Cowichan Performing Arts Centre

Walk Right Back - The Everly Brothers Story
2023-03-03 19:00 - 21:30 (America/Vancouver) | Cowichan Performing Arts Centre, 2687 James Street, Duncan, BC, V9L 2X5, Canada
Paquette Productions presents
DIRECT FROM THE UK! Following an incredible sell out tour, Walk Right Back returns to stages in 2022 by popular demand. From the producers of smash hit show That’ll Be The Day, this phenomenal production tells the story of the most successful musical duo of all time – The Everly Brothers. Featuring hits such as Bye Bye Love, All I Have To Do Is Dream and Cathy’s Clown, this unique concert-based musical entwines the wonderful, sad yet glorious story of The Everly Brothers.
The show follows the brothers’ rise to fame from humble country beginning to superstardom, through their decade-long feud to their glorious reunion which gave them back to each other, and back to the world.
With “harmonies from heaven” that inﬂuenced The Beatles, The Beach Boys, and Simon & Garfunkel, The Everly Brothers were unmatched in their talent. Also featuring songs from a couple of the Everly Brothers’ good friends, Buddy Holly and Roy Orbison.
Producer Trevor Payne (That’ll Be The Day) says: “The Everly Brothers were an original and unique act that had a sound like nothing else. Their harmonies were so tight that every group wanted to emulate them. Before that there was a singer, a band and backing vocals, The Everly’s entwined all of them and created “the harmony group.” Walk Right Back is the ﬁrst show of its kind to tell this phenomenal story of two brothers and their unforgettable music. This is a show not to be missed!

Reel Alternatives: EO
2023-02-27 19:00 - 21:30 | Cowichan Performing Arts Centre, 2687 James Street, Duncan, BC, V9L 2X5, Canada
The Cowichan Hospice Society presents
Single tickets will be on sale Saturday, January 28 at 10am.

Polish master Jerzy Skolimowski’s gripping new drama, which shared the Jury Prize in this year’s Cannes competition, follows a sentient donkey as it experiences the best and worst mankind has to offer. Told through vignettes, the film’s anchor is the anthropomorphic eyes of a donkey (played by six different equines named Taco, Ola, Marietta, Ettore, Rocco, and Mela) that senses its way through the wheels of fortune.
Drama

Reel Alternatives is a monthly fundraiser bringing Toronto Film Festival’s critically acclaimed films to the Cowichan Valley. This year’s circuit will feature five acclaimed films. All proceeds go directly to benefiting individuals and families in Cowichan through Cowichan Hospice by ensuring hospice services are available when they need them.
Note that the concession will be open with snacks and drinks, along with coffee and tea, available for purchase.

Live Nation Presents: RAFFI
2023-02-18 14:00 - 16:00 | Cowichan Performing Arts Centre, 2687 James Street, Duncan, BC, V9L 2X5, Canada
Live Nation presents
Tier 2: $54 | Tier 3: $44

Please note that babes-in-arms is not available for this performance. All patrons must have a ticket.
A renowned singer known by his first name alone, Raffi was a pioneer in quality recordings for children on his independent label, Troubadour. For millions of fans, Raffi’s music was the soundtrack of their childhoods, and they took his signature song “Baby Beluga” to heart. These “beluga grads” now share his music with their own children. Raffi has been described by the Washington Post and the Toronto Star as “the most popular children’s entertainer in the English-speaking world” and “Canada’s all-time children’s champion.”
Raffi is a music producer, author, entrepreneur and ecology advocate. In 2010, he founded the Raffi Foundation for Child Honouring—a global movement that views honouring children as the best way to create sustainable, peacemaking cultures. Raffi has received the Order of Canada, the Order of BC, the U.N. Earth Achievement Award, and four honorary degrees.
Most recently, Raffi released a new album with Lindsay, Nursery Rhymes For Kinder Times, an imaginative collection of songs offering a fresh, whimsical, and tender take on classic nursery rhymes including “Three Blind Mice” (reimagined as “Three Kind Mice”), “Ring Around the Rosie” (“Ring Around Sweet Roses”), and “London Bridge Is Falling Down” (“London Rain Is Falling Down”).

Ballet Jorgen's Cinderella
2023-02-16 19:00 - 22:00
Cowichan Performing Arts Centre and Canada’s Ballet Jorgen present
Student $36 | Child $24 | Family $120 | High School Grades 8-12 $5
Family and high school student tickets are available by phone or in-person at the Ticket Centre.

