Jo Ledingham
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Jo Ledingham
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· Mar 12
By perpetually telling the world that Canada is “broken”, Poilievre invited the vandals in. And here they are. Remember this when you vote in the next federal election. If you don’t, look forward to flying the Stars and Stripes on the 4th of July.
Thoroughly delightful, The Cricket on the Hearth runs to December 21. Adapted by Sarah Rodgers and Naomi Wright from Dickens' novella, it's an antidote to doom and gloom. See it at the Jericho Arts Centre. joledingham.ca/the-cricket-...
The Cricket on the Hearth | Jo Ledingham
Jericho Arts Centre to December 21, 2025 United Players, the little-theatre-company-that-could, has been punching over its weight for years - but even more so under Sarah Rodgers' artistic direction. ...
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December 3, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Thoroughly delightful, The Cricket on the Hearth runs to December 21. Adapted by Sarah Rodgers and Naomi Wright from Dickens' novella, it's an antidote to doom and gloom. See it at the Jericho Arts Centre. joledingham.ca/the-cricket-...
The East Van Panto: West Van Story is almost sold out so hurry hard to get a ticket! Best Panto ever!
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East Van Panto: West Van Story | Jo Ledingham
York Theatre to January 4, 2026 What’s so good about it? Everything. But off the top it’s a chance to see the ever-young Dawn Petten as both baggy-pants Spartacus and Boberta Rainy, a villainous, andr...
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November 25, 2025 at 3:52 AM
The East Van Panto: West Van Story is almost sold out so hurry hard to get a ticket! Best Panto ever!
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Between Breaths, brought to the Firehall Arts Centre by Artistic Fraud of Newfoundland, runs to November 23. It's based on the true story of Dr. Jon Lien who, almost singlehandedly, rescued 500 whales. joledingham.ca/between-brea...
Between Breaths | Jo Ledingham
Firehall Arts Centre to November 23, 2025 While there are loads of heart-stopping films and videos of whale rescues, how does a small theatre company tell Jon Lien’s tale on a small stage? Ingenuity. ...
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November 16, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Between Breaths, brought to the Firehall Arts Centre by Artistic Fraud of Newfoundland, runs to November 23. It's based on the true story of Dr. Jon Lien who, almost singlehandedly, rescued 500 whales. joledingham.ca/between-brea...
Probably on every little girl's Christmas wish list is FROZEN, The Broadway Musical on the Stanley stage until January 4, 2026. joledingham.ca/disneys-froz...
November 15, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Probably on every little girl's Christmas wish list is FROZEN, The Broadway Musical on the Stanley stage until January 4, 2026. joledingham.ca/disneys-froz...
Tasty but a little on the long side, The Best Restaurant in the World. Ever. is at the Jericho Arts Centre until November 16, 2025. joledingham.ca/the-best-res...
The Best Restaurant in the World. Ever. | Jo Ledingham
Jericho Arts Centre to November 16, 2025 Playwright Rick Dobran is one multi-talented guy: former server and restaurant manager, stage and film actor, tattoo artist and playwright. The collages that h...
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November 11, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Tasty but a little on the long side, The Best Restaurant in the World. Ever. is at the Jericho Arts Centre until November 16, 2025. joledingham.ca/the-best-res...
Is it the drugs or is it love? ITSAZAOO and Rumble present The Effect until November 22 at the Progress Lab. joledingham.ca/the-effect/
The Effect | Jo Ledingham
Progress Lab (1422 William) to November 22, 2025 This might be the strangest love story you’ve ever seen – if it is a love story. Andy Kalirai as Tristan, Paige Louter as Connie in The Effect. Credit...
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November 10, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Is it the drugs or is it love? ITSAZAOO and Rumble present The Effect until November 22 at the Progress Lab. joledingham.ca/the-effect/
Wakey, Wakey at Pacific Theatre until November 2 is amazingly uplifting, given that the main character is either dying or newly dead. Very funny. Actor Craig Erickson makes it all happen. www.joledingham.ca
October 24, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Wakey, Wakey at Pacific Theatre until November 2 is amazingly uplifting, given that the main character is either dying or newly dead. Very funny. Actor Craig Erickson makes it all happen. www.joledingham.ca
Vacant Lot at the Firehall to October 25. It's a hybrid dance/theatre piece, very meditative, metaphoric and zen. joledingham.ca/vacant-lot/
Vacant Lot | Jo Ledingham
Firehall Arts Centre to October 25, 2025 Based on the Japanese play Sarachi (Vacant Lot), by contemporary Japanese theatre artist Shogo Ota, Vacant Lot is a hybrid dance/theatre piece at the Firehall ...
