7 things to do in Metro Vancouver on Thursday, May 9

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      The Cinematheque
      1131 Howe Street
      6 pm
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      The DOXA documentary film festival presents Diaspora: Shorts ProgramSurviving Sabu documents the iconic Indian film star of 1930s and 1940s British cinema while The Dreams of the Night Cleaners explores the mythologies influencing our cultures at both societal and individual levels.

       

      Little Mountain Gallery
      195 East 26th
      9 pm
      $10
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      Ross Dauk is your host for Jokes Please! at the Little Mountain Gallery, the small theatre with big laughs. 

       

      Commodore Ballroom
      868 Granville
      9 pm
      $45
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      Canadian power trio The Tea Party play the first of two nights at the Commodore on their Black River tour.

       

      Fox Cabaret
      2321 Main
      9 pm
      $15
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      Californian 60's soul-tinged vocalist Shannon Shaw plays Vancouver in support her debut album, Shannon In Nashville

       

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      PNE Gardens
      2901 East Hastings
      7 pm
      $16-24
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      Inspired by the book by Roald Dahl, James and the Giant Circus Peach is the story of James, a young boy who travels the world with a colony of gigantic insects. Along the way, James witnesses daring acrobatics, stunning aerials, mesmerizing object manipulation, and feats of balance that astound and amaze.

       

      SFU Goldcorp Centre for the Arts
      149 West Hastings
      6 pm
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      Everything Must Fall is a look at the #FeesMustFall student movement that stormed onto the South African political landscape in 2015 as a protest over the cost of education. Part of the DOXA documentary film festival.

       

      TIM KRAUMANIS

      Performance Works
      1218 Cartwright
      7:30 pm
      $29-35
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      VAMP: A Supernatural Musical Burlesque combines circus, the art of burlesque and storytelling of musical theatre to tell the empowering story of a young woman’s sexual awakening in a ghoulish world.

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