Canada’s Ballet Jorgen (Anne of Green Gables, Anastasia) returns with an innovative and contemporary take on a beloved fairy tale classic that will charm and delight audiences of all ages!
Choreographer: Bengt Jörgen, CMMusic: Sergei ProkofievSet & Lighting Design: Glenn DavidsonCostume Design: Robert Doyle

Jorgen Dance: Pointe Shoe Clinic
2023-02-15 19:00 - 20:00 | Cowichan Performing Arts Centre, 2687 James Street, Duncan, BC, V9L 2X5, Canada
Sign up for a Pointe Shoe Clinic with Ballet Jorgen and learn from professional ballet dancers all about pointe shoes!
Pointe shoes are one of the most exciting parts of a young dancer’s training. This workshop provides dancers the opportunity to hear from professionals about muscles, fatigue, preventing injuries, and more! This workshop will cover:

Choosing the right brand, size, shank, and vamp.
Adjusting shoes throughout your training
Where to sew ribbons and elastics?
How to manage blisters, nails, cracked heels
Decide what to wear inside your shoes

Come with your pointe shoes for hands-on instruction. Recommend signing up for the prior master class to accompany this workshop. The class will be held in the rehearsal hall of the Cowichan Performing Arts Centre from 7pm-7:45pm.
Use the Buy Tickets link to sign up, which will redirect you to the RecCowichan website for registration.
Don’t miss Dance Jorgen’s full length ballet, Cinderella, on Thursday, February 16 at 7pm! Tickets are available online here.

Jorgen Dance: Master Class (Ages 12-16)
2023-02-15 17:30 - 19:00 | Cowichan Performing Arts Centre, 2687 James Street, Duncan, BC, V9L 2X5, Canada
Sign up for a Master Class with Ballet Jorgen! Professional ballet dancers will be leading a barre and repertoire class for ballet dancers ages 12-16. The class will be held in the rehearsal hall of the Cowichan Performing Arts Centre from 5:30pm-7pm.
Use the Buy Tickets link to sign up, which will redirect you to the RecCowichan website for registration.
Don’t miss Dance Jorgen’s full length ballet, Cinderella, on Thursday, February 16 at 7pm! Tickets are available online here.

Jorgen Dance: Master Class (Ages 8-11)
2023-02-15 16:00 - 17:00 | Cowichan Performing Arts Centre, 2687 James Street, Duncan, BC, V9L 2X5, Canada
Sign up for a Master Class with Ballet Jorgen! Professional ballet dancers will be leading a barre and repertoire class for ballet dancers ages 8-11. The class will be held in the rehearsal hall of the Cowichan Performing Arts Centre from 4pm-5:15pm.
Use the Buy Tickets link to sign up, which will redirect you to the RecCowichan website for registration.
Don’t miss Dance Jorgen’s full length ballet, Cinderella, on Thursday, February 16 at 7pm! Tickets are available online here.

Winter Highlights
2023-02-08 18:30 - 21:30 | Cowichan Performing Arts Centre, 2687 James Street, Duncan, BC, V9L 2X5, Canada
Adage Studio presents
Child $19.50
Adage Studio invites you to an evening of dance featuring a selection of highlighted performances across all genres.

Reel Alternatives: Ali & Ava
2023-01-30 19:00 - 21:00 | Cowichan Performing Arts Centre, 2687 James Street, Duncan, BC, V9L 2X5, Canada
The Cowichan Hospice Society presents

Single tickets will be on sale Monday, September 12 at 10am.

Ali and Ava, both lonely for different reasons, meet and sparks fly. Over a lunar month a deep connection begins to grow, despite the legacy of Ava’s past relationship, and Ali’s emotional turmoil at the breakdown of his marriage.

Drama, Romance

Reel Alternatives is a monthly fundraiser bringing Toronto Film Festival’s critically acclaimed films to the Cowichan Valley. This year’s circuit will feature five acclaimed films. All proceeds go directly to benefiting individuals and families in Cowichan through Cowichan Hospice by ensuring hospice services are available when they need them.

Subscribe and save! See all 5 films in the 2022-23 season for $70. Subscriptions are available to purchase by calling or visiting the Ticket Centre.

