Editor’s choice

A Peter n’ Chris-tmas Carol

Over the years, some of our biggest laughs at the Vancouver Fringe Festival have come from the offbeat comedy duo of Peter n’ Chris. Whether they’re travelling to alternate universes, exploring spooky motels, or taking up bizarre day jobs, they have a knack for off-the-wall absurdity and whacked-out physical humour. So it’s with quite a bit of holiday glee that we see they’re parodying A Christmas Carol in A Peter n’ Chris-tmas Carol: in true warped fashion, Peter Carlone and Chris Wilson get goofy with the visiting ghosts and other twisted delights.

A Peter n’ Chris-tmas Carol is at Performance Works on Friday and Saturday (December 9 and 10).

High five

Five events you just can’t miss this week

East Van Panto: Little Red Riding Hood

The funniest local holiday tradition this side of Main.
To December 31 at the York Theatre

We Come to Witness

Sonny Assu’s digital tags cleverly “interrupt” Emily Carr’s landscapes.
To April 23 at the Vancouver Art Gallery

The Santaland Diaries

Biting laughs cut through the holiday treacle.
December 8 to 17 at Presentation House Theatre

Something to Treasure

Good Noise Vancouver Gospel Choir will rock the rafters.
December 11 at Richmond’s Fraserview MB Church

Quinn Dahle

Smart, witty, and as refreshingly clean as new snow.
December 8 to 10 at the Comedy MIX