Local Arts

ON NOW To Saturday, February 7 The Keith Richards One Woman Show, presented by Suitcase in Point Theatre at the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, 6450 Deer Lake Ave., Burnaby, 8 p.m. Tickets $15 to $35, www.shadboltcentre.com or call 604-205-3000.

Award-winning author teams up with illusionist for Chan Centre show

Many plays have powerful themes and symbolism, but it takes an actor like David Adams to convey those messages onstage.

Brennan Cuff gets a kick out of the fact that he's playing Gomez Addams in the upcoming Align Entertainment production of The Addams Family.

The conductor of the New Westminster Symphony Orchestra is featured in an upcoming concert by the award-winning Orchid Ensemble. The Juno-nominated group is performing on Sunday, Feb. 8 at 2 p.m. in Vancouver's Pyatt Hall.

ON NOW To Saturday, January 31 Art shows at the New Westminster Public Library, with a Young Creative Minds exhibition on the ramp gallery, and a New Westminster Photography Club exhibition upstairs. Info: www.nwpl.ca., 604-527-4660.

Here's a save-the-date for all musical theatre lovers out there - especially if, like me, you were a teenager in the 1980s.

Theatre invites everyone to join in 65th anniversary celebrations all year long

It's a showcase of young talent to support young talent. The Backstage Youth Performers Society is back at Massey Theatre this weekend with A Night of Stars, a fundraising gala featuring a wide range of dancers, musicians and singers.

When it comes to the annual Ovation Awards honouring the best in the Lower Mainland's musical theatre scene, New West is always in the mix - and this year is no different. The Ovation Awards were handed out on Sunday, Jan.