MUSIC
What: Mary Flower and Doug Cox
Where: Upstairs Lounge at Oak Bay Recreation Centre, 1975 Bee St.
When: Saturday, April 20, 7:30 p.m. (doors at 6 for dinner service)
Tickets: $20 at Nicholas Randall (2180 Oak Bay Ave.) and Oak Bay Recreation Centre; $25 at the door
Why: Cumberland’s Doug Cox and Portland’s Mary Flower will combine their guitar-playing talents at the Oak Bay Recreation Centre’s Upstairs Lounge on Saturday, with a night of music that will likely include some of the finest of blues and folk your ears will have the pleasure of hearing. Flower doesn’t appear in the area often, and Cox never plays with anyone less than legendary, so expect this rare opportunity to create plenty of fretboard fireworks.
FILM
What: The Radicals
Where: Cinecenta, University of Victoria Student Union Building
When: Thursday, April 18, 7 p.m.
Admission: $5
Why: A big-picture documentary with local implications continues its run through Western Canada with a screening tonight at the University of Victoria. The Radicals follows the journey of several competitive surfers and snowboarders (Marie France Roy, Tamo Campos and Jasper Snow Rosen among them) as they join members of First Nations communities to battle mining companies and fish farms through affected areas in the province. The showing will have a personal touch tonight: Proceeds from the hour-long film will be donated to impacted communities featured in the film.
THEATRE
What: Quartet
Where: Langham Court Theatre, 805 Langham Ct.
When: Tonight through May 4
Tickets: $23 (21 for students and $17 for seniors) through langhamtheatre.ca, by phone from 250-384-2142 or in person at the Langham Court Theatre box office
Why: Four former opera singers living in a retirement home for musicians hold down the fort in Ronald Harwood’s play about mortality, and what happens to the creative spark that helps artists burn so brightly after the stage lights dim for good. The dramedy is focused on the relationships that bind the four singers, each of whom are asked to take the stage for one final bow, in celebration of Giuseppe Verdi’s birthday, during a gala concert being held at the retirement home.
