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,…
5 Last-Minute Halloween Treats and Tricks
We have just a week left before the ghosts and ghouls rise for Halloween hauntings, let’s have a look at some spots to scare up some fun in these last few days. Eerie Illusions: Burnaby Village Museum is getting a little spooky for a family-friendly event, with a murder of talking crows, photo-bombing ghouls, ghost…
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…
Theatre Replacement brings Best Life to The ‘Bolt
Theatre Replacement, one of Vancouver’s most innovative experimental companies, is putting its Best Life on stage. Burnaby’s Shadbolt Centre for the Arts welcomes audiences to the World Premiere of Best Life November 2-5 at the Studio Theatre. The new work, Best Life is an immersive and relational work performed by an audience, for an audience….
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…
Zee Zee Theatre’s Storytelling Project Returns with The Rainbow Elders & Allies Collection
On November 5-6 and 12-13, Zee Zee Theatre honours the protest and perspectives of Vancouver’s Rainbow Elders. Following the digital pivot of the company’s annual storytelling project, this free event at the Vancouver Public Library, Central Library marks a return to in-person and interactive storytelling. Co-curated by Allan Morgan, Melanie Ray, Alysha Collie, and Dallas…