red Gate Revue Stage
This Is Our Youth is the debut production by the fledgling Mid Twenties Theatre Society as well as the directorial debut of its founder Beau Han Bridge. Now playing at the Red Gate Revue Stage on Granville Island, This Is Our Youth is a play by American playwright and Academy Award-winning screenwriter Kenneth Lonergan. Since…
Mary Poppins flies into Theatre Under The Stars
The 2017 Theatre Under The Stars (TUTS) season got under this week with the opening of Mary Poppins. A summer tradition for over seventy years, TUTS brings another great family favourite musical to Malkin Bowl. One of the most beloved Disney movies of all time comes to the stage as Mary Poppins the Musical. Like…
The Merchant of Venice at Bard on the Beach
The Merchant of Venice is now open on the Howard Family Stage at Bard on the Beach 2017. The thought provoking play, at first glance, seems dated in it’s views on Jews, Christian, marriage, women. However, when you break it down prejudice, revenge, distrust are themes that are timeless. While Shakespeare wrote the play over 4…
Picks of the Week – July 5, 2017
If you’re not too worn out from your Canada Day long weekend, there’s still plenty to do in the picks of the week to keep you entertained Kicks: Tonight, watch for fireworks as Whitecaps FC play host to NYC FC and it’s star studded roster at BC Place at 7pm. Charity: Play some bingo, win…
Picks of the Week – June 28, 2017
This weekend marks the crescendo of the year long Canada 150 celebrations for Canada’s sesquicentennial providing plenty of activities in the picks of the week. Canada 150! : On Saturday and throughout the weekend Canada Day events will be everywhere you turn, check out our list of what’s on for Canada Day at Canada Place, Steveston,…