Vancouver International Children’s Festival returns to Granville Island

TheVancouver International Children’s Festival is back in full force at Granville Island for its 35th year. It doesn’t open until May 29, but tickets go on sale today (April 19) for 15 shows, featuring performers from Taiwan, Italy, the United Kingdom, the U.S., and Canada. Among other delights, kids can revel in the playful penguins of ZooZoo from Portland, Oregon’s Imago Theatre (shown here); the art of Taiwanese puppetry, in an adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s The Happy Prince by the Puppet & Its Double Theater; and the sounds and stories of Senegalese singer and percussionist Élage Diouf.