Local Arts

The search is on for a "spunky, friendly and big-voiced" girl to play everybody's favourite orphan. The Royal City Musical Theatre Company is holding two casting call sessions to cast the title role in its upcoming April production of Annie.

Baba Brinkman's Rap Guide to Evolution onstage until Nov. 10

There's no shortage of good causes to support in the Royal City this weekend - and you may even come home with a new trinket or two.

A New Westminster composer has been honoured with a Western Canadian Music Award. John Oliver won the Classical Composition of the Year honour for his orchestral composition Forging Utopia. In a press release, Oliver said he is "elated" by the win.

Friday, November 1 Artisan Crafts for Africa, 4 to 8 p.m. at the CAW Hall, 326 12th St., New Westminster, proceeds to Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign of the Stephen Lewis Foundation.

It's described as "Shakespeare unhinged," and it's coming to the stage at Douglas College. The college's theatre and stagecraft & event technology departments are putting on a retooled version of Shakespeare's Macbeth, A Macbeth, by Charles Marowitz.

New Westminster poet brings to life the voices of those who perished in the 1985 bombing of Flight 182

Ongoing to Saturday, October 26 Let's Murder Marsha, a comedy-thriller opening the Vagabond Players' new season, Thursdays to Saturdays at 8 p.m., at Bernie Legge Theatre, Queen's Park, New Westminster. Tickets $15, or $13 students/seniors.

It's shaping up to be another busy weekend in the Royal City - and a perfect time to support local businesses and community groups.

Four local bands will be playing their hearts out next Friday night for a chance to open for Hey Ocean! The bands are taking to the stage at the Massey Theatre on Friday, Nov. 1 at 7 p.m. as part of the Momentum Youth Arts Festival.