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See Everything at the Vancouver Fringe Festival on Granville Island

by Rick Chung in Entertainment, Events on August 22, 2024

Granville Island, Photo: Michael Levy/Vancouver Fringe

The annual Vancouver Fringe Festival announced its 40th anniversary season with 74 ticketed shows and events over 12 days happening at venues across Granville Island from September 5-15. Fringe is known for its variety of local and international artists offering almost every kind of live performance from theatre, comedy, dance, and music showcasing an eclectic mix of talent.

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See Everything at the Vancouver Fringe Festival on Granville Island

Half Theatre, Half Party: The Vancouver Fringe Festival is Here

by Rick Chung in Entertainment, Events on August 24, 2023

Photo: Vancouver Fringe

The internationally-renowned Vancouver Fringe Festival returns for its thirty-ninth edition to push the limits of live performing arts in true Fringe fashion. Over eighty-five blistering new acts take the stage at various Granville Island venues and beyond from September 7-17 for eleven days of boundary-pushing theatre.

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Half Theatre, Half Party: The Vancouver Fringe Festival is Here

10 Shows to Catch at the 2022 Vancouver Fringe Festival

by Tara Lee in Entertainment, Events on September 7, 2022

Drag Me to the Opera

The Vancouver Fringe Festival is back, offering over 70 bold and entertaining works from September 8 to 18, 2022.

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10 Shows to Catch at the 2022 Vancouver Fringe Festival

Part III Programming of Vancouver Fringe Mini Festival

by Inside Vancouver in Events on October 23, 2020

The Vancouver Fringe Theatre Society has released the programming for the Fringe Festival’s third offering, which takes place from Thursday, October 29 to Sunday, November 8 on Granville Island at Performance Works with a maximum capacity of 50. Continue reading:
Part III Programming of Vancouver Fringe Mini Festival

Katniss on a hot tin roof—Hunger Games finale gets spoofed in Mockingjay: The Musical

by Shawn Conner in Entertainment on November 21, 2017

It seems like Katniss is getting on someone’s nerves…

Who doesn’t love a good dystopian sci-fi spoof, especially when it comes wrapped up in pop tunes?

Local company District 13 continues its spoofery of everyone’s favourite never-ending YA dystopian soap opera Hunger Games with Mockingjay: The Musical.

This is the third in the company’s well-received efforts at dressing-down the Suzanne Collins-Katniss Everdeen juggernaut. The show starts this Thursday (Nov. 23) and runs until Saturday at Studio 1398, 1398 Cartwright Street on Granville Island. Get your tickets soon; Saturday’s show is already sold-out.

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Katniss on a hot tin roof—Hunger Games finale gets spoofed in Mockingjay: The Musical

Celebrate the Royal Visit with Vancouver Activities Fit for a King (and Queen)

by Inside Vancouver in Town on September 19, 2016

royal-family

This week, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge – better known as Will and Kate – will visit British Columbia and the Yukon upon invitation of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Not since the Royal Wedding in April 2011 has such a regal frenzy fallen on the nation in the days leading up to the couple’s exclusive, yet-to-be-released itinerary.

Can’t make it to dinner with the Duke and Duchess? You can still tour our city like royalty with our handy Royals’ Guide to Vancouver – no curtsying required.

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Celebrate the Royal Visit with Vancouver Activities Fit for a King (and Queen)

What to see at this year’s Vancouver Fringe Festival pt. 1

by Shawn Conner in Uncategorized on September 3, 2016

Millennials grappling with adult responsibilities in How to Adult at this year’s Fringe Festival.

It’s Fringe time, and that means trying to decide what to see among over 100 shows.

Here are a few possible highlights, culled from the emails we’ve received from performers, producers and publicists, with special consideration given those who supplied decent (and indecent) images. The Fringe runs Sept. 8-18. For a list of important Fringe-related dates, go here.

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