STAGE

COMEDY/CABARET

Abracadabra: Camilo The Magician

Known for his original and custom-made illusions, Camilo Dominguez assumes the persona of the classic stage magician, reimagining the famed feats performed by some of history’s most famous magicians. • York Theatre, 639 Commercial Dr. • March 31-April 15, 8 p.m. • $25-$35, thecultch.com

Comedy Unscripted: Improv with a Twist

The quick wit of the Vancouver TheatreSports League’s improvisers instantly transforms ideas from the audience into reality with hilarious results. • Centre Stage at City Hall, 13450 104th Ave. • March 31, 8 p.m. • $25-$25, tickets.surrey.ca

Screaming Chicken Burlesque

The Chickens are Vancouver’s biggest and longest running showcase of singing, dancing, variety, comedy and striptease acts. • Chilliwack Cultural Centre, 9201 Corbould St. • April 1, 7:30 p.m. • $30-$35, chilliwackculturalcentre.ca

Vancouver TheatreSports League: Western World

Improvisers will have plenty of opportunity to demonstrate their lightning fast wit as they play the ‘Hosts’ to audience ‘Guests’ in this new show inspired by the popular HBO series, Westworld. • Improv Centre, 1502 Duranleau St., Granville Island • April 6-May 13 • vtsl.com

Lafflines Comedy Club

March 31-April 1: Ed Hill • 530 Columbia St., New West • lafflines.com

The Comedy Mix

March 30-April 1: Sarah Tiana • 1015 Burrard St. • thecomedymix.com

Yuk Yuk’s Comedy Club

March 30-April 1: Jason Rouse, with James Ball and MC Kathleen McGee • 2837 Cambie St. • yukyuks.com

DANCE

Discover Dance! Aeriosa

Aerial dance company Aeriosa combines the athleticism of rock climbing with the artistry of dance. • Scotiabank Dance Centre, 677 Davie St. • March 30, noon • $14/$12, thedancecentre.ca

Raíces y Alas Flamenco: Del Mar

This multimedia collaboration between percussive dancers centres around the theme of water — its sounds and movements and the stories it inspires. • Waterfront Theatre, Granville Island • April 1, 8 p.m. • $20, newworks.ca

Glory

A mix of martial-arts and contemporary dance inspired by the battles of childhood and a passion for action films. • Chilliwack Cultural Centre, 9201 Corbould St. • April 4, 7:30 p.m. • $25-$30, chilliwackculturalcentre.ca

Zab Maboungou | Compagnie Danse Nyata Nyata

Zab Maboungou’s contemporary African dance work entitled Mozongi (Return) is an exploration of time and memory featuring an ensemble of dancers and drummers. • Scotiabank Dance Centre, 677 Davie St. • April 6-8, 8 p.m. • $32/$24, thedancecentre.ca

Women Marching!

SFU Repertory Dancers take you on a physical journey that honours women, diversity and non-gender conforming roles. • SFU Goldcorp Centre for the Arts, 149 W. Hastings St. • Until April 1, 8 p.m. • $7-$15, whatson.sfu.ca

THEATRE

Marion Bridge

The Deep Cove Stage Society presents this Canadian play about three sisters who reunite

in their family home on Cape Breton Island to say goodbye to their dying mother, igniting buried resentments and discovering the strong bonds of family. • Deep Cove Shaw Theatre, 4360 Gallant Ave., North Van • March 30-April 15 • $20/$18, deepcovestage.com

Cantonese Opera: Romance of the Phoenix Chamber

This traditional Chinese art form combines singing, dialogue, miming, acrobatic movements and acting. • Michael J. Fox Theatre, 7373 MacPherson Ave., Burnaby • April 1, 7 p.m. • $40-$60, vancanopera.com

Vancouver Spring Show

East meets West, contemporary meets traditional. Using China’s traditional 24 solar terms as a framework, this show offers a night full of art and culture: Chinese poetry, historical costumes and indigenous instruments, performed by artists from around the world. • Queen Elizabeth Theatre, 630 Hamilton St. • April 1, 7:30 p.m. • $65-$350, vanspringshow.com

