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ENTERTAINMENT
VANCOUVER – DOWNTOWN
PAL Studio Theatre
Western Gold Theatre – Adward Albee’s Three
Tall Women
October 23 to November 9
The Stanley Industrial
Alliance Stage
4000 Miles Until October 12
Saint Joan
October 23 to November 23
Granville Island Stage
Educating Rita
Until October 25
Revue Stage
Blue Box
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October
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November 1
Roundhouse Community Arts Centre
Co.ERASGA – Undivided Colours
November 8, 8:00 p.m. & 9, 2:00 p.m.
Scotiabank Dance Centre
Global Dance Connections Series: Compagnie
Gilles Jobin – Quantum
October 16 – 18
Discover Dance! Series: South Asian Arts
October 23, 12:00 p.m.
Mandala Arts & Culture – 5th Annual Dance
Festival – Gait to the Spirit 2014
October 31 to November 2
VANCOUVER – WEST SIDE
Pacific Theatre – Main Stage
The Rainmaker
October 10 to November 1
Performance Works
Vancouver International Improv Festival
October 6 – 11, 7:30 p.m. & 9:30 p.m.
Vancouver Cuban Music Festival
October 16 – 19
Vancouver Writers Fest
October 21 – 26
Ryerson United Church
Vancouver Chamber Choir – High Renaissance
– The Golden Age of Choral Music October 17
Studio 1398 – Festival House
Vancouver International Improv Festival
October 10 & 11, 7:30 p.m. & 9:30 p.m.
Vancouver Writers Fest
October 21 – 26
The Snapshot Collective – Snapshots: A Musical
Scrapbook
October 29 to November 8
Studio 16
Théâtre la Seizième – A toi, pour toujours, ta
Marie-Lou
October 14 – 25
The Improv Centre on Granville Island
Vancouver TheatreSports League
The Superhero Show
Thursdays, Fridays & Saturdays, 7:30 p.m.
TheatreSports
Wednesdays, 7:30 p.m. &
Fridays & Saturdays 9:30 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.
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Vancouver Academy of Music –
Koerner Recital Hall
Music in the Morning – Alice Giles (Harp) &
Barry Shiffman (Violin)
October 15 –17, 10:30 a.m.
Waterfront Theatre
Vancouver Writers Fest
October 21 – 26
Flamenco Rosario – Vancouver International
Flamenco Festival October 28 to November 9
VANCOUVER – EAST SIDE
Firehall Arts Centre
My Rabbi
Wag
Urinetown: the Musical
October 7 – 18
October 21 – 25
November 1 – 29
First Christian Reformed Church
osimous theatre – Our Town Until October 18
Havana Theatre
The Mandrake
October 7 – 11
Fully Committed
October 14 – 25
Staircase Theatre Society – Shades of
Monogamy
October 28 to November 15
The Cobalt
Ghost Light Projects – Hedwig And The Angry
Inch
October 23 to November 1
The Cultch
Historic Theatre
Ronnie Burkett – The Daisy Theatre
Until October 12
BBoyizm – Music Creates Opportunity
October 21 – 26
Volcano Theatre – The Four Horsemen Project
October 28 to November 2
The Cultch
Vancity Culture Lab
Kapinsky Enterprises – Butt Kapinski
Until October 11
The Cultch
York Theatre
Young Drunk Punk
October 27
The Russian Hall
Theatre in the Raw – The Raymur Mothers
October 29 to November 9
VANCOUVER – SOUTH
Metro Theatre
39 Steps
Until October 11
Vital Spark Theatre – Rebel Women
October 16 to November 1
Norman & Annette Rothstein Theatre
Children’s Choir
October 12
DSR Productions – Evil Dead! The Musical
October 22 to November 1
Studio 58
Kosmic Mambo
Until October 19
VANCOUVER – POINT GREY
Chan Centre for the Performing Arts
UBC Music – UBC Symphony Orchestra
Concert
October 9
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra – Classical
Traditions: Adam Golka (Piano)
October 17 & 18
UBC Music – UBC Choirs Concert October 24
Diego El Cigala
October 25
UBC Music – UBC Symphony Orchestra –
Paulo Bortolussi (Flute)
November 1
Frederic Wood Theatre
Theatre at UBC – Twelfth Night
Until October 11
Jericho Arts Centre
Fighting Chance Productions – Carrie: The
Musical
October 8 – 25
UBC Botanical Garden
UBC Opera Ensemble – Opera Tea in the
Garden
October 26
UBC School of Music – Roy Barnett
Recital Hall
Wednesday Noon-Hour Concerts
October 8, 15, 22, 29 & November 5
UBC Music – Contemporary Players
October 17, 12:00 p.m.
