1. Dust off your beret and light up your gitanes as the Cinematheque hosts Agnès Varda: Six Films by the “Grandmother of the French New Wave,” May 1 to June 1. Highlights include Varda’s 1954 debut feature La pointe courte, which is now regarded as the film that launched the French New Wave; the sumptuous, stylized and controversial 1965 film Le Bonheur; and the Vancouver premiere of Jane B. par Agnès V., Varda’s unconventional “documentary” on Jane Birkin. For details and show times, go to thecinematheque.ca.
2. Billed as a “live graphic novel,” The Intergalactic Nemesis: Target Earth combines sci-fi, comic books and old radio drama. Three actors provide the voices, a Foley artist creates the sound effects and a pianist plays the soundtrack in front of a movie screen showing 1,250 comic book panels to tell a sci-fi adventure story set in the 1930s. The ambitious theatrical event takes off April 30 to May 1 at the York Theatre. Details at thecultch.com.
3. Garage rock road warriors and Mint Records recording artists Tough Age play a homecoming show April 30 at the Astoria. Adrian Teacher and the Subs and Pinner open. Tickets $10 at the door.
4. Grammy-winning jazz artist Cécile McLorin Salvant plays the Chan Centre in support of her latest album, For One To Love. The prodigious songstress, who draws comparisons to Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday and Sarah Vaughan, performs May 1, 7 p.m. Details at chancentre.com.
5. Vancouver Opera goes big with its full-scale premiere of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s smash hit Evita. The musical about political icon Eva Perón, which will have “Don’t Cry for Me Argentina” stuck in audiences’ heads for weeks, runs April 30 to May 8 at Queen Elizabeth Theatre. Details at vancouveropera.ca.
