Victoria Day long weekend is upon is, the pseudo start to the Summer Entertainment Season. Let’s see what the Picks of the Week includes; Taste: New Westminster gets a visit from the hungry explorers as Tasting Plates visits New West tonight. Cups: After being snowed-out last week, Whitecaps FC gets their Voyageurs Cup campaign underway…
Tag: Stage
Farewell, My Lovely at The Arts Club Theatre
The Arts Club Theatre Company has brought the cinema to the stage with the opening of Farewell, My Lovely at the Granville Island Stage. While the Raymond Chandler classic detective novel has been put to film three times and performed as radio plays, this is the first stage adaptation. The new play was developed as a Silver Commission Project,…
Vanya & Sonia & Masha & Spike @ Stanley
The Arts Club Theatre Company’s production of Christopher Durang’s Tony Award winning comedy, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, is playing until April 19th at the Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage. In spite of its references to the works of Chekov, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike is a ridiculously topical comedy. The mash-up of…
Picks of the Week – February 25, 2015
As we come to the end of February, we find some entertaining picks of the week to lead us into March; Beer: Hit up the Portside Pub tomorrow night for Meat, Beer and Cheese Night Vol 2, presented by Benton Brothers, Cheese Mongers, Parallel 49 & D Original Sausage Company, $20 gets a flight of 4 beer plus…
Picks of the Week – February 4, 2015
The Ground Hogs have risen and said it’s a split decision on an early or late spring but in the meantime there’s plenty of fun in the picks of the week. Broadway: It’s a tale as old as time when Broadway Across Canada’s Beauty & the Beast is on at Queen Elizabeth Theatre until Sunday Festival:…
“One Man, Two Guvnors” – Lots of Laughs
Now playing at the Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage, One Man, Two Guvnors is an uproarious funny comedy starring Andrew McNee as the ‘one man’, Francis Henshall. Set in 1963 Brighton, England the play is performed in a classic British farce/vaudeville style. Between scenes the cast take turns performing musical numbers alongside The Craze, the on-stage…
PuSh Festival – Sequence 8
While it’s too late to catch Sequence 8 during its run at PuSh Festival 2015, if you have a chance to see it this show definitely ranks a ‘must see’. All of the performances, plus the added Saturday matinee, have sold out and drawn ample waitlists as people clamoured to see the show at the…