Shrek The Musical
2023-01-27 19:30 - 22:00 | Cowichan Performing Arts Centre, 2687 James Street, Duncan, BC, V9L 2X5, Canada
Cowichan Musical Society presents
Child (8 & under) $39 | Rows O-P $39 | Rows A & B $29

Shrek the Musical is a hilarious fairy tale in which curses are reversed, monsters get the girls, donkeys and dragons find love, and princesses are beautiful in all shapes and sizes.

Grumpy, gruff, green ogre Shrek lives alone in his swamp. Suddenly, his hermit existence is thrown open, when a group of homeless fairy tale characters — Pinocchio, the Gingerbread Man, the Three Little Pigs, and more — burst upon his swamp, seeking refuge from the persecution of the cruel, vertically-challenged Lord Farquaad. In a desperate attempt to regain his swamp’s hermetic peace, Shrek enters the world for the first time in his life. He travels to Princess Fiona’s prison, rescues her from a fire-breathing dragon, and then – scariest of all – is forced to get to know the princess as he tries to bring her back to evil Farquaad. To the determinedly unsocial ogre’s dismay, Fiona is very different from what he expected a princess to be. She may even provoke Shrek’s most novel experience yet: Love. With dazzling sets, high energy dance numbers, and laughs by the minute, Shrek the Musical transforms the contemporary children’s book and popular animated feature film into a stage musical that is sure to entertain and make audiences believers in happy endings for all.

The Cowichan Musical Society (CMS) has been bringing the highest quality amateur musical theatre to the Cowichan Valley since 1982! Past productions include Beauty & The Beast, Mamma Mia!, How To Succeed In Business and more!

Showtimes

Friday, Jan 27 @ 7:30 pm
Saturday, Jan 28 @ 7:30 pm
Sunday, Jan 29 @ 2 pm
Friday, Feb 3 @ 7:30 pm
Saturday, Feb 4 @ 7:30 pm
Sunday Feb 5 @ 2:00 pm

Snowed In Comedy Tour
2023-01-20 19:30 - 21:30
Senior $43.50 | Student $29.50

The Snowed In Comedy Tour has turned into a Canadian success story, celebrating its fourteenth year. It has now grown to become the biggest comedy tour in Canada.
Four international comedians come together to create one amazing show with each bringing a unique and hilarious take providing something for everyone. Just for Laughs winner Dan Quinn is joined by the Great Canadian Laugh Off winner, Paul Myrehaug and 6 time Canadian Comedian of the year nominee, Pete Zedlacher. We are proud to announce that Erica Sigurdson with over 70 appearances on the Debaters, will be joining us.

Erica Sigurdson70+ appearances on the DebatersWinnipeg Comedy FestivalJust for LaughsHalifax Comedy Festival
Pete Zedlacher6-time nominee of the Canadian Comedy Award for Best Male Stand-upWinner of Sirius XM’s Top Comic8 appearances at Montreal’s Just For Laughs FestivalHalifax And Winnipeg Comedy Festival
Dan QuinnWinner of Canadian Competition at Just for LaughsOpened for Rob Schneider, Russell PetersBest of Fest Moncton Comedy FestivalTV Special on Check TV, Comedy Network
Paul MyrehaugCBC’s the Debaters$25,000 Great Canadian Laugh off winnerJust For Laughs, Comedy Now on CTV

Cowichan Symphony Society's Devine Bach
2023-01-14 19:30 - 21:30 | Killy Theatre at Brentwood College, 2735 Mt Baker Rd, Mill Bay, BC, V0R 2P1, Canada
Cowichan Symphony Society presents
Please note, this performance is held at the Killy Theatre at Brentwood College.
Student / Child $10

Online ticket sales are available until 3pm PST on Friday, January 13. All tickets must be picked up before the Ticket Centre closes at 3pm on Saturday, January 14.
Steve Devine | Harpsichord & Director (UK)
Victoria Baroque
The much-loved British harpsichordist and music director Steven Devine returns to direct the Victoria Baroque in a programme of exhilarating works by Johann Sebastian Bach and his son, Carl Philipp Emmanuel, including Orchestral Suite No.3 with the “Air on the G string”, and Bach’s only Italian Cantata “”Non sa che sia dolore”.
Looking for more Symphony? Subscribe to the CSS 2022-23 season and get 5 shows for $250 ($50 for students and children.) Subscriptions are available by phone and in-person at the Ticket Centre. Single tickets available for purchase online.

