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Hot Entertainment » by Sheri Radford

Skate Date The Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games may be just a distant memory, but you can recapture some of the spirit at the Investors Group Stars on Ice presented by Lindt (page 66). Silver medallists Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir (pictured) and Patrick Chan headline an impressive roster of Canada’s best skaters that also includes Kurt Browning, Joannie Rochette and Jeffrey Buttle. It’s ice ice baby, May 15 at Rogers Arena.

Under the Big Top Quebec’s Robert Lepage has spent his career push- ing the boundaries of live theatre. Now the award- winning multidisciplinary artist has teamed up with Quebec’s equally ground-breaking Cirque du Soleil (page 62) to write and direct Totem. This new show uses comedy, music, surprising visual effects and jaw-dropping acrobatics to trace humankind’s jour- ney. Catch all the circus wizardry May 15 to Jun. 29.

“Country Man” What do you get when you mix over-the-top musi- cal talent with movie-star good looks, then add in s e a dash of goofy charm? , who brings his mag That’s My Kind of Night Tour to town May 3 (Rogers Arena; page 64). Last year’s Academy of Entertainer of the Year is promoting his latest ©OSAoto I album, , and its chart-topping singles il Ph e “That’s My Kind of Night,” “” and “Play It Again.” Consider it a little taste of Nashville, right

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