Picks of the week - December 31, 2012

 

 
 
 
 
A hit at the Vancouver Fringe Festival a few years back, Portland's Wonderheads return with Grim & Fischer. The surreal tale of a feisty old woman who literally comes face to face with Death himself runs Jan. 3 to 13 at the Cultch. For tickets and information, call 604-251-1363 or go to thecultch.com.
 

A hit at the Vancouver Fringe Festival a few years back, Portland's Wonderheads return with Grim & Fischer. The surreal tale of a feisty old woman who literally comes face to face with Death himself runs Jan. 3 to 13 at the Cultch. For tickets and information, call 604-251-1363 or go to thecultch.com.

Photograph by: submitted , for Vancouver Courier

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A hit at the Vancouver Fringe Festival a few years back, Portland's Wonderheads return with Grim & Fischer. The surreal tale of a feisty old woman who literally comes face to face with Death himself runs Jan. 3 to 13 at the Cultch. For tickets and information, call 604-251-1363 or go to thecultch.com.
 

A hit at the Vancouver Fringe Festival a few years back, Portland's Wonderheads return with Grim & Fischer. The surreal tale of a feisty old woman who literally comes face to face with Death himself runs Jan. 3 to 13 at the Cultch. For tickets and information, call 604-251-1363 or go to thecultch.com.

Photograph by: submitted , for Vancouver Courier

 
A hit at the Vancouver Fringe Festival a few years back, Portland's Wonderheads return with Grim & Fischer. The surreal tale of a feisty old woman who literally comes face to face with Death himself runs Jan. 3 to 13 at the Cultch. For tickets and information, call 604-251-1363 or go to thecultch.com.
Things get "fabulously nasty" at the Jericho Arts Centre as David C. Jones directs the musical improv The Gay Mafia featuring queer comedy troupe the Bobbers, Jan. 2 to 12. Tickets can be purchased by phoning 604-224-8007 ext 3. More info at queerarts.ca.
And you thought The Hobbit was long. Shot in glorious Super Panavision 70, David Lean's 1962 sweeping four-hour epic Lawrence of Arabia, starring blue-eyed Peter O'Toole, Omar Sharif and zero women with speaking roles, sprawls across Vancity Theatre, Jan. 2, 6:30 p.m.
Some of you haven't even taken off your jogging pants since Christmas Eve, so slipping on a pair of PJs and heading to the Biltmore Jan. 2 shouldn't be to taxing on your egg nog-fattened body. That's when Paul Anthony hosts his monthly Talent Time live variety show. The Pyjama Party-themed event promises a cavalcade of entertainment including rappers The Game Genies, 12-year-old yo-yo whiz Alex Skelly, comedic burlesque performer April O'Peel, stand up comedy, spin the bottle and cover charge pi_ata. Show starts at 9 p.m. sharp. Tickets $8 at the door.
 
 
 
 
 
 

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