A comedy about BCs real-life wild west is coming to Granville Island Stage. Never Shoot a Stampede Queen follows the story of a Vancouverite who arrives in Williams Lake to work as a journalist in the 1980s. The play is adapted from the book Never Shoot a Stampede Queen A Rookie Reporter in the Cariboo, which won the Leacock Medal for Humor and spent 16 weeks on the BC Bestsellers list. The performance will feature a unique twist Tweet Seats will be introduced for the first time ever at Granville Island Stage. The seats will be a reserved section for anyone wanting to live tweet during the show, with #stampedequeen as the hashtag. The seats will be available at select performances May 15 and 22 the same nights that Leiren Young, the playwright whose life inspired the play, and star Zachary Stevenson, who plays Leiren-Young in the show, will be sticking around after the show for talkback sessions. The one-man show runs May 10-25 nightly at 8 pm (Sundays dark), with 2 pm matinees on Saturdays. Tickets are $25-45 and are available at 麻豆传媒映画Tix. Granville Island Stage is at 1689 Johnston St. For more, head to .
The 麻豆传媒映画International Childrens Festival will be catering to all of your imaginations delights from May 27 to June 2 on Granville Island. There will be acrobats, clowning around, puppetry, live music and theatrical performances. On Granville Island since 2011 it ran for 33 years at Vanier Park the world-renowned festival has been educating, entertaining and inspiring young audiences since 1978.
An international array of performers will be taking to the stage, from Norway, Africa, Germany, and Canada.
Whether you prefer being entertained outdoors, soaking up the sun, or getting nestled into a cozy indoor space, the festival has you covered. In addition, there are more than 15 hands-on art activities such as shadow puppets, an outdoor weaving sculpture, bicycle spin-art, origami, and a sock puppet workshop, to name a few. The festival expects 30,000 children and adults to attend. Tickets for featured performances are $25 per adult, $15 per child, including tax and service charges. Tickets include access to all hands-on art activities.
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