The Festive Brass: Holiday Horns! - CANCELLED
2022-12-20 19:30 - 21:30 | Cowichan Performing Arts Centre, 2687 James Street, Duncan, BC, V9L 2X5, Canada
Cancelled due to weather and travel conditions. We apologize for any inconvenience. Ticket holders will be contacted by the Ticket Centre for refunds shortly.
An exciting west coast premiere holiday concert celebrating the dynamic and engaging sounds of the season with brass! Acclaimed Victoria based brass ensemble The Festive Brass bring an exhilarating and appropriately festive concert on tour of Vancouver Island for the first time.
Featuring over 1.5 hours of holiday favourites ‘HOLIDAY HORNS!’ will have you feeling the spirit of the season all through the evening. Brilliant and quirky arrangements of classic holiday tunes performed by a 12 piece brass and percussion ensemble will leave audiences with a warm and nostalgic feeling this holiday season. Featured musical selections include the beautiful ‘White Christmas’, latin party style ‘Feliz Navidad’, a ‘Funky Little Drummer Boy’, New Orleans “Frosty” and Festive Brass infamously twisted “Rudolph Variations”. Signature Festive Brass sound will be heard — bold, big, jazzy fun!
Over 20 years or so ago, Butchart Gardens in beautiful Victoria B.C. wanted to add some live music for patrons as they strolled through the light displays during their holiday season. A brass group was hired to play ‘festive’ music toggling with a group of traditional carollers. Throughout the years, the brass became extremely popular as they combined top-notch musicianship with quirky arrangements of well-loved holiday classics, and some additional cheeky humour interacting with our audiences. With a library approaching two hundred arrangements, almost all of which have been written by the members of the group, They Festive Brass playfully boast the ability to play almost any Christmas tune upon request, and may even tell you: “If we don’t know it, we’ll fake it!”

Reel Alternatives: Hallelujah
2022-12-19 19:00 - 21:00 | Cowichan Performing Arts Centre, 2687 James Street, Duncan, BC, V9L 2X5, Canada
The Cowichan Hospice Society presents

Single tickets will be on sale Monday, September 12 at 10am.

This feature-length documentary explores the life of singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen as seen through the prism of his internationally renowned hymn, “Hallelujah.”

Documentary

Reel Alternatives is a monthly fundraiser bringing Toronto Film Festival’s critically acclaimed films to the Cowichan Valley. This year’s circuit will feature five acclaimed films. All proceeds go directly to benefiting individuals and families in Cowichan through Cowichan Hospice by ensuring hospice services are available when they need them.

Subscribe and save! See all 5 films in the 2022-23 season for $70. Subscriptions are available to purchase by calling or visiting the Ticket Centre.

A Wonderheads Christmas Carol - SOLD OUT
2022-12-18 19:00 - 21:00 | Cowichan Performing Arts Centre, 2687 James Street, Duncan, BC, V9L 2X5, Canada
Child $18Family (2 Adult / 2 Child) $95
Family pricing is available by phone or in person only. Please call the Ticket Centre at 250-746-2722.
Sold out performance! Please call the Ticket Centre to join the waitlist.
The holiday classic you love brought to life in a way you never imagined possible! Praised by the CBC as “Pure magic” and the Globe and Mail as “Powerful, surprising and moving,” acclaimed theatrical imagineers the WONDERHEADS present their delightfully captivating reimagining of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, with giant masks, whimsical puppets, and wondrous theatrical invention.
A feast for the eyes, ears, heart and funny bone, this astonishing production features larger than life characters, glowing ghosts, and 10-foot-tall puppets – to name just a few of the treats in store for audiences as they are whisked away with Ebenezer Scrooge on his magical Christmas Eve adventure. Prepare to laugh, cry, and be utterly enchanted this holiday season! Advisories:
Some spooky moments, theatrical fog/haze, flashing lights. Recommended for ages 7+.

A WONDERHEADS Christmas Carol: Trailer from WONDERHEADS.

