CALENDAR: Christmas comedy, Dane Warren does Sinatra
THURSDAY, DEC. 13
O Christmas Tea. Comedians James & Jamesy return with their outrageously funny and brilliantly inventive Christmas comedy. Tonight and Friday, 7:30 p.m. at the Royal Theatre. Tickets at rmts.bc.ca or tel. 250-386-6121.
Christmas with Sinatra. A holiday concert celebrating the music of Frank Sinatra with Canadian performer Dane Warren at Alix Goolden Performance Hall, 907 Pandora Ave., 8 p.m. Tickets at ticketfly.com; more at vcm.bc.ca CBC and Our Place Society present A
Christmas Carol. Enjoy CBC personalities Shelagh Rogers, Gregor Craigie and Bob McDonald reading Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol while the Our Place outreach choir leads the audience in a Christmas Carol sing-a-long. 7 p.m. at First Metropolitan Church, 932 Balmoral Rd. More at ourplacesociety. com
Uncle Wiggly’s Tribute to the Blues Songs of Christmas at Mary Winspear Centre, Sidney, 7:30 p.m. Tickets at marywinspear.car
Classics at the Castle Movie Series. Enjoy libations, holiday treats and watch a screening of White Christmas (1954), 6 p.m. at Craigdarroch Castle, 1050 Joan Cres. Tickets include a gingerbread cookie from a local bakery. Bookings and details at thecastle.ca
Christmas Carol Sing Along. A downtown Christmas tradition, community carol sing-along, accompanied by organ, violin, and vocal presentations with hot apple drinks and cookies. 11:30 a.m. -1:15 p.m. at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, 924 Douglas St.
Middletown by the Canadian College of Performing Arts Performance Hall, 1701 Elgin Rd. Tonight and Friday, 7:30 p.m. with matinée Saturday, 2 p.m. Tickets at ccpacanada.com Confabulation (YYJ) presents Family Stories. An all-true storytelling series that takes place monthly in Montreal, Toronto, and Victoria. 7:30 p.m. at Victoria Event Centre, 1415 Broad St. Learn more at facebook.com
FRIDAY, DEC. 14
Government House Holiday Open House and
Caroling. Join the lieutenant governor in singing seasonal favourites and Christmas classics in the ballroom, with refreshments and a chance to have a look around Government House, decked out in festive splendour. 5-7 p.m. at 1401 Rockland Ave. Free; donations for The Mustard Seed are gratefully accepted.
Reba Las Vegas! featuring Corrie Sachs in her Reba McEntire tribute at the Mary Winspear Centre, Sidney, 7:30 p.m. Tickets at marywinspear.ca Griffin & Sabine by Nick Bantock at The Belfry Theatre, 8 p.m. Tickets at tickets.belfry.bc.ca.
SingCinema The Sound of Music: Sing your heart out without missing a word thanks to subtitles at The Vic Theatre, 808 Douglas St., 7 p.m. Tickets at bit.ly Sean Drabitt: Charlie Brown’s Christmas at Hermann’s Jazz Club, 753 View St., 8:30 p.m. More at hermannsjazz. com
Brad Prevedoros at Sea Glass Waterfront Grill, 2320 Harbour Rd., Sidney, 6-9 p.m. Tel. 778-351-3663; sgwg.ca Royal City Youth Ballet’s The Nutcracker at the Cowichan Performing Arts Centre, 2687 James St.,. Duncan. Friday, 7 p.m. and Saturday, 1 p.m. Tickets at cowichanpac.ca
Little Women at the Chemainus Theatre Festival, 737 Chemainus Rd., Chemainus, to Dec. 30. Tickets and performance schedule and tickets at chemainustheatrefestival.ca