ENTERTAINMENT
The Stanley Industrial
Alliance Stage
In the Heights
Until June 7
Granville Island Stage
Godspell
June 18 to August 1
VANCOUVER – DOWNTOWN
VANCOUVER – EAST SIDE
CBC Studio 700
New Works – Dance Allsorts – Project Soul
May 10, 2:00 p.m.
East Van Studio
Hardline Productions and Zee Zee Theatre –
Bright Blue Future
Until May 17
PAL Studio Theatre
Anne with an E productions – Giggles & Gags
May 7 – 9
Firehall Arts Centre
Firehall Arts Centre & Native Earth Performing
Arts Production – God and the Indian
May 20 – 30
Rogers Arena
Stars on Ice – 25th Anniversary Tour
May 21, 7:00 p.m.
Scotiabank Dance Centre
The Dance Centre – Discover Dance! Series:
Ache Brasil
May 14, 12:00 p.m.
Vancouver FanClub
Chor Leoni Men’s Choir – Chor Leoni Idol
May 12, 7:00 p.m.
VANCOUVER – WEST SIDE
CTYP Studio Theatre
Carousel Theatre for Young People – Dot &
Ziggy
June 2 – 14
Pacific Theatre – Main Stage
Freud’s Last Session
Until May 30
Performance Works
Musical Theatre Works and Kay Meek Centre –
Miss Shakespeare and J. Caesar
May 5 – 18
Vancouver International Children’s Festival
May 25 – 31
Ryerson United Church
Marcus Mosely Chorale – Times Are Changin’
May 9, 7:30 p.m.
Studio 1398 – Festival House
Shameless Hussy Productions – Dissolve
May 5 – 9
Vancouver International Children’s Festival
May 25 – 31
The Improv Centre on Granville Island
Vancouver TheatreSports League
TheatreSports
Wednesdays – Saturdays,
7:30 p.m., Fridays & Saturdays 9:30 p.m.
Throne And Games
Thursdays – Saturdays, 7:30 p.m.
Improv Test Kitchen
Wednesdays, 9:15 p.m.
Ultimate Improv Championship
Thursdays, 9:15 p.m.
Late Night Laughs
Fridays & Saturdays, 11:15 p.m.
Rookie Night
Sundays, 7:30 p.m.
Vanier Park – BMO Mainstage Theatre
Bard on the Beach – The Comedy of Errors
June 4 to September 26
Waterfront Theatre
iYi Dance– Obsession
May 13 – 15
Arts Umbrella – Expressions
May 20 – 24
Vancouver International Children’s Festival
May 25 – 31
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Havana Theatre
Co.ERASGA – Paradise
Pacific Coliseum
Cirque du Soleil – Varekai
May 5 – 9
May 20 – 2
The Cultch
Historic Theatre
605 Collective – The Sensationalists May 12 – 16
VANCOUVER – SOUTH
Metro Theatre
The Graduate
Until May 23
Norman & Annette Rothstein Theatre
Vancouver Jewish Film Centre and 2015
Chutzpah Plus – The Art Dealer
May 12, 7:00 p.m.
Mr. Kaplan
May 26, 7:00 p.m.
Unitarian Church of Vancouver
West Coast Chamber Music – Romantic
Russian Trios
May 17, 3:00 p.m.
VANCOUVER – POINT GREY
Chan Centre for the Performing Arts
Wu Man and the Shanghai Quartet
May 9
UBC School of Music – Baccalaureate Concert
May 20
Vancouver Bach Children’s Chorus & Youth
Choir – Summer Concert
May 24, 2:00 p.m.
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra – Classical
Traditions – Karen Gomyo (Violin)
May 29 & 30
Jericho Arts Centre
Fighting Chance Productions – Into the Woods
Until May 16
James & Jamesy in HIGH TEA
May 18 – 24
United Players of Vancouver – The Imaginary
Invalid
June 5 – 28
UBC Old Auditorium
UBC Opera – Choir Practice
May 8 & 9, 7:30 p.m.
West Point Grey United Church
Vetta Chamber Music – Arthur Rowe (Piano)
May 21, 2:00 p.m. & 22, 8:00 p.m.
ABBOTSFORD
Reach Gallery & Museum
Gallery 7 Theatre – Sara Tuft – 110 Stories
Until May 9
BURNABY
Michael J. Fox Theatre
Dance Power Burnaby No. 3
May 5 – 10
Burnaby Mountain Secondary Dance Recital
May 11, 7:00 p.m.
Burnaby South Secondary Music Concerts
May 12 & 14, 7:00 p.m.
Van Sing Choir Concert
May 16, 7:30 p.m.
Gujarati Hindu Senior Society Cultural
Program
May 17, 3:00 p.m.
Burnaby Parks and Recreation Dance Recital
May 19, 6:30 p.m.
Moscrop Secondary School Dance Recital
May 20, 7:00 p.m.
Fairchild Radio
May 22
Lorita Leung Dance Recital May 23, 7:30 p.m.
Northwest Academy of Performing Arts Dance
Showcase 2015 May 24, 1:00 p.m. & 4:00 p.m.
