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Review of Vancouver Opera’s Evita

by Michelle Kim

Admittedly, I am not an Andrew Lloyd Webber fan. However, Vancouver Opera’s production of Evita is worth attending because it offers a very rare opportunity to see Broadway and West End stars perform in Vancouver: Caroline Bowman (Evita), who has spent last year performing in the Broadway Revival tour of Evita, and has also appeared […]

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Missing from Me: Free Play by Youth at the Roundhouse

by Rebecca Bollwitt

Some Assembly Theatre Company presents Missing from Me, a new play with the Roundhouse Youth Theatre Action Group Project that will be on stage at in Vancouver during BC Youth Week. Missing from Me: Nicholas Roe, Una Spasovski, Christopher Rahim, Parker Phelan Missing from Me Where: Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre (181 Roundhouse Mews) […]

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Win Tickets to Ballet BC Program 3

Comments 42 by Rebecca Bollwitt

Ballet BC has been celebrating its 30th anniversary this season as they focused their programming firmly on the future of dance. Program 3 will usher the season out with a bang, presenting work by two audience favourites and a newcomer who is making waves around the world. Photo credit: Michael Slobodian Ballet BC Program 3 […]

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DOXA Documentary Film Festival

by Rebecca Bollwitt

Vancouver is home to the largest documentary film festival in Western Canada as DOXA presents 85 films on local screens from May 5 –15, 2016. DOXA Documentary Film Festival When: May 5-15, 2016 Venues: Vancouver Playhouse, VIFF’s Vancity Theatre, The Cinematheque, SFU’s Goldcorp Centre for the Arts, and Museum of Vancouver Admission: Evenings and Weekends: […]

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Vancouver Opera Presents Evita

Comments 66 by Rebecca Bollwitt

Audiences are eagerly awaiting the full-scale premiere of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s smash hit musical Evita, presented by Vancouver Opera April 30th to May 8th at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre in Vancouver. Vancouver Opera Presents Evita Winner of 7 Tony Awards™ including Best Musical, Evita is the story of the charismatic and controversial […]

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Surrey International Children’s Festival: Win Passes

Comments 16 by Rebecca Bollwitt

Tickets are on sale now for the 12th annual Surrey International Children’s Festival, happening May 26-28 at Bear Creek Park. This event inspires young hearts and minds to greater possibilities, and celebrates our rich and diverse cultural heritage through performing and visual arts experiences. Surrey International Children’s Festival Where: Surrey Arts Centre and Bear Creek […]

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Win Tickets to Don’t Dress for Dinner

Comments 30 by Rebecca Bollwitt

The creative team at Richmond’s Gateway Theatre has pulled out all of the stops for their final play of the 2015–2016 season with a presentation of Don’t Dress for Dinner. This hilarious bedroom farce is written by Marc Camoletti, whose previous comedy, the wildly popular Boeing-Boeing, played to sold out crowds when Arts Club staged […]

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Win Tickets to Dead Metaphor at The Firehall Arts Centre

Comments 13 by Rebecca Bollwitt

The Firehall Arts Centre is pleased to present George F. Walker’s Dead Metaphor from Saturday, April 2 to Saturday, April 23, 2016. Where: The Firehall Arts Centre (280 East Cordova, Vancouver) When: Previews April 2nd at 7:00pm; April 3rd at 3:00pm; April 5th at 7:00pm; April 6th at 1:00pm. Performances April 6th to 23rd at […]

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Win Tickets to Royal Winnipeg Ballet’s Going Home Star

Comments 48 by Rebecca Bollwitt

Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet presents a poignant tale of hope and understanding in Vancouver with the premiere of Going Home Star. This heartrending ballet pays tribute to the experiences of residential school survivors and opens up an important dialogue about truth and reconciliation. Going Home Star – Truth and Reconciliation Where: Queen Elizabeth Theatre (600 […]

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Vancouver Opera’s Madama Butterfly

by Michelle Kim

I was introduced to Giacomo Puccini’s Madama Butterfly at six years old. Well, sort of. My parents were watching some rendition was on television, but I wasn’t allowed to watch, which confused me because with a title like Madama Butterfly, it sounds like it’s made for little girls. I remember sitting in the next room […]

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