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Dates and Venue 3 September – 26 September, 2010 Thurs – Sun at 8pm | Jericho Arts Centre - 1675 Discovery

On 15 September 2008, capitalism came to a grinding halt. In the wake of the financial crisis, the National Theatre commissioned David Hare to write an urgent and immediate work that sought to find out what had happened and why. The Power of Yes is the result.

Tickets $14 - $18; Preview Thursday Sept 2nd - all tickets $8; Thursday, Sept 9th - Talk-back session after the show. call 604 224 8007 -ext. 2; 2010/11 season tickets still available from $60 for 5 plays. Visit united-players

North Vancouver Community Players
BARBECUE BLUES Written and directed by David Read

Dates and Venue 10 - 26 September 2010, 8pm | The Theatre at Hendry Hall, 815 East 11th Street (two blocks east of Grand Boulevard), North Vancouver

The Campbell's are in their middle 40s with two complicated children. Dad has a garage band, and Mum suspects the singer has eyes for her husband. The economy is tough, and there is some doubt about Dad's job future at the plastics plant which has just been bought out. The couple invite the new owners to a barbecue to plead their case. Mayhem ensues with misunderstandings, exposure of the couple's relationship issues and the children's situations add to the mix-ups.

Tickets $16, $14 seniors/youth 18 and under. For Reservations call 604-983-2633 or online www.northvanplayers.ca

Dates and Venue 9 September – 10 October 2010, (Tues. at 7:30pm, Wed – Sat at 8 pm, with matinees Wed, Sat & Sun at 2pm) | Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage

This stylish thriller is inspired by the "reel" history of the Stanley Theatre. Experience a multimedia spectacle featuring your favourite Hollywood film noir archetypes: the mob boss, the femme fatale, the hardboiled detective, and his girl Friday.

Tickets $29 to $63, inclusive of all tax and fees. Call the Arts Club Box Office at 604.687.1644 or visit artsclub.com

Dates and Venues 9 -19 September, 2010 (Pick of the Fringe on 23-26 Sept.) | On and around Granville Island

The Vancouver International Fringe Festival, produced annually by the First Vancouver Theatrespace Society, is BC’s largest theatre festival and North America’s most international Fringe Fest. This year’s Fringe Festival will feature over 600 performances by more than 80 groups over 11 days, and is expected to attract nearly 30,000 attendees. The Vancouver International Fringe Festival was voted Vancouver’s Best Arts Festival for five years in a row by Georgia Straight readers.

Dates and Venue 11 & 12 September 2010, 1 pm and 4 pm | Queen Elizabeth Theatre

Fresh off a triumphant sold-out tour debut, a headlining performance at The White House, a critically-acclaimed, chart-topping album, and an appearance at Coachella that garnered rave reviews from spectators and media alike, DJ Lance Rock and the cast of YO GABBA GABBA! are heading back on the road to play to enthusiastic fans in Vancouver.

Tickets $24.50 - $39.50 plus applicable fees available at all Ticketmaster outlets, by calling 604.280.4444 or www.ticketmaster.ca Information: www.yogabbagabba.com

Dates and Venues 23 September – 23 October 2010, (Tues. at 7:30pm, Wed – Sat at 8 pm, with matinees Wed, Sat & Sun at 2pm) | Granville Island Stage

Don Quixote de la Mancha and his skinny horse Rocinante ride across the Granville Island Stage on the immortal quest that has captivated readers for over four centuries. Don Quixote’s tale of courage and madness is re-imagined with masks, magic, and mayhem. Physical comedy at its finest.

Tickets Prices to be announced - Call the Arts Club Box Office at 604.687.1644 or visit artsclub.com

Goldcorp Masterworks Gold
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra Opening Concert

Dates and Venue 25, 26 & 27 September, 2010 at 8pm | Orpheum Theatre

Conductor Bramwell Tovey Featured performer Avan Yu, piano

Programme Saint-Saëns Coronation March, Piano Concerto no. 5, Egyptian; Ravel Daphnis and Chloe: Suites # 1 & # 2

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra’s opening weekend with Avan Yu. The new season begins with beautiful, Romantic French classics, in a concert featuring Vancouver’s own sensational pianist.

