This year, the Gateway Theatre holiday season takes a slightly darker tone as A Christmas Carol finds the Christmas spirit, or in this case four spirits. It’s hard to tinker with a tale as familiar as Dickens’ classic A Christmas Carol, but this adaptation by Michael Shamata, directed by Rachel Peake, trims the play into…
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East Van Panto – Snow White & the Seven Dwarves
Through the enchanted viaduct and over to the York Theatre in East Vancouver, we find this year’s East Van Panto, Snow White & The Seven Dwarves. For the fifth year, Theatre Replacement and The Cultch have teamed up to present a holiday treat for the whole family. Sticking to the traditional structure of a pantomime;…
Picks of the Week – December 6, 2017
Just 20 more sleeps until Christmas and 6 until Hanukkah ! If you’re not already in the Holiday spirit, the picks of the week have plenty to get you feeling festive. Shop: Tonight, browse, taste and shop your way around the Vancouver Foodster Holiday Market, at merchants in South Granville, False Creek and Kitsilano Symphony: Tonight,…
Arts Club remounts hit play Onegin for 2017.
Last season, The Arts Club Theatre Company debuted Onegin, an ambitious new work based on the verse Eugene Onegin by Alexander Pushkin and the opera by Tchaikovsky. This season, the cast remains the same but the home of Onegin changes to Granville Island for a run until December 31st. Amiel Gladstone and Veda Hille have…
Picks of the Week – November 29, 2017
We’re into the one month countdown to Christmas with more festive flair popping into the picks of the week. Market: The Christmas Market season is in full swing with the Vancouver Christmas Market opening today, running until December 24, at Jack Poole Plaza plus Toque, River District craft fairs as well. Snow: Until January 6th, help Snow White…
2018 PuSh Festival Program Launches
This week, 2018 PuSh Festival debuted its program guide with a party at The Fox Cabaret, home of Club PuSh during the festival. Since 2003, PuSh International Performing Arts Festival has become one of Vancouver’s premier events, bringing life to our stages and venue through three dreary weeks each winter. From January 16 to February 4,…
Picks of the Week – November 22, 2017
The last weekend is here and the spirit of Christmas is lighting up the city, literally. Find light displays and more in these picks of the week. Market: The Christmas Market season is in full swing with the Vancouver Christmas Market opening today, running until December 24, at Jack Poole Plaza. This weekend looks for…