The Out Vigil

Mere hours before the opening of the king crab fishing season, Danny, a young Newfoundlander arrives in Alaska, desperate for a job. A local fisherman grudgingly agrees to help him out, but past and present collide when Lizzie, a feisty young woman, shows up from Danny’s hometown. Presented by Twenty Something Theatre. • Evergreen Cultural Centre, 1205 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam • April 4-8 • $15-$42, evergreenculturalcentre.ca

Genetic Drift

Pi Theatre imagines how climate change will affect the world 150 years in the future. This show introduces a world where global temperatures have risen, and so in response to impending extinction, society has spliced human DNA with life forms that can survive in extremely high temperatures. Part of Boca del Lupo’s Micro Performance Series. • The Fishbowl, Granville Island • April 5-8 • $12/$15, bocadellupo.com

Anything Goes

Royal City Musical Theatre brings the Massey stage alive with this Tony Award-winning tap-dancing musical. Set aboard an ocean liner bound from NYC to London, it’s a stem-to-stern voyage with adrenalin-pumping tap dancing and Cole Porter’s memorable music and lyrics. • Massey Theatre, 735 Eighth Ave., New West • April 6-23 • $29-$48, masseytheatre.com

The Watershed

Annabel Soutar’s new play follows Annabel, her actor husband, her two giddy prepubescent daughters and an unruly dog as they travel the country in a Winnebago motorhome in search of answers as to why the federal government has chosen to close the Experimental Lakes Area, a major funded freshwater research station, without any public input. • Gateway Theatre, 6500 Gilbert Rd., Richmond • April 6-15 • From $29, gatewaytheatre.com

Les Belles-soeurs

In Michel Tremblay’s play, 15 women tell the story of Germaine, the lucky winner of one million goldstar stamps. When her friends and family join her to celebrate, her windfall ends up igniting lurking resentments. • Frederic Wood Theatre, 6354 Crescent Rd., UBC • Until April 1 • $5-$24.50, ubctheatretickets.com

Refuge

The story of an Eritrean army deserter who has landed in Nova Scotia. But even as his plight wins the support of an immigration lawyer, questions about his past actions begin to arise. • Firehall Arts Centre, 280 E. Cordova St. • Until April 1 • From $23, firehallartscentre.ca

The Daisy Theatre

Internationally acclaimed puppeteer Ronnie Burkett manipulates and voices his 40 marionette characters through variety acts, impromptu monologues and musical numbers. • Cultch Historic Theatre, 1895 Venables St. • Until April 9 • From $20, thecultch.com

Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches

The Arts Club Theatre Company presents this gripping tale of companionship, abandonment, and awakening that gives a compassionate voice to the fears engulfing a nation. Set in New York City at the height of the Reagan era and the beginning of the AIDS crisis, eight core characters struggle to find harmony among their beliefs, their desires, and the societal roles they feel obligated to uphold. • Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage, 2750 Granville St. • Until April 23 • From $29, artsclub.com

The Refugee Hotel

Set in a run-down hotel in 1974, only months after the start of the torturous reign of Augusto Pinochet, eight Chilean refugees struggle with the effects of fleeing their homeland. Presented by Studio 58. • Studio 58, Langara College, 100 W. 49th Ave. • Until April 9 • $12.25-$24.75, langara.ca/studio-58

Beauty and the Beast

This ‘tale as old as time’ comes alive in a musical extravaganza adapted from the Academy Award-winning film and based on the beloved fairy-tale. Presented by Gallery 7 Theatre. • Abbotsford Arts Centre, 2329 Crescent Way • Until April 1 • $15-$25, gallery7theatre.com

The Train Driver

Roelf, a train driver, has spent weeks searching for the identities of a mother and child he unintentionally killed with his train on the track between Philippi and Nyanga on South Africa’s Cape Flats. After a fruitless journey he encounters an old gravedigger who helps the desperate man unburden his conscience. Presented by the United Players. • Jericho Arts Centre, 1675 Discovery St. • Until April 16 • $20-$24, unitedplayers.com

Valley Song

This inter-generational tale of change and hope in post-apartheid South Africa makes large-scale societal changes personal by drawing them into the relationship between a young woman and her grandfather. Presented by Pacific Theatre. • Pacific Theatre, 1440 W. 12th Ave. • Until April 8 • $23.95-$34.95, pacifictheatre.org

