A red, velvet Spiegeltent has sprouted up in Vancouver’s Queen Elizabeth Park. For the next few months, you’ll hear laughter coming from inside. You’ll catch the scent of delicious food. The circus...
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Backbone takes us backstage to a world of acrobatic play
Australian production Backbone opened at the Vancouver Playhouse this week. The acrobatic troupe Gravity and Other Myths make a welcome addition to the Cultch’s 2018- 2019 season after the success ...
The Ones We Leave Behind Traces the Lonely Heart
Loneliness is a slow-moving tragedy. Like acid rain or a calcium deficiency, it erodes us over time. It’s also pervasive in Canada, especially among seniors, close to 25 per cent of whom live alone...
Testosterone – Looks Masculinity Square in the Face and Asks it to Dance
We first meet Kit, the extremely likeable protagonist of the play, one year after he’s received his initial injection of testosterone. Kit has transitioned from female to male, but with this actual...
Cascadia Project Showcases Delightful New Plays on Granville Island
The 2018 Cascadia Project is a festival that showcases new works from local Vancouver artists. Held over two weeks at Studio 1398 on Granville Island, this festival has an intimate, creative appeal...
This year’s Hump! Film Festival served up some fun erotic flicks
Dan Savage’s Hump! Film Festival at the Rio Theatre, September 20 – 23, 2018 Vancouver’s vibrant community came out to the Rio Theatre this weekend to see Dan Savage’s annual Hump! Film...
Whistler Beer Festival 2018 recap: it’s more than a cold brew
Whistler Beer Festival 2018, September 11-16, 2018 Whistler used to be about skiing and very little else for much of the 52 years it has been in existence. It is well known that that is simply no l...
Weekly comedy show Jokes Please! celebrates five years of hilarity in Vancouver
Interview with Jokes Please! host and comedian Ross Dauk In an always-changing economic landscape like Vancouver’s, five years of a modest grassroots comedy show is a pretty big feat. But comedy se...
Updated Timon tears up the stage…no really!
Considering Timon of Athens is a play not many have heard of and probably fewer have seen, Bard on the Beach’s new production is a marvel. A meditation on the politics of friendship, loyalty and mo...
What to expect at this year’s Whistler Beer Festival
Whistler Beer Festival, Whistler B.C., Sept. 11 -Sept. 16 There are all kinds of wonderful beer events in this golden age of craft beer that is upon us. The Whistler Village Beer Festival (WVBF), h...
Peacocks in Surrey accused of fowl play
The early bird may catch the worm, but in this case, it also gets the choice of real state. For over a decade, a community of Indian Peafowls (Pavo cristatus, also know as blue peafowls) have been ...
Vancouver Folk Music Festival culminates amid scorching heat
The third day of the Vancouver Folk Festival was the hottest, and the abundance of sun took its toll on both performers and the audiences. The heat-induced apathy dominated Stage 3 where Art Bergma...
