Big ideas on a small scale. That’s what the artists involved in Place des Arts’ annual Positively Petite miniature show create – and you can enjoy the show starting Sunday, Nov. 13.
Five Burnaby artists have created work for the show this year: Roxsane Tiernan, Olga Zakharova, Jane Appleby, James Koll and Joann Sheen.
They’re among the 35 artists who have created more than 200 small works of art, both two- and three-dimensional, in various mediums.
The opening of Positively Petite is happening alongside the opening of the arts centre’s Christmas Boutique, which offers up a host of handcrafted wares of all kinds – from jewelry and knitwork to glass, ceramics and hand-turned wooden bowls.
You can stop by Place des Arts, 1120 Brunette Ave. in Coquitlam, on Sunday, Nov. 13 from 2 to 4 p.m. for the opening of both. Check out www.placedesarts.ca or call 604-664-1636 for more information.
POTTERS' GUILD HOLDS SHOW
Love pottery? Be sure to drop in to the Capitol Hill Community Hall for the Burnaby Potters’ Guild winter show and sale.
The sale runs Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 12 and 13, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days.
It features the work of guild members, all of whom are ceramic artists based in Burnaby. They create work in a variety of styles and techniques, so there will be plenty to choose from – not to mention a raffle that includes Vancouver Symphony Orchestra tickets.
Capitol Hill Community Hall is at 361 South Howard Ave. Parking and admission are free.
To find out more about the group, see their website at www.burnabypottersguild.yolasite.com, or just drop in on the weekend.
BURNABY ACTOR IN THE SPOTLIGHT
Local talent will be front and centre when the Vagabond Players open their next production later this month.
Burnaby’s Allen Fraser stars as Sparky in the Vagabond Players’ next production, Forever Plaid, running Nov. 24 to Dec. 18 at Bernie Legge Theatre in New Westminster.
Fraser has performed regularly over the years as a tribute artist to Michael Bublé and David Bowie, and former theatre credits include roles in Grease, Jesus Christ Superstar and Cinderella.
This outing marks his first theatre show in 10 years, as he takes to the stage as one of four members of an ill-fated pop group whose career is ended by a tragic accident before it can begin.
The Plaids return from the afterlife for their shot at glory – bringing with them a revue full of familiar songs that run the gamut from Three Coins in the Fountain and Cry to Love is a Many-Splendoured Thing.
Fraser is joined by Christopher Hall, Bradley Dewar and Dann Wilhelm as the other members of the quartet.
Forever Plaid is onstage Thursdays through Saturdays at 8 p.m., with Sunday matinees at 2 p.m. and two Saturday matinees at 2 p.m. on Nov. 26 and Dec. 3.
Tickets are $20, or $18 for seniors and youth, with $15 previews on Nov. 24 and 25.
See www.vagabondplayers.ca/tickets or call 604-521-0412.
THEATRE FOR KIDS
A Burnaby actor is part of a magical new play for kids that opens later this month in North Vancouver.
Presentation House Theatre and Oily Cart Theatre are teaming up for Baking Time, a show aimed at three- to six-year-olds. It combines puppetry, music and live action baking to tell the story of master chefs Bun and Bap, who try to contain the damage they’ve done by over-yeasting a batch of dough. When an unwelcome Yeasty Beasty springs to life, the fun begins.
In the cast is Aaron Lau of Burnaby, who’s become a veteran of the Vancouver theatre scene since his debut in Footloose at Theatre Under The Stars in 2004. He’s since performed in more than 50 shows – including nine seasons with Theatre Under the Stars and three with Royal City Musical Theatre – and formed his own company, Intimate Theatre Productions, to produce small-scale musicals.
In this show, he’ll play one of the bakers – who, by the way, will in fact be baking during the performance. (And yes, each audience member gets to go home with a tiny loaf of homemade bread.)
“This is a show that involves all the senses – touch, taste, smell, sight and sound,” says Kim Selody, artistic director of Presentation House Theatre, in a press release. “Our hope is that everyone goes home with an understanding of the delights of bread making and, perhaps, an appetite to bake up some adventures of their own.”
Baking Time is onstage at Presentation House, 333 Chesterfield Ave., from Nov. 24 to Dec. 11. Tickets are $15. See www.phtheatre.org for more.
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