Tickets $26.75 - $68. The VSO offers its customers the convenience of "Print at Home" tickets when purchasing online: tickets-4-vancouversymphony

Dates and Venue 30 September, 5, 7, and 9,October 2010, at 8pm (Matinée October 2, at 3pm) | The Royal Theatre, 805 Broughton Street, in Victoria

A classic Rossini comedy with a heart, Cinderella is an irrepressible take on the traditional fairy tale we all know and love. Rossini conjures up a handsome prince, a beastly stepfather, bickering stepsisters, a beautiful heroine – and sheer magic in the music. True love, goodness, and forgiveness win out with an unabashedly happy ending – even for the wicked stepsisters!
In Italian with English Surtitles.

Tickets $30 - $125; Seniors & Students discounts available in some sections. By phone at 250-385-0222 or online. Special youth pricing is available (phone orders only).

Dates and Venues 1 October 2010, 7:30pm at Christ Church Cathedral 690 Burrard Street & 2 October 2010, 7:30pm at St. Philip’s Anglican Church 3737 West 27th Avenue

Take an epic journey through the universal concepts of apocalypse and redemption as musica intima navigates tragedy and triumph experienced on a human scale. Featuring R Murray Schafer’s Three Hymns, James MacMillan’s evocative Christus Vincit.

Tickets Adults $33 / Seniors $28 / Students $10 – visit musicaintima.org or call 604.731.6618. Additional special offers are also available at musicaintima.org

Playhouse Theatre in association with Co-op Theatre
A Life in the Theatre by David Mamet

Dates and Venue 29 August - 12 September 2010, 8pm) | Playhouse's recital hall - enter at the stage door from 602 Cambie St.

In David Mamet’s melancholy comedy A Life in the Theatre, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author takes us into the lives of two actors: John, young and rising into the first flush of his success; the other Robert, older, anxious, and beginning to wane. In a series of short, spare, and increasingly raw exchanges, we see the estrangement of youth from age and the wider, inevitable and endless cycle of life, in and out of the theatre.

The 8th Annual Vancouver Latin American Film Festival (VLAFF) offers diverse programming includes dramas; documentaries; films about musicians like Mercedes Sosa and Brazilian star, Caetano Veloso; and social, historical and political films. Latin American award winning films and directors represent Argentina, Brazil, Columbia, Canada, Chile, Cuba, El Salvador, Mexico, Peru and Bolivia. Colombia is the feature country this year. As part of the Vancouver Latin American Film Festival, VLAFF 8 initiates Canada Looks South. Schedule: www.vlaff.org

Tickets - Single Tickets $10 (incl. Opening Night); Closing Night Film and Concert: $25; SFU Screenings Free with 2010 VLAFF $2 membership; VLAFF Festival Pass - $120 available at the VLAFF Ticket Outlet at Pacific Cinémathèque

Dates and Venue 26 August - 5 September at 8 pm (Tuesday - Sunday) - Previews 24 & 25 August | Studio 16, 1545 W. 7th

Blue Surge tells the story of Curt, a small-town cop, and Sandy, the 18-year old prostitute he meets in a raid on a massage parlour. Curt finds an unlikely kindred spirit in Sandy and begins a relationship with her that puts everything he’s worked for - his career, his friendships, and his engagement to his fiancée at risk. But Curt sees a future with Sandy, an escape from his difficult past. As the two of them chase their dreams, they must learn a skill that is foreign to them both: they must learn to hope.

Tickets $22 Adults; $18 (under 35 / seniors); $10 Previews; 2-for-1 Sunday, Aug. 29 & Wednesday, Sept 1 at 8pm; Talkback Tuesday August 31; available at Tickets Tonight at www.ticketstonight.ca or by phone at 604-684-2787 (or at the door)

Vancouver Island’s biggest theatre event is now in its 24th year and is growing to include four extra venues and 13 additional shows! The 24th annual Victoria Fringe Theatre Festival will feature no less than 65 different theatre, comedy, drama, spoken word, dance and music shows from around Canada and the world at 17 venues across town.

Tickets $11 & $9 (Adult/students & seniors) plus $5 for Fringe Visa Buttons. Fringe 5-show Munchcards: $62.60. www.victoriafringe.com Tel: 250 383 2663

Cirque du Soleil is proud to return to Vancouver with its critically acclaimed big top production KOOZA.

Dates and Venue 3 June - 25 September 2010, Tues. thru Sun., 8pm | Mainstage Tent, Vanier Park

Tickets $35.50 (evenings in June) and $38 (evenings after July 1); $18.75 to $31.50 previews & matinees. Order on-site, by phone at 604-739-0559, or on-line at www.bardonthebeach