Hirsch
This Stratford Festival smash hit brings to life the world of legendary theatre genius John Hirsch. Orphaned by the Holocaust at age 13, Hungarian refugee Hirsch lands in Canada and finds a new home in the world of theatre, where his fierce talent, stormy temperament and uncompromising drive propel him to great heights but also […]
Chelsea Hotel
Chelsea Hotel is touring nationally in early 2014 before returning to Vancouver for its encore! Leonard Cohen’s powerful and inspirational music is the heartbeat of Chelsea Hotel, as six performers play seventeen different instruments in a rollicking tribute to the remarkable writer. Through Cohen’s transcendent songs and the honesty of his lyrics, you will be […]
The Drummer Girl
Vancouver musician Lauri Lyster brings together some of the city’s finest musicians in this eclectic cabaret chronicling her adventures as a professional musician over the last 30 years. From the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra to landmark jazz/blues ensemble Mother of Pearl, this autobiographical show about Lyster blazing a trail as a female drummer draws you into […]
Pippin
Warning: This play contains adult subject matter. Parental guidance recommended. Pippin is a musical comedy that tells the story of a young prince, destined to be King, who is searching for meaning and fullfillment in his life before he takes the throne. A Vagabond group of magical performers led by a charismatic Leading Player help […]
TURANDOT
The Royal Opera House Live Cinema Season gets off to a dramatic start with the return of Puccini’s musically sublime final opera Turandot – a tale of disguised identities, riddles, ritual executions and powerful, triumphant love. Andrei Serban’s production of this dark Oriental fairytale is spectacular, with Sally Jacobs’s magnificent sets and elaborate masks, and […]
The Songs of Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen’s powerful and inspirational music is the heartbeat of Chelsea Hotel. With extraordinary new arrangements, six performers play seventeen instruments in this concert, a tribute to the remarkable writer. Through Cohen’s transcendent songs and the honesty of his lyrics, you will be transfixed by this eclectic cabaret of loves won and lost. Check into […]
Movies at the Meek: Burt’s Buzz
In Burt’s Buzz, director Jody Shapiro takes us into the reclusive backwoods world of beekeeper Shavitz, still committed to living off the land in Maine, as he has since the 1970s, in a renovated turkey coop with no running water. Shapiro explores Shavitz’s peculiar relationship with the company he co-founded with Roxanne Quimby. The birth […]
Movies at the Meek: All is Lost
Academy Award® winner Robert Redford stars in All Is Lost, an open-water thriller about one man’s battle for survival against the elements after his sailboat is destroyed at sea. Written and directed by Academy Award nominee J.C. Chandor (Margin Call) with a musical score by Alex Ebert (Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros), the film […]
Alice In Wonderland
Sentinel stage is at it again! This year embark on an enchanted journey as Alice makes her way though the mysterious world of Wonderland, as we invite you to: Alice In Wonderland February 25 – March 1 The captivating journey of Alice as she sees the white rabbit and makes her way through the mysterious […]
Movies at the Meek: Gabrielle
Gabrielle is a young woman with Williams syndrome who has a contagious joie de vivre and an exceptional musical gift. Since she met her boyfriend Martin, at the recreation centre where they are choir members, they have been inseparable. However, because they are “different,” their loved ones are fearful of their relationship. As the choir […]
