DIVERSIONS
CONCERTS/EVENTS
Saskatoon Opera: An evening of Canadian song, Saturday at Convocation Hall at the U of S at 7:30 p.m. With a pre-show discussion at 6:30 p.m. Tickets $20 to $30; available at 306-653-5191, ontheboards.ca. PotashCorp Wintershines: Winter activities for all ages, Saturday to Feb. 4 around the Saskatoon Farmers’ Market. Information at potashcorpwintershines.ca.
Saskatoon Philharmonic Orchestra: Saturday at Robert Hinitt Castle Theatre in Aden Bowman Collegiate, 1904 Clarence Ave. South, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets $10 to $15; available from choir members, McNally Robinson, or at the door.
Live at The Bassment: Piano Friday: Sheldon Corbett. No cover. Jeffery Straker Trio, Friday at 9 p.m. $20 to $25. A/B Trio with Kevin Turcotte, Saturday at 8 p.m. $23 to $28. Laila Biali, Tuesday at 8 p.m. $20 to $25. While Rome Burns with Rugged Little Thing, Feb. 1 at 8 p.m. $15 to $20. Tickets available at thebassment.ca or at the door.
Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra Chamber Players: Sunday at the Bessborough Hotel, 601 Spadina Cres. East, at 2 p.m. Tickets $25 to $30; available at 306-653-5191, ontheboards.ca.
2018 Chinese New Year Celebration Concert: Sunday at Broadway Theatre at 7 p.m. Tickets $10 to $20;
available at 306-652-6556, broadwaytheatre.ca.
Cross Country Show Band: Sunday at the German Cultural Centre, 160 Cartwright St. East, at 7 p.m. Tickets $30; call 306-244-6869 ext. 203. Tonight It’s Poetry: January Slam!, Sunday at Amigos Cantina, 806 Dufferin Ave., at 8 p.m. Admission $5 at the door.
DRAMA
Peach: Presented by Live Five and produced by Gumshoe Productions. Peach is a young girl longing for true love, but will it be everything she has come to expect? Runs to Feb. 4 at The Refinery, 609 Dufferin Ave. Tickets $21 to $25; available at 306-6535191, ontheboards.ca.
Butcher: A thriller that twists and turns as it explores the murky waters between revenge and justice. Opens Wednesday and runs to Feb. 14 at Persephone Theatre. Tickets $16 to $48; available at 306-384-7727, persephonetheatre.org. Warning: mature themes and scenes of extreme violence.
Clean the World: The Saskatoon Soaps improv comedy troupe brings laughter to the stage. Friday at Broadway Theatre at 9:30 p.m. Tickets $10 to $12; available at 306-6526556 or at the door.
Hamlet: Zombie Killer of Denmark & Drop Dead Juliet: Presented by the Newman Players. Two short, comic adaptations of Shakespeare’s plays. Hamlet must stop his zombie uncle from turning Denmark into a land of the undead. Juliet wants to change her story, but Romeo seems less than interested. Feb. 1-3 in Fr. O’Donnell Auditorium at St. Thomas More College. Tickets $5 to $10; available at stmcollege.ca/newmanplayers.