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October 24, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Vacant Lot at the Firehall to October 25. It's a hybrid dance/theatre piece, very meditative, metaphoric and zen. joledingham.ca/vacant-lot/
On now in the Historic Theatre at the Cultch is Carmen Aguirre's new play Fire Never Dies: The Tina Madotti Project. joledingham.ca/fire-never-d...
October 21, 2025 at 5:09 PM
On now in the Historic Theatre at the Cultch is Carmen Aguirre's new play Fire Never Dies: The Tina Madotti Project. joledingham.ca/fire-never-d...
My website - joledingham.ca - has been down for several days so reviews of Fire Never Dies and Wakey Wakey are still in the works. Don't forget that Zoo Story is on now at Studio 16. Still time to catch the 2:30 matinee today.
October 19, 2025 at 8:05 PM
My website - joledingham.ca - has been down for several days so reviews of Fire Never Dies and Wakey Wakey are still in the works. Don't forget that Zoo Story is on now at Studio 16. Still time to catch the 2:30 matinee today.
A Doll's House is one of the most frequently produced plays worldwide but this Arts Club production of Amy Herzog's adaptation is a disappoinment. joledingham.ca/a-dolls-hous...
A Doll's House | Jo Ledingham
Stanley BFL Canada Stage to October 5, 2025 A Doll’s House is one of the most frequently produced plays worldwide. Amy Herzog’s adaptation was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play and...
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September 18, 2025 at 11:19 PM
A Doll's House is one of the most frequently produced plays worldwide but this Arts Club production of Amy Herzog's adaptation is a disappoinment. joledingham.ca/a-dolls-hous...
United Players opens its 2025-2026 season with Ovid's Metamorphoses, given a new look by Mary Zimmerman, directed by three emerging directors and featuring a cast of fresh young faces. joledingham.ca/metamorphoses/
Metamorphoses | Jo Ledingham
Jericho Arts Centre to September 28, 2025 Metamorphoses is an ancient poem given new life by a trio of emerging directors, highly creative designers and a fresh young cast. Ovid without the dust of th...
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September 7, 2025 at 9:37 PM
United Players opens its 2025-2026 season with Ovid's Metamorphoses, given a new look by Mary Zimmerman, directed by three emerging directors and featuring a cast of fresh young faces. joledingham.ca/metamorphoses/
David C Jones likes making things; I like growing things. Here’s one of my epiphytes in bloom: 9 inches across and fragrant!
July 26, 2025 at 8:06 PM
David C Jones likes making things; I like growing things. Here’s one of my epiphytes in bloom: 9 inches across and fragrant!
Theatre Under the Stars is a truly unique Vancouver experience and this show - Legally Blonde The Musical - is full of singing and dancing and two live dogs! joledingham.ca/legally-blon...
Legally Blonde The Musical | Jo Ledingham
Malkin Bowl, Stanley Park, to August 14, 2025 Theatre Under the Stars, celebrating its 85th season, must be revelling in this warm weather night after night. The cast of Legally Blonde The Musical wi...
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July 15, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Theatre Under the Stars is a truly unique Vancouver experience and this show - Legally Blonde The Musical - is full of singing and dancing and two live dogs! joledingham.ca/legally-blon...
Seriously funny is The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) [revised] [again] at Bard on the Beach. joledingham.ca/the-complete...
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) [revised] [again] | Jo Ledingham
Bard on the Beach (Vanier Park) to September 20, 2025 If you’re curious about what’s going on under the tents down at Vanier Park from June 10-September 20, but you hate Shakespeare, this one’s for yo...
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July 11, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Seriously funny is The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) [revised] [again] at Bard on the Beach. joledingham.ca/the-complete...
This Bard on the Beach production of Much Ado About Nothing gives you something to think about. joledingham.ca/much-ado-abo...
Much Ado About Nothing | Jo Ledingham
Bard on the Beach to September 20, 2025 When director Johnna Wright cast the effervescent Jennifer Lines – she of the riotous tresses and a smile that lights up the whole BMO Mainstage – Wright knew s...
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June 27, 2025 at 4:36 AM
This Bard on the Beach production of Much Ado About Nothing gives you something to think about. joledingham.ca/much-ado-abo...
The Two Gentlemen of Verona meet the 1980s with director Dean Paul Gibson's feminist take on Shakespeare's four hundred year old play. Not for purists but it's fun!
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The Two Gentlemen of Verona | Jo Ledingham
Bard on the Beach to September 19, 2025 Director Dean Paul Gibson is having his way with Shakespeare’s The Two Gentlemen of Verona on the BMO Mainstage at Bard on the Beach these evenings. Jacob Leon...
