Wrapping up October, Halloween weekend is upon us, but amongst all the ghostly fun, there’s plenty of other entertainment to keep us busy in these picks of the week. Frights: The fan-fave Halloween event, Fright Nights at Playland, continues on select nights until October 31st, transforming the park into a terrifying Halloween-themed experience with seven haunted houses,…
Category: Theatre
Vancouver Opera opens with Bizet’s The Pearl Fishers
Vancouver Opera opened its 2022-2023 season at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre with a lush, full-scale production of Georges Bizet’s The Pearl Fishers. In spite of the fact that the French writers and composer never set foot on the island, as we are told in the opening prologue, The Pearl Fishers transports the audience to the…
TJ Dawe thinks Blueberries are Assholes and other observances at Firehall Arts Centre
In these tumultuous times, a little levity goes a long way and Firehall Arts Centre has just the evening for you with its presentation of TJ Dawe’s Blueberries are Assholes. Playing until October 30th, TJ Dawe brings audiences an hour of observations and revelations about the most mundane. Dawe finds wacky and bizarre truths whilst…
Picks of the Week – October 19, 2022
Although the autumnal equinox was a month ago, it feels like the weather’s clock is running late as we finally see some precipitation, let’s hope it clears up the smoke but not the hot entertainment this week’s picks have to offer. Latin: Continuing to November 2nd, the fourth annual Latin American Heritage Month celebrates with Latin American Arts…
Bad Parent makes Good Theatre as vAct bring Ins Choi’s new work to The Cultch
Bad Parent a new play from award-winning playwright Ins Choi is now on stage at The Cultch Historic Theatre until October 23rd. Produced by Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre (VACT), with Prairie Theatre Exchange, and Soulpepper Theatre Company, the play takes a lighthearted look at marriage, parenthood and everything that goes along with them. Stars Raugi…
The Cultch brings the RE/PLAY: Digital Playground 2022 Fall Season to a screen near you
With its Fall Season of in-person productions in full swing at the Historic and York Theatres, The Cultch gets its Fall 2022 RE/PLAY: Digital Season, underway today with the first of three feature performances, as well as an ongoing collection of RE/PLAY Shorts coming this autumn. Over the past couple of years, The Cultch has…
19th Heart of the City Festival brings 100+ events to the Eastside
The 19th Annual Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival returns October 26 to November 6, 2022. The twelve day festival features a line-up of free and ticketed, live and online events filling the Eastside neighbourhood, indoors and out, with music, stories, poetry, theatre, ceremony, films, dance, readings, forums, workshops, discussions, gallery exhibits, art talks,…