Colourful World Concert January 29

by Richard Wolak Music

Colourful World Claude Debussy, Rodney Sharman, Toru Takemitsu   Sunday, January 29, 2012 at 8pm Fei and Milton Wong Experimental Theatre  Goldcorp Centre for the Arts, SFU Woodward’s Presented with SFU Woodward’s and PuSh International Performing Arts Festival  Prepare yourself for a truly outstanding evening as the Turning Point Ensemble celebrates a century of colour [...]

Written by: Richard Wolak on January 16, 2012.
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Los Campesinos! February 3rd

by Richard Wolak Music

From Wales, popular indie pop band will make a stop on their tour in Vancouver to perform at the Electric Owl on February 3rd. Doors at 7:00pm, Show at 8:00pm, End 11:00pm Tickets $16.00 advance available online at www.northerntickets.com, Charge By Phone 604-569-1144 and at the Northern Tickets box office (located at the Vogue Theatre [...]

Written by: Richard Wolak on January 16, 2012.
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Gunmetal Blues January 23 to February 4

by Richard Wolak Theatre

The Vancouver Playhouse Theatre Company launches a new series in the Vancouver Playhouse Recital Hall with Gunmetal Blues, a musical “stage-noir” of the hard-boiled detective story. This smart and witty “pocket musical” is written by Scott Wentworth with music and lyrics by Craig Bohmler and Marion Adler. Gunmetal Blues is on stage in the Recital [...]

Written by: Richard Wolak on January 16, 2012.
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Interview with Max Reimer

by Richard Wolak Interviews

Max is the Artistic Managing Director of the Vancouver Playhouse Theatre Company, he is also an actor, dancer and event producer. I have attended many of his theatrical productions over the past couple of years. He recently joined me for the Jazz Blues Brunch at Dockside Restaurant in the Granville Island Hotel. When did you begin [...]

Written by: Richard Wolak on January 10, 2012.
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Tasting Plates Vancouver February 15

by Richard Wolak Food

Tantalize your taste buds at over a dozen fabulous downtown Vancouver restaurants! This evening tasting extravaganza goes from 6pm until 9 PM and is presented by Vancouver Foodster & Taste and Sip Magazine. Each restaurant will be serving up Tasting Plates for guests to enjoy and you will have a chance to visit many different [...]

Written by: Richard Wolak on January 3, 2012.
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Chutzpah! Festival February 11 – March 4

by Richard Wolak Dance

In their 12th year of showcasing world-renowned artists in a vibrant celebration of the performing arts, the Chutzpah! Festival today unveiled the line-up of electrifying music, riveting theatre and breath-taking dance scheduled for presentation from February 11 – March 4, 2012. Chutzpah! Plus (March 6-11), offers an additional opportunity for audiences to experience outstanding theatrical [...]

Written by: Richard Wolak on December 25, 2011.
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DO YOU WANT WHAT I HAVE GOT? A CRAIGSLIST CANTATA January 19–February 11

by Richard Wolak Theatre

Our personal ads, set to music! Irregular hats for cats, mounted lobsters, autographed copies of the Bible: this new work from composer Veda Hille and the CBC’s Bill Richardson explores what humanity has to offer and turns it into comic musical fare. Who wouldn’t want a broken time machine, for free? Come and take a [...]

Written by: Richard Wolak on December 25, 2011.
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Bah Humbug!

by Richard Wolak Music

Seeing Bah Humbug! in the Fei and Milton Wong Experimental Theatre, at the Goldcorp Centre for the Arts recently saw a wonderful and inspiring theatrical adaptation of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol unfold. Reconceived as a staged reading and musical event the Dickens’ timeless story remains relevant today, especially in light of parallels between the [...]

Written by: Richard Wolak on December 25, 2011.
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Interview with Bramwell Tovey

by Richard Wolak Interviews

Bramwell Tovey is a Grammy Award winning conductor, composer and performer. I chatted with Bramwell Tovey over a wonderful brunch at Provence Marinaside Restaurant in Vancouver. GRAMMY® Award winning conductor Bramwell Tovey’s career as a conductor is uniquely enhanced by his work as a composer and pianist, lending him a remarkable musical perspective. His tenures as [...]

Written by: Richard Wolak on December 25, 2011.
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Old Love

by Richard Wolak Theatre

I recently saw Norm Foster’s ‘Old Love’ at the Presentation House Theatre in North Vancouver that was Directed by Jay Brazeau. The play was a   funny and heart-warming journey spanning three decades and a half-dozen meetings between Bud, a salesman, and Molly, his boss’s wife. One of them is smitten from the very first meeting, [...]

Written by: Richard Wolak on December 25, 2011.
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