Category Performing Arts

A new season of opera

photo - Vancouver Opera’s production of The Merry Widow opens Oct. 20

Vancouver Opera’s production of The Merry Widow opens Oct. 20. (photo by John Grigaitis) “I am thrilled that The Merry Widow will open our 58th season,” Kim Gaynor told the Independent. “The Merry Widow has only been produced twice before…

Experience Sweeney’s revenge

photo - Colleen Winton as Mrs. Lovett and Warren Kimmel as Sweeney Todd in Snapshots Collective’s production of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, which runs Oct. 10-31

Colleen Winton as Mrs. Lovett and Warren Kimmel as Sweeney Todd in Snapshots Collective’s production of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, which runs Oct. 10-31. (photo by Nicol Spinola) “To seek revenge may lead to hell, but…

Curious Incident stellar

photo - Ghazal Azarbad, as Siobhan, a special-ed teacher, and Daniel Doheny, as Christopher, who has Asperger’s, often work in tandem in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Ghazal Azarbad, as Siobhan, a special-ed teacher, and Daniel Doheny, as Christopher, who has Asperger’s, often work in tandem in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. (photo by David Cooper) Left, right, left, right. Follow the red…

Never Still kicks off season 36

photo - Alexa Mardon is part of the creative team of Never Still, which is at the Firehall Sept. 26-29

Alexa Mardon is part of the creative team of Never Still, which is at the Firehall Sept. 26-29. (photo by Ben Didier) It is fitting that Firehall Arts Centre is launching its 36th (double chai) season with a new work…

Fringe mixes drama, comedy

photo - Naomi Vogt performs in Big Sister, written by her real-life sister, Deborah Vogt

Naomi Vogt performs in Big Sister, written by her real-life sister, Deborah Vogt. (photo from Fringe) The Vancouver Fringe Festival has started and there are (at least) a few shows that readers should try to fit in around the High…

Eclectic mix of plays at Bard

photo - Left to right are jennifer Lines, Quelemia Sparrow and Marci T. House, who form part of the cast of Lysistrata

Left to right are Jennifer Lines, Quelemia Sparrow and Marci T. House, who form part of the cast of Lysistrata. (photo by David Cooper) At Bard on the Beach this summer, there is an eclectic mix of plays. There is…

Creating with the land

photos - Dalia Levy, left, and Ariel Martz-Oberlander

Dalia Levy, left, and Ariel Martz-Oberlander (photos from Vines Art Festival) “Good art is accountable to the community, raises up voices rarely heard and is vital to repairing our world.” This is a quote from Jewish community member Ariel Martz-Oberlander’s…

Two solid TUTS productions

photo - Andrew Cownden and Paige Fraser in Theatre Under the Stars’ production of 42nd Street

Andrew Cownden and Paige Fraser in Theatre Under the Stars’ production of 42nd Street. (photo by Lindsay Elliott Photography) The gasp of surprise and awe came from the row behind. “The glass slippers,” whispered the gown-clad girl, maybe 7 or…

Magic of Cinderella

photo - Lyrie Murad is part of the ensemble in Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella, which opens July 11 at the Malkin Bowl

Lyrie Murad is part of the ensemble in Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella, which opens July 11 at the Malkin Bowl. (photo from Theatre Under the Stars) Lyrie Murad makes her Theatre Under the Stars debut this summer in Rodgers &…

Once will be enough

photo - Gili Roskies and Adrian Glynn McMorran in Once at Granville Island Stage

Gili Roskies and Adrian Glynn McMorran in Once at Granville Island Stage. (photo by Emily Cooper) Walking into the Arts Club Theatre’s Granville Island Stage and seeing a bar set up on stage is usually not a big deal. But…