Arts Umbrella presents the 2017 Expressions Theatre Festival, an annual event celebrating the next generation of gifted young artists from the organization’s Pre-Professional Theatre Program, running May 18 to 27, 2017, at Waterfront Theatre on Granville Island. From the witty satire of Urinetown: The Musical to the playful compilation The Complete Works of William Shakespeare […]

Patrick Street Productions presents Warren Kimmel and Katey Wright in A Little Night Music, May 11-21, 2017 at the Anvil Centre Theatre in New Westminster. Katey Wright & Warren Kimmel. David Cooper photo. A Little Night Music When: May 11-21, 2017 Where: Anvil Centre Theatre (777 Columbia St, New Westminster) Tickets: Available online now starting […]

The Vancouver Academy of Music Symphony Orchestra (“VAMSO”) ends its season with a tour de force finale of riveting film scores in A John Williams Tribute at the Orpheum Theatre. This homage to the maestro of the movies will feature Williams’ epic and gripping works from Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Indiana Jones, Catch Me […]

Preeminent percussionist Sal Ferreras presents the 31st annual Drum Heat, a concert uniting BC’s top jazz and world music talent to benefit Arts Umbrella students. Performing in styles and fusions from the Carribean, Latin America, and Asia, this year’s stellar lineup will ignite the stage with sizzling hot rhythms and harmonies. Drum Heat Where: Vogue […]

Ballet BC concludes its dynamic 31st season at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre, May 11-13, 2017 with a thrilling triple bill of cutting edge and inspired choreography by two prominent Israeli choreographers and Ballet BC’s Artistic Director Emily Molnar. Ballet BC Dancers Rachel Prince & Brandon Alley. Photo: Michael Slobodian Ballet BC Program 3 Where: Queen […]

Vancouver Opera presents three new opera productions, and bold programming, for the inaugural Vancouver Opera Festival April 28 to May 13, 2017. It will be a wide ranging celebration of the vocal arts, designed to appeal to diverse audiences, all set conveniently in the heart of downtown Vancouver. Vancouver Opera Festival Otello, Dead Man Walking, […]

Guest post by Jen Murtagh Cinderella Sparkles in Rodgers and Hammerstein Tony Award-winning Broadway Musical Playing Now in Vancouver Die-hard Cinderella fans and those who would like to see an modernized version of the classic fairy-tale will not be disappointed by the rip roaring Rodgers and Hammerstein Tony award- winning musical Cinderella. Brian Liebson, Leslie […]

Pi Theatre presents Long Division, on stage later this month at The Annex Theatre. Directed by Richard Wolfe, with choreography by Leslie Telford and musical score by Owen Belton, this intellectually-charged, emotionally-gripping work combines multimedia and physical theatre to explore the mathematics of human connection. Pi Theatre Presents Long Division Where: The Annex Theatre (823 […]

Hardline Productions presents the world premiere of its historical drama Redpatch, March 29 to April 9, 2017 at Presentation House Theatre and April 12 to 16, 2017 at Studio 16. Hardline Productions Presents Redpatch Photo of Raes Calvert by David Cooper Opening on the 100-year anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge, this moving production […]

Chali-Rosso Art Gallery, Vancouver’s largest private gallery of original European Modern Master collections, has announced that it will temporarily gift the City of Vancouver with an original Salvador Dali three-dimensional, museum size, large scale bronze sculpture called Dance of Time I, valued at $750,000. This will be the first time that this sculpture has ever […]