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The energetic one-woman musical about trailblazing Mohawk poet Pauline E. Johnson is back
Featuring artists from Laura Ortman to Jesse Zubot and Pura Fé, Improvised Arts Society event spans cello looping, crocheting with music, and an Indigenous banquet
Enhanced with lighting and video, premiere finds Vancouver tap star connecting with pianist-percussionist Kristian Alexandrov and pushing far beyond jazz standards
The scholarship-winning Cree, Okanagan, and Laichwiltach artist is making his ancestors proud, performing in evening featuring works by the likes of Crystal Pite, Marco Goecke, and Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui
Members have individually collaborated with everyone from Brian Eno to Tool to Mr. Mister, and owe their connection to King Crimson’s Robert Fripp
Theatre artists Tony Adams and Joylyn Secunda unpack the theme of transformation through self-acceptance in their respective shows
The theme The Ties That Bind explores family in all forms, with event set to run June 1 to 30
With sweeping scope, documentary at VIFF Centre blends styles to track respected Indigenous astronomer’s journey
Production tells the late-1800s story of trailblazing Mohawk poet-performer Pauline Johnson
Together, groups perform Niel Golden’s Hindustani-driven premiere, as well as Moshe Denburg’s Ani Ma-amin and Farshid Samandari’s Asheghaneh
Critically acclaimed play explores young fathers connecting over shared struggles
Standing O, as British pianist launches concert series with a carefully considered performance that moves from youthful playfulness to fatalistic angst
Show topics span technology, neurodiversity, loss, and more across 14 mainstage presentations, including Multi – Vs, Silent Howl, and The Ballad of Georges Boivin
Sophisticated choreography, with nods to classical roots, drive Medhi Walerski’s Chamber, SWAY, and the new Pieces of Tomorrow
Artistic director and former avid summer camper Jalen Saip tapped into her experiences for a show about the wild world of canoeing, campfires, and crushes
Roots-and-blues musician playing the Kay Meek Arts Centre on May 17 has strummed alongside Vieux Farka Touré in Mali, toured England by bicycle, and more
Two shows, one for infants ages 0 to 2 and one for neurodiverse children ages 4 and up, will be hosted as part of the Micro Performance Series
Playful metal molds, sea glass, handcut leather, and fine tourmalines are just some of the materials transformed into jewellery by more than 90 artists from around the world
Joined by trumpet player Jens Lindemann and pianist Ian Parker, ensemble will perform Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9, “From the New World”
Acclaimed English pianist will perform 12 Schubert piano sonatas over the course of four concerts at the Vancouver Playhouse, starting May 11
Canadian choreographer Denise Fujiwara spent years creating dance out of the constraints in Christian Bök’s celebrated, vowel-happy book
Comprehensive display of painter-printmaker’s works highlights his signature abstracts, his iconic West Coast landscapes, and his unique merging of the two
Vocalist Shruti Ramani sings for the band that draws upon the raga
Multi-part project explores Filipinx composer and ethnomusicologist’s pioneering work through photographs, objects, scores, and more
Paper planes, food rituals, and more, in Urban Ink and The Cultch production that maps the connections and disconnections over decades
Inventive trio brings genre-bending sound and characteristic improvisations to the stage in copresentation with the Rickshaw Theatre
Mixing strength and fragility, new sculpture made from found objects will feature in season-closing program devoted to choreography by artistic director
Vancouver Improvised Arts Society event will feature several talented musicians, including Brooklyn-based Apache experimental violinist Laura Ortman
New DOXA Documentary Film Festival feature tells the incredible story of the Armstrong company, and how spending childhood summers there inspired McNeil’s own art-making
First 400 copies of new anthology by 16 Canadian playwrights will be distributed to schools in Vancouver, Winnipeg, Toronto, and Montreal