Is This The Christmas - CANCELLED
2022-12-16 19:30 - 21:30 | Cowichan Performing Arts Centre, 2687 James Street, Duncan, BC, V9L 2X5, Canada
This performance of Is This The Christmas has been cancelled. We apologize for any inconvenience. Patrons with tickets will be contacted by the Ticket Centre.
Wunderbread presents
Out of the mouths of babes came this delightful title of a new holiday musical celebration. “Is This The Christmas “ is an upbeat, not-so-traditional performance of holiday classics both old and new. It features both a superstar ten-piece ensemble of musicians and dancers from the mid-island area as well as acclaimed powerhouse femme fatale vocalist, Jona Kristinsson. Jona connects with the audience like no other and her angelic voice breathes new life into the holiday classics you know and love. Experience the magic and joy of Christmas all over again for the very first time. Not to be missed!
Wunderbread was started in 1996 with six good friends looking to have some fun playing music and haven’t looked back since. Over the years, Wunderbread has performed a wide variety of shows, from Night Clubs, Conventions and Summer fairs, to the “Sun Run” at B.C Place for over 45,000 people. With non-stop sets, multiple costume changes and choreographed moves. The energy coming off the stage leaves nobody out of the party. The set list has evolved over the years to include songs from the 60’s to the 90’s, each song instantly recognizable and irresistibly dance-able.

Buddy's Holly Jolly Christmas
2022-12-06 19:30 - 21:30 | Cowichan Performing Arts Centre, 2687 James Street, Duncan, BC, V9L 2X5, Canada
Jaguar Music presents

Zachary Stevenson is the leading man from the hit musical “The Buddy Holly Story” and he is the main attraction plus the MC / Host for this special Christmas Concert…Buddy’s Holly Jolly Christmas! Stevenson will be joined by former international tribute champion Ben Klein performing as young Elvis and Cassandra Jean Performing as Brenda Lee… Hear all the big hits plus a sprinkle of your favourite seasonal tunes performed by the case with backing provided by the Legends All-Star Band.

The Nutcracker
2022-12-03 16:00 - 18:00 | Cowichan Performing Arts Centre, 2687 James Street, Duncan, BC, V9L 2X5, Canada
Additional showtime December 3, 2022 | 12:00pm – 2:00pm
Child $18Family (2 Adult / 2 Child) $90

Family pricing is available by phone or in person only. Please call the Ticket Centre at 250-746-2722.
The Royal City Youth Ballet returns with two matinee performances of its extravagant production of the holiday favourite featuring Tchaikovsky’s timeless score.
Experience the magic of The Nutcracker this holiday season with RCYB’s full length ballet, featuring a cast of 100+ dedicated and enthusiastic dancers, under the direction of Camilia Fishwick-Kellog. Performing to Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s beautiful music, this traditional ballet has beautiful sets designed by Jean Claude Olivier and extravagant, colourful costumes by Chris Sinosich. There are magical soldiers, mice, a Sugar Plum fairy and a growing Christmas tree, all danced to the beautiful music of Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker score. With snowflakes, Snow King and Queen, Waltz of the Flowers, Arabian, Spanish and other favourites.

The Nutcracker
2022-12-03 12:00 - 14:00 | Cowichan Performing Arts Centre, 2687 James Street, Duncan, BC, V9L 2X5, Canada
Additional showtime December 3, 2022 | 4:00pm – 6:00pm
Child $18Family (2 Adult / 2 Child) $90

Family pricing is available by phone or in person only. Please call the Ticket Centre at 250-746-2722.
The Royal City Youth Ballet returns with two matinee performances of its extravagant production of the holiday favourite featuring Tchaikovsky’s timeless score.
Experience the magic of The Nutcracker this holiday season with RCYB’s full length ballet, featuring a cast of 100+ dedicated and enthusiastic dancers, under the direction of Camilia Fishwick-Kellog. Performing to Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s beautiful music, this traditional ballet has beautiful sets designed by Jean Claude Olivier and extravagant, colourful costumes by Chris Sinosich. There are magical soldiers, mice, a Sugar Plum fairy and a growing Christmas tree, all danced to the beautiful music of Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker score. With snowflakes, Snow King and Queen, Waltz of the Flowers, Arabian, Spanish and other favourites.

Reel Alternatives: Phantom Of The Open
2022-11-28 19:00 - 21:00 | Cowichan Performing Arts Centre, 2687 James Street, Duncan, BC, V9L 2X5, Canada
The Cowichan Hospice Society presents

Single tickets will be on sale Monday, September 12 at 10am.

Maurice Flitcroft, a dreamer and unrelenting optimist, manages to gain entry to the 1976 British Open Golf Championship qualification round despite being a complete novice.

Comedy, Drama, Sports

Reel Alternatives is a monthly fundraiser bringing Toronto Film Festival’s critically acclaimed films to the Cowichan Valley. This year’s circuit will feature five acclaimed films. All proceeds go directly to benefiting individuals and families in Cowichan through Cowichan Hospice by ensuring hospice services are available when they need them.

