The play wastes no time in getting straight into the meat of the plot. Edward II is crowned king and then the somewhat shady character of Gaveston takes the stage for a commanding monologue, dealt with great physicality by Daniel Curalli.
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The accordion might just be one of the most underestimated instruments in the musical family, but Ksenija Sidorova makes a pretty good case for why that should not be. In her September 18 concert, she showed its capabilities to be immense.
Last Sunday, Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue took to the Chan Centre's Shun Concert Hall stage for a performance that was best encapsulated as “fucking awesome.” The Chan Centre's 2016/2017 season has started with a bang.
On the penultimate night, Ancer’s Vancouver-based company, Flamenco Rosario, opened for the Mercedes Amaya Company with 3 different performances that highlighted Ancer’s aspiration to “express the pure joy” of flamenco.
Upon entering the Burrard Arts Foundation Gallery, the staff warned us not to step on a curving silver line drawn on the floor. Painted with a light-reflexive material, the line traced the solar movements during the fall equinox of September 22.
The Opera Tea in the UBC Botanical Garden on Saturday, September 18, had an intimate and easygoing atmosphere. Anyone who thinks that opera is uptight or “upper class” should challenge that belief by attending an Opera Tea event.
Love, power, ambition — these themes, so well known to Game of Thrones fans and watchers of American politics alike, will be very familiar and as poignant as ever. As Bugaresti pointed out, “absolute power corrupts absolutely.”
On Wednesday, September 21, the museum announced three new upcoming exhibits for the 2016/17 Season, promising to bring some of the its finest artifacts to light. These three exhibits are an opportunity for people to actively ponder Indigenous art.
Sally Stubbs ‘And Bella Sang With Us’ sets itself up to be the voice for a piece of Vancouver’s forgotten female history, centering on the struggles of the city’s first two female constables grappling with its societal pressures.
Being performed at a time in which superhero movies are in excess, fixated on violence and as bloated as their budgets, it was a breath of fresh air to see a play trade in an action packed plot for a low key story with a very human heart.
This Sunday at 7 p.m., the Chan Centre will play host to an artist whose talent and style consistently defies genre and convention. Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue are neither jazz nor pop, rap nor hip hop, but rather everything in between.
Tickets to the Harvest Festival are available online and cost $22 for students, $30 for faculty/staff/UNA residents and alumni, and $35 for the general public. Sadly, wine will only be available for purchase by the bottle.
The biggest name in stand-up is coming to UBC. Louis CK will play two shows on December 7 and 8 — both at 8 p.m. at Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre. The comedy juggernaut had humble beginnings, doing gigs at open mics in the 1980s.
On September 24, the third annual Global March for Elephants and Rhinos will take place at Creekside Park in Vancouver and will be one of many similar events around the world. The Vancouver event is organized by Elephanatics.
Imagine six queens stuck together in heaven’s waiting room fighting over who gets to join their husband, Henry VIII, in royal heaven (even the afterlife is classist). Now imagine one actress portraying all seven characters.