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skonen_blades) wrote2007-08-14 12:59 pm
skonen_blades) wrote2007-08-14 12:59 pm
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A couple of things.
I went to see the Hunchback of Notre Dame under the Burrard Street Bridge on Saturday night and while the run is sold out, I recommend showing up for last-minute cancellations if you don't have a ticket. Or if you've got connections, use 'em. It's a great show. Quite inventive and definitely what I've come to expect from Boca Del Lupo.
Another friend of mine didn't dig on it at all, though, so I'm interested in hearing what *you* think.
After that, I saw Jackie Blackmore and Ten West AGAIN with a passel of friends that I brought down to see the show. Great stuff.
Jackie Blackmore and her sketch comedy troupe The Skinny are performing AGAIN at 10PM on Thursday Friday and Saturday at the Waterfront with hilarious local comedy duo The Crawford Twins. Tickets are fifteen dollars and I seriously recommend these shows if you need a few laughs.
Last night, I went to see Oklahoma at the Theater Under the Stars in Malkin Bowl in Stanley Park during the last few gasps of the Perseid Meteor Shower. It was incredible. Two very bright stars fell during the performance. Pretty magical, really.
I'll tell you something, though, Oklahoma is LONG. I had no idea.
On Sunday, I saw Talk To Me, starring Don Cheadle and Chiwetel Ejiofor (you might know him as the villain in Serenity or the queen from Kinky Boots) in a biopic about Peter Green, one of the first really big black voices on radio in Washington or, as he calls it, P-Town. Great performances. The first half is off the hook but it bogs down midway with the usual problems associated with paring a famous person's entire career down to two hours. Worth seeing, though.
Tonight, I'm going down to see the awesome and talented Connie Lingus host a comedy revue down at The Cobalt at 9:30. It's an experiment but I'm going to check it out. She's an awesome lady and a hell of a funny person. I can't imagine that they'll have many folk there on a Tuesday night so come on down and help pack the place.
Tomorrow night I'm going to see Scarfarce at the Havana on the drive at 9:30, a one-man show starring Peter Kelamis about a Tony Montoya-type's struggle to take over the world of underpants and get a stranglehold on the market in Vancouver. Looks crazy enough to be hilarious.
Thursday I'm going to see Teen Shakespeare's production of Romeo and Juliet directed by the guy also who directed that awesome version of Titus Andronicus a year or so ago. It's FREE, in case I didn't mention it. Come on down. These (pardon my old-guy condescension)kids have a lot of heart and while the performances are spotty, they're enthusiastic. And it's FREE. It'll be fun.
Friday, I'm off to see The Skinny and The Crawford Twins at the Waterfront Theater at 10. Come down for a laugh.
Saturday, I'm going to see the final night of the award-winning Tuesdays and Thursdays (scroll down past the taiko drummers) at the Waterfront. It's a serious play about star-crossed lovers in Canada during WWI. I know, it's a hard sell but people just can't shut up about how incredible this play is. Should be awesome.
Sunday is a brunch.
Monday my ex-wife gets to town for three weeks to enjoy summer in Vancouver.
It's been like this since June. It'll be like this until halfway through September. I'm having a hell of a summer, how about you?
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I went to see the Hunchback of Notre Dame under the Burrard Street Bridge on Saturday night and while the run is sold out, I recommend showing up for last-minute cancellations if you don't have a ticket. Or if you've got connections, use 'em. It's a great show. Quite inventive and definitely what I've come to expect from Boca Del Lupo.
Another friend of mine didn't dig on it at all, though, so I'm interested in hearing what *you* think.
After that, I saw Jackie Blackmore and Ten West AGAIN with a passel of friends that I brought down to see the show. Great stuff.
Jackie Blackmore and her sketch comedy troupe The Skinny are performing AGAIN at 10PM on Thursday Friday and Saturday at the Waterfront with hilarious local comedy duo The Crawford Twins. Tickets are fifteen dollars and I seriously recommend these shows if you need a few laughs.
Last night, I went to see Oklahoma at the Theater Under the Stars in Malkin Bowl in Stanley Park during the last few gasps of the Perseid Meteor Shower. It was incredible. Two very bright stars fell during the performance. Pretty magical, really.
I'll tell you something, though, Oklahoma is LONG. I had no idea.
On Sunday, I saw Talk To Me, starring Don Cheadle and Chiwetel Ejiofor (you might know him as the villain in Serenity or the queen from Kinky Boots) in a biopic about Peter Green, one of the first really big black voices on radio in Washington or, as he calls it, P-Town. Great performances. The first half is off the hook but it bogs down midway with the usual problems associated with paring a famous person's entire career down to two hours. Worth seeing, though.
Tonight, I'm going down to see the awesome and talented Connie Lingus host a comedy revue down at The Cobalt at 9:30. It's an experiment but I'm going to check it out. She's an awesome lady and a hell of a funny person. I can't imagine that they'll have many folk there on a Tuesday night so come on down and help pack the place.
Tomorrow night I'm going to see Scarfarce at the Havana on the drive at 9:30, a one-man show starring Peter Kelamis about a Tony Montoya-type's struggle to take over the world of underpants and get a stranglehold on the market in Vancouver. Looks crazy enough to be hilarious.
Thursday I'm going to see Teen Shakespeare's production of Romeo and Juliet directed by the guy also who directed that awesome version of Titus Andronicus a year or so ago. It's FREE, in case I didn't mention it. Come on down. These (pardon my old-guy condescension)kids have a lot of heart and while the performances are spotty, they're enthusiastic. And it's FREE. It'll be fun.
Friday, I'm off to see The Skinny and The Crawford Twins at the Waterfront Theater at 10. Come down for a laugh.
Saturday, I'm going to see the final night of the award-winning Tuesdays and Thursdays (scroll down past the taiko drummers) at the Waterfront. It's a serious play about star-crossed lovers in Canada during WWI. I know, it's a hard sell but people just can't shut up about how incredible this play is. Should be awesome.
Sunday is a brunch.
Monday my ex-wife gets to town for three weeks to enjoy summer in Vancouver.
It's been like this since June. It'll be like this until halfway through September. I'm having a hell of a summer, how about you?
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