The last week of November and the first weekend of December brings us a plethora of festival fun to entertain the whole family. Pride: Catch the follow up to Pride & Prejudice with Miss Bennet : Christmas at Pemberley at The Arts Club Granville Stage until December 30 Date: Until December 30, spend your date night…
Tag: drama
Pi Theatre opens the Canadian Premiere of Hir
Just as the American Thanksgiving brought families together, laying bare all the dysfunction, family drama, laughter and love that accompanies holiday get togethers, Pi Theatre opens, Hir, a darkly comic exploration of family. The Canadian premiere of acclaimed American playwright Taylor Mac, Hir runs until December 8, 2018, at Vancouver Civic Theatre’s Annex. The production explores the dynamics…
10 Plays For The Whole Family This Holiday Season
‘Tis the season to gather the family together and enjoy the fun of live theatre. Align Entertainment started the season off with their, just ended run of, A Christmas Story : The Musical. This holiday season finds theatre offering something for everyone in the family, from romance, to drama, comedy to fantasy. Check out the list…
PuSh Festival Debuts Its 15th Anniversary Program
This week, the PuSh International Performing Arts Festival launched its 2019 Festival Program, at a party at John Fluevog Shoes in Gastown. The 2019 Push Festival, January 17 to February 3 will mark the milestone 15th annual festival, bringing international performing arts to venues around Vancouver. Featuring 26 works from 24 companies from 13 countries — including six…
Free Film Screening of Miscellaneous Productions “Monsters”
Vancouver’s MISCELLANEOUS Productions is a non-profit, charitable society using art as a path for social change and personal transformation in culturally and socially at-risk youth – empowering them to be fully participating citizens. Last year, the company debuted, Monsters – an anti-racism, anti-bullying play with hip hop and World music and dance. Funding from Heritage…
Les Belles-soeurs at Gateway Theatre until October 6th
Now onstage at Richmond’s Gateway Theatre, Les Belles-soeurs (The Sisters-in-law) presents 15 women in the English language version of the gritty romp. The Ruby Slippers Theatre Production, directed by Diane Brown, was Quebec playwright Michel Tremblay’s first professionally produced play. Les Belles-soeurs was risque and vulgar when it premiered 50 years ago, and is just…
Uncover “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time”
The Arts Club Theatre Company’s 55th Season opens with The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. Now playing at the Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage, the award winning play is a delightful adaptation of Mark Haddon’s novel of the same name. Written by Simon Stephens, this adaptation is directed by The Arts Club’s Ashlie…