Importance of Being Earnest
Powerhouse TheatreWhen Algernon discovers that his friend, Ernest, has created a fictional brother to escape his dull social obligations, Algernon decides to pose as the brother, resulting in mistaken identities, light-hearted debauchery, and ever-increasing confusion. Its high farce and witty dialogue have helped make The Importance of Being Earnest Wilde's most enduringly popular play.
Vivacious Vivaldi
All Saints Anglican ChurchOSO Concertmaster Rachel Kristenson is featured in Vivaldi’s beloved Four Seasons.
Vivacious Vivaldi
All Saints Anglican ChurchOSO Concertmaster Rachel Kristenson is featured in Vivaldi’s beloved Four Seasons.
James Keelaghan & Jezz Lowe
Vernon Jazz ClubThe Vernon Folk Roots Music Society present James Keelaghan, Canada’s finest singer-songwriter, and Jez Lowe, the UK’s busiest folk and acoustic performer.
I Am Woman Hear Me Laff
Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre.Stand-up comedian Elvira Kurt headlines the 19th annual I Am Woman, Hear Me Laff! Comedy Show.
Royal Wood and Jeffery Straker
Creekside TheatreSinger, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer Royal Wood and Singer-songwriter pianist Jeffery Straker join for one great night.
Momentum of Isolation
Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre.Shay Kuebler’s newest creation looks at how our digital lives, technologies and shifting values are increasing the prominence of social isolation and loneliness. Momentum of Isolation weaves together contemporary dance, theatre, hip hop, and martial arts into a poignant portrayal of loneliness.
Ballet Kelowna - taqes and Other Works
Creekside TheatreThe taqəš and Other Works program features a stunning lineup of signature works from Ballet Kelowna’s contemporary ballet repertoire. With Cameron Fraser-Monroe’s powerful and compelling taqəš [tawKESH], Guillaume Côté’s mesmerizing Bolero, and Fraser-Monroe’s satirical The Cowboy Act Suite, this high-energy program promises to please a wide range of spectators.
X (Dix) Côté Danse
Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre.Inspired by the legendary myth of Odysseus, X (Dix) is about the adventure into the unknown and the challenges of finding your way back home. Internationally acclaimed choreographer Guillaume Côté blends classical ballet vocabulary with modern sensibilities to explore this legendary tale.
Very Old Man with Enormous Wings
Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre.Gabriel García Márquez’s darkly comic tale brought to the stage for children and adults to share. In a kitchen, in a theatre, two storytellers and their audience find something remarkable — a very old man with enormous wings. Using a combination of music, puppetry, and live video projection this magic-realist gem is brought to the stage with beautiful, strange, emotional richness.
Onstage Concert - Abigail Lapell
Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre.Call it prairie noir or Canadiana desert rock: Abigail Lapell sings haunting, gorgeous modern folk songs.
The Toronto songwriter and multi-instrumentalist has won two Canadian Folk Music Awards and reached over 20 million Spotify streams. Her evocative new album, Stolen Time, was released April 2022 on Outside Music.
Adam Cicchillitti & Steve Cowan
Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre.Guitarists Adam Cicchillitti and Steve Cowan will appear on Tuesday, April 23, 2024. They have worked together enough that they have developed the necessary duo telepathy that allows them to gracefully and effortlessly pass musical ideas back and forth, sometimes completing each other’s thoughts, it seems, other times answering with bold new statements and ideas.
Dino Light
Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre.Lightwire Theatre’s glow in the dark adventures are visually stunning and have dazzled audiences all over the world with their cutting edge blend of puppetry, technology and dance. In this original story, a famous scientist with magic powers brings a friendly dinosaur to life.
