Happy Spring! As quick as the weather changed, it changes again, good thing we can always count on a bouquet of entertainment to brighten our week!
Dance: March 22-23 at Vancouver Playhouse, DanceHouse welcomes the BC premiere of Côté Danse’s X (Dix)
Puck: Thursday night, East comes West Vancouver Canucks host the Montreal Canadiens at Rogers Arena, then on Saturday night Calgary Flames take the ice
Foodie: Continuing until March 31st, the Vancouver Foodster Chower Challenge features restaurants around Vancouver like Chewie’s Oyster Bar, Lift Bar & Grill, Stanley’s Bar & Grill and Vancouver Aquarium inviting Judges (including me) and the Public to taste and vote for their favourite Chowder!
Farce: Until March 31, The Metro Theatre with First Impressions Theatre present Michael Frayn’s classic English farce “Noises Off” that looks behind the scenes at a the backstage dramatics and comedy of a theatre production going spectacularly off the rails.
Improv: The Improv Centre has a March laughter-filled line-up of improv theatre sports comedy and tonight including Friday Jr (Thursdays) and Date Night (Wednesdays)
Father: Until March 24th, The Arts Club Granville Island Stage welcomes Father Tartuffe: An Indigenous Misadventure an Indigenous adaptation of Molière’s 17th-century comedy set in 1960s Canada.
Acapella: Until March 29th, Rushed Productions presents the world premiere of Annahis Basmadjian’s comedy-musical Sigma Acapella, at the Jack and Darlene Poole Theatre, Arts Umbrella
Talk: March 21st, The Phil Lind Initiative climate activist and hip-hop artist with Indigenous Mexica roots X Martinez will take to the Phil Lind Initiative stage with a discussion moderated by author and co-director of UBC’s Centre for Climate Justice Naomi Klein.
Dim Sum: This Friday, catch a preview of Fabulist Theatre’s World Premiere Workshop of Dim Sum Diaries: Second Helping running at The Nest on Granville Island March 27-30.
Italy: This week, The Arts Club’s Made in Italy, continues On Tour, taking it’s Music, Food, Family Table making stops at Mission’s Clarke Theatre (March 20), Kay Meek Centre in West Vancouver (March 21-22), The ACT Arts Centre in Maple Ridge (March 23-24)
Velvet: In previews now, The Arts Club Theatre’s Red Velvet brings the true-story of the first Black actor to tread the boards as Shakespeare’s Othello to the Stanley Industrial Alliance stage until April 21st
Love: March 21-24 the Anvil Theatre presents Michael Jacobs’ Cheaters a wild, rollicking look at love and romance
From the action ‘Putin Peed his Pants,’ 2012. Photo: Denis Bochkarev
Riot: Tomorrow, celebrate the opening of Velvet Terrorism: Pussy Riot’s Russia, a survey exhibition of the feminist art collective, at The Polygon Gallery running from March 22–June 2, 2024.