This week we honour Remembrance Day and find a long weekend loaded with with these picks of the week. Ceremonies: Remembrance Day ceremonies take place in all communities giving you plenty of picks to choose from, with one of the biggest annual events held at Victory Square in downtown Vancouver beginning at 9:45am Saturday. Tex: Tonight,…
Category: Theatre
Picks of the Week – November 1, 2017
How did it get to be November already?! Halloween is behind us but these picks of the week are here to keep us entertained Star: See what’s the buzz as URP Productions presents Jesus Christ Superstar at Centennial Theatre until Sunday. Pucks: The Vancouver Canucks play host to New Jersey Devils tonight then on Saturday…
Missing from City Opera Vancouver Honours the Missing
Opening this Friday, City Opera Vancouver with Pacific Opera Victoria presents the world premiere of Missing, a profoundly moving and pivotal opera ripped from the headlines. Focusing on the national crisis of missing and murdered, Missing is written by distinguished Canadian Métis playwright Marie Clements, with a gripping score by JUNO Award-winning composer Brian Current. The work confronts the tragedy…
King Charles III reigns over The Arts Club
Until November 19th, experience the reign of King Charles III at The Arts Club Theatre Company’s Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage. Queen Elizabeth II has passed and King Charles III has ascended to the Throne, but even before the Crown is upon his head, controversy and confrontation with his Parliament erupts. Asked to sign his assent…
Picks of the Week – October 25, 2017
As October draws to a close, Halloween continues to haunt the picks of the week with more spooky fun on top of our regular activities. Playoffs: Tonight, Whitecaps FC bring MLS playoff soccer to BC Place as they host San Jose Stage: The Arts Club Theatre Company sets the table for Thanks For Giving running at the Granville…
Picks of the Week – October 18, 2017
The late October is upon us, the picks of the week are filling with more and more hauntingly good fun. Tastes: Tonight, explore the new flavours of Chinatown as Tasting Plates explores the historic neighbourhood. Pop: Hard to believe but the trio of brothers, Hanson, are celebrating their 25th Anniversary with the Middle Of Nowhere…
A Little Night Music lights the Gateway Theatre season
Gateway Theatre’s 2017 / 2018 season got underway this week with a lavish performance of Stephen Sondheim’s classic A Little Night Music. A co-presentation with Patrick Street Productions, and directed by Peter Jorgensen, the Tony award winning musical is set in Sweden at the turn of the last century. A tale of romance and class…