Local Arts

Patrick Street Productions presents first-ever Vancouver staging of Adam Guettel's acclaimed musical

ON NOW: To Saturday, February 22 Shrek the Musical, presented by Align Entertainment, at Shadbolt Centre for the Arts. Tickets: www.ticketmaster.ca. Info: alignentertainment.ca.

The weekend is here, and it’s clear that there’s plenty to do and see in the city. From skating to admiring art, to listening to opera and watching a film, whether it’s rain or shine, our list has got you covered.

A Burnaby performer is featured in an upcoming performance of Beggar's Opera. Seven Tyrants Theatre is remounting the musical at the Jericho Arts Centre in Vancouver from March 4 to 14 - and Burnaby's own Julia Fox is in the cast as Bonnie Twitcher.

Two Burnaby students are among the talented young performers being featured in a new production at the Orpheum Annex.

ON NOW: To Sunday, February 16 Out of a Dream, a Rodgers and Hammerstein revue presented by New Westminster's own Patrick Street Productions, at the York Theatre, 639 Commercial Dr., Vancouver. Tickets from $19.

Burnaby's Git Hayetsk Dancers featured in Talking Stick Festival

A poet-turned-novelist is the next featured author at the Spoken Ink series. The Burnaby Writers' Society is holding its next reading night at La Fontana Caffe on Tuesday, Feb. 18 at 8 p.m.

They are some of the most iconic songs in Canadian music, and they're at the heart of the new Arts Club on Tour production.

Danzmode students are at it again. The Burnaby studio, which was profiled in the NOW in the summer when students achieved success at the West Coast Dance Explosion national finals, has once again raked in the honours at a prestigious championship.