The Firehall Art Centre kicked off its 37th season with Speakeasy Theatre’s production of the provocative work The Shipment by Young Jean Lee. The play takes a look at black cultural stereotypes and makes us examine our ingrained assumptions and perceptions of race. Starting off, the first half of the show firmly places the 5…
Picks of the Week – September 25, 2019
Summer has officially come to a close, autumn is upon us bringing cooler, wet weather and pumpkin spice…everything. Let’s see what entertainment picks the first week of fall offers us. Opening: Firehall Arts Centre opens their season with a presentation of SpeakEasy Theatre’s powerful and provocative comedy, The Shipment Park: The Festival Lawn at Deer…
Early Music Vancouver (EMV) launches its 50th Season
This Saturday, Early Music Vancouver (EMV) launches its 50th Anniversary Season with Le Concert Spirituel: Baroque Orchestral Suites. Inspired by the 18th-century French Le Concert Spiritual concert series, 16 members of Victoria Baroque present a lavish pairing of French Overture Suites and Italian Concerti Grossi. Canadian icon, baroque violinist, and Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra Musical Director Emerita Jeanne Lamon, who recently…
MISCELLANEOUS Productions Presents AWAY with HOME
For two nights only, MISCELLANEOUS Productions, presents their 2018/19 new work, Away with Home at The Scotiabank Dance Centre’s Faris Family Studio Theatre. MISCELLANEOUS Productions is a hip hop theatre boot camp for youth from the community which presents an original theatrical work every two years, tours internationally, as well as giving free peer-run workshops for at-risk…
A Thousand Splendid Suns Opens The Arts Club Season
The Arts Club Theatre Company’s 56th Season opened with A Thousand Splendid Suns at the Stanley Industrial Alliance Theatre. Written by Ursula Rani Sarma is based on the acclaimed book by Khaled Hosseini A Thousand Splendid Suns is a richly crafted drama, spanning the years from the Soviet Occupation of Afghanistan to the rise of…
Presentation House Theatre presents launches 2019/20 season
North Vancouver’s Presentation House Theatre (PHT) launches its 2019/20 season October 8th. Before the season begins visit Presentation House Theatre this weekend, for Nchem?u?s Day on September 21st. The annual free community event welcomes everyone to join in the world’s largest Slahal “Bone Game”, an ancient traditional game of the Coast Salish territory. Presented in…
Picks of the Week – September 18, 2019
As we hit the official last week of Summer 2019, we find plenty to keep the entertainment scene heated up in these picks Bard: This are your last days to catch the 30th season of Bard on the Beach before it closes at Vanier Park with mainstage shows Shakespeare in Love (closing tonight) and Taming of the Shrew as…