Broadway Across Canada presents Blue Man Group at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre coming up in March, 2014. Known for their wildly popular theatrical shows and concerts which combine comedy, music, and technology to produce a totally unique form of entertainment, the New York Times heralds the show as “One of the most delightful performance pieces […]

Broadway Across Canada presents West Side Story in Vancouver at the QE Theatre from February 4th to 9th, 2014 and today you can get a head-start on your ticket purchase. Photo credit © Carol Rosegg. Courtesy of Broadway Across Canada More than fifty years ago one musical changed theater forever. Now it’s back and mesmerizing […]

The Goh Ballet’s Nutcracker will be dazzling audiences of all ages in Vancouver this Christmas, set to Tchaikovsky’s unforgettable score performed by members of the Vancouver Opera Orchestra. Photo courtesy of Goh Ballet. A Traditional Rendition of a Classical Masterpiece. Experience Clara’s dream come to life as she embarks on a magical journey through the […]

Although it was announced earlier this year, it’s only recently sunk in that the Red Robinson Show Theatre at the Boulevard Casino will get a new name when the casino changes over to the Hard Rock Casino brand this December. The theatre, named after local rock and roll radio legend Red Robinson — inducted in […]

Except in the Unlikely Event of War is new work by two of Vancouver’s renowned theatre companies, Pi Theatre and Horseshoes & Hand Grenades (HHG) Theatre. Directed by Pi Theatre Artistic Director Richard Wolfe and written by Playwright Sean Devine (Re:Union), Except in the Unlikely Event of War runs from November 15th to 30th, 2013 […]

After taking the Edinburgh Festival Fringe by storm, and a wildly successful run off-Broadway, Vancouver actor and rapper Baba Brinkman returns to perform his unabridged production of The Rap Guide to Evolution at The Cultch at the end of this month. Brinkman combines the wit, poetry and charisma of a great rapper with the accuracy […]

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s classic Sherlock Holmes adventure, The Hound of the Baskervilles, is coming to the Newton Cultural Centre in Surrey for performances this Halloween season. Adapted by Steven Canny and John Nicholson, this spoof is a three-man version of the legendary mystery directed by Ellie King for Bad Dog Productions. Starring: Michael Charrois, […]

This week Upintheair Theatre presents Inside the Seed, a re-imagining of the ultimate Greek tragedy, Oedipus Rex. The play, written by Jason Rothery and directed by Richard Wolfe, is set in a giant bio-genetics corporation that aspires to grow the perfect seed — The Golden Seed — to feed the world and end starvation. Patrick […]

The Canadian production of The Wizard of Oz premiered in North America last December in Toronto and Broadway Across Canada is bringing Dorothy, Toto, the ruby slippers and wicked witches to the Queen Elizabeth Theatre this fall. The Wizard of Oz original Toronto Cast. Photo by CYLLA VON TIEDEMANN. On stage in Vancouver from November […]

Last night saw my very first Theatre Under the Stars (“TUTS”) show at Malkin Bowl, after walking by the venue for most of my life and writing about its history for the last decade. The show was Legally Blonde: The Musical and I admit, Legally Blonde the movie is one of my guilty pleasures to […]