Burnaby South Secondary School Dance Recital
May 27, 7:00 p.m.
Burnaby Central Secondary Band Performance
May 28, 7:00 p.m.
Encore Dance Recitals
May 29 – 31
Flora Pigeau Dance Academy – An Evening of
Dance
June 5 & 6, 7:00 p.m.
Shadbolt Centre for the Arts –
James Cowan Theatre
Shadbolt Centre’s Continuum Dance – Here
and Now
May 8 & 9
CHILLIWACK
Chilliwack Cultural Centre – HUB
International Theatre
Rodgers & Hammerstein: Out of a Dream
May 10, 7:30 p.m.
Rock.It.Boy Entertainment – Colin James
May 11, 7:30 p.m.
Chilliwack Metropolitan Orchestra – Rhapsody
in Blue
May 23, 7:30 p.m.
The Legends of Rock ‘n’ Roll – Buddy Holly &
The Fab Fourever
May 24, 7:30 p.m.
Chilliwack Symphony Orchestra – Vivace!
May 30, 7:30 p.m.
COQUITLAM
Evergreen Cultural Centre – Main Theatre
Rodgers and Hammerstein: Out of a Dream
May 5 – 9
Quartetto Gelato
May 15
The Comic Strippers
May 16
Vitaly: An Evening of Wonders
May 22
LADNER
Genesis Theatre
The Legends of Rock ‘n’ Roll – Buddy Holly &
The Fab Fourever
May 21, 7:30 p.m.
LANGLEY
Langley Playhouse
Langley Players Drama Club – Escape From
Happiness
Until May 16
MAPLE RIDGE
The ACT Maple Ridge Arts Centre &
Theatre – Main Theatre
Showstoppers Academy – A Senior Musical
May 7 –9
Xtreme Theatre – Tarzan
May 13 – 16
The Legends of Rock ‘n’ Roll – Buddy Holly &
The Fab Fourever
May 25, 7:30 p.m.
Vancouver
Civic Theatres
Queen Elizabeth Theatre
• RITE (Ballet BC)
May 7 – 9
• Joe Bonamassa
May 11 & 12
• Miss World and Mister World Crowning Gala May 16, 6:00 p.m.
• Na Ying
May 18, 7:30 p.m.
• Kids in the Hall
May 20
• Lindsey Stirling the Music Box Tour
May 21, 7:00 p.m.
• Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses – The Master Quest May 22
• BCABBA 2015 Championship Finales
May 23, 9:00 a.m.
• Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga
May 25 & 26
• Jesse Cook
June 4, 7:30 p.m.
Orpheum
• Piper Kerman (Unique Lives & Experiences) May 5, 7:30 p.m.
• A Lecture by Jacques Herzog (VAG)
May 6, 7:30 p.m.
• VSO Masterworks: Ravel and Falla with Angela Hewitt [Piano]
(Vancouver Symphony Orchestra)
May 9 & 11
• Symphony Sundays: Ravel and Falla with Angela Hewitt [Piano]
(Vancouver Symphony Orchestra)
May 10, 2:00 p.m.
• Diana Krall
May 13
• VSO Pops: Ella and Louis! (Vancouver Symphony Orchestra)
May 15 & 16
• Kids’ Koncerts: Beethoven Lives Upstairs (Vancouver Symphony
Orchestra)
May 17, 2:00 p.m.
• Wealthy and Wise
May 19, 6:00 p.m.
• Randy Bachman with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
May 20
• Musically Speaking: Janina Fialkowska [Piano] (Vancouver
Symphony Orchestra)
May 23
• Suzuki Festival (Vancouver Academy of Music)
May 24, 2:00 p.m.
• Shirley MacLaine (Unique Lives & Experiences)
May 26, 7:30 p.m.
• Ryan Adams
May 27, 9:00 p.m.
• Last Night of the Proms (Vancouver Bach Choir & Vancouver
Symphony Orchestra)
June 3
Orpheum Annex
• Kevin Donovan Toronto Star Reporter
May 14, 7:00 p.m.
• 21st Century Shakespeare (Erato Ensemble)
May 23
• The Emperor’s Daughter (Vancouver Symphony Orchestra)
May 31, 7:30 p.m.
Vancouver Playhouse
• DOXA Documentary Film Festival
Until May 10
• The Complete Shostakovich Cycle: Borodin Quartet May 5 – 13
• Nikolay Khozyainov [Piano] (Vancouver Chopin Society)
May 8, 7:30 p.m.
• Vancouver Cantonese Opera Fest
May 16 & 17
• VSO Tiny Tots: Teddy Bears’ Musical Picnic (Vancouver Symphony
Orchestra) May 29,
10:00 a.m. & 11:30 a.m.
• The Quest of Don Quixote (Goh Ballet)
June 5 & 6, 2:00 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.
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North Shore Light Opera Society
Presents
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May 17, 24 @ 3pm
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Centennial Theatre
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra – North Shore
Classics – Karen Gomyo (Violin)
June 1
Deep Cove Shaw Theatre
First Impressions Theatre – Scotland Road
May 14 – 23
Pinafore
Highlands United Church
Marcus Mosely Chorale – Times Are Changin’
May 10, 2:30 p.m.
