The Gateway Theatre holiday season musical is always one of my favourites. However, like everything this year, the show will be a bit different but I’m sure it will be a can’t-miss hit. As current pandemic restrictions are keeping us from social gatherings, Gateway Theatre has curated the aptly titled Home for the Holidays. Premiering…
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do you want what i have got? a craigslist cantata – streams at The Cultch
An audience favourite, do you want what i have got? a craigslist cantata is back at The Cultch Historic Theatre, in a brand new virtual performance. The personal ads may no longer exist on Craigslist but voyeuristic delight of reading them lives on in this musical revue by Bill Richardson, Veda Hille and Amiel Gladstone. A quirky cast…
Picks of the Week – November 18, 2020
As we move later into November, we tick closer to the Holidays and find the city trying to brighten up our lives for a very different Season ahead. Opera: November 22 streamed live from Chan Centre for Performing Arts, UBC Opera students present two different casts performing online concerts of opera favourites, from Dido and Aeneas,…
Co.ERASGA in bringing OFFERING to Anvil Centre
Co.ERASGA, a local contemporary dance company, is celebrating its 20th anniversary season with the world premiere of its newest presentation, Offering. Coming to New Westminster’s Anvil Centre November 28 & 29, founder, choreographer and Artistic Director Alvin Erasga Tolentino has created a collection of solo works, performed by 6 of Vancouver’s finest and diverse…
Lowest Common Denominator comes Off the Page at Presentation House Theatre
The November instalment of Off the Page, a monthly play reading series at Presentation House Theatre is taking place on November 22nd. Off the Page is a live-streamed rehearsed reading of award-winning Vancouver playwright Dave Deveau’s provocative drama, Lowest Common Denominator – telling the story of recently divorced, Harmony (played by Janet Hodgkinson), enjoying a…
Firehall Arts Centre Helps, With COVID Compassion Pricing
The pandemic has caused the Arts community to drastically curtail activities and pivot their productions to abide by public health protocols. While The Firehall Arts Centre has been creative with its summer and autumn programming to carefully welcome patrons back to the 1906 heritage fire station. It is now going further and stepping up to…
Picks of the Week – November 10, 2020
To honour Remembrance Day we will take a moment of silence on November 11th, and post the Picks of the Week a day early. Choir: Tonight, Chor Leoni’s 29th annual Remembrance Day concert takes place live in your home as the singing Lions transition their tradition of Remembrance to digital. RVSP and watch online at chorleoni.org…