7 things to do in Vancouver this week: Sept. 22-28
Theatre review: Gruesome serious fun at the Fringe
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Local Arts Review: Shylock meets the sensitivity police
Mark Leiren-Young's one-man play Shylock is performed on the same stage as Bard on the Beach's Merchant of Venice by Warren Kimmel, the actor who plays Shylock in Bard's Merchant. -
Local Arts Fall arts books: Three great local reads
From mainstream to wild card, the novels An Irish Country Practice, An Old, Cold Grave and The Beautiful Ones hit the mark.
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Festivals Ruby Slippers Theatre gets behind new works by women
Diane Brown of Ruby Slippers and the Vancouver Fringe Festival and Playwrights Guild of Canada present the 3rd Annual Advance Theatre: New Works By Diverse Women reading series. -
Theatre Angels brings out the devil in Cohn, a 'template for Trump'
As Roy Cohn in the epic play Angels in America, Brian Markinson plays a man who is, basically, evil incarnate — at least, according to mainstream liberal leanings. -
Festivals Bard on the Beach announces 2018 playbill
aturday, September 23, is the final curtain call for the 28th season of Bard on the Beach. There was even a starring role for a dog. What better time to ... -
Celebrity Comics head north for some calm Canadian laughs
| $39-$70 at In an episode about politics on the CNN series The History of Comedy, American comedian Lewis Black explained that politicians make him angry and when he’s angry ... -
Local Arts Theatre review: Showbiz isn't so glamorous in A Chorus Line
| Waterfront Theatre, Granville Island $35-$40 at www.fightingchanceproductions.ca God, I hope I get it! God, I really blew it! Oh God, I need a job! The opening number of one ... -
Festivals Dance festival taps into the whimsical side of the Goldberg Variations
J.S. Bach has been interpreted in many ways. Tap dancing is unlikely to have been one of them — until now. -
Festivals Fall arts: These are some all-ages events we can get behind
Fall arts for youth. -
Festivals Labour Day long weekend: 60 things to do in Metro Vancouver
Labour Day long weekend — it’s the final kick at the can for some summer fun before the kids head back to school.
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Local Arts Seven things to do this week, Aug. 24-31
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Local Arts Theatre review: Nomadic Tempest a climatopian extravaganza on False Creek
| Southeast False Creek east of Cambie St. Bridge Free at Written and directed by Caravan co-founder Paul Kirby, Nomadic Tempest is like an outdoor Cirque du Soleil and IMAX ... -
Local Arts Theatre review: Sea of Stories chronicles White Rock histories
| $13-$27 at The complex of municipalities traditionally known as the Lower Mainland and now officially called Metro Vancouver can sometimes seem like one giant, undifferentiated traffic jam or real ... -
Local Arts Poppins' Theatre Under Stars production flatters play
| A confession: I’ve never liked Mary Poppins. That may be heresy, but there you are. Even theatre critics have their prejudices. -
Local Arts Things to do in Vancouver Aug. 11-17
Things to do in Metro Vancouver this week include St. John Passion, Red Truck Concert Series, Two Gentlemen of Verona, and more. -
Local Arts Monsoon Festival of Performing Arts in Vancouver
Gurp Sian from South Asian Arts discusses the Monsoon Festival of Performing Arts. -
Celebrity Muslim feminist comedian Manzoor gets gritty in Burq Off!
When she was five years old, Nadia Parvez Manzoor looked to the stars with longing. Her father quickly quashed any aspirations to being an astronaut: "Who will cook? Who will ... -
Theatre Sam Shepard, Pulitzer-winning playwright, dead at 73
NEW YORK — Sam Shepard, the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, Oscar-nominated actor and celebrated author whose plays chronicled the explosive fault lines of family and masculinity in the American West, has ... -
Local Arts Things to do this week, Aug. 4-10
Events you can't miss this week include Honda Celebration of Light, Wolf People, Steve Dawson and Vancouver Mural Festival. -
Local Arts Theatre review: Master Class a lesson in politics, music and megalomania
| $17.50 to $27 at Should there be any limits on artistic freedom? Is there ever a time when artists should subordinate their personal inspiration to the needs of ...
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