2024 Performing Arts Bursary Applications Invited

June 3, 2024 *** FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE *** VERNON, BC—With the excitement of rolling-out our upcoming 2024-25 SPOTLIGHT Season, the Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre Society (VDPAC), is once again offering Performing Arts Bursaries as part of the Society's annual Bursary Program for 2024.

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Vernon & District Performing Arts Centre Announces 2024-25 SPOTLIGHT Theatre Series

VERNON, BC— The Vernon & District Performing Arts Centre Society proudly announces the lineup for the 2024-25 SPOTLIGHT Theatre Series, featuring a diverse array of thoroughly engaging Canadian and International performances.

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Vernon & District Performing Arts Centre Announces our 2024-25 SPOTLIGHT Kids Series

VERNON, BC— The Vernon & District Performing Arts Centre Society presents the 2024-25 SPOTLIGHT Season’s Kids Series, showcasing top-notch theatre for young audiences worldwide at your friendly neighbourhood theatre!

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Vernon & District Performing Arts Centre Announces our 2024-25 SPOTLIGHT Dance Series

VERNON, BC— The Vernon & District Performing Arts Centre Society presents the 2024-25 SPOTLIGHT Dance Series, featuring a diverse lineup of international performances.

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The North Okanagan Children’s Festival returns May 24 & 25, 2024. Tickets on sale now!

VERNON, BC— The North Okanagan Children’s Festival is back with even more fun for the whole family! The Vernon & District Performing Arts Centre Society proudly presents the 3rd Annual North Okanagan Children’s Festival on Friday & Saturday, May 24 & 25, 2024.

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Magically Theatrical Gem comes to Vernon from Ireland

VERNON, BC — The Vernon & District Performing Arts Centre proudly presents "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings" on Wednesday, April 10, 2024 at 7:00 pm, as part of the 2023-24 SPOTLIGHT Season’s Kids Series. Blending storytelling puppetry, music and live video projection, this magic-realist gem is brought to the stage with beautiful, strange, emotional richness, all the way from Ireland.

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X (Dix) Brings the legendary myth of Odysseus to Vernon

VERNON, BC —Vernon & District Performing Arts Centre is thrilled to present "X (Dix)" by Côté Danse, inspired by the myth of Odysseus. This ultimate 2023-24 SPOTLIGHT Dance Series performance, scheduled for Wednesday, March 27, 2024, at 7:30 pm, portrays the challenges of venturing far but always desiring to return home. Guillaume Côté, Principal Dancer and Choreographic associate at The National Ballet of Canada, blends classical ballet vocabulary with contemporary forms to bring this legendary tale on stage.

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Shay Kuebler returns with Okanagan premiere of ‘Momentum of Isolation': Dance, Digital Art & Solitude Merged in Performance

VERNON, BC — Vernon & District Performing Arts Centre (VDPAC) proudly presents Momentum of Isolation, part of the 2023-24 SPOTLIGHT Dance Series on Saturday, March 16, 2024 at 7:30 PM.

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VDPAC’s 19th Annual I Am Woman, Hear Me LAFF! Featuring Headliner Elvira Kurt

VERNON, BC— Celebrate International Women’s Day with laughter as the Vernon & District Performing Arts Centre proudly hosts the 19th Annual I Am Woman, Hear Me Laff! featuring headliner Elvira Kurt returning to Vernon on Saturday, March 9, 2024, at 7:30 pm. This SPOTLIGHT Special Presentation is one of the year's standout stand-up comedy events in Vernon.

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Magical Mystery Unlocked in THE WILDS: A “Pixar-meets-Miyazaki-meets-Jim Henson” Spectacle!

VERNON, BC – Wonderheads’ award-winning The Wilds, described as a “Pixar-meets-Miyazaki-meets-Jim Henson” fantastical love story, is set to take audiences on a heart-filled quest into the mysterious Wilds. Vernon & District Performing Arts Centre proudly presents this grand finale of VDPAC’s 2023-24 SPOTLIGHT Season’s Theatre Series, Thursday, February 29, 2024, at 7:30 pm.

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