For three nights only, audiences will be treated to three solo dance pieces, by three diverse choreographers, in Joe: A Solo Show at the Scotiabank Dance Centre. Presented October 18-20, by Joe Ink, and Vancouver dance luminary Joe Laughlin; Joe: A Solo Show includes the work of Vancouver dance artist Amber Funk Barton, Montreal-based choreographer Gioconda Barbuto, and…
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Diwali in BC spreads the light until November 17
Diwali is the Hindu festival of lights, celebrated every autumn in the northern hemisphere. Diwali in BC, founded in 2017 by Rohit Chokhani, has a goal to spread Diwali celebrations throughout the province over the coming years. The theme for the 2018 celebrations, running now until November 17, is ‘New Horizons’ and features programming in Vancouver,…
Never Still opens the Firehall Arts Centre season.
Next week, The Firehall Arts Centre kicks off its 2018/2019 season with the world premiere of Never Still. Running from from September 26 to 29, 2018, Never Still, is the newest work from Vancouver’s Vanessa Goodman (Action at a Distance Dance Society), created in collaboration with dancers Shion Skye Carter, Stéphanie Cyr, Bynh Ho, Alexa Mardon, Lexi Vajda, and Sound/Projection Designer Loscil…
Picks of the Week – September 12, 2018
While we wouldn’t know it by the weather, we still have just over a week of summer left (officially) so let’s try to make the most of it with some of these entertainment picks Bard: The 2018 season of Bard on the Beach is rapidly drawing to a close, the classic drama Macbeth on the Mainstage and Lysistrata on the…
Scotiabank Dance Centre Open House 2018
At the corner of Davie & Granville Street, behind the facade of the unassuming former bank building lies a thriving hub of Vancouver’s dance scene, the Scotiabank Dance Centre. Since 1986 The Dance Centre has been as a resource centre for professional dance companies and the public, providing a range of activities to the dance…
Kick off Pride Season with The Lady In Red Ball
The Vancouver Pride season is almost upon us, to kick-off the festivities the Fairmont Hotel Vancouver is hosting the first Lady In Red Ball, on July 27th. Benefitting the Dr Peter AIDS Foundation, the inaugural Lady In Red Ball will be hosted Vancouver’s Next Drag Superstar 2017 winner, Kendall Gender. The host will also delight attendees with a…
TUTS takes us to 42nd Street
The 2018 season of Theatre Under The Stars (TUTS) is now open with 42nd Street alternating nights at Malkin Bowl, in Stanley Park with Rogers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella. Directed by Robert McQueen, 42nd Street is a show within a show jukebox musical that takes us back to 1930s Broadway. A familiar selection of standards and showtunes…