The final Pacific Arbour Tea & Trumpets concert of the season features the concert version of composer Johann Strauss Jr.'s most popular piece Die Fledermaus. Conducted by Maestro Bramwell Tovey, narrated by Christopher Gaze, and featuring the UBC Opera Ensemble, this 2pm matinee performance takes place on Thursday, May 15th at the Orpheum Theatre.

Make the most of the last few days of the Summer Holidays and visit Imperial War Museum North's Family Fun Day for the ideal Bank Holiday day out...

2008 Pritzker Architecture Laureate Jean Nouvel will speak at the National Building Museum on Tuesday, June 3, 2008 at 7:00 pm as part of the Museum's popular Spotlight on Design lecture series.

Victoria Theatre Association has announced the lineup for the second season of the new Universal 1 Variety Series at the Victoria Theatre. The 2008-2009 season brings the popular Off-Broadway hit Alter Boyz to Dayton, along with mentalist Craig Karges and the cutting-edge rhymes of Mayhem Poets.

The Royal Ontario Museum presents Shanghai 1860-1949: Historical Photographs, on display in the Herman Herzog Levy Gallery, part of the Asian Suite of Galleries on Level 1 of the Philosophers' Walk Wing, through October 26, 2008.

All wound up with nothing to do? Swing by the Exploratorium on September 6th, beginning at 10am, for the 2008 California State Yo-Yo Championships. Meet National and World Yo-Yo Champions.

From 1937's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs to the recent smash hit film Enchanted, Disney movie musicals and timeless animated classics have delighted audiences for generations. Erich Kunzel and the Cincinnati Pops welcome a talented group of performers to celebrate the magical music of Disney at historic Music Hall on Friday, May 9 and Saturday, May 10 at 8 p.m., with a Sunday matinee on May 11 at 3 p.m.

Sarah Garton Stanley, a daughter of the anglo exodus, raised in Westmount and recently returned to Quebec, is directing Michel Tremblay's Forever Yours, Marie-Lou at Centaur Theatre, in English.

The VSO presents the last London Drugs Vancouver Symphony Orchestra Pops concert of the season – Cool Britannia, featuring a sampling of the vast and varied repertoire made famous in concert halls and on movie screens worldwide.

DreamWorks Theatricals and Neal Street Productions, Ltd. are pleased to announce that SHREK THE MUSICAL will star Tony Award-nominee Brian d'Arcy James as Shrek, Chester Gregory II as Donkey and Tony Award-nominee John Tartaglia as Pinocchio.

York Theatre Royal and the National Railway Museum (NRM) have announced they are joining forces this summer to stage a magical new production of E. Nesbit’s much loved children’s tale The Railway Children. This must-see theatrical event will take place at the National Railway Museum from 17 July - 23 August.

Shout!, a groovy musical which takes audiences back to the fabulous, hazy days of the swinging 60s starring west-end and TV celebrity Claire Sweeney, and everyone's favourite Su Pollard, arrives at The Mayflower this autumn, 16 – 20 September 2008.

Continuing the tradition of fun family entertainment in the historic Victoria Theatre, Victoria Theatre Association has announced the lineup for the 2008-2009 Young at Heart Family Series. The five shows include high-kicking fun with a local dance troupe, country western charm with your favorite cowboy crooners, internationally renowned acrobats, a two-man comedic circus act and a new storybook treasure.

Jubilee Theatre announces auditions for the final show of the 2007-2008 season, Ain’t Misbehavin’: The Fats Waller Musical Show based on an idea by Murray Horwitz and Richard Maltby, Jr. Ron Himes, Founder and Producing Director of the St. Louis Black Rep, will direct Jubilee Theatre’s production.

"I wanna be a Producer..." That's what everyone will be singing after experiencing North Shore Music Theatre's New England Regional Premiere of Mel Brooks' 12-time Tony Award winning hit THE PRODUCERS. Kicking off NSMT's 2008 season, THE PRODUCERS runs May 13 - June 1, 2008 and Press Night is scheduled for May 15 at 7:30pm.