Jessie Award winners announced!
The 37th annual Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards were held on Monday, July 15th at Bard on the Beach in the BMO Mainstage in Vanier Park, an amazing theatrical venue in a magnificent setting.
Arts and Culture
TUTS presents Mamma Mia – A Magical Night, Rain or Shine – a review by Sylvia Pritchard
The enthusiastic, energetic, and talented cast started the show with humour, delivering the usually dull housekeeping items, dance skilfully through the production, to a finale with a great group number, that had the audience leaving on a high, humming, and dancing to the familiar ABBA songs.
TUTS presents Disney’s Newsies – Hope for the Future – a review by Sylvia Pritchard
Newsies is the story of a rag tag group of kids who took on a group of newspaper tycoons including Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst and won.
Vancouver Art Gallery Summer Exhibitions 2019
As if it were not enough for Art Gallery visitors to betreated to a major exhibition of the sculpture and painting of Alberto Giacometti this summer, The Vancouver Art Gallery is featuring two more exciting exhibits as well.
Okanagan Crush Pad in Summerland, BC welcomes visitors with LIVE music all summer long until August 29
Led by owners Christine Coletta and Steve Lornie, Okanagan Crush Pad takes winery guests through a true Okanagan experience.
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra Announces the Final Installment of The Harry Potter Film Concert Series with Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows™ – Part 1 in Concert
Since the world premiere of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone in Concert in June 2016, more than 1.3 million fans have enjoyed this magical experience from J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World, which is scheduled to include over 900 performances across more than 48 countries worldwide through 2019.
97 South Song Sessions Songwriters Festival Coming to Okanagan Valley August 1-2
Bench 1775 Winery’s GM, Val Tait said “Bench 1775 is thrilled to be hosting the first ever 97 South Song Sessions night. This intimate performance is the perfect fit with our winery visitors and will surely be a landmark summer event in the Okanagan.”
Bard on the Beach – Enjoy and Learn at All’s Well That Ends Well – a review
All’s Well That Ends Well provides excellent performances from its female actors. Patel and Parmar are amazing in their roles, bringing joy, sorrow, wistfulness and determinati/Users/valerievdg/Desktop/bard alls well.jpgon to their parts.
Silence! The Musical – July 25 – August 3
This raunchy lampoon brings back the creepiness of the movie but with a whole lot of offensive and tongue in cheek hilarity!
Announcing the 2019/2020 Theatre Wire Season!
“The shows in Theatre Wire’s 2019/20 season provide a window into the minds of smart, creative artists in our society who have a special way of interpreting our realities,” Vancouver Fringe Theatre Society Executive Director Laura Efron says.