Arts Choices

Robert Lepage's The Blue Dragon at the Fei and Milton Wong Experimental Theatre

February 4, 2010

Canadian theatre icon Robert Lepage doesn’t come to town all that often, so when his The Blue Dragon opens on February 4, it’ll be a big deal.

UBC Opera's Louis Riel at the Chan Centre

February 4, 2010

He is one of the most epic characters in Canada’s history, so it’s little surprise he makes such rich fodder for an opera.

Kung fu musical Monkey King at the Centre in Vancouver for Performing Arts

February 4, 2010

Kung fu, acrobatics, and rock music? Demons, monsters, and a mischievous primate? Okay, now they have our attention.

We yah hani nah Coastal First Nations Dance Festival at Centennial Theatre

February 4, 2010

The We yah hani nah Coastal First Nations Dance Festival will be showcasing some of the best in indigenous dance from around here—and even some from New Zealand—over the course of one evening.

Violist Yuri Bashmet and the Moscow Soloists chamber orchestra at the Orpheum

February 4, 2010

Let’s talk about another Winter Olympics—2014’s—when Russia will be the host country.

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Welcome the World: A Choral Gala at St. Andrew’s–Wesley Church

February 4, 2010

Four of the city’s top choirs will fete the fact that all eyes are on Vancouver with a choral concert that has a truly global scale.

Cultural Olympiad brings Olympic-style laughs to the Orpheum

January 28, 2010

Who would represent Canada in a standup-comedy Olympics? Good question.

Winter art gallery crawl

By Staff | January 28, 2010

Avoiding the "O" word? Check out these five gallery shows instead.

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Comics That Care-A Benefit For Haiti at the Ridge Theatre

January 28, 2010

aughing in the face of adversity is often our only option. But laughing by itself isn’t all that productive.

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra performs Gustav Mahler at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre

January 28, 2010

It’ll be an embarrassment of riches when the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra takes on Gustav Mahler’s monumental Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major.

A Mediaeval Triptych at the UBC School of Music Recital Hall

January 21, 2010

Hearken all ye bards and troubadours. On three evenings this coming week, Early Music Vancouver sister ensembles Sequentia and Dialogos from Paris perform rare masterworks from the casket of medieval myths and legends.

Sheryl Rae at the Norman Rothstein Theatre

January 21, 2010

Call her a double threat: Sheryl Rae is just as well known for her photography as she is for her jazz singing.

NiX at Lost Lake in Whistler

January 21, 2010

Of all the Cultural Olympiad shows opening this week, perhaps none is as perfectly wintry-themed as NiX, which takes place in a theatre of ice and snow that’s been built around a 150-seat geodesic dome at Lost Lake in Whistler.