A crowd favourite when it premiered here at The Firehall in 2012 followed by a successful Canadian tour, Chelsea Hotel: The Songs of Leonard Cohen returns February 3 to Sunday, March 3, 2024 — and you can enter to win a pair of tickets!
(2012) Adrian Glynn & Marlene Gineader. Photo by David Cooper
Chelsea Hotel: The Songs of Leonard Cohen
Dates: February 3 – March 3, 2024
Address: Firehall Arts Centre (280 E. Cordova St, Vancouver)
Haunted by memories of his tumultuous love life, a writer checks into New York’s infamous Chelsea Hotel desperate to find the words and inspiration for his next song. Wading through past relationships, he reluctantly comes face to face with the love of the present – a love he wishes he could not only forget, but erase from memory.
Leonard Cohen’s powerful and inspirational music is the heartbeat for Chelsea Hotel. Through Cohen’s transcendent songs and the honesty of his lyrics, audiences will be transfixed by this eclectic cabaret of loves won and lost and become witness in the search for the words to cure love’s pain.
Directed by Tracey Power, with musical arrangements by Steve Charles, and produced by The Firehall’s Donna Spencer, Chelsea Hotel: The Songs of Leonard Cohen is an inventive fusion of music, dance, and theatre that invites its audience into the hotel room of a creative mind and takes them on a poetic musical journey. Featuring performances by Adrian Glynn McMorran, Jack Garton, Marlene Ginader, Michelle Bouey, Steve Charles, and Tracey Power.
Special Dates
To toast Mr. Cohen’s legacy and their 342 performances of Chelsea Hotel, The Firehall is holding a special pre-show reception on Friday, February 23. There will be post-show talkbacks February 8, 15, 22, and 29. Pay What You Can performances on Tuesday at 7:30pm and Wednesday at 1:00pm.
The production premiered in February of 2012 and was nicknamed ‘the make out show’ as patrons were often caught kissing outside the theatre after the show. It was remounted by popular demand in autumn of that same year and went on tour to Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Calgary, Edmonton, Victoria, and Toronto.
Enter to Win Tickets
You can enter to win a pair of tickets to the performance on February 7th at 7:30pm. Here’s how:
Broadway Across Canada is bringing Disney’s The Lion King to Vancouver’s Queen Elizabeth Theatre during the 2024 – 2025 Broadway season.
Photo by Deen van Meer
Disney’s The Lion King in Vancouver
Date: August 20 – September 14, 2025
Location: Queen Elizabeth Theatre (630 Hamilton St, Vancouver)
Admission: To be announced.
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Celebrating 25 landmark years on Broadway, The Lion King continues ascendant as one of the most popular stage musicals in the world. Since its premiere in November of 1997, 28 global productions have been seen by over 112 million people. Produced by Disney Theatrical Group, under the direction of Andrew Flatt, Anne Quart, and Thomas Schumacher, The Lion King has made theatrical history with three productions worldwide running 20 or more years and two others running 25 or more years.
The Broadway score features Elton John and Tim Rice’s songs from the Lion King animated film along with three new songs by John and Rice. Additional musical material by South African Lebo M, Mark Mancina, Jay Rifkin, Julie Taymor and Hans Zimmer. And music from “Rhythm of the Pride Lands,” an album inspired by the original music in the film, written by Lebo M, Mark Mancina and Hans Zimmer. The resulting sound of The Lion King is a fusion of Western popular music and the distinctive sounds and rhythms of Africa.
The book has been adapted by Roger Allers, who co-directed the animated The Lion King feature, and Irene Mecchi, who co-wrote the film’s screenplay. Other members of the creative team include: Michael Curry (mask desgin), Steve Canyon Kennedy (sound design), Michael Ward (hair and makeup design), Anthony Lyn (associate director), Marey Griffith (associate choreographer), Clement Ishmael (music supervisor), Lisa Dawn Cave (production supervisor), Thomas Schlenk (general manager) and ARC/Mark Brandon, CSA (casting). Anne Quart serves as executive producer.
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Join Surrey Archives on February 8th for the film screening of Unarchived. The documentary highlights how the dominant power dictates what is recorded as history, omitting many other people and their stories from the official record.
Surrey Archives – Unarchived
Date: Thursday February 8, 2024 from 6:30pm to 8:30pm
Location: Virtualvia Microsoft Teams
Admission: Free. Register online or by phone at 604-501-5100
In the National Film Board of Canada documentary, co-directors Hayley Gray and Elad Tzadok highlight archives across British Columbia to reveal some of what has been erased. The documentary also focuses on local knowledge keepers who are creating a more inclusive history, including historians from the 2SLGBTQ+, South Asian and Indigenous communities.
After the screening, Surrey Archives staff will lead a discussion. They will also share how they are creating a more inclusive history locally with their own initiatives, namely the Amplifying Voices project.
Surrey Archives (located at Surrey Archives 17671 56 Ave) is doing their part to record an inclusive history with their Amplifying Voices Oral History Project, supported through the Heritage BC project funding. While efforts have been recently made to diversify the Surrey Archives’ collection, most of the Archives’ oral history recordings still document the experiences of heterosexual, cisgender European settlers and their descendants. Through this project, members of underrepresented and over-excluded communities in Surrey will have the opportunity to record their stories, specifically those identifying as IBPOC and/or 2SLGBTQ+.
Find fresh produce, handcrafted goods, and more at these local Vancouver and Lower Mainland Farmers Markets this 2024 Winter season.
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Winter Farmers Markets
Riley Park Winter Farmers Market Every Saturday until March 30, 2024 from 10:00am to 2:00pm 50 E 30th Ave & Ontario Street, Vancouver Vancouver’s favourite place to be on a rainy Saturday with over 85 farms and producers, food and coffee trucks. A full list of Riley Park Winter vendors is now available on the Market Map. More info »
Hastings Park Winter Farmers Market Every Sunday until April 28, 2024 from 10:00am to 2:00pm PNE Fairground, Renfrew & Hastings (free parking at Gate 2) Over 35 farms and producers, food and coffee trucks More info »
Bonus! Port Moody Winter Farmers Market Every Sunday until April 28, 2024 from 10:00am to 2:00pm Port Moody Recreation Complex 300 Ioco Road, Port Moody A weekly market with local BC produce, artisan crafts, and delicious baked goods More info »
Bonus! Haney Farmers Market – Winter Every Saturday until April 13, 2024 from 10:00am to 2:00pm Golden Ears Untied Church 22165 Dewdney Trunk Road, Maple Ridge A weekly meet and greet with some of the regions’ most hyper-local food producers. More info »
For more information about these local shopping opportunities, and to find out what’s in season, follow the Vancouver Farmers Markets account on Facebook and Twitter.
Hot chocolate, Dine Out, food trucks… the theme of this weekend in Vancouver is food (or snow if that’s still around). Find these events and more fun things to do in Vancouver below:
