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When & Where December 1 – 24, 2023, Thurs - Sat evenings at 8pm, Sun matinee at 2pm | Jericho Arts Centre, 1675 Discovery Street, Vancouver Director Sarah Rodgers Associate Director Leslie Dos Remedios Music Director Alison Jenkins Set Design Kevin McAllister Costume Design Catherine Carr Lighting Design Christian Ching Technical Director Nico Dicecco Stage Manager Emma Graveson Reviewer John Jane Sarah Rodgers and her late father Denis have adapted the Dylan Thomas autobiographical short story A Child’s Christmas in Wales into a play with added prose from the Welsh poet plus a few well-known folk tunes. Seven actors (3 women, four men) take on twenty-five characters. Full review
When & Where November 23 – December 23, 2023; Wed - Thurs 7:30pm, 8pm Fri / Sat with 2pm Sat and Sunday matinees | Pacific Theatre, 1440 West 12th Avenue Director Sarah Rodgers Set Design Lauchlin Johnston Lighting Design John Webber Sound Design Julie Casselman Costume Design Sheila White Props Dianna Lewis Stage Manager Victoria Snashall Interiewer Eve Newstead It is no mean feat adapting a sprawling fantasy world for theatre. Double the challenge when using two actors on a small traverse stage. Ron Reed’s adaptation of C.S Lewis’s favourite nostalgic novel The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe shows us how its done; driven by the power of imagination. Full review
When & Where November 22, 2023 - January 7, 2024 | York Theatre (The Cultch), 639 Commercial Dr. Vancouver. Visit the Cultch’s website for more details and to purchase tickets here. Playwrights Jivesh Parasram and Christine Quintana Director Anita Rochon Assistant Director Howard Dai Composer/Musical Director Veda Hille Stage Manager Emma Hammond Assistant Stage Manager Jenny Kim Producers Daniel O’Shea & Andrew McCaw Choreographer Amanda Testini Costume Designer Alaia Hamer. Cast and additional credits can be viewed here. Reviewer Darren Cordeiro It was a “tale as old as time, song as old as rhyme”, curated as a pantomime. And, it was magical! Presenting the classic tale of Beauty and the Beast, the opening night guests were in for a delightful holiday treat as part of the East Van Panto, an annual tradition loved by the local arts community. For those who don’t know what Panto is, it is based on the pantomime concept where a fairy tale is personalized to our beautiful city of Vancouver with a Holidays twist. Full review
When
& Where November 23 – December 24, Thursday –
Saturday at 7:30 pm, until December 24 | The Improv Centre on Granville
Island. Full details at www.theimprovcentre.ca Nestled
in the heart of Granville Island lies the quaint Improv Centre where
the laughs are loud and the energy is captivating! To kickstart this
Winter season, their new Improv set gets us merry with a Holiday theme
and cheer. Full review
Interiewer Eve Newstead This
year’s festive season, Pacific Theatre are remounting their production
of The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe. Adapted by Pacific’s
founder Ron Reed, the narrative is an imaginative sequel and return
to Narnia with Peter and Lucy as adults rediscovering the wonders behind
the wardrobe.Magic and nostalgia for the whole family. Full
review
When & Where November 7 to 12, 2023, evenings at 8pm | Queen Elizabeth Theatre| Queen Elizabeth Theatre Director Rachel Chavkin Choreography David Neumann Music Director Eric Kang Music Coordinator David Lai Scenic Design Rachel Hauckl Costume Design Michael Krass Sound Design Nevin Steinberg & Jessica Paz Lighting Design Bradley King Production Stage Manager Joel Rosen Euridice Amaya Braganzaó, Orfeo J. Antonoi Rodrigues Hermes Will Mann, Hades Matthew Patrick Quinn Persephone Lana Gordon Reviewer John Jane Just
about everything about Hadestown - the performances, production
qualities and of course Anaïs Mitchell’s musical score is
outstanding. J. Antonio Rodrigues owns the role as the naïve musician
Orpheus and Amaya Braganza as the world-weary, ill-fated Eurydice who
gets to die twice in a two and a half hour show is nothing short of
amazing and is a perfectly pragmatist counterpoint for Orpheus’
dreamer predilection. Full
review
Dates
and Venue September 28 - October 21 7:30 pm, Wed. - Thurs.,
8:00 pm Fri. / Sat. with 2 pm Sat. and Sun. matinees | Pacific Theatre,
1440 W 12th Avenue, Vancouver ‘You could say we’ve gone “a cappella”, Tetsuro Shigematsu writes in the programme note for Empire of the Son. Starting a run at Pacific Theatre, his one man show is stripped bare of its previous whistles and bells. How difficult it is to imagine the prior production - simplicity is its strength. Full review
When & Where September 28 - October 28, 2023 | The Improv Centre, Granville Island. Tickets available at https://theimprovcentre.ca Reviewer Darren Cordeiro As Halloween approaches, thrills and chills are in the air! Nestled in the heart of the quaint Granville Island, The Improv Centre is currently hosting Murder at the Disco, a spooky improv ‘whodunnit’ where all the cast could be the culprit. Like the Bee Gees from the Disco era would say, the audience was guessing throughout the performance in terms of who will be “Stayin’ Alive”. Full review
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