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Happy Valentine’s Day weekend! Take your loved ones out and about everywhere this weekend; there’s something for everyone of all ages! Read on for our top picks for things to do in Vancouver this Friday through Sunday…
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Things To Do In Vancouver This Weekend
Tired of the usual holiday entertainment – the Nutcrackers and It’s a Wonderful Lives and Grinches Who Stole Christmas and all the other heartwarmingly predictable yuletide fare that gets trotted out year after year?
You might want to check out the newest offering from the city’s local improv masters, the Vancouver TheatreSports League. I can guarantee you’ve never seen it before – even if you’ve already seen it.
Christmas Queen, on through Dec. 21 at the Improv Centre on Granville Island, is a new experiment in holiday programming, “an improv comedy fairytale.” The outline of the story is familiar enough. Continue reading:
30 Nights, 30 Different Holiday Classics: A Christmas Queen Comes to Vancouver’s Improv Centre
Outside Joke from Winnipeg will perform at theVancouver International Improv Festival
Don’t think.
That’s one of the most important rules when it comes improv, the art of unscripted performance. Some popular examples of this would be the TV show Whose Line is it Anyways? and Christopher Guest’s Best In Show (which was shot right here in Vancouver). Locally, there certainly isn’t a lack of it, from daily performances at TheatreSports to the weekly (and super popular) Sunday Service. As of next week, there will be a lot more than usual in our city, as the Vancouver International Improv Festival hits town. I asked the event’s director, Alistair Cook, to tell me six things worth knowing about this year’s festival. He didn’t have to think too hard.
Admit it: life’s getting a little stale. You wear a path between home and the office, and eat the same tuna sandwich every day. With winter approaching, your hibernation instincts have taken over. This has reduced your social activities to curling up on the couch and watching Jersey Shore.
Many of us stop challenging ourselves out of plain fear. There are the big ones—like death and taxes—and common phobias like spiders and clowns. But some of us are as anxious about harmless things like public speaking, love handles, and telling a joke that bombs.
Well, dear friend, we believe there’s more to you than brown bag lunches, reality TV, and your La-Z-Boy. In fact, we’re even going to afford you a chance to prove to your friends that you are more… much, much more… than your minivan. Continue reading:
You Are Not Your Minivan
