Granville Island
A Spring Break camp for teens promises to teach not only improv comedy, but creativity, teamwork, trust, acceptance, listening, storytelling, character creation and environment.
Vancouver TheatreSports League’s Teen Spring Break Improv Camp provides an immersion into core improvisation skills March 16 to 20. The camp is divided into two daily sessions with mornings dedicated to Grades 8, 9 and 10 and the afternoons to Grades 11 and 12. Each class can accommodate up to 16 students.
Instruction, which takes place at the Improv Centre on Granville Island, provides students with onstage experience in a professional theatre setting.
The league’s experienced and supportive instructors will coach students through a variety of improv games and exercises to hone the skills needed for great improvised scenes.
The camp will culminate in a live performance with students showcasing their improv knowledge. This teen improv camp is ideal for students interested in strengthening their performance or presentation skills and for teens who want to work on becoming a little more outgoing.
For more information and a complete schedule visit vtsl.com.
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Also on Granville Island, Carousel Theatre for Young People presents the world premiere of Shakespearean Rhapsody, adapted by Mike Stack from the works of William Shakespeare and the Shakespeare Can Be Fun series of books by Lois Burdett.
A great introduction to the Bard, Shakespearean Rhapsody shares the tales of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Romeo and Juliet and The Tempest with young audiences. Shakespeare’s stories and the rhyming couplets of Lois Burdett are woven together in an “accessible, energetic romp complete with fairies, music and a whole lot of action.” Carousel Theatre for Young People, founded in 1976, provides playful and accessible theatrical experiences that promise to inspire, involve and educate. For more information, visit carouseltheatre.ca.
Stanley Park
Kids and adults who like monsters will want to check out the Vancouver Aquarium March 5 to Sept. 7.
The aquarium presents the Canadian premiere of Sea Monsters Revealed: The Exhibition, which promises to take visitors on an exciting journey to discover some of the world’s most amazing ocean-dwelling creatures.
Much like the human anatomy exhibits that now circle the globe, such as BodyWorks, Sea Monsters uses the polymer preservation technique, commonly called “plastination,” to reveal dissected bodies of these fascinating creatures from the deep.
The exhibit, including five large, free-standing creatures, offers a unique look inside and out of some of the most intriguing aquatic creatures ever discovered.
This collection includes a goliath grouper, five-metre long mako shark, predatory Humboldt squid and a metre-long ocean sunfish, the heaviest bony fish in the world. As well, for the price of admission, visitors can catch Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure 4-D, an action-packed film that will take viewers back 82 million years into prehistoric waters, home to colossal marine reptiles of the dinosaur age and some of the most intriguing creatures that ever lived on Earth. Visit vanaqua.org.
Mount Pleasant
The Mount Pleasant branch of the Vancouver Public Library hosts a free movie night March 20.
Captain America follows the story of a rejected soldier, Steve Rogers, who transforms into Captain America after taking a dose of a super-soldier serum. The movie runs from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at 1 Kingsway. The event is free. For more information on how to register, call 604-665-3962 or visit vpl.ca/events.
Various locations
Parent Support Services of B.C. hosts Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Support Circles for grandparents or any other family members raising a relative’s child on a full-time basis. Share parenting tips, financial problems, legal worries and make new friends who will understand. The Vancouver circle takes place Thursday evenings. Free child minding and refreshments are provided. Call 604-669-1616 or 503-558-4740 for more information or to register.
Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Support Circles are anonymous, confidential self-help groups offering weekly or bi-weekly meetings and other activities organized by trained volunteer facilitators. Visit parentsupportbc.ca for more information.
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