Mariel Buckley to Mesmerize in OnSTAGE Concert at Vernon & District Performing Arts Centre
VERNON, BC –The Vernon & District Performing Arts Centre is thrilled to announce the upcoming OnSTAGE Concert featuring Mariel Buckley, Friday, January 26, 2024 at 7:30PM, part of her West Coast tour and the first performance in the 2023-24 SPOTLIGHT Season’s OnSTAGE Concert Series.
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A stylish, dynamic, multimedia tour-de-force: Rick Miller’s BOOM X comes to Vernon
VERNON, BC— Twenty-five years. One hundred voices. One man. BOOM X, created by and starring Rick Miller is set to return to Vernon at the Vernon & District Performing Arts Centre on Wednesday, January 17, 2024 at 7:30PM as a part of the 2023-24 SPOTLIGHT Season’s Theatre Series.
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"Waves, All That Glows Sees" – A Gentle Poetic Theatre for the Very Little Ones
Vernon, BC – Waves, All That Glows Sees, a show by Véronique Côté from Théâtre des Confettis, is set to perform at the Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre with two performances on Saturday, January 13, 2024 at 9:15am and 11:00am. Part of SPOTLIGHT 2023-24 First Stages Series, Waves is a simple, gentle and poetic show for kids 18 months to four years old. The touring cast features Guy Daniel Tremblay and Frédéric Brunet.
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Holiday Hilarity and Comedy Extravaganza: The Debaters Live on Tour comes to Vernon
VERNON, BC – Get ready to laugh your way into the holiday season as the Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre proudly presents The Debaters Live on Tour Holiday Special on Friday, December 1, 2023, at 7:30 pm, as part of VDPAC’s SPOTLIGHT 2023-24 Special Presentation Series.
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Feathers, Stingers, Love and Lust: The Birds and the Bees Serves Up Bee-licious Comedy Chaos!
VERNON, BC— Experience rib-tickling realizations of life and love in Mark Crawford’s The Birds and the Bees, touring across B.C., and playing Vernon & District Performing Arts Centre on Sunday, November 12, 2023 at 7:30PM as part of the 2023-24 SPOTLIGHT Season’s Special Presentations Series.
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Multi-platinum Country Star Tim Hicks brings Campfire Troubadour Tour to Vernon
VERNON, BC— Five-time JUNO Award nominated and CCMA Award winning artist Tim Hicks plays the Vernon & District Performing Arts Centre on Wednesday, October 25, 2023, at 7:30PM as part of the 2023-24 SPOTLIGHT Season’s Special Presentations Series.
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VDPAC Announces Winners of 2023 Performing Arts Bursaries
The Vernon & District Performing Arts Centre Society (VDPAC) has announced this year’s successful recipients of its annual Performing Arts Bursary Program. The three recipients of $1,000 bursaries are Kady Brandel, Anastasia Lutsenko and Amy Cuthbertson, all first-time recipients.
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Acrobatic Trio from Australia Hit Vernon with an arthouse Circus
VERNON, BC - Casting Off, an intergenerational multi-award-winning circus show that promises to leave audiences both in fits of laughter and on the verge of tears, is set to grace the stage at the Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre on Sunday, October 29, 2023 at 7:30 PM as part of the 2023-24 SPOTLIGHT Special Presentation Series.
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Tell me more! Classic musical gets an Indigenous twist The Vernon & District Performing Arts Centre presents Bear Grease
Bear Grease is a fresh and fun Indigenous take on the classic 1978 musical. The all-Indigenous cast includes Crystle Lightning (2021 Canadian Screen Award Winner for Best Actress, Trickster, and Three Pines) as Sandy and MC RedCloud (Yellowstone) as Danny. Expect familiar characters like Rizzo and Frenchie in this well-known story of high school love, except the Pink Ladies are Pink Aunties and the famous melodies stay true to their 50’s roots, but with a hip-hop boost.
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The Zaniac Comedy Show: Returns with a gut-busting delight for the whole family
VERNON, BC— When was the last time you laughed as hard as your kids? With the energy of ten thousand suns, Alex Zerbe shines like a comedy beacon as he bounces from one end of the stage to the other like an untamed rubber band in The Zaniac Comedy Show! The Vernon & District Performing Arts Centre proudly presents The Zaniac Comedy Show on Saturday, October 21 at 2:00 PM as the first performance in the 2023-24 SPOTLIGHT Kids Series.
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