In 2017 Canada will be 150 years young. Celebrate at Richmond’s Children’s Arts Festival on Monday, February 13 – Family Day – with a day full of art, artists and Canadiana. This year’s Children’s Arts Festival will offer children of all ages the opportunity to attend a truly Canadian birthday celebration. The festival will … Read more
A British pantomime is very different to the more modern Christmas plays that abound, especially around the Lower Mainland, at this time of year. Pantomime is an English musical comedy stage production, designed for family entertainment. It is a participatory form of theatre, in which the audience is expected to join in, or sing … Read more
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However you plan to celebrate the Lunar New Year, pianist Avan Yu and a few VSO friends invite you to join them for a celebration at the Orpheum Theatre on Wednesday, February 1st at 7:30pm. http://www.vancouversymphony.ca/concert/16SPEC15/ Vancouver-raised and internationally-renowned pianist Avan Yu returns home to host and perform in the VSO’s very special celebration of theLunar New Year.This concert … Read more
Today at the VSO School of Music’s Pyatt Hall, the Vancouver Symphony Society and Poly Culture North America signed a Memorandum of Understanding to co-operate with each other by exploring the potential to work together in a number of areas of mutual interest, including concert co- presentations, promotion of Chinese performance arts and artists, … Read more
We all have them – items on our bucket list that we vow, year after year, to finally check off. I’ve been wanting to see Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo since they debuted more than 30 years ago – and I was thrilled to see this amazing troupe last week at the Queen … Read more
Three-week festival showcases groundbreaking contemporary theatre, dance, multimedia & music The PuSh International Performing Arts Festival (PuSh Festival) presents its 13th annual edition, taking place January 16 to February 5, 2017 at various Vancouver venues. Acclaimed artists representing 11 countries will descend on the city for the signature, three-week mid-winter event. From staggering … Read more
Concert pairs Berlioz’s innovative masterpiece with imaginative new work by local, award-winning composer Benton Roark The Vancouver Academy of Music Symphony Orchestra (VAMSO) will embark on a thrilling musical journey with Hector Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique, February 19, 2017, 2pm at the Orpheum Theatre. In an afternoon inspired by ingenuity, VAMSO’s more than 100 musicians led by Music … Read more
Romance, drama and intrigue galore in this gripping murder mystery from the Queen of Crime Agatha Christie! An intriguing play by the incomparable Agatha Christie, Towards Zero begins when the frail and elderly Lady Tressilian invites several guests into her seaside home at Gull’s Point. The house party turns sour when tennis star, Neville Strange, … Read more
What if Shakespeare had written The Godfather? Feb 3-25, 2017 What if Shakespeare wrote The Godfather? Pacific Theatre is proud to present Classic Chic’s production of Corleone: The Shakespearean Godfather by David Mann. The Corleone family is on the top of the New York crime food chain, with Vito Corleone at the head of … Read more