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Date and Venue Sunday 7 September @ 8 pm, Doors 7.15 pm | Coast Plaza Hotel Ballroom, Denman and Comox Streets Canadian folk legend Ferron comes home to her roots in a show by one of Vancouver's favourite performers not to be missed . Who knows when she'll be back? When they name the geniuses of our lifetime, Ferron should be included. The Boston Globe claims, "Someday, they will call Bob Dylan the Ferron of the '60s." Nowadays Ferron lives in Michigan, attending college and giving inspiring workshop as Muse, in a beautiful setting called "The Fen". Tickets $27 advance at Urban Empire (cash only) 1108 Commercial Dr, Little Sisters 1238 Davie. $32 at the door. For information, see Sound and Furies.
Venue and Dates Presentation House, 333 Chesterfield Avenue, North Vancouver | 9 – 27 September 2008 @ 8 pm Tues-Sat and Matinees 2 pm Sat (Previews 6 and 7 September) Venue and Dates Studio 16, 1555 West 7th Avenue, Vancouver | 8 – 16 October 2008 @ 8 pm and 2pm Sat and Sun matinees (Preview 7 Oct and no performance 13 Oct) Pinter’s Briefs, a collection of quirky, superbly entertaining short plays by Nobel Prize-winning playwright Harold Pinter, directed by John Wright and starring Simon Webb and Anthony F. Ingram. These rarely-performed comic gems – six short pieces and the iconic one-act play The Dumb Waiter – have been collected from the master’s early work and polished to perfection. Tickets for Presentation House$27 /$20 (seniors)/$10 (students and groups of 10 or more). Matinees $20 through Presentation Theatre box office or call 604.990.3474 or online at Presentation House Tickets for Studio 16 Through Tickets Tonight at 604.684.2787 or Tickets Tonight.
Dates and Venue 11 September – 12 October 2008 @ 8pm | Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage Set against the backdrop of a Bronx Roman Catholic school in 1964, Doubt explores the question of what happens when a nun who heads a Catholic school, relentlessly pursues her suspicions about a priest's sexual misconduct with a young student, who also happens to be the first African-American child to attend the school. "So full of high drama that the audience with which I saw it gasped out loud a half-dozen times at its startling twists and turns" –- The Wall Street Journal. Tickets $48 (Senior/Student/Subscriber discounts available) Buy Tix Now
Dates and Venue 13 September – 4 October 2008 @ 8pm | Vancouver Playhouse Peter Morgan’s
Tony Award-winning play, soon to be a new Ron Howard film, explores the
thrust and parry between two of the most intriguing and iconic figures
of the Seventies, as a commentary on the complex and often fickle relationship
between politics and the media.
Dates and Venue 14 – -27 September 2008 (Gallery Hours: Mon–Sun11am–11pm) | Havana Art Gallery, 1212 Commercial Drive Clayton, a “Boomer,” became immersed in Rock' n Roll early in life and started lead singing for bands in the late 70s. He still fronts classic rock bands when the opportunity is right andcontinues to play and study the guitar and almost always has rock music blasting away while he paints in his studio off Thel Drive. Clayton studied art and painting at SFU and Emily Carr and has been showing his Art in Vancouver since 1993. His painting, The Fat-Bottomed Girls Bicycle Race, was acquired in 2006 by drummer Roger Taylor of the British mega-band Queen. Artist’s Reception on 14 September @ 5.30– 8.30 pm (Artist in attendance). Information: Havana Restaurant
Dates and Venue 16–19 September 2008 Coffee 10am Concert 10.30am | Vancouver Academy of Music Music in the Morning opens its new season with the St Lawrence String Quartet with founding members Barry Shiffman, viola and Marina Hoover, cello. Having performed together more than 2,000 times, the SLSQ established itself among the world-class chamber ensembles of its generation. In its twenty years together, the Quartet has performed at Carnegie Hall (New York), Wigmore Hall (London), Concertgebouw (Amsterdam), and Théâtre de la Ville (Paris). Tickets $30/Senior $28 Student $15 604.873.4612. Subscriber discounts available.
Dates and Venue 18 – 27 September 2008 @ 7.30pm | Frederic Wood Theatre, UBC A macabre tale of a dysfunctional family incarcerated in a fantastical bygone age, Gormenghast presents a heart-rending drama set in the shadowy labyrinths of a huge gothic castle. Dare to step inside and enter a world of grotesque characters and mysterious ritual. In this vast crumbling kingdom of corridors and shadows you will encounter a strangely compelling and lurid tale of greed, honour, madness and love. Stage Adaptation by John Constable Directed by Stephen Malloy Tickets Adult: $20 student: $10 senior: $14 preview performances: $6 groups of 10 or more: $2 off adult/ student/ senior prices Phone: 604.822.2678 Fax: 604.822.5985 In Person: Weekdays 10 am – 4 pm (except 1-2 pm) Lobby Box office, Frederic Wood Theatre.
