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Queen Elizabeth Theatre & Vancouver Playhouse
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BC Place
Entertainment Venues
Queen Elizabeth Theatre
& Vancouver Playhouse
Home to the Vancouver Opera and
Ballet BC, and hosting many guest
artists, the Queen Elizabeth
Theatre is located in a 1960s-built,
Modernist venue. Adjacent to this
theater, in an urbane yet cozy 672-
seat space, is the Vancouver
Playhouse Theatre Compa-
ny, which features clas-
sics by Shakespeare,
Shaw, and others,
along with modern
US and Canadian
plays.
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Hamilton
at Dunsmuir sts
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Map L4
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604 665
3050
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www.city.
vancouver.bc.ca/theatres
General Motors (GM) Place
This huge venue is home to
the Vancouver Canucks National
Hockey League team. The stadi-
um is also one of the busiest
entertainment venues in North
America: since 1995, the venue
has hosted some 170 concerts
and events each year.
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Pacific Blvd N at Abbott St
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Map L4
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604 899 7889
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www.canucks.com/gm
BC Place
A Vancouver
landmark with its
white-domed roof,
this stadium
opened in 1983. Its
covering is the largest
air-supported roof in the world.
Football is the main attraction, fea-
turing the BC Lions, as well as
major concerts and trade shows.
The stadium converts in a few
hours from a 70,000-seat football
field to a 30,000-seat concert bowl.
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777 Pacific Blvd
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Map L4-L5
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604
669 2300
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www.bcplacestadium.com
Commodore Ballroom sign
Commodore Ballroom
The Commodore has been
around for more than 75 years.
Its eclectic national and interna-
tional acts have included Talking
Heads, Tina Turner, and Dizzy
Gillespie, as well as Canada's
hottest bands and solo artists,
and world music performers.
Tickets required
(see p74)
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Vancouver
East Cultural Centre
Canadian and international the-
ater and dance, Baroque opera,
music from string quartets to
bluegrass, and family programs
are all presented in this renovat-
ed 1909 Methodist church.
Folksy with an avant-garde twist
best describes the shows in this
casual, small-theater setting.
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1895 Venables St
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Map B2
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604
251 1363
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www.vecc.bc.ca
Stanley Theatre
This 1930s movie house was
restored to its former elegance
in 1998. It is now home to musi-
cals, classical plays, and come-
dies. The Stanley is one of the
city's most nostalgic venues, a
classic favorite remembered
fondly by many oldtimers.
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2750 Granville St
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Map B2
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604 687 1644
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www.artsclub.com
For events listings, check out
The Georgia Straight
, a free weekly
Vancouver tabloid
See p110
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