The Arts Club Theatre Company is welcoming audiences to gather around and experience a cultural Rubaboo at the Granville Island Stage until April 30th. Rubaboo comes from the Métis-Michif word for “leftovers stew” or “big pot”, and just like the hearty stew, creator Andrea Menard’s Rubaboo offers up a hearty mix to fill the spirits…
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DOXA 2023 Festival Line-Up Debuts
This week, DOXA Documentary Film Festival, Western Canada’s largest documentary film festival, announced its 2023 Festival line-up. The 22nd edition Festival returns to screens May 4 through May 14, 2023 with a roster of crucial and thought-provoking documentaries in theatrical venues across the city, bringing filmmakers and audiences together for a communal cinema experience. For…
The Cultch lines up a sixth annual Femme Festival
The Cultch has announced the line-up for its sixth annual Femme Festival. With seven performances from women in music, theatre, dance, comedy, and circus, The Cultch’s Femme Festival will fill its three stages April 15-May 14, 2023. April 26-30 The Cultch’s York Theatre features the Festival centrepiece, Raven, a contemporary circus act from German circus…
Picks of the Week – April 5, 2023
No foolin’! It’s already April, and just like the blossoms, entertainment picks are popping up everywhere around the city! Festival: Until May 28th, Urban Ink and The Cultch welcome new works and past favourites to a free, all-digital TRANSFORM Cabaret Festival focuses on empowering Indigenous artists and encouraging collaboration with non-Indigenous artists. Music: The Shadbolt Centre for…
The Firehall and Savage Society remount Taran Kootenhayoo’s White Noise
As part of The Firehall Art Centre’s 40th anniversary season , The Firehall and Savage Society will present the remount of Taran Kootenhayoo’s White Noise from April 15 to May 7. A comedy about two families who have dinner together for the first time during Truth and Reconciliation week, White Noise explores what it means…
Picks of the Week – March 29, 2023
Wrapping up March we hope there’s no fooling with this weekend’s picks! Sense: Wrapping up this Sunday, The Arts Club Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage breathes new life into the world of the Dashwood Sisters with its creative staging of Jane Austen’s Sense & Sensibility by Kate Hamill. Mystery: Also only until Sunday, the Firehall Arts Centre is presenting the Vancouver premiere…
Gateway Theatre welcomes Hey Viola!
A slice of Canadian heritage is coming to Gateway Theatre with the presentation of the critically-acclaimed musical Hey Viola! April 13 to 22. If you’ve missed the 2022 presentation at Anvil Centre, do not miss this tour-de-force performance by Canadian jazz and blues singer Krystle Dos Santos, as she takes the audience on a musical…