Dates 25 September – 10 October 2008 Venues Various Critically acclaimed as "an unspoiled celebration of world cinema," the 27th VIFF brings in films from sixty countries. And many of them may not come this way again. The annual event for cinephiles, with its usual blockbuster programming across countries and themes. Details VIFF Programme Guide
Dates and Venue 25 September – 25 October 2008 @ 8.00pm | Granville Island Stage Alan Bennett's exuberant study of education, sex, and the anarchy of adolescence crackles with humour and life in this sparkling production. Tickets $48 (Senior/Student/Subscriber discounts available) Buy Tix Now
Dates and Venue 25 September 2008 – 12 October 2008 @ 8.00 p.m. | Studio 58 @ Langara College The Cinderella story is revamped in this exciting, contemporized version appropriate for the entire family. In a big old house, Ashgirl lives in the protection of an ashy hearth with her stepmother and two stepsisters. When the invitation to the ball arrives from the prince, shel finds the strength to go with the help of her unusual friends, including an owl and an otter. Once home, Ashgirl realizes that in order to regain the happiness she found in the arms of the prince, she must fight the monsters Slothworm and Envysnake. Tickets $16.50 Students & Seniors $15.50 Friday & Saturday - $20.50 (no discounts Student/Senior) Matinees & Previews $11 Available through Tickets Tonight at 604.684.2787 or Tickets Tonight.
Dates and Venue Friday, 26 September 2008 @ 8pm Sunday, 28 September 2008 @ 3pm | Ryerson United Church Shakespeare and the Bible provide the inspiration for the opening of the Choir's 38th season. There are psalm settings by Mendelssohn, Britten, Raminsh and Jonathan Harvey, then words of the Bard of Avon in Shakespeare Songs by R. Vaughan Williams and the jazz-influenced Concerto for Piano and Choir by Bengt Hallberg. Organist Bryn Nixon and pianist Linda Lee Thomas join Maestro Jon Washburn and the Choir. Tickets
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Dates and Venue 27 and 29 September 2008 @ 8pm | Orpheum Theatre The VSO's 2008/2009 Season Opening weekend, features one of the world's greatest cellists performing Schumann's beautiful Cello Concerto in A minor with Lynn Harrell and Urban Runway,a new work by VSO Music Director Bramwell Tovey. Also on the programme: Lavallée's "O, Canada" and Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet: Suite. Tickets $78.50-25
(Senior/Student/Subscriber discounts available) through VSO Customer Service
at 604.876.3434 or through
Date and Venue Sunday, 28 September 2008 @ 3pm | Chan Centre for the Performing Arts The 100th anniversary of UBC is the occasion of this Gala concert featuring legendary Canadian tenor (and UBC alumnus), Ben Heppner, the CBC Radio Orchestra under the direction of Maestro Alain Trudel. This concert will feature repertoire from some of Heppner's recent recordings, such as Ideale: Songs of Paolo Tosti and My Secret Heart as well as Wagner's Wesendonck Lieder. Tickets
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Dates and Venue 2, 3, 4 October 2008 @ 8pm & 4 October @ 2pm Tea Matinee | The Centre In Vancouver For Peforming Arts Gloriously lush and unabashedly romantic, Tharp’s choreography to these Sinatra anthems is a swirling kaleidoscope of moves. Seven couples, men in tuxedos and women in gorgeous gowns by renowned American fashion designer, Oscar de la Renta, perform ballroom dances beneath a glittering mirror ball (on a similar double edge of present and previous ages.) Tickets Box Office 604.732.5003 ext. 207.
Date and Venue Friday, 3 October 2008 @ 8pm | Christ Church Cathedral, 690 Burrard Street, Vancouver Vancouver’s only professional vocal ensemble, musica intima kicks of its 2008-09 concert series in style with a selection of choral pieces from the sensual music of Spain and Latin America. Tickets $30 Senior/Student $20/10 Musica Intima Box Office
Dates and Venue 4 and 5 October 2008 @ 8.00pm | Orpheum Theatre Hilary Hahn, superstar! This sensational violinist joins the VSO for Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto, and the orchestra weaves sonic magic with the fantastic musical colossus Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14 by Berlioz. Tickets $78.50-25
(Senior/Student/Subscriber discounts available) through VSO Customer Service
at 604.876.3434 or through 
Dates and Venue 5 – 28 September 2008 @ 8pm | Jericho Arts Centre This dramatization of Jamila Gavin’s novel is set in 18th-century England. Coram Boy is a tale of two cities, Gloucester and London, and a tale of two orphans at the Coram Hospital for Foundling Children. Dastardly villains, cold-hearted aristocrats, devoted friends and passionate lovers all play a role in this rich, almost gothic, drama presented by United Players. Tickets Fridays & Saturdays $16 /14 students and /seniors | Thursdays & Sundays $14/12 by telephone 604.224.8007. Talkback: 11 September
Dates and Venues 3 – 14 September 2008 | Various around Vancouver The Vancouver International Fringe Festival is North America’s most international Fringe Fest and BC’s largest theatre festival. Every year the Fringe delivers an eclectic mix of theatrical offerings consisting of over 500 performances by more than 65 different groups over 11 days. Some of the venues will include Vancouver’s best theatres, such as the Granville Island Stage, Performance Works, and the Waterfront Theatre, all situated in the unique setting of Granville Island. Tickets $10 weekday anytime and weekend late night (10pm or later) $12 advance weekday and advance weekend late night (10 pm or later) $14 advance weekend before 10pm weekdays available online at Vancouver Fringe..
