Kickstart Disability Arts and Culture celebrates its 21st year of supporting and promoting artists who identify as living with a disability with a very special concert event headlined by the incomparable singer Gaelynn Lea, a featured performance by inspirational humourist, David Roche, and a presentation by talented young painter, Mujtaba Saloojee.
Prepare to be dazzled by the next generation of Canadian opera stars at VOX, a prestigious new vocal competition taking place at Vancouver’s Queen Elizabeth Theatre on April 26. The event, which takes place on the eve of opening day of the third Vancouver Opera Festival (April 27 to May 5), is set to showcase the cream of Canada’s new operatic talent.
Each year UBCP/ACTRA presents two Sam Payne Awards to BC based performers. The Sam Payne Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes a person with an outstanding body of work in the performing arts industry. The Sam Payne Award recognizes a performer whose personal characteristics mirror those of Sam Payne.
I would say that the RCMT had big shoes to fill, taking on the challenge of this a fast-paced, much-beloved musical. And I think, overall, they delivered. As a whole, the performance was crisp and complex.
This year’s International Dance Day events in Richmond have been aptly dubbed “Celebration” as the event has reached it’s fifth anniversary
Choreographer Michelle Olson from the Tr’ondek Hwech’in First Nation and playwright Quelemia Sparrow from the Musquem First Nation bring together their respective cultural perspectives and stories to create a piece that is both meaningful and delightful to all audiences.
Arts Umbrella is thrilled to unveil its 2019 Expressions Festival theatre lineup, presented by Coromandel Properties, running May 17–25 at Waterfront Theatre on Granville Island.
Canada’s celebrated multi-disciplinary artist to deliver talk on Moving Still: Performative Photography in India drawing from her own creative practice.
In their ongoing mandate to support women in the arts, Betamax Gallery in East Vancouver is welcoming local artist Amanda Smart for a new exhibit, titled Recollect, April 12 – May 12.
Bard on the Beach celebrates its 30th season with a lineup that includes a salute to an all-time favourite Bard production, the stage adaptation of an Oscar-winning romantic comedy, a cross-cultural story set in India, and a powerful, rarely-staged political drama. Tickets for all Bard on the Beach plays and special events go on public sale April 3, 2019