The Comedy Department brings weekly improv comedy shows to Downtown Vancouver with this speakeasy style cabaret in the West End.
Speakeasy Comedy in Downtown Vancouver
After decades of experience doing live improv comedy shows, performing alongside comedy giants like Colin Mochrie and Ryan Stiles, Denise Jones and David Milchard realized they wanted to make comedy their full-time job and started The Comedy Department.
Hilarious and captivation magic, drag, and comedy shows in Vancouver.
Audiences can sit back, relax and delight in the unique venue The Comedy Department calls home, The Show Cellar (at 1755 Davie Street near Denman) in English Bay.
Offering full food and beverage service during the show, this red table-clothed cabaret showroom creates a cool, speakeasy vibe and gives audiences a more personal and engaging evening than some of the bigger spaces in the city.
Hitting the Road
Over the next few months The Comedy Department will also be touring in Port Moody, White Rock, Chilliwack and Fort Langley. Their hit holiday show, Holiday Comedy Rumble, will be performed at the Evergreen Cultural Centre in Coquitlam December 17 to 21, 2023.
This weekend Miss604 supports Step Up for LGH, a walk-a-thon along the West Vancouver waterfront on Sunday in support of Lions Gate Hospital Foundation. You can find this event and many more fun fall things to do around Metro Vancouver this weekend listed below:
Weekend Events in Vancouver Things to Do October 13-15, 2023
The #CHVCatchUp is a monthly series featuring the latest updates and news from Covenant House Vancouver (“CHV”). Miss604 is proud to be the Official Blog Partner of CHV. This month’s post has been written by Jason Bosher.
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The Importance of Housing
The connection between housing and a person’s health is incredibly strong: you simply cannot have good health without a home. Housing is so much more than having a roof over one’s head: it represents stability, safety, comfort, and hope.
The Housing Affordability Crisis
In recent years, the dream of finding a safe and affordable place to call home has become increasingly elusive for many young people in our community. Housing affordability has reached an all-time low, with rental prices soaring to unprecedented heights. The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development now ranks Canada as having the most expensive housing market among all other G7 countries. Metro Vancouver has witnessed a surge in competition for rental units, leaving countless young individuals struggling to secure a stable living environment.
The awardees of the 19th annual Applied Art + Design Award (AAD) have been announced by the BC Achievement Foundation, an independent foundation that honours excellence and inspires achievement throughout the province. They will be showcased as part of a free exhibition at the Roundhouse in Yaletown from November 16 to 22, 2023.
BC Achievement Foundation Applied Art and Design Award 2023 Recipients
BC Achievement Foundation Applied Art and Design Award 2023
The award program celebrates British Columbians who excel at creating functional art and design, while advancing the collective conversation around its importance.
IndieFest is a musical gathering that will feature awe-inspiring opera, augmented reality, immersive theatre experiences and Indigenous storytelling through classical music, dance and more.
IndieFest Vancouver 2023
Produced by re: Naissance Opera, IndieFest is happening November 17-26, 2023 and is spread across five unique Vancouver venues.
When: November 17 to 26, 2023
Where: Various venues throughout Vancouver
Admission: Tickets for events are available for purchase online from $15-$35. Sanctuary & Storm Tickets are available for purchase on the Vancouver Opera website.
Now in its fourth year, the event series celebrates an emerging field in the performing arts sector. From new opera, to virtual reality, to Indigenous practice, to drag, the festival amplifies the imaginative forms of storytelling and diverse artists unique to the Pacific Northwest. IndieFest promises to be an artistic and cultural experience like no other.
This year’s theme is Future Mythologies, highlights forgotten histories, and empowering BIPOC artists to bring new stories into the world.
Event Lineup
Sanctuary & Storm November 17 to 19 | H.R. MacMillan Space Centre The world premiere of the award-winning opera by composer Tawnie Olson and librettist Roberta Baker immerses audiences in a celestial confrontation between the past, present and future.
IndieArtist Cabaret November 21 | Fox Cabaret A showcase of the homegrown innovators of Vancouver, highlighting the local artists from the music, dance, theatre and performing arts sectors.
Prairie Dusk November 22 | The Annex The concert of multidisciplinary artist Jessica McMann blends music, storytelling, and stunning visuals to depict McMann’s experience as an Indigenous and Two-Spirit person.
The Liminal November 23 & 24 | Sun Yat Sen Garden Curated by multidisciplinary artist Stephanie Wong, this immersive experience allows audiences to choose their own journey through interdisciplinary performances themed around transformative futures.
Ressurectio: Act I November 24 | Lobe Studio This experience created by Morgan-Paige showcases the enduring impact of the environment on identity, and the struggle to preserve ancestral heritage within colonial structures.
Future Mythologies November 25 | The Annex A celebration of new operas that are reimagining the future of storytelling. This lineup highlights Madeleine Thien’s new opera, Chinatown, Omari Newton and Amy Lee Lavoie’s hip hop opera Inferno, and re:Naissance Opera’s XR opera Eurydice Fragments.
168 Magazine Launch November 26 | Chinatown Storytelling Centre The launch of re:Naissance and the Chinatown Storytelling’s youth-led magazine ‘168’. Spearheaded by Bling Empire’s Blake Abbie, this event spotlights Chinatown’s vibrant present, its resilient history, and its aspirations for the future.
