Warren Kimmel and Cathy Wilmot in Arts Club’s Mamma Mia. (photo by David Cooper) Warning: The song titles mentioned in this article have been known to cause stuck-song syndrome for several weeks. Read at your own peril. So, let’s say…
Morgan Hayley Smith as Anne and Gabriele Metcalfe as Peter in Fighting Chance Productions’ The Diary of Anne Frank. (photo from FCP) “In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.” This iconic quote from…
In Euripides’ play, the Phoenecian women represent the innocent who are displaced and otherwise impacted by conflict. (photo from Arts Umbrella) Some families are, quite literally, cursed. In Euripides’ The Phoenician Women, it is brothers Eteocles and Polyneices who are…
Eden Lyons as Emory (seated) and Nathan Cottell as Linda in Awkward Stage Production’s MilkMilkLemonade, which runs May 23-26 at CBC Studio 700. (photo by Javier Sotres) True to form, Awkward Stage Production’s upcoming show, MilkMilkLemonade by Joshua Conkel, will…
Ted Littlemore, in Orfeo ed Euridice, the research for which will be presented by Idan Cohen and Ne. Sans on May 13 at the Dance Centre. (photo by Ted Littlemore) A relatively recent arrival in Vancouver, Israeli choreographer and opera…
Ballet BC artists perform Bill, by Israeli choreographers Sharon Eyal and Gai Behar, with musician Ori Lichtik. The company premièred the work in Vancouver 2016 and is bringing it back as part of Program 3 May 10-12 at Queen Elizabeth…
Ed Asner stars in A Man and His Prostate, which is at the Anvil Centre Theatre for two nights only: April 27-28. (photo from ACT) I did my homework. I had read and watched interviews. I had my questions ready.…
Mark Breslin (photo from Temple Sholom) Yuk Yuk’s co-founder Mark Breslin is excited to be entertaining Jewish Vancouverites at Temple Sholom’s annual spring fundraiser May 6. “I can’t get enough Jews in my life,” he told the Independent. “I’m married…
A scene from Vancouver Opera’s production of Eugene Onegin. (photo by Trudie Lee) “I’ve sung a lot of Russian, and I love it,” Jewish community member and opera singer Leah Giselle Field told the Jewish Independent. Field will have a…
Magician Stephen Kaplan entertains at last month’s Empowerment session. (photo from Jewish Seniors Alliance) On March 21, the Jewish Seniors Alliance, in partnership with Temple Sholom Seniors, once again brought the community a magical program of laughter. In the program,…
