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Theatre review: People, Places and Things dives inside the rehab bubble with bold theatricality

At The Cultch, The Search Party play’s strong performances, dry wit, and inventive staging capture the disorientation of addiction and the stories we tell ourselves about it

THEATREJanet SmithMarch 13, 2026The Search Party, THE CULTCH, The Cultch, Warrior Festival, Homepage feature

The Collaborators brings retrospective of cinematic art to Paul Kyle Gallery, to March 28

Nettie Wild’s projected and VR-headset works include a mesmerizing three-channel ode to herring migration, the salmon-run-themed Uninterrupted, and “moving paintings”

ART & DESIGN, SCREEN, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithMarch 13, 2026Paul Kyle Gallery, Nettie Wild

Fast-paced romance Shakespeare in Love lands at Metro Theatre, April 3 to 25

Story follows the passionate affair between penniless playwright Will and beautiful young woman Viola de Lesseps

THEATREStir VancouverMarch 13, 2026Partner Content, Metro Theatre, Shakespeare

Theatre review: Pyper retells folk tales to explore our relationship with AI and algorithms

Cyborg teenagers struggle with the same fears about technology that their human counterparts do in this visually spare, idea-charged production by UBC Theatre

Hamlet, Prince of Denmark captures the inner turmoil of a man zeroed in on revenge

In a DanceHouse presentation, Guillaume Côté and Robert Lepage stage their tightly paced adaptation of Shakespeare’s story

Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival celebrates 20th edition, March 26 to April 17

Milestone season features expanded celebrations, new traditions, and citywide gatherings under pink canopies

FESTSStir VancouverMarch 13, 2026Partner Content, Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival

Top-notch cast assembles for staged reading of The Stranger at PAL Studio Theatre, March 13 to 15

Based on an early Agatha Christie story, the play focuses on a woman’s impulsive marriage to a charming mystery man

WHAT'S STIRRING, THEATREJanet SmithMarch 12, 2026Western Gold Theatre, Agatha Christie

Western Front presents Karen Ng's improvised concert Backwards Blue, March 26

Toronto-based artist is known for her prowess as a saxophonist and creative music collaborations

MUSICStir VancouverMarch 12, 2026Partner Content, Western Front

Brahms X Radiohead finds common ground between classical music and alternative rock

Composer and conductor Steve Hackman has no fear of crossing stylistic boundaries

MUSICJanet SmithMarch 12, 2026Homepage feature, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, VSO

Cascade Peaks ChamberFest announces a world premiere for its inaugural vocal ensemble program

At a July 20 concert, faculty lead Mark Vuorinen directs Where Wildness Lives by renowned B.C. composer Imant Raminsh

Party atmosphere of Danceboy celebrates self-discovery and the joys of Bollywood

Multifaceted theatremakers Munish Sharma and Gavan Cheema bring an eight-year-long project to completion by working beyond stage conventions

In Fall(se) Circ(us), dancers embrace cycles of frenzied work and relatable exhaustion

At the Roundhouse, Little Room Productions’ inaugural piece draws on choreographer Isak Enquist’s lifelong experience in martial arts

Indigenous science-fiction film Slash/Back screens at the Shadbolt Centre, March 27

When an alien invasion threatens a remote town in Nunavut, three teenage girls must save the day

At The Polygon Gallery, Photolithics presents a decade of Tania Willard on an epic scale

The large, provocative works in the Secwépemc artist’s biggest solo exhibition to date mesh with uniquely luminous spaces

Franklinland takes an irreverent look at one of the Founding Fathers of the United States

Actor Brian Markinson says Lloyd Suh’s script takes artistic liberties with the life of Benjamin Franklin

THEATREJanet SmithMarch 10, 2026Arts Club Theatre Company

Bansuri player Lara Wong and flamenco guitarist Melón Jiménez cultivate otherworldly sounds at the Kay Meek, March 19 to 21

Tracks off the pair’s Juno-nominated 2024 album Confluencias trace the music traditions of Spain and India

MUSIC, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithMarch 10, 2026Kay Meek Arts Centre, Kay Meek

Vancouver Opera stages Giacomo Puccini’s beloved opera La Bohème, April 25 to May 3

Music director emeritus Jonathan Darlington returns to conduct this Parisian love story tested by the bittersweet passage of time

MUSICStir VancouverMarch 10, 2026Partner Content, Vancouver Opera, VANCOUVER OPERA

$At Vancouver Greek Film Festival, visual innovation throws light on social fracture$

At Vancouver Greek Film Festival, visual innovation throws light on social fracture

In series at The Cinematheque, vintage home-movie glow of Kyuka: Before Summer’s End and hallucinatory shades of Harvest reveal tension and crisis beneath domestic and communal surfaces

Legendary Inuk artist Susan Aglukark and throat-singing duo PIQSIQ perform at the Chan Centre, April 12

Award-winning artists reclaim Arctic sounds with soaring vocals

Theatre review: Fears about motherhood infuse poetic, darkly humorous Liste des enfants dévorés par les loups

With warped sitcom rhythms, Caroline Bélisle’s new play brings together two old friends to contend with contemporary ambivalence about bringing children into the world

THEATREJanet SmithMarch 9, 2026Theatre la Seizieme, Théâtre la Seizième

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