Opening last night, May 8, Mayumi Lashbrook’s Enemy Lines brings down the curtain on Firehall Arts Centre’s season with just three more performances, Thursday, Friday and Saturday night at 7:30pm The performance mixes dance and multi-media, with a biographical look back at the trials and trauma of her Japanese immigrant great-grandmother Tsuyako Sumioka’s early life…
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Picks of the Week – May 6, 2026
If you weren’t celebrating Cinco de Mayo too hard yesterday, there’s plenty of activities and entertainment to keep moving through these picks of the week Princess: Carousel Theatre for Young People presents Western Canadian Premiere of a new adaptation of The Paper Bag Princess, by Alissa Watson, based on Robert Munsch and directed by Kathleen Duborg, at the Waterfront Theatre…
Some Assembly Theatre Company presents the World Premiere of GLITCH, Free May 6th-9th
The world premiere of GLITCH, produced and presented by Some Assembly Theatre Company comes to the Roundhouse Performance Centre from May 6th to 9th. Written and directed by Artistic Director and Siminovitch Prize nominee Valerie Methot in collaboration with youth and artists, GLITCH is a bold new and original work inspired by young people’s urgent concerns about societal expectations,…
Enemy Lines Closes the Firehall Arts Centre Season
Closing the Firehall Arts Centre’s ELBOWS UP – Made in Canada season, Enemy Lines by choreographer Mayumi Lashbrook takes the stage from May 6th to May 9th. Wrapping up an inspiring and successful season celebrating bold Canadian voices and storytelling, Enemy Lines is a live dance performance that looks at how a climate of fear led to the incarceration of…
Picks of the Week – April 29, 2026
April comes to a close with a hint of showers, may flowers can’t be far behind, as well a list of spring entertainment picks Dance Day: Today, to celebrate International Dance Day, The Dance Centre presents a dynamic lineup of events; from Vancouver Ballroom Arts’ Vogue Femme Workshop with Posh Gvasalia Basquiat, an exhibit features costumes/effects, awards,…
Go Undercover & Under The Sea at Theatre Under The Stars 2026
Entertaining Vancouver audiences since 1940, Theatre Under the Stars (TUTS) once again brings a pair of musical masterpieces to Malkin Bowl with its 2026 season, featuring Sister Act and Disney’s The Little Mermaid, alternating on stage July 3-August 22, 2026. “As we celebrate our 86th year under the stars, we couldn’t be more thrilled to bring two heartwarming Broadway musicals…
Puccini’s La Bohème Closes the Vancouver Opera Season
Vancouver Opera’s 2025-2026 season comes to a close this week with a spectacular production of Giacomo Puccini’s La Bohème. Following a group of bohemian friends & lovers in 1830s Paris, La Bohème’s timeless popularity is perhaps owing to its simple and enduring theme of boy meets girl. Herein, on Christmas Eve, in a forlorn flat…