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June 24, 2025 at 5:45 PM
The Two Gentlemen of Verona meet the 1980s with director Dean Paul Gibson's feminist take on Shakespeare's four hundred year old play. Not for purists but it's fun!
joledingham.ca/the-two-gent...
joledingham.ca/the-two-gent...
Give yourself a treat. An Ideal Husband is an ideal way to spend an evening. It's at the Jericho Arts Centre until June 22, 2025. joledingham.ca/an-ideal-hus...
An Ideal Husband | Jo Ledingham
Jericho Arts Centre to June 22, 2025 Treat yourself. Go and see this show before it sells out. Playwright Oscar Wilde would have loved this production: elegant, classy, handsome and pretty at the same...
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June 1, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Give yourself a treat. An Ideal Husband is an ideal way to spend an evening. It's at the Jericho Arts Centre until June 22, 2025. joledingham.ca/an-ideal-hus...
Cree writer/performer Michelle Thrush tells us not to take our selves so seriously in Inner Elder. She's a charmer! joledingham.ca/inner-elder/
Inner Elder | Jo Ledingham
Firehall Arts Centre to May 31, 2025 Prepare to be charmed. Michelle Thrush, award-winning Cree writer/ performer, takes you on a personal journey from childhood to grandmotherhood in just one hour of...
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May 25, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Cree writer/performer Michelle Thrush tells us not to take our selves so seriously in Inner Elder. She's a charmer! joledingham.ca/inner-elder/
I loved Here We Go at the PAL Studio. A gentle, meditative look at the end of life . Directed by Kathryn Bracht for Western Gold Theatre, it features a cast of some of Vancouver's finest 'legacy' performers.
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Here We Go | Jo Ledingham
Performing Arts Lodge (PAL) to May 25, 2025 We are born. We die. It’s all a mystery. And there is, if you’re lucky, much joy and lots of laughter along the way. Remarkably, Here We Go is often wryly f...
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May 12, 2025 at 8:29 PM
I loved Here We Go at the PAL Studio. A gentle, meditative look at the end of life . Directed by Kathryn Bracht for Western Gold Theatre, it features a cast of some of Vancouver's finest 'legacy' performers.
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Carousel Theatre's production of Stuart Little runs at the Waterfront Theatre to May 11. It's bound to delight the kids AND the grownups. Tickets from $19 at www.carouseltheatre.ca. Pictured is Katrina Teitz as Stuart Little. Photo: Sarah Race Photography
April 29, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Carousel Theatre's production of Stuart Little runs at the Waterfront Theatre to May 11. It's bound to delight the kids AND the grownups. Tickets from $19 at www.carouseltheatre.ca. Pictured is Katrina Teitz as Stuart Little. Photo: Sarah Race Photography
Terrific Search Party production of Dance Nation. Didn't totally fire on all cylinders for me but it serves Clare Barron's play extremely well. joledingham.ca/dance-nation/
Dance Nation | Jo Ledingham
York Theatre to May 11, 2025 Dance Nation, presented by The Search Party (Vancouver) and masterfully directed by Mindy Parfitt, is a first-rate production of Clare Barron’s Pulitzer Prize-finalist for...
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April 29, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Terrific Search Party production of Dance Nation. Didn't totally fire on all cylinders for me but it serves Clare Barron's play extremely well. joledingham.ca/dance-nation/
Read the programme notes before seeing Dead Drone or you will find yourself frustrated. Playwright Dave Mott packs a lot in: subhuman Beeples mashed up with climate crisis lockdown. joledingham.ca/dead-drone/
Dead Drone | Jo Ledingham
Russian Hall (600 Campbell Avenue) to April 19, 2025 Dave Mott has a lot to say about the state of the world judging from his pre-show remarks on opening night of the world premiere of Dead Drone, Mot...
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April 13, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Read the programme notes before seeing Dead Drone or you will find yourself frustrated. Playwright Dave Mott packs a lot in: subhuman Beeples mashed up with climate crisis lockdown. joledingham.ca/dead-drone/
An artist living with Down Syndrome, Niall McNeil takes you into his world with Beauty and the Beast: My Life. Quirky. Whimsical. It's a beauty. joledingham.ca/beauty-and-t...
Beauty and the Beast: My Life | Jo Ledingham
Historic Theatre at the Cultch to April 6, 2025 The Cultch invites you to embrace Niall McNeil's distinctive way of expressing himself and find the poetry within it. I saw it. I embraced it. I found ...
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April 2, 2025 at 9:31 PM
An artist living with Down Syndrome, Niall McNeil takes you into his world with Beauty and the Beast: My Life. Quirky. Whimsical. It's a beauty. joledingham.ca/beauty-and-t...