Subscribe and save! See all 5 films in the 2022-23 season for $70. Subscriptions are available to purchase by calling or visiting the Ticket Centre.

Ridge - CANCELLED
2022-11-27 14:00 - 15:30 | Cowichan Performing Arts Centre, 2687 James Street, Duncan, BC, V9L 2X5, Canada
Seniors $34 | Veteran Discount $25 |Grade 8–12 Students $5
This performance of Ridge has been cancelled. Patrons who have purchased tickets will be contacted by the Ticket Centre for refunds.
Often called the “battle that made Canada,” Vimy Ridge resulted in over 10,000 Canadian casualties. Through direct storytelling, theatre, and live music from Brenden McLeod and the band The Fugitives, Ridge examines misconceptions and varying perspectives around the battle, while drawing parallels to other formative events in our nation’s past.

Featuring inventive musical interpretations of WWI soldier songs throughout, Ridge probes difficult yet necessary questions about how and why we grieve. A vivid, kinetic ride through history, as well as an intimate, personal examination of our connection to the past, Ridge is a visceral work that passionately argues against the exploitation of young lives.

Natalie MacMaster & Donnell Leahy: A Celtic Family Christmas
2022-11-20 19:30 - 21:30 | Cowichan Performing Arts Centre, 2687 James Street, Duncan, BC, V9L 2X5, Canada
Cowichan Performing Arts Centre and Gee Dan Productions present
Fiery fiddle-playing duo Natalie MacMaster and Donnell Leahy, with their talented children, present a heart-warming evening of Christmas classics and Cape Breton folk music. The husband and wife duo are decorated with JUNO and East Coast Music awards spanning over their long music careers.
One of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia’s most important exports and a superstar in the Celtic music world, fiddler and step-dancer, Natalie MacMaster, has built a sterling, multi-decade career on electrifying playing and must-see live performances. Her extensive discography showcases MacMaster as both a soloist and a marquee collaborator, notably with her husband, Donnell Leahy. An Order of Canada is one among Natalie’s many accolades.
Donnell Leahy has dedicated his life to performing as a solo artist, with his 10 siblings in the acclaimed band, Leahy, and with his wife, Natalie. Donnell has cemented his reputation as a peerless instrumentalist able to synthesize traditional influence with more contemporary Celtic/folk sensitivities. His Irish/Cape Breton lineage always weaves its way into his unique musical style.

The Met Opera: Medea (Encore) - CANCELLED
2022-11-19 09:55 - 13:00
Senior $32
Grades 8-12 Student $5

This performance has been cancelled. We apologize for any inconvenience. The Ticket Centre will be contacting all ticket holders for refunds.
Having triumphed at the Met in some of the repertory’s fiercest soprano roles, Sondra Radvanovsky opens the new season as the mythic sorceress who will stop at nothing in her quest for vengeance—a tour-de-force role made famous by opera’s ultimate diva, Maria Callas. The Met premiere of Cherubini’s rarely performed masterpiece marks Radvanovsky’s fourth new production with director David McVicar, who also designed the sets for this vivid, atmospheric staging, simultaneously classical, updated, and timeless. Joining Radvanovsky are tenor Matthew Polenzani as Medea’s Argonaut husband, Giasone; soprano Janai Brugger as her rival for his love, Glauce; bass Michele Pertusi as her father, Creonte, the King of Corinth; and mezzo-soprano Ekaterina Gubanova as Medea’s confidante, Neris. In an impressive fall trifecta at the Met, Maestro Carlo Rizzi conducts Medea, in addition to Don Carlo and Tosca.
A co-production of the Metropolitan Opera, Greek National Opera, Canadian Opera Company, and Lyric Opera of Chicago

Relive The Music: 50s & 60s Rock 'n Roll
2022-11-18 19:30 - 21:30 | Cowichan Performing Arts Centre, 2687 James Street, Duncan, BC, V9L 2X5, Canada
Simply the Best Talent presents

BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND WITH NEW MEMBERS, MUSIC MORE FUN SINCE YOU LAST SAW US! 50s & 60s Rock Opera Musical Concert with a Broadway feel with band, singers, dancers, tributes, video and trivia.

Millennials buy tickets to this show for your parents and grandparents. They will have a blast with memories.

