While it’s still not recommended to socialize, let’s see what we can find to entertain ourselves safely or virtually. Bands: Tonight, enjoy the UBC Bands: Fall Showcase presented online by the woodwind, brass, and percussion chamber ensembles performing music by Mozart, Brahms, Joplin and more Symphony: December 4, join the UBC Symphony Orchestra for a…
Category: Theatre
Think of Theatres this Giving Tuesday
Today has become known as Giving Tuesday, a day to give-back following the shopping blitz of Black Friday-Cyber Monday. There are many worthy organizations in need of assistance, this year perhaps think about supporting your favourite local live theatre. Throughout the pandemic restrictions have closed or severely limited the capacity for our live theatres to…
Amahl and the Night Visitors comes to Vancouver Opera Digital Season
The Vancouver Opera digital 2020–2021 season continues December 12th with the premiere of the holiday classic Amahl and the Night Visitors. Composed by Gian Carlo Menotti, it was the first opera written specifically for television broadcast and quickly became a holiday favourite, Amahl and the Night Visitors will touch audiences with its heartwarming story and impact…
Picks of the Week – November 25, 2020
While COVID-19 restrictions have us sticking close to home, let’s see what virtual picks are still available to entertain us at home or in-person in our household bubbles. Origins: Tonight, Chan Centre for Performing Arts at UBC and Early Music Vancouver present Origins-Music of the Tang Dynasty, a free (donations encouraged) online performance by Silk…
BC’s Margaret Grenier wins 2020 Walter Carsen Prize for Excellence in the Performing Arts.
For just the second time in its 19 year history, the Canada Council for the Arts has announced a BC winner of the Walter Carsen Prize for Excellence in the Performing Arts. Margaret Grenier, choreographer, dance artist, Executive and Artistic Director of Dancers of Damelahamid, and Producer and Director of the annual Coastal Dance Festival,…
Stay HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS with Gateway Theatre
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…
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…