Tag: Theatre
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The Nearly World Famous Dufflebag Theatre Company Entertains
When I was a teenager my parents dragged me off to see every performance put on by the Vancouver Opera Company. I didn’t dare let any of my friends know that I was unavailable to go to a drunken teenage party on opera night because I was going to be in the Queen Elizabeth Theatre…
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“MINE” at the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts
How cool is this show scheduled to be at the Shadbolt Centre November 14th to 17th? A Theatre Replacement show called MINE – a digital exploration of mothers and sons through the lens of Minecraft*. *MINE is not an official Minecraft product, nor is it affiliated with Mojang. Using the computer construction game Minecraft as…
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My Thoughts on Christopher Robin the Movie
Earlier this week I went with my kids to see the movie Christopher Robin – or what my kids called “the Winnie the Pooh movie”. Of course no spoilers here, but I will say that while my kids enjoyed the movie as a piece of entertainment, the Christopher Robin movie was very meaningful to me…
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A Day of Theatre; Evergreen Cultural Centre and the Cultch
Saturday was a day full of theatre for me. Not theatre in the sense of drama at home, but actual real drama in real theatres, seeing as I actually attended two different performances, one in the theatre at the Evergreen Cultural Centre and the other in Vancouver’s Cultch. The first performance we (my kids and…
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Cavalia Presents Odysseo in the Olympic Village
Although I have not yet found time in my hectic family schedule for us to attend a performance of Odysseo, a re-imagining of equestrian and theatrical arts, a couple of my friends have been to the show and they both said this is a MUST SEE performance. I have to admit, I am amazed by the…
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For the Pleasure of Seeing Her Again
Although I am not able to attend the Gateway Theatre presentation of For the Pleasure of Seeing Her Again, I have a trusted friend going in my stead who will report back to me on how the show worked. In brief, this play, an audience favourite at Canada’s Magnetic North Theatre Festival in Ottawa, is…
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Cook Your Life – A One Woman Show
Although I have been going to the theatre for many, many years it is hard to believe that I’ve never seen a one-man or one woman show. Yesterday evening that all changed. I went out to Richmond to the Gateway Theatre Pacific Festival where I saw a one-woman show called “Cook Your Life”. Let me go…
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Gateway Theatre Festival’s – Cook Your Life
Following last year’s ground-breaking inaugural year, Gateway Theatre is thrilled to bring back the Gateway Theatre Pacific Festival, showcasing in Richmond BC the best contemporary theatre Hong Kong has to offer. One of the theatre events in the Gateway Theatre Pacific Festival that is of particular interest to me combines two of my passions: food and live theatre.…
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“Cook Your Life” at the Gateway Theatre
Following last year’s ground-breaking inaugural year, Gateway Theatre is thrilled to bring back the Gateway Theatre Pacific Festival, showcasing in Richmond BC the best contemporary theatre Hong Kong has to offer. One of the theatre events in the Gateway Theatre Pacific Festival that is of particular interest to me combines two of my passions: food and live theatre.…
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Jurassic World: A Worthy Sequel?
Hello everybody, it’s the Movie Dude Toth laughing and scratching at ya once again, and surprise, surprise…there is no two month gap in between my reviews this time! 🙂 Anyhow, on to the matter at hand which is the film Jurassic World. The big question is can the movie re-capture some of magic of the…