Arts Club Theatre is excited to offer four audio plays in their new series, Listen to This. Each entertaining, thought-provoking work is created by a Western Canadian Playwright who is affiliated with their Emerging Playwrights’ Unit or Silver Commissions Project. Visit www.artsclub.com for information on how to purchase. Unexpecting February 10 – September 15 Married […]
Plays2Perform@Home is a script “Box Set” that can be ordered online and delivered to your home (mail order theatre) or picked up from The Fishbowl on Granville Island in Vancouver. Boca del Lupo commissioned four playwrights to pen scripts to be performed around the dinner table, picnic blanket or campfire this summer. Working with Valerie […]
This January, Ukama Gallery hosts a new show by an internationally acclaimed and prolific artist Paul Ygartua. The drama and originality of the new collected work is achieved through the nuanced interplay of shape, colour and texture. The illusion of depth is striking and consistent, brought to life on a backdrop formed by two completely […]
The PuSh International Performing Arts Festival is one of Vancouver’s signature events. Produced each January, the Festival expands the horizons of Vancouver artists and audiences with work that is visionary, genre-bending, multi-disciplined, startling and original. The Festival showcases acclaimed international, Canadian and local artists and mixes them together with an alchemy that inspires audiences, rejuvenates […]
A live stand-up comedy showcase, featuring international headliners, touring pros, and the hottest talent from across Canada, as seen at JFL, CBC, Netflix, House of Comedy, and more! Visit their website for more information. Show dates: January 27 February 10 & 24 March 10 & 24 April 7 & 21
Come see some of Vancouver’s finest improvisors stretch their legs and push comedy to the limits in this fast paced, innovative show. See what happens when the players get to choose the styles that make them giggle. It’s where the improvisors come to play!
Two teams of highly skilled improv comedians vie for the laughs and support of audience judges. A high-energy, fast paced and good-natured competition that will leave you wanting more. Visit their website for show times and ticket information.
This Lunar New Year, The Lantern City is lighting up Granville Island for the first time! CMHC, with the Asian Canadian Special Events Association, brings The Lantern City to Granville Island! In 2019, a group of Indigenous artists embraced the idea of celebrating the Lunar New Year tradition in the form of Coastal Lunar Lanterns, […]
This collectively created work takes us to Nunavik, and into the lives of two women who live their lives against the sonic backdrop of radio. Collectif Aalaapi combines the aesthetics of vision with those of sound; their aim is to interrogate language itself, and their invitation to the audience is to join them in that […]
In this haunting song cycle, composer and performer Njo Kong Kie sets the poetry of factory worker Xu Lizhi to song and delivers a lamentation for our digital age. Kong Kie’s score for solo voice and piano is performed in Mandarin with English surtitles and combined with imagery, ambient sound, and more; it is an […]
Join us every Saturday at our brand new show, where the laughs are family friendly and the vibe fits in to your crew’s weekend schedule. Whether you’re on Granville Island to shop at the Public Market, or dropping the kids off at art class, this express show brings laughs for all ages, and sets your […]
Come celebrate Valentine’s Day at The Improv Centre. Three real life couples will compete in this hilarious, improvised take on love, comedy and finding that someone special. This show will leave you gleefully, “how well do I really know my sweetheart?”
The Craft Council of British Columbia presents our inaugural fundraising auction and exhibition, FRAMED. We have invited artists to envision a frame (think picture frame, glasses frames, or doorframe) as art itself rather than as supplementary object. We have encouraged artists to think beyond the frame as protector, support and cradle and to explore the […]
Join us on Monday, February 21st for a special Family Day showing of “The Matinee”, our brand new, family-friendly express improv show! 45 minutes of big laughs that will make your Family Day one to remember!
LivePerformance360 is Boca del Lupo’s new presentation series that explores how performing artists, presenters and producers are creating and working with XR. The series launches with Silvia Mercuriali’s latest Autoteatro, Swimming Home, an immersive theatre experience for an audience of one that takes place in their own bathroom and delivered directly into people’s homes through […]
A timely parable about immigration, friendship, sharing, and individuality, Gruff tells the story of two goats: one wealthy with plenty to eat and one poor, with nothing. A hideous troll has taken up residence under the bridge separating the lush green lands of the Rich Goat from the barren waste on the other side of […]
Carousel Theatre for Young People is excited to finally announce its 2022 Season of live productions starting in March at the Waterfront Theatre on Granville Island. After almost two years without being able to invite audiences into the Waterfront Theatre for live theatre, the organization has gone through its share of changes. Looking toward a […]
Presented by the Vancouver Metal Arts Association, “Unearthed” invites artists to uncover and share the discoveries they have made with their work through the trials and tribulations of recent times. Featuring 23 artists whose works explore contemporary jewellery and metal arts, the exhibition presents a rare glimpse into the creative process and the outcomes achieved […]
CMHC-Granville Island would like to acknowledge that we are located on the traditional territory of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) First Nations.
