The Cultch, 1895 Venables Street, invites you to check out Motherload starting February 3rd. This is an intimate account of parenting in the modern age. Four prominent Canadian theatre artists share their personal stories of motherhood. They will be drawing on personal experiences such as playground conversations, coffee shop confessions and the issue of isolation that many moms feel while some get into ‘competitive mommying’. By sharing their real life stories of parenthood, they hope to’ lighten the collective load’. Motherload kicks off February 3rd at 8:00 pm with a preview show, opening night is February 4th and the show runs until February 21st. For the moms or dads wishing to see the show with ‘Babes in Arms’, there will be matinee performances on February 8th and 14th at 2:00 pm where you can bring children 2 and under. Tickets are available online at The Cultch starting from $19.
Motherload At The Cultch February 3rd to 21st
14 Jan
ICONS Celebrates One Year Sunday January 25th At The Biltmore Cabaret
12 Jan
ICONS celebrates their one year anniversary on Sunday, January 25th at the Biltmore Cabaret. ICONs represents the racy subculture of modern vintage lifestyle which takes design and style cues from the 60’s and 70’s. And well the poster for the event is a perfect example, classic album cover from “Whipped Cream & Other Delights” by Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass. ICONS is a heavily curated and highly anticipated vintage clothing market. You can expect to find psychedelic posters, antiques, records, taxidermy, retro lamps as well as small furniture, cameras and a bit of this and that. There will also be drink specials and a DJ spinning tunes from the 60s and 70s. The event is being held at the Biltmore Cabaret, 2755 Prince Edward Street. ICONS gets under way at 11:00 am and goes till 5:00 pm. This event is for ages 19+.
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Review Of Kayak On Now At The Firehall Arts Centre Until January 17th
10 Jan
A new riveting and thought provoking play Kayak produced by Alley Theatre opened at the Firehall Arts Centre on January 8th. The play is written by Jordan Hall who is being hailed as one of Canada’s new emerging artists and recently awarded the Samuel French Award for playwriting for Kayak. After seeing the show, we can see why. The play brings you three very different perspectives on socially relevant issues. First there is Annie Iverson a bleach blonde mother who loves her BMW and is played by Susan Hogan. Annie is on a mission to save her son Peter played by Sebastian Kroon from his radical environmentalist girlfriend, Julie Daniels, played by Marisa Smith. The play weaves together a number of different themes including our personal values, ethical and environmental choices we make daily. Do you drive to work each day in your SUV? Julie would call it your own “personal environmental disaster” and would much prefer you take transit or cycle to reduce your carbon footprint. Whereas Annie is quite happy with her BMW and its kick ass GPS system thank you very much. Peter lies somewhere in the middle trying to find his own footing in the world. He struggles with the traditional establishment values he was raised with and Julie’s ‘save the world’ minimalist views. Should he finish his business degree at Sauder Business School or work on his ethical existence as this may garner Julie’s love.
Annie tries valiantly to thwart her son’s relationship as she tries to impart her own values on her son thinking that what made her happy will make her son happy. Peter, of course, carves out his own future much to his mother’s dismay. If you don’t know the story of Noah’s Ark, you certainly will after this performance. Water is one of the many themes as are natural disasters due to climate change. Even Al Gore’s documentary An Inconvenient Truth gets a nod in this performance. Establishment vs. environmental, profit vs. sustainability, where do you see yourself as a global citizen? As Julie put so succinctly “meaning well accounts for shit!” Go see Kayak, it will make you think. For us, a sign of a great performance. Kayak the play runs until January 17th at the Firehall Arts Centre.
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C.R. Avery Presents Some Birds Walk For The Hell Of It at Joe’s Café
9 Jan
The Georgia Straight presents local poet and singer-songwriter, C.R. Avery, in his rock show titled Some Birds Walk for the Hell of It on January 10th at Joe’s Café, 1150 Commercial Drive. CR Avery is a unique multi-talented one man band. His live performance has been described as the “Bob Dylan in the body of Iggy Pop” throw in a little Bestie Boys and Allen Ginsberg and you get the idea. He is above all fearless in whatever genre he undertakes which could be blues, hip-hop, spoken word or rock and roll. This Saturday he will be presenting his rock show which also features Melody Mangler and Violet Femme. Doors open at 8:00 pm and show gets under way at 9:00 pm. Tickets are $20 and available at the door only. If you miss this week’s show, C.R. Avery will also be performing January 17th, 24th and the 31st at Joe’s Café.