The Play That Goes Wrong
Powerhouse TheatrePart Agatha Christie whodunnit, part Carol Burnett Show hijinks, and part The Actor’s Nightmare...The Play That Goes Wrong brings to life a corpse who won’t stay dead, a leading lady that won’t wake up, and a cast just trying to keep everything on track. Will the killer be found? Will the butler remember his lines? Will the actors make it to curtain call? Definitely maybe. Or not…
The Play That Goes Wrong
Powerhouse TheatrePart Agatha Christie whodunnit, part Carol Burnett Show hijinks, and part The Actor’s Nightmare...The Play That Goes Wrong brings to life a corpse who won’t stay dead, a leading lady that won’t wake up, and a cast just trying to keep everything on track. Will the killer be found? Will the butler remember his lines? Will the actors make it to curtain call? Definitely maybe. Or not…
The Play That Goes Wrong
Powerhouse TheatrePart Agatha Christie whodunnit, part Carol Burnett Show hijinks, and part The Actor’s Nightmare...The Play That Goes Wrong brings to life a corpse who won’t stay dead, a leading lady that won’t wake up, and a cast just trying to keep everything on track. Will the killer be found? Will the butler remember his lines? Will the actors make it to curtain call? Definitely maybe. Or not…
The Play That Goes Wrong
Powerhouse TheatrePart Agatha Christie whodunnit, part Carol Burnett Show hijinks, and part The Actor’s Nightmare...The Play That Goes Wrong brings to life a corpse who won’t stay dead, a leading lady that won’t wake up, and a cast just trying to keep everything on track. Will the killer be found? Will the butler remember his lines? Will the actors make it to curtain call? Definitely maybe. Or not…
The Play That Goes Wrong
Powerhouse TheatrePart Agatha Christie whodunnit, part Carol Burnett Show hijinks, and part The Actor’s Nightmare...The Play That Goes Wrong brings to life a corpse who won’t stay dead, a leading lady that won’t wake up, and a cast just trying to keep everything on track. Will the killer be found? Will the butler remember his lines? Will the actors make it to curtain call? Definitely maybe. Or not…
Bring on Beethoven
Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre.We close our season with a Beethoven celebration: Piano Concerto No. 5 “Emperor” with Ian Parker, and Symphony No. 7.
The Play That Goes Wrong
Powerhouse TheatrePart Agatha Christie whodunnit, part Carol Burnett Show hijinks, and part The Actor’s Nightmare...The Play That Goes Wrong brings to life a corpse who won’t stay dead, a leading lady that won’t wake up, and a cast just trying to keep everything on track. Will the killer be found? Will the butler remember his lines? Will the actors make it to curtain call? Definitely maybe. Or not…
Ventastic - Reimagining the Art of Ventriloquism
Creekside TheatreMichael Harrison is an extraordinarily talented ventriloquist, comedian and master showman who combines his many talents to create this laugh out loud, one-man tour de force.
Cassie and Maggie
Vernon Jazz ClubThe Vernon Folk Roots Music Society is proud to present Cassie and Maggie MacDonald. From the deepest roots of Canada and its very earliest musical traditions come Nova Scotian sisters Cassie and Maggie, putting their own 21st Century stamp on the Celtic soundtrack of this nation.
The Play That Goes Wrong
Powerhouse TheatrePart Agatha Christie whodunnit, part Carol Burnett Show hijinks, and part The Actor’s Nightmare...The Play That Goes Wrong brings to life a corpse who won’t stay dead, a leading lady that won’t wake up, and a cast just trying to keep everything on track. Will the killer be found? Will the butler remember his lines? Will the actors make it to curtain call? Definitely maybe. Or not…
The Play That Goes Wrong
Powerhouse TheatrePart Agatha Christie whodunnit, part Carol Burnett Show hijinks, and part The Actor’s Nightmare...The Play That Goes Wrong brings to life a corpse who won’t stay dead, a leading lady that won’t wake up, and a cast just trying to keep everything on track. Will the killer be found? Will the butler remember his lines? Will the actors make it to curtain call? Definitely maybe. Or not…
The Play That Goes Wrong
Powerhouse TheatrePart Agatha Christie whodunnit, part Carol Burnett Show hijinks, and part The Actor’s Nightmare...The Play That Goes Wrong brings to life a corpse who won’t stay dead, a leading lady that won’t wake up, and a cast just trying to keep everything on track. Will the killer be found? Will the butler remember his lines? Will the actors make it to curtain call? Definitely maybe. Or not…