Duo Agathe et Adrien from Quebec bring to town their fabulous show N.ormes for the Warrior Festival on now at the Cultch.
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It's circus meets modern dance in this beautiful and hypnotizing one hour performance that stretches the limits of the human body and imagination. With gorgeous light design and a bare stage, witness two bodies as they jump and spar, balance and break, and eventually merge into one sprawling mass.
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I honestly did not expect much when I realized I was walking into a comedy based around motherhood. What did I, as a gay child-free single male, have to relate with being a parent? Turns out, it didn't matter!
The Lxdy Parts: Babes show on now as part of the Warrior Festival at the Cultch is a downright hoot! Four women doing sketch comedy that was unique, funny, and poignant. Saturday Night Live wishes they had sketches like this!
The only misstep I felt, was the guest stand-up comedian performer, whose material was funny and poignant in its own way, but the energy was completely different from the rest of the show and I could feel the air being sucked out of the room momentarily. Luckily, the troupe was back to get things back on track!
It's a short run for this hilarious and talented show, so don't miss out! LXDY PARTS: BABES is on now at the Cultch until April 19!
Metro Theatre has brought back the classic play Arsenic and Old Lace with an "eccentric cast of murderous old ladies, an inebriated plastic surgeon, a Boris Karloff lookalike, bumbling cops, a delusional Teddy Roosevelt, and two hapless young lovers caught in the chaos. For fans of old Hollywood charm with a dash of devilish dark humor, it’s the perfect theatrical treat."
Props should be given to the actors portraying Mortimer and the two Aunts, as they really stood out on the stage! And the set design itself was another impressive feat from the Metro Theatre company.
Arsenic and Old Lace is on now until April 26 !
I remember when Aaron Webster was murdered. Back in the 90s, the story was all over the news. He was a gay man who was hunted down in the trails of Stanley Park where gay men were known to go cruising. He was beaten to death with baseball bats by 3 people, one charged as a minor, and the other two - Ryan Cran and Danny Rao, as adults.
"Unsavoury Witness is a photo-based installation that includes laser-engraved photographs, photographic murals, intermedia, print media, and court transcripts from the Supreme Court of British Columbia on the 2001 murder of Aaron Webster in Stanley Park. This immersive exhibition foregrounds homophobia’s intimate connections with public spaces, institutionalised systems, societal responses, queer bodies, and desire."
Register for your free ticket to the opening night reception at the SUM Gallery on Wed. April 16 at 6pm.
The exhibit runs from April 16 until June 6 at the SUM Gallery .
Tumble out of bed and stumble over to the Massey Theatre this April! Why? Because the 9 to 5 Musical is coming your way! Presented by Royal City Musical Theatre, the show runs from April 25 - May 11 !
With music by Dolly Parton, it's a "fast-paced feminist adventure in the Rolodex era" featuring "three female coworkers [who] dream up an elaborately zany plan to get even with their terrible boss!"
I could be mistaken but this may be the first time this show has made an appearance here in Vancouver! Don't miss out! Get your tickets here!
I never thought I'd see the day.
I LOVE Kylie Minogue. I've seen her perform a handful of times. The first time was in Toronto and New York City during her "For You, For Me" tour, in which she did a select number of North American cities. You don't understand. She hardly EVER comes to North America. She's a global superstar everywhere else. Her UK and European and Australian and Asia concerts sell out in mere minutes.
She returned again to our continent during her Aphrodite era and I managed to go to her San Francisco and Las Vegas shows. Speaking of Las Vegas, she most recently did a residency there last year, which I was also fortunate to attend.
But now? Now we get her. HERE IN VANCOUVER!! Do you have your ticket yet or WHAT? It's available through TicketLeader and there are some sweet seats still available at affordable prices!
Kylie Minogue brings her Tension Tour to town on April 26 at the Pacific Coliseum!
I was kind of expecting a musical when I attended the premiere of We Are Boy Band at Langara's Studio 58 this past weekend. But a musical, it was not. Rather, it was a dissection of the boy band industry told through modern dance vignettes, voiceovers, and music mash-ups of some of your favourite boy band numbers.
Premiering on Broadway just before the Covid pandemic hit is this jukebox musical about the life of Tina Turner! And now, it's here in our fair city of Vancouver! I've been wanting to see this and will be heading to it this weekend.
Come by this evening 6-9pm for the opening night reception of the latest art exhibit at the Queer Arts Festival's Sum Gallery in Chinatown!
Register here for your free ticket!
"Mirrors presents a series of watercolour nudes created by Michael Morris during his Berlin residency in the 1980s. Unique in Morris’ predominantly abstract oeuvre, these paintings depict hustlers, artists, and friends, many of them posing in front of a mirror, so that their form could be captured from different angles. Some three dozen nudes, none of which have ever been exhibited publicly, are presented alongside six newly commissioned paintings — “reflections” on Morris’ work — by West Moberly First Nations artist Dion Smith-Dokkie."
Mirrors is on until April 4 at the Sum Gallery.
Well, if you don't already have a ticket for Ronnie Burkett's Wonderful Joe at the Cultch by now, then you are out of luck, as the show has completely sold out its run!
Dear Diary, quelle surprise! Studio 58's production of Heathers The Musical at Langara is just so... VERY.
I was fortunate enough to catch the premiere of this show in NewYork on Broadway where they had electric blue Liquid Drano shots for sale at the bar. Alas, Langara does not serve booze, otherwise that would've been a fun addition to what is already a fully entertaining night out!
If you're not familiar with the cult 80s classic, this is the original Mean Girls but darker - I'm talking guns, suicide, and school bombings. A standout for me was Evan Andersen Sterns as the moody bad boy, J.D. He is charming and cute in Act One, and spirals into psychopath manic territory by the end, while dragging along Saidi Mader's Veronica with him.
Normally with musicals, I find Act One to be the stronger half. But with this show and production, it's actually Act Two that has some serious stand out moments. When Carol Chu as Heather McNamara gets a shot in the limelight, she takes it and runs away with it. Her mini solo was a delightful surprise. But then with the 11 O'Clock number is Stella Jack-Rennie, who in true 80s fashion removes her dumpy eyeglasses to reveal a beautiful soul underneath as her Martha Dunnstock character takes flight in a touching and sombre suicide song, that left the audience gasping as the lights went out.
Apparently this is the 5th time that Heathers The Musical has been done in our fair city! I had no idea. If you too had no clue, and wanted to see this show, then there's no better spot to go than Studio 58!
Heathers The Musical runs until February 16.
There is a gem of a show playing right now at a gem of a theatre over on the West side.
I have been a fan of Florian Zeller's writing for awhile now, having read several of his novels translated from the French. When I heard that United Players of Vancouver had secured the rights and were going to mount a production of his play The Height of the Storm, I was definitely intrigued.
It's been a while since I've seen anything at the Jericho Theatre, so what a great welcome back this was! Wonderfully directed by Adam Henderson, the show nails it on every detail, from the set design to the lighting to the sound. All the actors are just fantastic as well.
The story is slightly murky, making the audience work for the viewing. It blends memory with the present, dementia with reality. At 80 minutes with no intermission, the show is a welcome addition to Vancouver's theatrical landscape.
How lucky are we that the opportunity to see a wonderful production of a Florian Zeller play is right at our doorstep?
The Height of the Storm is on now until February 9.
