THEATRE
What: The House at Pooh Corner, Doug and the Slugs,
Where: McPherson Playhouse, 3 Centennial Sq.
When: Saturday, 4 p.m.; Sunday, 2 p.m.
Tickets: $14 (children 16 and under) and $23 (adults) from the Royal McPherson box office (250-386-6121) or rmts.bc.ca
Why: Based on the Winnie the Pooh series by A.A. Milne, and adapted for the stage by the exceptional Roderick Glanville, this Kaleidoscope Theatre production of The House at Pooh Corner (based on the book of the same name from 1928) is guaranteed to leave smiles on the faces of attendees big and small. Pooh and Christopher Robin join Eeyore, Owl, Piglet, Kanga, Tigger, and Roo for another adventure in the Hundred Acre Wood.
MUSIC
What: Doug and the Slugs
Where: Charlie White Theatre, 2243 Beacon Ave., Sidney
When: Wednesday, Feb. 26, 7:30 p.m.
Tickets: $52.50 from the Mary Winspear box office (250-656-0275) or tickets.marywinspear.ca
Why: The Vancouver barroom rockers will never look or feel the same without titular frontman Doug Bennett, who died in 2004. But the band is nothing if not resilient, and since 2009 has been carrying on the legacy with the blessing of Bennett’s family, with Ted Okos in the role of frontman. He joins various members of the original group for a show that will not disappoint those looking for a throwback to when the group ruled the province in the early 1980s. The band’s date in Sidney next week is part of a B.C. tour that includes a show at the Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver, where some of the band’s most iconic performances took place.
MUSIC
What: Rotten Little Kings
Where: The Rubber Boot Club, 1605 Store St.
When: Saturday, Feb. 22, 8 p.m.
Tickets: $10 from eventbrite.com
Why: Now that The Story of You and Me, their debut full-length, has been birthed into rock ‘n’ roll existence, Rotten Little Kings plan to celebrate with a raucous release-party concert at the Rubber Boot Club on Saturday. The band — singer-guitarist Jason Ziebart, guitarist James Love, bassist Dave Booth and drummer Ryan Hill — has created a twangy mix of rockabilly and blues, with Ziebart’s Chris Isaak-like tenor putting the concoction into overdrive on the album’s more upbeat tracks. It sounds like it was made to be performed live, so don’t miss the moment in the sun from this hard-working quartet.
