Karen Dar Woon Takes Us On A Virtual Culture And Travel Tour Thanks to my fellow Dame and friend Karen Dar Woon, who’s always either on a trip, or planning one, for this Virtual Culture And Travel Tour. Find out more about Karen, Your Secret Chef, and how she could help you get dinner on…
Category: Culture
Groundswell Test Market At Granville Island
Alternative Business School Graduates From Groundswell Present Their Fares In Granville Island Luckily for me, I’m on Facebook (give me a like, won’t you?) and often pay attention to the events that are suggested to me, as I procrastinate on the work I need to do. Yesterday, up popped the Groundswell Test Market At Granville…
Goh Ballet’s The Nutcracker Opens With ballet superstar Paloma Herrera
There’s still time to get festive and catch some holiday magic with The Nutcracker at The Centre For Performing Arts. On until December 22, The Goh Ballet stars superstar Paloma Herrera, principal dancer from the American Ballet Theatre in New York. She’s the magical Sugar Plum Fairy and her performance, alongside Dmitri Dovgoselets, a soloist from the Royal…
Avenue Q
Playing at the Arts Club Theatre Company from November 20, 2014 to January 3, 2015, Avenue Q is the far wittier adult version of Sesame Street. What seems initially as a rather childish musical will make you glad you left the children at home. Avenue Q is a hilarious romp around serious adult issues as…
TEDx Vancouver 2014
This year’s theme for TED is TILT. It’s all about shifting perspectives, and getting out of your comfort zone! What is TEDx? In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers…
Vancouver TheatreSports™ League Presents TripImproviser
Travel to The Improv Centre this summer for trippy comedy, July 3 – August 30 Vancouver TheatreSports™ League (VTSL) kicks-off its new summer show, TripImproviser, on Thursday, July 3. Inspired by suggestions from the audience and TripAdvisor reviews, the new show will parody travel experiences. From city to jungle, bungee jumping to bird watching, the…
Cirque Returns to Vancouver With Totem
Cirque du Soleil has once again brought its circus talent to town under the hard-to-miss giant blue and yellow tent at Concord Pacific Place. The show begins with a human crystal ball descending from the ceiling into a tortoise shell filled with amphibian-like creatures that jump, flip and spin, setting the stage for another amazing…
Bard on the Beach A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Now in it’s25th year Shakespeare’s magical comedy A Midsummer Night’s Dream will play Tuesdays through Sundays in Bard’s Mainstage Theatre tent in Vanier Park from June 11 to September 20, 2014. This tale of meddling fairies, star-crossed lovers, royal engagements, and muddled tradesmen is the most popular of Shakespeare’s plays. More from Bard Oberon, King of the Fairies…
Cirque du Soleil TOTEM May 15 – June 19, 2014
Billed as “a fascinating journey into the evolution of mankind” the newest Cirque du Soleil performance runs from May 15-June 19, 2014 under the blue-and-yellow big top at Concord Pacific Place. Tickets at www.cirquedusoleil.com/totem. We”ll be checking it out on opening night and will report back on what is sure to be an amazing spectacle! Written and directed…
Eastside Culture Crawl
This weekend artists open their studios to the public for a once a year viewing of some of Vancouver’s best crafts. A great excuse to explore the neighbourhood. GLV Friday, November 15 – 5:00 – 10:00 pm Saturday & Sunday November 16 & 17 11:00 am – 6:00 pm The 17th Annual Eastside Culture Crawl…
Oubliette of Dreams
Dare to enter the twisted and dangerous inner world of a circus madman… Long forgotten but never dead, his imagination walks the fine line of insanity, teetering ever so often on the edge of the plausible, veering sharply towards the demented, pausing at the alluring grace of the inexplicable, the elegant finesse of the unknowable…
The True Heroines present “So Long Summer”
THE TRUE HEROINES GO INTERACTIVE BY INCORPORATING YOU, THE AUDIENCE INTO A BRAND NEW SHOW AT THE ANZA CLUB – 3 8th Ave West. IT’S THE SAME CABARET YOU KNOW AND LOVE, WITH A TWIST…SO COME ON OUT ON AUGUST 28th @ 8:00 pm FOR A UNIQUE NIGHT OF ENTERTAINMENT. Get your tickets at Brown…
TUTS – Theatre Under The Stars Legally Blond & How To Succeed In Business
LEGALLY BLONDE: THE MUSICAL & HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING JULY 8 – AUGUST 17, 2013 Enjoy an evening under the stars July 8th – August 17th at Malkin Bowl (610 Pipeline Road) in Stanley Park as Theatre Under the Stars (TUTS) presents Legally Blonde: The Musical and How to Succeed in Business…
Cafe de Chinitas at Norman Rothstein Theatre
Café de Chinitas – Mozaico Flamenco forms a six-dancer troupe with two of Madrid’s cutting edge flamenco dancers from the most avant-garde companies today, Ricardo Lopez and Emilio Ochando. With the male dancers playing jealous rivals for Maria, played by Kasandra “La China”, Café de Chinitas explores the power and variety of human emotions surrounding…
Ride the Cyclone
The highly entertaining Push International Performing Arts Festival runs from January 15-February 3, 2013 and offers of a plethora of live performing arts around Vancouver. Playing at the Arts Club’s Granville Island stage until February 16 is Ride the Cyclone, an absolute must see. The musical begins with the eerie voice of the Amazing Karnack, a mechanized fortune-teller,…
The Wizard of Oz
As I sat next to a wide-eyed three year old squealing with glee last Saturday night, I couldn’t quite believe that I was having more fun than she at the opening night to The Wizard of Oz. The musical had enough action to entertain a variety of ages of children, but also had those entirely adult overtones…
White Christmas – Arts Club Theatre
A White Christmas is a musical that should be on your must-do holiday list each year. In a charmingly predictable plot, Wallace and Davis, two World War II army buddies now back to their State-side life as Broadway entertainers, come to the rescue of their former beloved Major General post-war. The General has taken over…
Danger Thrill Show- The Most Dangerous Show in Town
Friday, November 30, 2012 9:00pm until 2:00am The most dangerous show in town is pulling out all the stops on this night of weird, wild, wonderment. Motorcycle stunt, darts, bed of swords, balloon perversion, Strong woman, escape artist, and much much more! Featuring death defying live stunts by Neil E. Dee Melody Mangler Like you’ve never seen…
She Stoops to Conquer until November 18 at The Stanley Theatre
Another dull and dreary rainy Vancouver day this past weekend provided a perfect opportunity to sit down in the warm and have a good belly laugh. The outing? She Stoops to Conquer now playing at The Stanley Theatre. Oliver Goldsmith’s bawdy comedy was first performed in London in 1773 and could be compared to a modern…
Burlesque Long Form
On November 10th, six of Vancouver’s most celebrated Burlesque performers will take to the Rio stage for Burlesque-Long Form. An artistic challenge set by producer and performer April O’Peel, local luminaries will have one chance only to perform a full ten minute act!! Will the performers be able to please, tease and captivate their audience…
