A rising Canadian music star is coming to the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts.
Royal Wood will be onstage at the Shadbolt on Thursday, Jan. 30.
Wood's latest release, We Were Born to Glory, debuted in the Top 25 charts in Canada and was recently nominated for Adult Alternative Album of the Year at the 2013 Juno Awards. The single I Want Your Love reached No. 1 on the CBC Radio 2 charts for three weeks and remained in the top 20 for 14 weeks straight.
And if you think you haven't heard Royal's music, you may well be wrong - his music has been used in multiple TV and film productions, including major shows such as Grey's Anatomy, Private Practice and Being Human.
Tickets for his Shadbolt performance are $32 in advance or $35 regular; $27 and $30 for students and seniors.
For more about Royal, check out his website at www.royalwood.ca.
To get tickets for his Shadbolt Centre performance, see tickets.shadboltcentre.com or call the box office at 604-205-3000.
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You'll be reading more about this one, but here's a heads-up so you can mark your calendars.
Families will soon be able to enjoy Shrek the Musical right here in Burnaby.
Align Entertainment is launching the first-ever production of the musical on the West Coast, and it's set to take to the stage at the Michael J. Fox Theatre from Feb. 7 to 22.
The show, of course, is based on the Academy Award-winning Dreamworks movie, following the story of Shrek and Donkey as they embark on a journey to rescue a beautiful princess.
Tickets are available through ticketmaster.ca.
Align Entertainment is a new theatre company started up by Chad Matchette, Melissa Assalone, Megan Simpson and Patti Volk. For more about them, check out www.alignentertainment.ca - and watch this space for more as the production approaches.
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Two Burnaby talents are part of the fun at the regular Queer-Prov nights at Heaven's Door Restaurant and Bar in Vancouver.
Lee Ann Keple and Jennifer Perrin are part of the Bobbers - the country's only all-queer-identified comedy troupe.
The Bobbers offer up a regular improv comedy show on Mondays at Heaven's Door, which is at 1216 Bute St. (at Davie).
The show runs from 7 to 8:45 p.m., and there's no cover charge.
The next show is Monday, Jan. 20.
For more on the group, check them out on Facebook - search for The Bobbers Queer Comedy Improv.
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If the skirl of the pipes calls to you, then you'll want to make time for this dinner.
The SFU Pipe Band is hosting its annual Robbie Burns Dinner and silent auction, in support of its youth pipe band program, the Robert Malcolm Memorial Pipe Bands.
It's set for Saturday, Jan. 25 at the Executive Plaza Hotel on North Road.
The dinner will include performances by the six-time world champion SFU Pipe Band, as well as the 2012 Grade 3 world Champion Robert Malcolm Memorial Pipe Band.
Tickets are $50. Call Leslie Techy at 604-942-3292 or email [email protected].
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Enjoy top-calibre music and a good lunch at Shadbolt Centre for the Arts.
The Shadbolt is continuing with its A Little Lunch Music series.
The series features noon-hour concerts by Shadbolt Centre music instructors, as well as a variety of local musicians in all genres of music including jazz, classical, pop and folk.
The concerts happen on the fourth Thursday of the month at the centre's Encores Café, which features a special buffet lunch for $12, starting at 11:30 a.m. The concerts run noon to 1 p.m., and the music is free - all are welcome.
Coming up on Jan. 23 is guitarist-songwriter Tim Hearsey, with Rocket Science on the bill for Feb. 27.
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