FADO – The Saddest Music in the World is returning to The Firehall stage from Saturday, January 14 to Sunday, February 5, 2023. Produced by the Firehall Arts Centre and Victoria’s Puente Theatre, acclaimed Portuguese-Canadian playwright Elaine Ávila’s play, FADO, is a tale of love and ghosts set in the back alleys and brothels of…
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Anne of Green Gables: The Musical brings Avonlea to Richmond’s Gateway Theatre
Anne of Green Gables: The Musical, based on the novel by L. M. Montgomery, welcomes everyone for a full-scale in-person production to Gateway Theatre in Richmond, until December 31st. After the last seasons of digital or scaled-down festive seasons, Gateway brings back its much-loved annual Holiday production, with a production about a much-loved redhead. Staring…
East Van Panto celebrates 10 years, with The Little Mermaid
It’s the most hilarious time of the year! Dive into East Van Panto: The Little Mermaid at The Cultch York Theatre until January 1, 2023. Theatre Replacement’s 10th anniversary production of East Van Panto carries on the annual tradition of over-the-top hijinks and hilarity. Written by Sonja Bennet with music once again by Veda Hille,…
The Arts Club comes alive with the Sound of Music!
The Arts Club Theatre Company brings back Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The Sound of Music to the Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage this Holiday season until December 24th. Previously staged in 2019, this post-pandemic production wraps the audience once again in the comforting, familiar warmth of the classic musical. With the film version of The Sound Of Music…
Picks of the Week – October 5, 2022
Can you believe it’s already October?! The weather feels like Summer but this week the activities and entertainment are full of Fall. Motherlovers: There’s only days left to get a taste of Hot Brown Honey – The Remix, the brilliant troupe of Global First Nations women from down under back for more of the boisterous, bold,…
Stream, Pageant: A Musical Comedy Beauty Contest
“Girls will be boys, and boys will be girls.” said The Kinks – those words aptly apply to Pageant: A Musical Comedy Beauty Contest, in which that odd and somewhat tarnish artefact of the recent past, the All-American Beauty Contest, gets a re-gendered 21st century makeover—leaving laughter in its wake. After 2018’s successful (but too short) run…
The Cultch goes from East Van to Edinburgh
The Cultch is reaching across the globe for its latest series – East Van to Edinburgh – bringing five dynamic shows from Vancouver to audiences in the UK, Canada, and all around the world from now until August 28, 2021. Edinburgh Festival Fringe is the world’s largest celebration of arts and culture. Every August, Edinburgh…