Here & Now
on the Brink
—Jill Von sPrecken
Jan 20-Feb 5 In this city’s dining scene, the start of
the new year means one thing: Dine Out! Over the last
15 years, the 17-day Dine Out Vancouver Festival (page
62) has turned into Canada’s biggest celebration of food
and drink, and for good reason. With a wealth of
special events, tours, tastings and, above all, dinner
deals, this all-things-comestible festival adds up to one
enormous celebration of Vancouver’s blossoming
dining culture. Every year the number of restaurants
offering set menus grows, with three-course dinners
offered at $20, $30 and $40, as well as some lunches.
Many include optional wine pairings, yielding a chance
to discover BC VQA wines.—Tim Pawsey
remarkaBle rhythms
Jan 13-15 If anyone marches to the
beat of their own drum, it’s the dynamic
troupe of Stomp (page 51). The percussive performers find a beat in everyday
objects: Zippo lighters, hubcaps, hoses,
brooms—even the kitchen sink. After 25
years spent on stages around the world,
the globetrotting production drums up a
rhythmic romp of dance and music at
the Queen Elizabeth Theatre.
—Jill Von sPrecken
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Photos: mess by Edmund ColliEr. stomp by stEvE mCniCholas
Glorious Gluttony
Jan 16-Feb 5 Ready to
bend your boundaries? Then
head to the PuSh International Performing Arts
Festival (page 51). Now in
its 13th year, the annual fest
celebrates groundbreaking
theatre, dance, music and
visual arts in over 27 works
by artists from 11 countries.
See works such as Mess
(pictured), Sweat Baby
Sweat or Macbeth: Third
World Bunfight, a provocative piece that sets Verdi’s
opera in the Congo, with
machete-sharp results. It’s
an evening spent on the
edge—of your seat, that is.