The Merry Widow shines a light on emerging artists
The Vancouver Opera waltzes into its 2018-2019 season with Franz Lehár’s light-hearted Viennese operetta The Merry Widow. Aiming to charm audiences this October, it...
2018 Polaris Music Prize winner Jeremy Dutcher comes to New West’s Massey Theatre
Since 2006, the annual Polaris Music Prize has recognized the best Canadian album of the year based on artistic merit without regard to genre, sales history...
City Opera Vancouver’s Nigredo Hotel holds the key to accessibility
Have you ever wanted a small taste of live opera, without committing to the full bite? City Opera Vancouver is giving Vancouver audiences the...
Vancouver Opera season and festival will feature a quartet of productions
Vancouver Opera announced tickets are now on sale for a 2018-2019 season featuring two standalone operas, and its third annual festival.
“Our new season and...
This year’s Vancouver Folk Music Festival finds a gender balance
The 41st annual Vancouver Folk Music Festival is set to begin this weekend at Kitsilano’s Jericho Beach Park. Under predicted sunny weather, this year’s...
Chan Centre announces its 2018/2019 season
In a media release, the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts at the University of British Columbia announced its 2018/2019 Concert and Beyond Words series.
Included...
Abdullah Ibrahim revisits the sounds of his South African apartheid-era jazz band
The Jazz Epistles were South Africa’s first black jazz band to record an album and break onto the world stage. Half a century after the...
New opera confronts and honours the death and disappearance of Indigenous women
City Opera Vancouver and Pacific Opera Victoria presents the world premiere of Missing, shedding new light on a national crisis.
Written by Canadian Métis playwright Marie Clements, with a...
Freedom Singer is the culmination of a journey
It started with a book, became a CBC documentary, and is now on stage. It seems somehow appropriate the road to Khari Wendell McClelland’s...
Review: Circle Game is perfection
Setting expectations may be the biggest key to your enjoyment of Circle Game.
Is it musical theatre? Not really, as it lacks a cohesive narrative. Is...