UBC Music – Jazz Ensemble 1
October 23
UBC Music – Halloween Concert
October 31, 7:00 p.m.
BURNABY
Michael J. Fox Theatre
Vancouver Okinawa Taiko Concert
October 16, 7:30 p.m.
Vancouver Orchestra Club – Masterworks
Concert
October 18
Thamil Cultural Society of BC – Mega Musical
Nite with Lakshman Sruthi Group
October 19, 5:00 p.m.
Vancouver Chinese Mama Society & VBC Huayi
Production – Geese Flying Away
October 26, 7:30 p.m.
Vancouver Women’s Korean Choir Society
Concert
November 1, 7:30 p.m.
Shadbolt Centre for the Arts –
James Cowan Theatre
Arts Club Theatre Company on Tour –
Avenue Q
October 7 – 9
Footlight Theatre Company – The Marvelous
Wonderettes
November 5 – 9 and 13 – 15
Vancouver
Civic Theatres
Queen Elizabeth Theatre
• Carmen (Vancouver Opera)
Until October 5, 7:30 p.m.
• TEDx Vancouver 2014
October 18
• The Wynners
October 19
• SFU Public Square: Will Innovation Save Us
October 22, 7:00 p.m.
• Jason Mraz
October 23
• Gordon Lightfoot
October 25
• Salim Suleiman
November 1, 7:30 p.m.
• No.29 (Ballet BC)
November 6 – 8
Orpheum Theatre
• Ryan Adams
October 7, 7:30 p.m.
• VSO Classical Mystery Tour: The Music of the Beatles
(Vancouver Symphony Orchestra)
October 8
• VSO Special: Cirque Musica (Vancouver Symphony
Orchestra)
October 11
• Toopy and Binoo – Fun and Games (Koba Entertainment)
October 12, 1:00 p.m.
• alt – J
October 14, 7:30 p.m.
• Vancouver Academy of Music Concert
October 19, 2:00 p.m.
• Sarah McLachlan
October 20 & 21, 7:30 p.m.
• VSO Tea & Trumpets: The Legend of Faust (Vancouver
Symphony Orchestra)
October 23, 2:00 p.m.
• VSO Pops: Sultans of String (Vancouver Symphony
Orchestra)
October 24 & 25
• VSO Kids’ Koncerts: Chris McKhool: Fiddlefire!
(Vancouver Symphony Orchestra) October 26, 2:00 p.m.
• VSO: Nosferatu!
October 30, 7:30 p.m.
• VSO Masterworks: The Music of Berlioz and Mozart (Vancouver
Symphony Orchestra)
November 1 & 3
Orpheum Annex
• Rent: Sing with Soul
October 9 – 11
• Sonic Topographies (Vancouver New Music)
October 16 & 18
• Chrysanthemums & Maple Leaves Festival October 22 & 29
• Diwali Festival
October 23, 7:00 p.m.
• Gods and Monsters (Erato Ensemble)
November 1
Vancouver Playhouse
• Vancouver International Film Festival
Until October 10
• Emerson Quartet (Friends of Chamber Music)
October 7
• The Danish String Quartet (Vancouver Recital Society)
October 19, 3:00 p.m.
• Stickboy (Vancouver Opera)
October 23 to November 7, 7:30 p.m.
• VSO Tiny Tots: Musical Melody Train Ride (Vancouver
Symphony Orchestra) October 24, 10:00 a.m. & 11:30 a.m.
• Luca Pisaroni [Baritone] & Wolfram Rieger [Piano] (Vancouver
Recital Society)
October 26, 3:00 p.m.
• Quatuor Mosaiques (Early Music Vancouver & Friends of
Chamber Music)
November 2, 3:00 p.m.
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