March, already? As we go marching nearer to spring, there’s plenty of action in these picks of the week. Rugby: Canada Sevens, Vancouver’s most exciting sporting weekends of the year returns to BC Place Stadium, March 3-5, 2023, with the biggest Canada Sevens tournament yet. Now incorporating both the Men’s and Women’s tournaments into the…
Category: Theatre
Walk Right Back: The Everly Brothers Story tours BC, closing at Massey Theatre March 11
The Everly Brothers are back, and on tour near you in the musical Walk Right Back: The Everly Brothers Story, returning to stages around BC this March. Direct from the UK and presented by Paquette Productions, Walk Right Back returns to stages in 2023 by popular demand. Learn the history and listen to the music…
Touchstone Theatre brings the World Premiere of The Wrong Bashir to Firehall Art Centre
This Thursday, Touchstone Theatre presents the World Premiere of The Wrong Bashir by Ismaili playwright Zahida Rahemtulla at the Firehall Arts Centre stage. Touchstone Associate Artistic Director Daniela Atiencia (2022 Jessie Award co-Winner in Outstanding Direction) directs this comedy which follows Bashir Ladha (Aman Mann) —a wayward philosophy major leaning towards nihilism – who has…
A Comedy for Generations, Driving Me Crazy Takes to the Road,
Rolling down the freeway of life comes Driving Me Crazy, crashing onto stages around Metro Vancouver. Produced by Serendipity Theatre Collective in association with the PHT Creative HUB, where it opens a tour of BC with two performances at Presentation House Theatre this February 25 & 26 before setting off on the road. Written by…
The Woman in Black haunts Jericho Arts Centre until March 5th.
The Woman in Black, by Stephen Mallatratt and Dame Susan Hill, takes the stage at Jericho Arts Centre until March 5th. Based upon Dame Susan’s own 1983 gothic horror novel, this Vancouver production is presented by CLASSical ACT Collective, with the support of Famous Artists Limited, directed by and starring Bernard Cuffling with Aidan Wright….
High School is Tough for a Teenage Dick
The Arts Club Theatre Company, in collaboration with Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival and Realwheels Theatre, presents the Vancouver Premiere of Teenage Dick by Mike Lew. Playing until March 5 at the Newmount Stage at the BMO Theatre Centre, Lew’s adaptation of Shakespeare’s Richard III shifts the action from the halls of 15th century…
Fringe Digital Remix Revives the Best of the 2022 Fest
Following the successful in-person return of the 2022 Vancouver Fringe Festival, Executive Director Cory Philley and co. have revived nine live-recordings as part of ‘Fringe Digital Remix’ – an online streaming showcase featuring some of the best acts of its 2022 line-up. From theatre to dance, drag, music, comedy and more… the ‘Fringe Digital Remix’…