As part of the Stanley Park 125th Anniversary Celebrations, Boca del Lupo and The Shadbolt Centre for the Arts present Fall Away Home, a modern fairy tale about a young girl who, in an effort to help others, falls down a hole and finds herself falling all the way through the planet. After a series…
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PNE 2013 is almost here!
This weekend marks the start of the 2013 Pacific National Exhibition, running August 17 – September 2nd (excluding Aug 19 & 26), The Fair has been an annual rite of summer for over a century in Vancouver. First conceived as a way to bring the country to the city, the PNE has a long tradition…
67th Tony Award Winners
Sunday night, June 9, Broadway’s finest gathered at Radio City Music Hall for the 67th Annual Tony Awards presentations. Hosted for the 3rd consecutive year by Neil Patrick Harris the ceremony celebrates the 2012-2013 Broadway season. The show started as usual with an original opening number performed by the host and what appeared to be…
Have A Splash! Vancouver Pools Open for Summer
While this long weekend may not be as sunny as we’d like there’s still a chance to hit the water as soon as the clouds part. Vancouver public parks have opened the outdoor swimming pools for the 2013 summer season. While Kits Pool and Second Beach are the best known, there are other outdoor pools…
Broadway Across Canada – Mary Poppins
Chim Chim Cheree! Everyone’s favourite nanny stops by Vancouver this week, no not Supernanny but Mary Poppins. Broadway Across Canada‘s touring production of Disney’s Mary Poppins opened tonight and plays until Sunday July 22nd at Vancouver’s Queen Elizabeth Theatre. Adapted from the family favourite 1964 Disney movie, Mary Poppins features the same familiar score by…
Xanadu: Summer Fun At Arts Club
“A place where nobody dared to go…they call it Xanadu”, or so the lyrics go to the title song to Xanadu, the musical now playing at The Arts Club Theatre Company’s Granville Island Stage. Contrary to the lyrics, every body should go to Xanadu, it’s a fun, camp rolic. I’d say it’s a guilty pleasure…
66th Annual Tony Award Winners
Sunday night, the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League presented the 66th Annual Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, better known as The Tony Awards. Third time host Neil Patrick Harris presided over the evening from the Beacon Theatre in New York City. In addition to awards the evening included performances from some…