A one of a kind show that takes the audience through music history, trivia & memories of the 50s & 60s. You will learn many things you never knew about these artists. You will see an energetic band, amazing frontline singers and dancers transforming and re-living through two decades of music, costumes, trends and dancing along with informative video imagery in the background.

Performing HITS from Roy Orbison, Johnny Cash, Frank Sinatra, Doris Day, Patti Page, Dean Martin, Fats Domino, Little Richard, Led Zeppelin, Steppenwolf, The Platters, Bill Haley and the Comets, Elvis, Paul Anka, Patsy Cline, Jerry Lee Lewis, Ritchie Valens, Buddy Holly, Ricky Nelson, Chuck Berry, Connie Francis, The Beach Boys, Chubby Checker, Dion, The Chordettes, Nat King Cole, Aretha Franklin, The Four Seasons, The Beatles, The Temptations, The Supremes, The Rolling Stones, Sonny and Cher, The Shirelles, The Righteous Brothers, The Marvelettes, The Angles, Nancy Sinatra, The Ronettes, The Ventures, Tina Turner, Neil Diamond, and more…

Cabaret: Raine Hamilton - Cancelled
2022-11-03 19:30 - 21:30 | Cowichan Performing Arts Centre, 2687 James Street, Duncan, BC, V9L 2X5, Canada
Raine is part prairie songstress, part storyweaver; each song has a story, delivered between songs with humour and grace.

Raine invites deep love of the violin into the singer-songwriter genre, writing for violin and voice, as well as for guitar and voice. Joined by cello and upright bass, expect string arrangements that push and pull, that move as they console. A classical violinist and musicologist by training, Raine and their string trio offer string-quartet-like arrangements of Raine’s original songs. They call this chamber-folk, a hybrid of the classical tradition of string quartet chamber music, with the singer songwriter folk that comes so organically to Raine.

CPAC Cabaret performances feature up-close and intimate concerts with cabaret-style seating onstage. Ticket availability per show is limited.

Cabaret: Qairo
2022-11-01 19:30 - 21:30 | Cowichan Performing Arts Centre, 2687 James Street, Duncan, BC, V9L 2X5, Canada
Qairo is a fiery and dynamic ensemble that combines the emotional charged vocals and pulsing rhythms of flamenco dance with the infectious melodies and ear-popping tonalities of the Mediterranean diaspora. The seven person ensemble’s tight-knit and eclectic members hail from France, Spain, Canada and Turkey to create unique blend of world music.

From Spain to Turkey to India (with stops along the way), Qairo is music for dancing — no matter where you’re from. It’s Turkish micro-tones played on an Indian bansuri flute, original flamenco verses “sung” by a clarinet, Balkan rhythms punctuated by Andalucian guitar, and flamenco footwork pounded out like improvised jazz. Qairo is guitar, oud, clarinet, bansuri, saxophone, cajon, electric bass, cante (flamenco song) and baile (flamenco dance) acting like they belong on stage together — and pulling it off.

CPAC Cabaret performances feature up-close and intimate concerts with cabaret-style seating onstage. Ticket availability per show is limited.

An Evening With Mary Walsh
2022-10-30 19:30 - 21:30 | Cowichan Performing Arts Centre, 2687 James Street, Duncan, BC, V9L 2X5, Canada
Canadian cultural icon, comedienne and social activist MARY WALSH will perform some of her best comedic bits and most popular characters from Dancing With Rage, CODCO and This Hour Has 22 Minutes, along with up-to-the-minute local political satire.

Hailing from St. John’s, NL, Mary Walsh was an original member of the infamous CODCO sketch comedy series, which ran on CBC Television from 1987 to 1992. In 1992, she began to work with Rick Mercer, creating and starring in the highly acclaimed series This Hour Has 22 Minutes, where Mary’s Warrior Princess character Marg Delahunty became famous for ambushing politicians and submitting them to satirical interviews. In 2011 she reprised the role of Marg Delahunty, conducting the now infamous ambush interview of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford at his home. Mary Walsh is the recipient of 25 Gemini awards, the Order of Canada award and in 2012 she received a Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards for Lifetime Artistic Achievement.