Redpath

This historical drama follows the story of a young Métis volunteer soldier from the Nuu-chah-nulth nation of Vancouver Island, deployed to fight in the First World War. Presented by Hardline Productions. • Until April 9: Presentation House Theatre, North Van, phtheatre.org | April 12—16: Studio 16, theatrewire.com • $15-$33, hardlineproductions.ca

COMMUNITY

FOOD/DRINK

Fraser Valley Cider Festival

A crisp and refreshing fundraiser featuring hard cider tastings, food samples, live music, silent auction, and a 50/50 draw. Proceeds support the Chilliwack Community Arts Council. • Tzeachten Community Centre, 45855 Promontory Rd., Chilliwack • April 1, 6-9 p.m. • $30-$35, chilliwackartscouncil.com/events/fraser-valley-cider-festival/

Fraser Valley Food Truck Festival: Port Moody

More than 25 food trucks, an Artisan Market, live music and family-friendly entertainment including face painting and mini golf. • Inlet Field, 3200 Murray St., Port Moody • April 1, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. • Free admission, FVFoodTruckFestival.com

TALKS/FORUMS

FEAT Canada Talks

Fascinating Expedition & Adventure Talks is an evening of time-limited presentations. Each

presenter speaks for seven minutes — no more, no less. • Centennial Theatre, 2300 Lonsdale Ave., North Van • March 30, 7:30 p.m. • $23, centennialtheatre.com

RED Talks

Global thought leaders, real estate influencers and industry innovators come together for the third annual RED Talks event. This year’s theme: Confronting Consensus. • Vancouver Playhouse Theatre, 600 Hamilton St. • March 30, 6:30 p.m. • $30, redtalks.ca

Angels in America: The Next Millennium

Arts Club Theatre Company hosts a free panel discussion on Angels in America and how Tony Kushner’s masterpiece still resonates within the LGBTQ community and beyond. Includes moderated questions and a performance by The Marcus Mosely Chorale. • Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage, 2750 Granville St. • April 1, 10:30 a.m.-noon • Free, RSVP, artsclub.com/education/stage-talks

Affordable Housing Redux

Architect, planner and developer Michael Geller advocates creative new ideas to address Metro Vancouver’s ever-growing affordability crisis. • SFU Harbour Centre, 515 W. Hastings St. • April 4, 7 p.m. • Free, sfu.ca/continuing-studies/events

KIDS/FAMILY

Reel 2 Real International Film Festival for Youth

This annual festival inspires and equips youth to analyze, appreciate, explore, create and share screen media through public screenings, handson workshops, interactive panel discussions and public forums. • April 2-8 • r2rfestival.org

B.C. Bear Day

Music, a puppet show, storytelling, face painting, presentations on bear safety, and interpretive walks highlighting the natural history of bears will be accompanied by a host of organizations dedicated to preserving bears and their habitats. • Capilano University, Cedar Building Courtyard, North Van • April 1, 1-4 p.m. • Free, capilano.ca/earthworks

Farm Tots: Potter’s Bunnies

Little bunnies and their parents hop, hop, hop as they explore Beatrix Potter’s classic tales through rhymes, crafts and the Great Bunny Hop-Off. • Historic Stewart Farm, 13723 Crescent Rd., Surrey • April 6 and 7, 10:30-11:30 a.m. • $5, registration required, surrey.ca/heritage

MISCELLANEOUS

Coins, Stamp & Collectibles Show

Browse 40 tables of coins, stamps, postcards and other collectibles. Features many out-oftown dealers. • Nikkei National Museum, 6688 Southoaks Cresc., Burnaby • April 1 and 2. • $2/$3, northshorenumismaticsociety.org

2017 KPU Fashion Show

Emerging designers from the Wilson School of Design at Kwantlen Polytechnic University showcase their collections at B.C.’s biggest student fashion show. • The Imperial, 319 Main St. • April 5 and 6, 1 p.m., 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. • $20, imperialvancouver.com

OUTDOORS/FITNESS

Darts Hill Garden

Francisca and Edwin Darts’ living legacy is a plantsman’s garden with a variety of mature shrubs and trees from around the world. • 1633 170th St., Surrey • Saturdays until June 24, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. • By donation, dartshill.ca

Historic Stewart Farm: Seedy Saturday

Start your garden with heritage seeds and get a head start on planting at the this annual seed and plant sale and seed exchange. • 13723 Crescent Rd., Surrey • April 1, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. • surrey.ca/heritage