Sansei: The Storyteller Wednesday May 3 | 7:30pm Sansei: The Storyteller examines one of Canada’s darkest moments. On December 7, 1941, an attack on Pearl Harbor triggered the internment and […]
BUY TICKETS Adult $25 single concert price Adult $18 series ticket price ($90 for the 5-concert series Oct 17, Dec 5, Jan 30, Mar 6, May 1) Youth $5 Join Joan Blackman, violin, Jane Hayes, piano, and VSO principal cello, Henry Shapard for a journey back to the first half of the twentieth century and […]
What if Robyn Hood was a young woman rebelling against the Sheriff of Nottingham and his tyranny with her Outlaw band of other young women? Fabulous musical numbers, hilarious repartee, sword and slapstick action; you don't want to miss this musical. Our "Onstage" class is full of talented young thespians, please support them by coming […]
It’s not what you think! Join Viva Chorale as they present an innovative concert program that reflects the realities that things aren’t always as they appear to be. Take the Spaghetti Western movie, filmed in Italy, using Italian crew and many cast members with Italian directors but made to look like the Midwest of America. […]
Il Ponte di Leonardo Wednesday April 19 | 7:30pm Constantinople joins forces with the sublime Italian tenor Marco Beasley to celebrate in music a bridge that Leonardo da Vinci designed in 1502. The longest and boldest bridge of the time, it was to span the Bosporus and to link Europe and Asia. But it was […]
Richard Strauss Sung in German A dream cast assembles for Strauss’s grand Viennese comedy. Soprano Lise Davidsen is the aging Marschallin, opposite mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard as her lover Octavian and soprano Erin Morley as Sophie, the beautiful younger woman who steals his heart. Bass Günther Groissböck returns as the churlish Baron Ochs, and Markus Brück […]
Wednesday April 12 | 7:30pm Ladom Ensemble combines piano, cello, accordion, and percussion in a unique blend of acoustic chamber and world music that is passionate, sophisticated, and wild. Their all-original repertoire incorporates inspirations from Argentinean tango, Serbian folk and dance traditions, Persian classical repertoire, as well as music from the classical (Bach, Prokofiev), and […]
Giuseppe Verdi Sung in Italian NEW PRODUCTION Baritone Michael Volle stars as the caddish knight Falstaff, gleefully tormented by a trio of clever women who deliver his comeuppance, in Verdi’s glorious Shakespearean comedy. Maestro Daniele Rustioni takes the podium on April 1 to oversee a brilliant ensemble cast that features sopranos Hera Hyesang Park, Ailyn […]
Thursday March 30 | 7:30pm The Slocan Ramblers (2020 IBMA Momentum Band of the Year Award Winner, and 2019 Juno Award Nominee) are Canada’s bluegrass band to watch. Rooted in tradition, fearlessly creative and possessing a bold, dynamic sound, The Slocans have become a leading light of today’s acoustic music scene. With a reputation for […]
Salt Spring Forum: Earthquake! What We Need to Know if and When the Big One Hits BC BUY TICKETS Dr. John Cassidy will lead our discussion on earthquakes and what living in one of the most seismically active regions in Canada, a place where some of the largest earthquakes have historically occurred, could mean for […]
Colour You Like Saturday March 25 | 7:30pm A swiftly emerging creative force, violist Radia a.k.a Ryan Davis joins the Gryphon Trio in presenting a luminous new musical experience, harnessing live looping and electronics that intertwine the sound worlds of classical, folk, electronic and hip-hop traditions. The program will feature Radia’s original compositions and visuals, […]
Wednesday March 22 | 7:30pm Percussiano3 is a veritable pageant for the eye and the ear, bringing together a myriad of percussion instruments with one piano. The two hands of percussionist Rod Thomas Squance and the four hands of Elizabeth and Marcel Bergmann join together to perform a six-handed musical marvel. With their dazzling array […]
Richard Wagner Sung in German NEW PRODUCTION Wagner’s soaring masterpiece makes its triumphant return to the Met stage after 17 years. In a sequel to his revelatory production of Parsifal, director François Girard unveils an atmospheric staging that once again weds his striking visual style and keen dramatic insight to Wagner’s breathtaking music, with Music […]
Birthday Present for Myself Tuesday March 14 | 7:30pm Accomplished dancer-choreographer-actor Hiromoto Ida skillfully merges dance, theatre, classical music, and voice to tell the story of the old man, raising a glass of sake to himself in celebration on what will be his last birthday. Inspired by the subtlety and simplicity of Japanese Noh theatre […]
Hotel Vortruba Saturday March 11 | 7:30pm A surreal, wordless, physical comedy where finding shelter is not so simple. With otherworldly room service, broken lamps, creaky floorboards, and giant rats, a guest confronts a proprietor who has been hiding his true self. A gorgeous, hilarious, and daring theatrical experience where magic lingers in every shadow. […]
BUY TICKETS Adult $25 single concert price Adult $18 series ticket price ($90 for the 5-concert series Oct 17, Dec 5, Jan 30, Mar 6, May 1) Youth $5 Joe Trio, with Cameron Wilson, violin/arranger, Charles Inkman, cello and Allen Stiles, piano, have delighted audiences across Canada and beyond with an inimitable and irreverent classical […]
Body Parts Saturday February 25 | 7:30pm Written, choreographed and performed by veteran artist Tara Cheyenne Friedenberg, Body Parts is a solo piece in which she tries to perform her show but gets comically side-tracked by her own body issues. Something has gone terribly wrong! Part stand-up comedy, part Greek tragedy, part performance art, part […]
Graveyards and Gardens Thursday February 16 | 7:30pm Graveyards and Gardens is a collaborative performance installation conceived, created, and performed by Pulitzer Prize-winning musician and composer Caroline Shaw, and award-winning choreographer and contemporary dance artist Vanessa Goodman. Highlighted by Stir as one of the most memorable Vancouver theatre moments in 2021, the work examines memory […]
