We watched a charming, tongue-in-cheek Benjamin Britten opera unfold over the weekend as the Vancouver Opera (in its first full co-production with Victoria’s Pacific Opera) presented Albert Herring to a » Read More
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November 26, 2013
Albert Herring, Benjamin Britten’s fast-paced, clever, and hummable opera, will transport audiences to the 1950’s in a riot of scrumptious costumes, devastating satire, and charming slapstick. Vancouver Opera, in tandem » Read More
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Alberta Ballet Returns to Vancouver With The Nutcracker, Performed With Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
November 19, 2013
Ballet BC is proud to announce the return to Vancouver of Alberta Ballet’s The Nutcracker, at the Queen E Theatre from December 28 to 31, featuring three evening performances and » Read More
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November 6, 2013
It’s nearly impossible as an adult to hear “The Wizard of Oz” and not think about the 1939 classic movie. For many, including this writer, we grew up with the » Read More
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October 3, 2013
The Vancouver Opera will launch its 2013-2014 season with Puccini’s exhilarating masterpiece, Tosca. An opera cherished for its heart-wrenching melodies and filled with indestructible love, treachery, and murder, Tosca captures » Read More
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September 25, 2013
The National Theatre of Great Britain’s War Horse premiered in Vancouver last night to a packed audience. Watching the life-size horses move on stage is the biggest draw to this » Read More
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September 12, 2013
[Alexis Fletcher, Gilbert Small, Darren Devaney in Walking Mad] Ballet BC presents Tilt at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre from October 17 to 19 with three evening performances featuring two world » Read More
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September 4, 2013
Click your heels together and join the Scarecrow, Tin Man, Lion, Dorothy and her little dog Toto as they journey through the magical land of Oz to meet the Wizard » Read More
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July 23, 2013
The National Theatre of Great Britain’s epic War Horse, winner of five 2011 Tony® Awards including Best Play, will make its premiere in Vancouver from September 24 to 29 at » Read More
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June 13, 2013
Of all the major touring productions that have come to Vancouver, Les Misérables is one that my husband and I hadn’t yet experienced. We felt we were the perfect audience » Read More
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April 10, 2013
Vancouverites will be the first in Canada to experience Tan Dun’s extraordinary fusion of Western opera and Eastern myth in Vancouver Opera’s national premiere of Tea: A Mirror of Soul. » Read More
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April 3, 2013
In Billy Elliot the Musical, one boy sets out into the world to make his dreams come true. Set in small-town Britain, the story follows Billy as he stumbles out of » Read More
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April 2, 2013
Tickets for Cameron Mackintosh’s new 25th anniversary production of Les Misérables will go on sale Saturday, April 6 at 10 am for the premiere Vancouver engagement at the Queen E » Read More