Completely Creedence
2022-10-29 19:30 - 22:00 | Cowichan Performing Arts Centre, 2687 James Street, Duncan, BC, V9L 2X5, Canada
Completely Creedence, a Creedence Clearwater Revival (CCR) tribute band, invites you to experience the incredible music of John Fogerty and CCR. It’s a night that will transport you back in time to an era of incredible music with a tribute experience that will put a spell on you. CCR dominated the airwaves in the late 1960’s and early 1970’s. Their musical style encompassed the roots rock and swamp rock genres with hits like Proud Mary, I Put a Spell On You, Suzie Q, Fortunate Son, Bad Moon Rising and many more. Completely Creedence is a four-piece musical group made up of four guys who are veterans in the industry stemming from incredible musical backgrounds.

The band features:

Jamie Robertson on vocals and rhythm guitar
Todd Smiley on drums
Murray Atkinson on guitar
Lance Lapointe on bass guitar

Audiences have marvelled about how remarkably similar Robertson’s voice sounds to John Fogerty’s, capturing all the subtle nuances of his vocals. Completely Creedence delivers a musical experience where your love of CCR will live on through these four incredible musicians who share your passion of CCR’s music.

Washboard Union: Everbound Tour
2022-10-26 19:30 - 21:30 | Cowichan Performing Arts Centre, 2687 James Street, Duncan, BC, V9L 2X5, Canada
Cowichan Performing Arts Centre and Gee Dan Productions present

With special guest: Raquel Cole

As the three-time reigning CCMA Group of the Year and five-time CCMA Roots Artist/Album of the Year, The Washboard Union are among Canada’s preeminent country bands, and one of the most talked about Canadian bands today. Led by step-brothers Aaron Grain & Chris Duncombe and their best friend David John Roberts, The Washboard Union share a love for the art of song writing and storytelling that has resonated with audiences from North America to Europe. Certified Gold twice in Canada, the band has had seven Top 10 hits and numerous Top 20 hits, and was the first country band to win the JUNO Award for Breakthrough Group of the Year; a multi-genre category. On their latest album Everbound, released in April 2020, The Washboard Union keeps the good times rolling with an irresistible blend of roof-raising anthems and poignant ballads, coupled with their impeccable three-part harmony and top-notch musicianship.

Awards & Achievements

JUNO Awards: First and Only Country Group to ever win the JUNO for Breakthrough Group of the Year (2019)
3x consecutive CCMA Group of the Year (2018-2020) (First Artist in a decade to win 3 in a row)
5x consecutive CCMA Roots Artist/Album of the Year(First Artist in a decade to win 5 in a row) (2016-2020)
9 career-to-date CCMA Award Wins (2016-2020)• 2x Certified Gold Artist: “Country Thunder” (2021)“Shot of Glory” (2017)
WCMA: Country Artist of the Year (2017)
19 career-to-date BCCMA Award Wins (2015-2020) including Entertainer of the Year, Album of the Year, Group or Duo of the Year, Songwriter(s) of the Year, Single of the Year and more.

Dancers Of Damelahamid: Minowin
2022-10-22 19:30 - 20:30 | Cowichan Performing Arts Centre, 2687 James Street, Duncan, BC, V9L 2X5, Canada
Students grades 8–12 $5
Mînowin illuminates the process of finding direction and explores understandings of organic moments that arise when we connect with one another. These connections breathe new life into our artistic practices and offer critical inquiries with performance spaces.
Through integrating narrative, movement, song, performance, and new multimedia design, Mînowin connects landscapes and Coastal form line with contemporary perspectives of customary Indigenous dance forms. The Dancers of Damelahamid draw from origin stories and explore ways to translate these perspectives through a contemporary lens. Through multimedia elements, this production balances the performance space by adding contemporary reflections of Indigenous identity, immersing audiences in a narrative that illustrates moments of connection, understanding, and renewal.
Opening performance from the Cowichan Tzinquaw Dancers!

Dancers of Damelahamid is an Indigenous dance company founded upon over five decades of extensive work of song and dance revitalization. For countless generations Indigenous dance played an integral part in defining art and culture. In response to the lifting of the Potlatch Ban (1884 – 1951), was the resurfacing of dance and the awakening of an art form that was outlawed for almost 70 years. The Dancers of Damelahamid emerged in the 1960s out of an urgency to ensure that these artistic practices were not lost.
The Dancers of Damelahamid has since established itself as a leading professional Indigenous dance company. The company’s artistic approaches have contributed to its abilities to bridge creative practices and to work with innovative mediums, while maintaining commitment to the integrity of their artistic legacy. It is through continual and diligent practice that this dance form endures as non-static and relevant to current innovation, influence, and insights.
