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Performing Arts, Theatre, Film

Beauty and the Beast at The Arts Club (Ends December 21)

Dec 4th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Performing Arts, Theatre, Film

Phone: 604-687-1644 for tickets
Cost: $49
Dates: Dec 6 - 21, 2008
Website: www.artsclub.com

Can Belle teach the Beast to love? Every year a new generation discovers the magic behind the castle walls in this brilliant adaptation of the Academy Award-winning animated film. This beloved fairy-tale spectacle will thrill you with its show-stopping musical numbers, astonishing sets, and lavish [...]



Hairspray Will Play In Vancouver: Nov 18-23, 2008

Nov 11th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Performing Arts, Theatre, Film

This production of HAIRSPRAY is based on Jack O’Brien’s original direction and Jerry Mitchell’s original choreography, recreated by Matt Lenz and Danny James Austin, respectively. Scenic design is by David Rockwell; the set coordinator is Michael Allen; costume design is by William Ivey Long; lighting design is by Kenneth Posner and Paul Miller; the sound [...]



BRUCE - The Musical

Nov 9th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Performing Arts, Theatre, Film

Bruce - The Musical is an original two-act musical drama, and recreates key events in the life of Bruce Eriksen, the late founder of the Downtown Eastside Residents Association (DERA), and the individual most responsible for transforming the image of Vancouver’s lowest-income neighbourhood from Skid Road to residential community. It is a story of tragedy [...]



The Memory of Water: Nov 8 - Dec 6, 2008

Nov 5th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Performing Arts, Theatre, Film

As the title suggests, this is a play about the memories of each of the female characters, Teresa, the eldest (Heather Cant) unhappy in her job and marriage to the hapless Frank (Simon Best), and resentful of her sisters’ lack of participation in their mother’s care, Mary, (Taylor Stutchbury) a doctor who has been conducting [...]



True Believers: Ends Nov 8, 2008

Nov 3rd, 2008 | By admin | Category: Performing Arts, Theatre, Film

Three unique one-person shows about finding, losing and having faith from three of Vancouver’s most respected playwrights. A Jewish man relives his family’s hilarious dark secrets, a middle-aged woman copes with betrayal while waiting at a bus stop, an aging soap star reaches out to her fans in her final and greatest performance.
When
October 29 to [...]



Cat’s Cradle: Ends Nov 8, 2008

Nov 1st, 2008 | By admin | Category: Performing Arts, Theatre, Film

The action takes place at “The Cresswell Arms” an old coaching-house in a remote English village. Many years before a kidnapping (and perhaps murder) has taken place in the town, but the police­man assigned to the case by Scotland Yard, Inspector Frost, had failed to solve the crime. Now he has returned to try again, [...]



Mourning Dove: Ends Nov 15, 2008

Nov 1st, 2008 | By admin | Category: Performing Arts, Theatre, Film

When
Oct 17 - Nov 15, 2008
Wed-Sat 8pm, Sat 2pm
Where
1440 W 12th Ave, Vancouver, BC
Who
Inspired by the Robert Latimer story, this challenging work explores the dilemma faced by a Saskatchewan farm couple whose teenage daughter is wracked by severe and unremitting pain. Can the doctors’ best efforts relieve her suffering? Or should her father pursue another, [...]



2008 Panto: The Princess & The Pea (Nov 26 - Dec 7)

Oct 24th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Performing Arts, Theatre, Film

This is a fresh update of the 1998 hit of the same name. Writers Mike Balser and Norma Rushton are back and have really upped the insanity and fun. Marko Hohlbein, Carol Seitz and Vashti Fairbairn will direct all of the action, with Sam Catto taking on Producer duties. Lots of laughs, song, dance and [...]



David Copperfield Is In Town (October 23-26)

Oct 20th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Performing Arts, Theatre, Film

He is one of the greatest living illusionists (remember watching him make the statue of liberty disappear?), and he is in town. Go watch David Copperfield live at The Centre In Vancouver For Performing Arts.
Dates, times, and full details of venue are listed below:
October-23 8:00 PM
October-24 6:00 PM & 9:00 PM
October-25 3:00 PM - 6:00 [...]



BAROQUEWORKS The Glorious Sound of an Era (October 18)

Oct 17th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Performing Arts, Theatre, Film

Time: 8:00 pm - 9:45 pm
Location: Chan Centre for the Performing Arts
6265 Crescent Road, UBC Campus
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Host: Vancouver Chamber Choir
Phone: 604-738-6822
Email: info@vancouverchamberchoir.com
Website: www.vancouverchamberchoir.com
Price: $10 - 45
Featuring:
Vancouver Chamber Choir, Vancouver Chamber Orchestra, and Jon Washburn as conductor
Description:
This is intended to be another great evening of Baroque music in the lively acoustic of the Chan [...]