Before the current season of Bard on the Beach comes to a close on September 28, 2018, Artistic Director Christopher Gaze has announced the lineup for the 2019 Festival’s 30th Anniversary Season. Running in repertory, from June 5 to September 21, 2019, on Bard’s two stages; BMO MainStage and the Howard Family Stage, the 2019 season’s plays…
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Vancouver Fringe Festival 2018 opens September 6
The 2018 edition of Vancouver Fringe Festival is onstage from September 6th to 16th, bringing 11 days of theatre for everyone. Since 1985, Vancouver Fringe Festival has consistently produced “Vancouver’s Best Arts Festival” (as voted by Georgia Straight readers), with the mission to cultivate artists and audiences to create an open and vibrant independent theatre community….
Picks of the Week – August 15, 2018
Mid-August and the annual smokey overlay above the city is upon us, there’s lots of entertainment to keep you indoors and out of the poor air. Jericho: It’s the final weekend of Ensemble Theatre Company Summer Repertory Festival the trio of plays at Jericho Arts Centre: Dark Road by Ian Rankin, A Few Good Men by…
Picks of the Week – August 8, 2018
It’s a lucky day 08/08/18, and as luck would have it there’s plenty to keep you entertained in this week’s picks. Balls: Tonight at BC Place cheer on Whitecaps FC on the first leg of the Canadian Championship Finals against Toronto FC. Bach: Early Music Vancouver’s 3rd Bach Festival is filling Christ Church Cathedral and Chan Centre…
VQFF Opening Gala coming August 9th
The 2018 Vancouver Queer Film Festival (VQFF) kicks off on Thursday August 9th with a 7:00pm screening of Yen Tan’s critically-observed period piece, 1985, at the Vancouver Playhouse. Director Tan’s fifth feature black & white film, 1985 follows Adrian, a closeted young man returning to his Texas hometown for Christmas during the first wave of the AIDS crisis….
Picks of the Week – August 1, 2018
How did July fly by so quickly? Here we are at the start of August, with a long weekend and Vancouver Pride ahead to give us plenty to keep busy in these picks of the week Icons: Tonight and Thursday, comedy legends Steve Martin and Martin Short entertain the audiences at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre…
Picks of the Week – July 25, 2018
Can you believe we’re already at the end of July?! Summer is sizzling and so is the city’s arts & culture scene. Bard: Make your picks between a brilliant Beatles themed version of As You Like It or the dramatic Macbeth on the Mainstage, and find Timon of Athens or Lysistrata on the Howard Family Stage at Bard on…