The 2019 Whistler Beer Festival is around the corner. In honour of its 7th year, the festival runs for seven days this year, from September 9-15. This year’s festival lets enthusiasts enjoy events ...
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The Warrior Who Would Rule: Bard on the Beach Unleashes Coriolanus
“I think she’ll be to Rome As is the osprey to the fish, who takes it By sovereignty of nature.” Bard on the Beach is staging its first production of Shakespeare’s Coriolanus (August 21 – September...
Weird Al still reigns supreme as king of all things nerdy
“Weird Al” Yankovic at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre, 8/19/19 In one of the many video interludes that displayed “Weird Al” Yankovic’s influence on a wide range of television’s cultural institutions,...
Vancouver Chinatown Festival Brings Food Trucks, Cultural Performances, Kid-Friendly Activities, and more…
If you are looking for cultural, foodie-driven, kid-friendly activities this weekend, look no further. The 2019 Vancouver Chinatown Festival is arriving this Saturday and will be filling the Chinat...
Star-crossed love wins in Shakespeare in Love
Twenty years after it first made its way on the big screen, Shakespeare in Love is playing at “Bard on the Beach.” Like the film, it will probably steal some hearts, too. The summer festival’s lone...
Wild West Shrew Leaves You Wondering
The central question swirling around Bard on the Beach’s current production of The Taming of the Shrew is – why? Why exhume a comedy about a woman debased and mocked for her fiery, uncompromising i...
Matilda the Musical Brings Depth, Joy, and Nasty Fun to the Stanley Theatre
It is no surprise that after 30 years, Roald Dahl’s Matilda still manages to capture the imagination of both adults and children alike with depth and distinction. Dahl’s ever so present reminder th...
“Pathways” delivers evocative performance with questionable intensity
“Pathways” is the latest work from the acclaimed choreographer, Noam Gagnon. Vision Impure, Gagnon’s dance company, performed the piece for four nights (Mar. 20-23) at the Vancouv...
The weird and wonderful puppetry of Multiple Organism
The human body is a work of art. Or could it be that it is a prison? It might be a wonderland or a cultural artifact. Maybe it’s a puppet, pulled every which way by strings of nerves and muscle fib...
Hot Brown Honey delivers anti-patriarchy deprogramming that’s punchy, colourful, and irresistibly fun
The much-lauded Australian hip-hop comedy group returns to the Cultch’s York Theatre after their successful extended run in 2018. Although the buzz around this show has been significant, Hot Brown ...
JFL NorthWest Comedians talk Context in Comedy
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, it’s no surprise that controversy surrounding the #Metoo movement, ‘post-truth’, and a number of other challenging social and politicized issues have made th...
Who is Clark Rockefeller? In True Crime, Torquil Campbell Tries to get the Truth from the Infamous Conman
Clark Rockefeller was a member of elite private clubs, the husband of a successful businesswoman, a father, an art dealer, and, it was rumoured, an heir to the Standard Oil fortune. A charmed life,...