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Funny Lady Sara Bynoe Starts The New Year Off With Teen Angst Night & Say Wha?
8 Jan
Sara Bynoe self-titled actor, writer and producer of fun times is starting off the New Year with humour as only she can. You are invited to her upcoming installment of Teen Angst Night on Tuesday, January 13th 8:00 pm at the Cottage Bistro, 4468 Main Street. These are brave souls that read real live diary/journal entries from those anxiety causing teenage years which now in retrospect many of us can only laugh at, or so we hope. Tickets are available at the door for $10.
You can also catch Sara at her next installment of Say Wha?! Readings of Delicious Rotten Writing on Tuesday, January 20th at The Emerald, 555 Gore Street 8:00 pm. Sara and her ever funny guests will be reading from the worst published books they can put their hands on. Sara has been running these shows since 2010 and we are sure she and her guests will bring you many laughs. Tickets are available in advance via Eventbrite for $10.
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Les amis du fromage presents Top Canadian Cheeses on February 10th SOLD OUT
6 Jan
On Tuesday, February 10th, les amis du FROMAGE, 843 East Hastings Street will be presenting and tasting Canada’s top Canadian cheeses. Allison Spurrell will take you into the world of Canadian cheese and introduce you to the cheeses that won top honours on the world stage as well as locally. You will get the chance to taste the grand prize winners along side some Canadian wines. The session begins at 6:30 p.m. and goes to 8:30 pm. Tickets are $60 and available online at les amis du FROMAGE. Class participants will receive a 10% discount on all store purchases during the event.
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KAYAK Opening Night January 8th At The Firehall Arts Centre
4 JanFirehall Arts Centre and Alley Theatre bring you an environmental disaster at sea Kayak. Alley Theatre is an independent Vancouver theatre company who have built a reputation for socially relevant theatre productions. Kayak is a witty and intelligent play about love and idealism and just may change the way you think about climate change. The play is written by one of Canada’s emerging young playwrights, Jordan Hall, of Alley Theatre. The play weaves together the perspectives of three very different characters, a bleach blonde BMW driving Annie who is on a mission to save her son, Peter, from his radical environmentalist girlfriend, Julie. Annie ends up throwing herself into a path of events larger than she could have imagined. Kayak kicks off on January 7th with a preview show at 8:00 pm and a pay what you can matinee at 1:00 pm. Opening night is January 8th at 8:00 pm with the show running until January 17th. Tickets are available online from $16 – $32. What people are saying about Kayak: “Smart, funny, political: if this play were a guy, I’d date him.” – Colin Thomas, Georgia Straight “Kayak really got me where I live. . . . This is a terrific, even terrifying, play that delivers some surprises.” – Vancouver Courier
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Canadian Premiere Of All That Fall By Samuel Beckett At The Cultch Until January 24th
2 Jan
The Cultch and Blackbird Theatre bring you the first ever Canadian production of All That Fall by Irish writer Samuel Beckett. For 50 years no one has been allowed to stage this entertaining Irish play which touches on the harshness of life and the futility of religion. After a ban was lifted, audiences in New York and London were able to see this radio play produced on stage and now it’s finally come to Canada. The Globe & Mail has a nice run down about the history of how the show came to Canada. All That Fall is now on at The Cultch, 1895 Venables Street, until January 24th nightly at 8:00 pm with 2:00 pm matinees on January 4th, 11th and 18th. Tickets start at $19 and are available online at The Cultch.
What people are saying about All That Fall.
“Radio play by famed Irish writer Samuel Beckett comes to the stage for the first time in Canada” – The Province
“Estate’s approval leads to Canadian premiere of a rarely seen Beckett play” – The Vancouver Sun
“Samuel Beckett’s All That Fall is a masterpiece” – The Georgia Straight
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