Dates and Venue 25 August @ 8pm, 1 and 8 September 2008 @ 7pm and 1 September @ 1pm | Bard on the Beach Mainstage Tent, Vanier Park Fresh from performing Mozart’s Don Giovanni in Prague, the UBC Opera Ensemble, directed by Nancy Hermiston, will perform arias from this opera in Bard's ever popular opera nights (formerly, A Merrie Evening of Opera and now Opera & Arias). Members of Vancouver Opera Orchestra, conducted by Maestro Leslie Dala, will accompany the talented cast of rising opera stars. Tickets $31/34 through 604.739.0559 or toll free at 1.877.739.0559 or on-line through Bard on the Beach. reviewvancouver REVIEW
Dates and Venue 17 May – 7 September 2008 Daily 10am – 5.30pm and Tuesday and Thursday until 9pm | Vancouver Art Gallery The first exhibition of its kind in Vancouver, offering unique insights into the world of comics, animated cartoons, anime, manga, graphic novels, computer/video games, and visual art. reviewvancouver REVIEW Tickets Adult $19.50 Senior (65+) $15 Student (with valid ID) $14.
Dates and Venue 30 August – 27 September 2008 @ 8pm | Metro Theatre Metro Theatre kicks off its 46th season with a delightful comedy based on The Odd Couple, a 1965 Broadway hit that eventually became a successful film and a television series. reviewvancouver REVIEW Tickets $18 Senior/Student $15. Reservations 604.266.7191.
 Twelfth Night SELLING OUT FAST Dates and Venue 27 May – 27 September 2008 @ 8pm | Bard on the Beach Mainstage Tent, Vanier Park When twins Sebastian and Viola are shipwrecked, disguise, mistaken identities and misplaced affections result in a delightful tangle of romance. Set in the 1920s in a stylized, romanticized homage to old Hollywood films, Shakespeare's light-hearted romance Twelfth Night is staged by long-time Bard on the Beach actor and director, David Mackay King Lear Dates and Venue 11 June – 26 September 2008 @ 8pm | Bard on the Beach Mainstage Tent, Vanier Park Set in the near future when relations between England and France have faltered and international policy is as fragile as the mind of the ageing monarch, this great tragedy of mistaken judgements unfolds as greed and the lust for power result in cruelty, madness, and death. Starring the great Shakespearean actor Christopher Gaze in the title-role, this is a sure-fire evening of splendid theatre. The Tempest SOLD OUT Dates and Venue 26 June – 20 September 2008 @ 8pm | Bard on the Beach Studio Stage Tent, Vanier Park Set in the 17th century with a classical, Jacobean setting and original music performed live by a string quartet, The Tempest features magic and intrigue at its heart. As Ariel and Prospero weave their magic, new alliances form, plots of murder brew, and romance blossoms between Miranda and Ferdinand, King Alonso's son. This will be a knock-you-out evening, in typical Bard style. Titus Andronicus Dates and Venue 9 July – 19 September 2008 @ 8pm | Bard on the Beach Studio Stage Tent, Vanier Park With themes as current today as when Shakespeare wrote the play, this bloody revenge drama, is set in a contemporary world. Titus returns victorious from battle with Tamora, Queen of the Goths, her lover Aaron, and her three children as prisoners. Ritual sacrifice, hatred and a chain of brutal plots and counterplots follow as Titus reaps his revenge in a clever, but horrific, twist of fortunes.
Tickets $33 (evenings) and $18-27.50 (previews and matinees) through 604.739.0559 or toll free at 1.877.739.0559 or on-line through Bard on the Beach NOTE 7pm curtain as of 1 September |
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Ferron
& Band
Pinter's
Briefs by Harold Pinter
Doubt
by
John Patrick Shanley
Frost
/ Nixon by
Peter Morgan
Timothy
Clayton: Art Exhibit of Rock n' Roll
St Lawrence String
Quartet 
Gormenghast
by
Mervyn Peake 
Vancouver
International Film Festival
The
History Boys by
Alan Bennett
The
Ash Girl
by Timberlake Wertenbaker
Psalms
& Sonnets: The Poetry of Song
VSO
Opening Concert: Schumann and Prokofiev
Ben
Heppner, Tenor | UBC Centenary Gala 
mi
canto
VSO:
Tchaikovsky and Berlioz
Coram
Boy by
Jamila Gavin Adapted by Helen Edmundson
24th
Vancouver International Fringe Festival
Opera
& Arias
KRAZY!
The Delirious World of Anime + Comics + Video Games + Art 
