Metro Vancouver events on January 31, 2019

Kameelah Janan Rasheed

The Contemporary Art Gallery presents the first solo exhibition in Canada by Brooklyn-based interdisciplinary artist, writer and educator Kameelah Janan Rasheed

Vancouver | Contemporary Art Gallery | 12:00 am to 6:00 pm | Exhibition | Free

UBC Theatre - Lion in the Streets

Award-winning Canadian playwright Judith Thompson’s seminal play Lion in the Streets centres around Isobel, the ghost of a murdered nine-year-old Portuguese girl

Vancouver | Chan Centre for the Performing Arts | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Theatre

Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute) by UBC Opera

Die Zauberflöte, better known by its English title The Magic Flute, is one of Mozart’s most beloved works

Vancouver | Chan Centre for the Performing Arts | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Opera

Arts Club Theatre Company: The Matchmaker

Mix-ups and matchups in a classic farce. Experience the pandemonium of this classic—and the inspiration for Hello, Dolly!—that embraces the unexpected in a truly modern way

Vancouver | Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage | 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Theatre

Arts Club Theatre Company: True Crime

Created by Torquil Campbell and Chris Abraham, in collaboration with Julian Brown

Vancouver | Goldcorp Stage at the BMO Theatre Centre | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

Bowie - The Tribute

A tribute celebrating the amazing legacy of the original Starman himself, David Bowie

North Vancouver | Centennial Theatre | 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm | Show

Studio 58 presents Cabaret

Welcome to the infamous Kit Kat Klub, where the Emcee, Sally Bowles and a raucous ensemble take the stage nightly to tantalize the crowd – and to leave their troubles outside

Vancouver | Studio 58 | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

Surrey Little Theatre: Night Watch

A woman sees a dead body in the window of the abandoned building across the way from her home. Her husband tries to comfort her but believes she is still affected by an earlier tragedy

Surrey | Surrey Little Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

LP - Heart To Mouth Tour 2019

Laura Pergolizzi is an American singer and songwriter who performs under the stage name LP

Vancouver | The Orpheum | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music

A Prayer for Owen Meany by Simon Bent

An epic tale of faith, absurdity, and the power of a single voice

Vancouver | Pacific Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

North Vancouver Community Players: Drinking Alone By Norm Foster

In this romantic comedy set in the midst of a dysfunctional family reunion, Joe Todd hires Rene Duchene to pose as his fiancée for an evening so that he can impress his father, Ivan

North Vancouver | Hendry Hall | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

Jim Byrnes with Mainstreet Muze

James Thomas Kevin Byrnes is an American blues musician, guitarist, and actor

North Vancouver | Deep Cove Stage Society | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Music

Murder on Reserve by Thomas Hischak

In small town Illinois things are a little too quiet, even for the Reference Section of the public library. A body is discovered and big city cops are called in

Vancouver | Metro Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

Interpol

Interpol is an American rock band from Manhattan, New York, formed in 1997. Their original line-up consisted of Paul Banks (vocals, rhythm guitar), Daniel Kessler (lead guitar, vocals), Carlos Dengler (bass guitar, keyboards) and Greg Drudy (drums, percus

Vancouver | Queen Elizabeth Theatre | 8:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Music

PuSh Festival presents BERLIN (Belgium) - Zvizdal (Chernobyl – so far so close)

Members of the Antwerp-based art collective BERLIN spent five years filming Nadia and Pétro Opanassovitch Lubenoc, an elderly couple living deep within the irradiated Chernobyl exclusion zone in a place called Zvizdal

Vancouver | Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre | 8:00 pm to 9:20 pm | Performing Arts

PuSh Festival: Graham Reynolds & Lagartijas Tiradas Al Sol - Pancho Villa From a Safe Distance

This bilingual, cross-border, cross-genre opera about the enigmatic general, legendary bandit and hero of the Mexican Revolution presents a non-linear collage of scenes from, or inspired by, his life

Vancouver | The Vogue Theatre | 8:00 pm to 9:20 pm | Performing Arts

Arts Club Theatre Company: Blind Date

Experience all the exhilaration and excitement of new love as Mimi goes on a blind date with a different man every night—plucked right out of the audience!

Maple Ridge | The ACT Arts Centre | 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Theatre

Global Dance Connections: The Dance Centre presents Victoria Hunt. Copper Promises: Hinemihi Haka

Australian dance artist Victoria Hunt’s spellbinding solo Copper Promises embodies the cultural and physical journey of Hinemihi – a female ancestor

Vancouver | The Dance Centre | 8:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Dance

Jokes Please!

Jokes Please! is an award-winning stand-up comedy show hosted by Ross Dauk that happens every Thursday at Little Mountain Gallery

Vancouver | Little Mountain Gallery | 9:00 pm to 10:30 pm | Comedy