rice & beans theatre is showcasing two new works from its 2024 Polyphonic Multilingual Creation Residency artists: Carolyn Nakagawa and Yulissa Campos. The Residency prioritizes deepening the field of multilingual theatre makers, welcoming two artists, providing support as they nurture they’re works. Following 10 days of workshopping and project development, culminating in this upcoming showcase….
Author: Jay Minter
6th Annual Sound of Dragon Music Festival Offers Free & Tickets Concerts
Vancouver’s Sound of Dragon Society brings the 6th annual Sound of Dragon Music Festival to The Annex and Roundhouse Exhibition Hall from May 23rd to 26th. The festival redefines Chinese music with ground-breaking cross-cultural collaboration through three concerts and free community events. “This is the 6th annual Sound of Dragon Festival in Vancouver where we…
Picks of the Week – May 15, 2024
Mid-May with a long weekend ahead, and summer is just a month away, with the picks of the week heating up too Pucks: Round 2 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs returns to Rogers Arena as Vancouver Canucks play host to Edmonton Oilers for Game 5 tomorrow evening. Heritage: Odd Meridian Arts’ 2nd ahmm (Asian Heritage Month at Morrow) festival, running until May…
Firehall Arts Centre Wraps The Season With Paddle Song
The Firehall Arts Centre 2023-2024 season comes to a close with Cheri Maracle’s Paddle Song, from Friday, May 24 to Sunday, June 2. Last performed at Firehall in 2021, Paddle Song is an energetic and humorous one-woman musical reflecting on the proud life and legacy of trailblazing Mohawk poet E. Pauline Johnson. Paddle Song captures…
DOXA Festival Announces Its 2024 Award Winners
DOXA Documentary Film Festival came to a close this weekend, and announced the winners of its 2024 competitions. Nigel Moore Award for Youth Programming went to Neil Diamond and Catherine Bainbridge’s Red Fever. Jurors Olivia Moore, Anna Hetherington, Emily Ash Cutajar and Darius Darabi share that Red Fever “is a witty and dynamic film that…
Metro Theatre Reveals Its 2024-25 Season
At a gala evening hosted by actor Todd Talbot, Metro Theatre celebrated the soon to close season and announced its upcoming 2024-2025 season. After board members welcomed guests and the announcement of Volunteer Awards, presenting Sean Ullmann with a Lifetime Contribution Award and the newly renamed Sean Ullmann Volunteer of the Year Award presented to…
Let’s Go To Summer Camp What’s-It-Called, at The Improv Centre!
It’s time get ready for Summer Camp! Beginning May 17th, The Improv Centre (TIC) on Granville Island takes audiences to Camp What’s-It-Called for its feature summer show on Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30pm with a special opening night performance on Thursday, May 16 at 7:30pm. Camp What’s-It-Called – a show so good you’ll be begging for s’more!…