The heat has returned and the entertainment values in this week’s picks heat up too: Taste: Tonight, Vancouver Foodster Tasting Plates heads to North Vancouver’s Lower Lonsdale to explore the tastes of the neighbourhood. Bard: Make your picks between a brilliant Beatles themed version of As You Like It or the dramatic Macbeth at Bard on the Beach 2018…
Category: Theatre
Picks of the Week – July 4, 2018
Happy 4th to our friends to the South, here at home we’re heading into another busy week of entertainment with these picks of the week. Bard: Make your picks between a brilliant Beatles themed version of As You Like It or the dramatic Macbeth at Bard on the Beach 2018 Kicks: The FIFA World Cup is heating up, make…
There’s more than just Shakespeare at Bard on the Beach
Last night Chor Leoni’s Mane Event at Bard on the Beach filled the mainstage tent with the sounds of music. The perfect way to wrap up the Canada Day weekend, the Lions brought to stage a varied selection of songs including a taste of Canadiana including iconic hits by Tragically Hip, Ian & Sylvia Tyson…
Ensemble Theatre Company 2018 Summer Festival
The Ensemble Theatre Company has announced the trio of dramas in the 6th Annual Summer Repertory Festival. Taking the stage at the Jericho Arts Centre, Ensemble has programmed a dramatic trio of thrilling, entertaining, and challenging plays. Aaron Sorkin’s military courtroom drama A Few Good Men, Martin McDonagh’s tragic-comedy The Beauty Queen of Leenane and Dark Road, the first play from…
Picks of the Week – June 27, 2018
Summer is in full swing, and Canada Day brings up our first long weekend of the season and plenty of activities and entertainment to pick from this week. O Canada: Celebrate Canada Day with one of the many community events or plan your own with family and friends. Jazz: The Vancouver and Victoria International Jazz Festivals continue through the…
Go back to the 60s with As You Like It at Bard On The Beach
FUN, is the best word to describe As You Like It, now playing at Bard on the Beach, alternating nights with Macbeth. While Macbeth is a brooding, dark, and classic production, As You Like It is the complete opposite; lively, bright and a mash-up Bard-Beatles musical production. That’s right, the music of The Beatles plays…
Arts Club Theatre Company : Once
Once is definitely not enough when it comes to seeing Arts Club Theatre Company’s Once, now playing at the Granville Island Stage. The final show of the season, and for Artist Director Bill Millerd’s 45 season reign as the guiding force of the Art Club, certainly makes a memorable impact. The heartwarming and heartbreaking story…