Ticket price $30 Adult / $25 Senior /$20 Student
Presentation House Theatre
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Also gratefully acknowledged is the support of the District of West Vancouver through their Community Grants program.
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Vagabond Players – Lend Me a Tenor June 4 – 27
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Massey Theatre
New Westminster Symphony Orchestra Concert
May 10, 2:00 p.m.
Pacific West Performing Arts Society Honors
Performance
May 13
The Legends of Rock ‘n’ Roll – Buddy Holly &
The Fab Fourever
May 22, 7:30 p.m.
West Coast Tap Dance Collective
May 24, 7:00 p.m.
Maple Leaf Singers
May 30, 7:30 p.m. & 31, 2:00 p.m.
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CELEBRATING
YEARS
1965 – 2015
Kay Meek Centre – Studio Theatre
Norman Foote with the Gleneagles Elementary
School Children’s Choir
May 9, 2:00 p.m.
Music in the Morning & The Kay Meek Centre
– Quartetto Gelato
May 10, 3:00 p.m.
Tracey Power – Artist’s Confidential
May 14, 1:30 p.m.
Musical Theatre Works and Kay Meek Centre –
Miss Shakespeare and J Caesar
May 21 – 29
Burlesque to Broadway
June 5, 7:00 p.m.
Presentation House Theatre
Trudeau, Felons & Me
June 4 – 14
North Shore Light Opera Society – H.M.S.
Pinafore
May 14 – 30
Theatre at Hendry Hall
North Vancouver Community Players – The
Understudy
May 29 to June 13
PORT COQUITLAM
Terry Fox Theatre
Lindbjerg Academy of Performing Arts – The
Music Man and Aristocats
May 7 – 10, 7:00 p.m.
Terry Fox Secondary School – Rock the Fox
May 19 - 21, 7:00 p.m.
Blues Brothers Too
May 22, 7:00 p.m.
Archbishop Carney Secondary School – Yearend Music Concert
May 26, 7:00 p.m.
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra’s Tiny Tots
Recital Series May 30, 10:00 a.m. & 11:30 a.m.
Coquitlam Youth Orchestra Concert
May 30, 2:00 p.m.
Maple Ridge Dance Circle Concert
May 31, 2:00 p.m. & 6:00 p.m.
Terry Fox Secondary School – Year-end Music
Concert
June 4, 7:00 p.m.
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RICHMOND
Fraserview MB Church
Good Noise Vancouver Gospel Choir – Rise Up
Singing! A Youth Choir Extravaganza
May 30, 7:30 p.m.
Gateway Theatre – Main Stage
McRoberts Secondary School – Music In Our
Schools
May 5, 7:00 p.m.
McNair Secondary School – Music In Our
Schools
May 6, 7:00 p.m.
Richmond Youth Concert Band – Music For
Moms
May 11, 7:00 p.m.
Ferris, Lord Byng, McKay & McKinney
Elementary Schools – Music In Our Schools
May 12, 7:00 p.m.
Hugh Boyd Secondary School – Music In Our
Schools
May 13, 7:00 p.m.
MacNeill Secondary School – Music In Our
Schools
May 14, 7:00 p.m.
Dance Co. – For The Love of Dance!
May 22 – 24
RichCity Idol
May 28, 7:00 p.m.
Vancouver Academy of Dance – Continuum
May 29 & 30
Gateway Theatre – Studio B
Gabriela’s Movement Studio Performance
May 16, 10:30 a.m.
River Rock Show Theatre
Neil Sedaka
SNL’s Leslie Jones
May 10
May 22
SURREY
Bell Performing Arts Centre
Surrey Schools- Fine Arts Department &
Vancouver Chamber Choir – The Ways of
Water
May 20, 7:00 p.m.
Buddy & The Beatles
May 21, 7:30 p.m.
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra – Janina
Fialkowska (Piano)
May 24
Surrey Arts Centre – Main Stage
No Borders Group Dance Challenge – Grand
Championship
May 9
Festival du Ballet
May 10 & 13
Semiahmoo House Extravaganza
May 29
Coastal City Ballet – Cinderella
May 30
Surrey Arts Centre – Studio Theatre
diskordanse Company – The Collection
May 29 & 30
WHITE ROCK
Coast Capital Playhouse
White Rock Players’ Club – I Hate Hamlet
June 3 – 20
VANCOUVER ISLAND
Belfry Theatre
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
Until May 17
Chemainus Theatre
The Mousetrap
Until May 30
McPherson Playhouse (Victoria)
Spank the Plank Productions – Tommy
Emmanuel CGP with Frank Vignola and Vinny
Raniolo
May 15
Royal Theatre (Victoria)
Victoria Symphony – Ravels Bolero May 9 & 10
Rock.It.Boy Entertainment – April Wine May 13
Atomique Productions – Ryan Adams May 26
Ballet Victoria – Annie’s Rodeo
May 29 & 30
Paul Mercs Concerts – Jesse Cook
June 5, 7:30 p.m.