Theatre & Performing Arts

Bard on the Beach's 2013 season will run June 12 to September 14. The opening production on the Festival's BMO Mainstage will be the marvellous romantic comedy Twelfth Night, staged by Dennis Garnhum. Playing in repertory with Twelfth Night will be Shakespeare's iconic tragedy, Hamlet, directed by Kim Collier. On the Douglas Campbell Studio Stage, Bard will present Measure For Measure, a classic study of morality, directed by John Murphy. Alternating with Measure For Measure is Canadian playwright Timothy Findley's Elizabeth Rex, directed by Rachel Ditor and set in Elizabethan England.

Island Mountain Arts has been operating in the vibrant 1930s gold rush town of Wells since 1977 and is just down the road from Barkerville Historic Town & the Bowron Lakes. Island Mountain Arts runs a Public Gallery/Artisan Gift Shop and a School of the Arts, featuring courses in visual, literary & performance arts, including the Toni Onley Artists' Project and the International Harp School. IMA also runs the ever-growing ArtsWells Festival Of All Things Art, featuring tons of music & workshops, visual art installations, plus the One Minute Play Festival (August 2 - 5, 2013).

Located in the heart of Kelowna's Cultural District, the Rotary Centre for the Arts is a multidisciplinary visual & performing arts centre. We continually strive to improve the economic, cultural & social quality of life in the community by fostering the participation in & appreciation of the arts. As a world-class venue celebrating creative expression through diverse art forms & disciplines, the Rotary Centre for the Arts is a unique City of Kelowna facility in which individuals of all ages & backgrounds can come together to share in the excitement of developing & strengthening art & culture in the Okanagan.

Vancouver TheatreSports™ League is Vancouver's top improvisational comedy theatre! One of Vancouver's most popular theatres, performers create hilarious comedic sketches on the spot using audience suggestions. With 11 shows per week, 52 weeks per year, Vancouver TheatreSports™ has delivered laughs to over 2.2 million people in the past 30 years.

With alumni such as Ryan Stiles and Colin Mochrie from Whose Line Is It Anyway, come and see why Vancouver TheatreSports™ League is one of Vancouver's most popular theatre attractions!

This is the largest screen in all of BC - with this IMAX, you won't just see it - you'll experience it! The immense size screen & powerful, chair shaking surround sound take you to places you can only imagine! Visit with exotic animals, travel to far-flung locations, dive deep below or soar above the earth's surface. It's IMAX - come along for the adventure.

Shows play hourly throughout the day & into the evening. Hollywood feature length films are often added to the evening schedule.

Full concession & National Geographic Store gift store on site.

Built in 1986, the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden is the first full-scale Scholar garden built outside China using traditional techniques. Covered walkways & exquisite architecture make it a delight in any weather or season, with the same relaxing, serene landscape as found in the old, private gardens of China's ancient elite. This living museum promotes the understanding of cultures through daily tours, festivals, monthly art exhibitions, music concerts & unique live theatre productions in summer. One-of-a-kind finds in the Eight Treasures Shop. Located in the heart of Chinatown, a short walk from downtown Vancouver & historic Gastown, near parking & public transit.

FlyOver Canada is a new major destination visitor attraction opening on Vancouver's waterfront at Canada Place this June, 2013.

Guests will soar from coast to coast on a breathtaking aerial journey taking in the excitement of Canada through the latest in virtual flight ride technology. It will be a fully immersive experience including sound, wind, scents, mist and even scents!

FlyOver Canada, a first of its kind in Canada, will appeal to locals & visitors of all ages who wish to see Canada like never before - without leaving the city!

Join Vancouver's boldest walking tour company on a daring, interactive and theatrical adventure into our city's dirty history.

On Prohibition City you are an undercover newspaper reporter on Vancouver's oldest and meanest streets and alleyways. See former speakeasies and 'blind pigs'. Discover the truth about LD. Taylor, Vancouver's notorious prohibition-era mayor. Find out what happened to Vancouver's most beautiful showgirl, and more.

On the Lost Souls of Gastown you adventure into our city's darkest and earliest history. Re-live the devastation of the great fire of 1886. See Vancouver's first bawdy house, first fire station and oldest operating hotel. And discover who really killed John Bray.

With gold rush beginnings in 1864, Fort Steele has gone from boom town to regional centre to ghost town and is now one of the most important heritage attractions in British Columbia. The town site features over 60 buildings. Activities vary by season and include ice cream making, horse-drawn wagon tours, steam train rides, gold panning lessons, live theatre, museum displays and various demonstrations. See many varieties of heritage breed livestock. Fort Steele is perched on the western slopes of the Canadian Rocky Mountains.

Spirit of Kamloops Ghost Train & Spirit of Christmas Special Events Rolling Stock: Steam Locomotive #2141 is unavailable in 2013 due to mechanical repairs being required. We hope to be back for 2014!

Journey back in time aboard our steam-powered heritage train. On the "Spirit of Kamloops" railtour, visitors enjoy reenactments of railway operations as they were in the past, including staff in period uniforms.

In 1906, just east of Kamloops, Bill Miner & his gang robbed a CPR train & made off with the loot. The reenactment of the Bill Miner Train Robbery is a big part of the entertainment on this trip providing some exciting wild-west horsemanship at the finish of the journey.

Guided walking tours of the KRH Park site, seasonal special events, group rates, private charters are also available.