by Shawna Patenaude | Nov 11, 2024
Directed by Jackson Mace, A Christmas Story runs from Sat. Nov. 23 to Sat. Dec. 7, 2024. Based on the classic 1983 movie, humorist Jean Shepherd’s memoir of growing up on the Prairies in the 1940s follows 9-year-old Ralphie Parker in his quest to get a genuine Red...
by Shawna Patenaude | Sep 30, 2024
As part of its Spotlight Theatre Series, the Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre presents Catalyst Theatre’s The Invisible Agents of Ungentlemanly Warfare on Oct. 11. In 1940 France, The Invisible, seven exceptional female operatives, risk their lives to...
by Shawna Patenaude | Sep 30, 2024
The Vernon & District Performing Arts Centre Society proudly presents As You Like It, or The Land Acknowledgement by Cliff Cardinal, a Toronto’s Crow’s Theatre Production. This opening performance of VDPAC’s 2024-25 SPOTLIGHT Theatre Series takes to the stage on...
by Shawna Patenaude | Apr 12, 2024
Powerhouse Theatre’s final production of the 2023-2024 season opens on May 1 and promises to provide audiences with all of the warmth and delight of an early evening in late summer. The Exquisite Hour, written by Edmonton playwright Stewart Lemoine and directed by...
by Shawna Patenaude | Mar 29, 2024
Blending storytelling puppetry, music and live video projection, this magic-realist gem is brought to the stage with beautiful, strange, emotional richness, all the way from Ireland. Inspired by acclaimed Colombian novelist and short story author Gabriel García...
