Date: November 2, 2024 (Saturday)
Time: 2:00 P.M. & 7:30 P.M.
Venue: Vancouver Playhouse (600 Hamilton Street)
Ticket: $60, $50, $40
This Fusion Cantonese opera, performed in Cantonese and English with English & Chinese subtitles, tells the life story of Wah-Kwan Gwan (1929-2000), a prop master born to a Chinese father and an Indigenous mother in B.C. ‘The Prop Master’s Dream’ is a two-hour production that explores Gwan’s journey as he returns to Canada, faces identity challenges, and uncovers the cultural legacy of Vancouver’s Chinese community through opera, Indigenous drumming, and modern jazz.'
Cantonese opera (粵劇) is one of the major categories in Chinese opera, originating in southern China’s Guangdong Province. It is a traditional Chinese art form, involving music, singing, martial arts, acrobatics, and acting. The Vancouver Cantonese Opera is a non-profit society incorporated on June 30th, 2000. Our mission is to preserve and promote Cantonese opera in Canada. We endeavor to present the unique traditional art form of Cantonese opera at the highest level to both Chinese and non-Chinese audiences. We also strive to collaborate with our stakeholders to meet the fundamental need for spiritual and aesthetic satisfaction and richness in our lives.
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The Vancouver Cantonese Opera is a non-profit society incorporated on June 30th, 2000. Our mission is to preserve and promote Cantonese opera in Canada. We endeavor to present the unique traditional art form of Cantonese opera at the highest level to both Chinese and non-Chinese audiences.
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is a non-profit and charitable society with a mission to preserve and promote Cantonese opera in Canada.
We are grateful to live and work on the unceded and ancestral lands of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.
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