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Theatre review: Sophie's Surprise 29th throws the season’s wildest party, mixing offbeat laughs and high-calibre acrobatics

At The Cultch’s York Theatre, wonderfully weird characterizations meet gravity-defying feats in a raucously unpretentious banger that has “hit” written all over it

THEATREJanet SmithJune 11, 2026The Cultch, THE CULTCH, The York Theatre, circus

Summer Arts Guide: Vancouver stage artists reveal their favourite pre- and post-show patio spots

Whether you’re looking for a quick drink and snack, conversation, reflection, or people-watching, these airy meeting places hit their marks

Antigone lands at Bard on the Beach's Douglas Campbell Theatre, starting June 30

Playwright Kate Besworth and director Ming Hudson team up for a contemporary adaptation of the classical Sophocles tragedy

THEATREStir VancouverJune 11, 2026Partner Content, Bard on the Beach, Shakespeare, Summer 2026

Theatre scene's raucous new Rumpus Awards hope to come back in 2027

Cheeky, DIY theatre event aimed to throw light on the stage scene’s unsung heroes—and ended up selling out

THEATRE, NEWSJanet SmithJune 9, 2026Rumpus Awards, Neworld Theatre

Stir Q&A: Director Stephen Drover takes Macbeth into a dystopian near-future at Bard on the Beach

The veteran theatre artist grappled with big questions of good and evil, and took inspiration from genre films, for his visually stylized new adaptation

THEATREJanet SmithJune 8, 2026Bard on the Beach, Shakespeare, Macbeth, Stephen Drover, Summer 2026

Theatre review: Come From Away captures the humanity at the heart of hit musical

Elevated visual design and a strong, multitasking cast bring ample Newfoundland warmth to new Arts Club Theatre Company and Citadel Theatre coproduction

THEATREJanet SmithJune 5, 2026Homepage feature, Arts Club Theatre Company, Arts Club, Summer 2026

Merry Wives of Windsor star is an old hand at bringing Sir John Falstaff to the stage

Ashley Wright has helmed it himself, but in Bard on the Beach’s new production, he plays Shakespeare’s dissolute knight under the capable direction of Rebecca Northan

FESTS, THEATREJanet SmithJune 5, 2026Bard on the Beach, Shakespeare, Homepage feature, Summer 2026

Sophie’s Surprise 29th gets the party started with a few Brit circus twists

London’s Three Legged Race Productions folds in influences from contemporary circus to cabaret in a raucously funny show that celebrates a ’90s-style birthday at The York Theatre

Theatre review: Me & the Forest prefers profound pondering to straight-ahead storytelling

Boca del Lupo and ArtstageSAN’s show at the Vancouver International Children’s Festival is more of an immersive experience than a plot-driven play

Theatre reviews: Two bold shows at rEvolver Festival explore life in an increasingly synthetic world

Megan Milton’s Free Kittens and William Rubel’s Robin Redbreast in a Cage converge on close human relationships in an age of reality TV and AI

FESTS, THEATREJanet SmithMay 27, 2026Upintheair Theatre, rEvolver Festival

Come From Away highlights Newfoundland’s generous spirit, to August 16

The Arts Club teams up with Edmonton’s Citadel Theatre for new local production of the international smash-hit musical

WHAT'S STIRRING, THEATREJanet SmithMay 26, 2026Arts Club Theatre Company, Citadel Theatre

Theatre review: Salt-Water Moon's casting brings compelling undercurrent of melancholy to story of first love

Two senior artists play young Newfoundland couple in Western Gold Theatre’s gentle staging

THEATREJanet SmithMay 25, 2026Western Gold Theatre, PAL Theatre, Homepage feature

A thrilling Macbeth hits Bard on the Beach's BMO Mainstage, beginning June 11

Stephen Drover directs his own haunting adaptation of Shakespeare’s tragedy, laced with tyranny and moral corruption

FESTS, THEATREStir VancouverMay 25, 2026Partner Content, Bard on the Beach, Shakespeare, Summer 2026

Larger-than-life outdoor theatre adventure Me & The Forest comes to Granville Island, May 29 to June 14

Boca del Lupo returns to the outdoor stage in partnership with Korean puppet masters for five-metre-tall spectacle

Stir Cheat Sheet: Acrobatic officers to glowing islands, 4 shows to catch at the 2026 Vancouver International Children’s Festival

Event’s top works from across the country and the globe leap between juggling, circus, art installation, concert, and more

FESTS, MUSIC, THEATREStir VancouverMay 19, 2026Vancouver International Children's Festival

Bard on the Beach opens 2026 season with The Merry Wives of Windsor on the BMO Mainstage, starting June 9

Laugh-out-loud, music-filled production sets Shakespeare’s play in a fictional soccer-obsessed Vancouver suburb

THEATRE, FESTSStir VancouverMay 19, 2026Partner Content, Bard on the Beach, Shakespeare, Summer 2026

Stir Q&A: The Biting School’s Aryo Khakpour on Offending the Audience

The Vancouver director says there’s something “extraordinarily intimate” about Nobel Prize laureate Peter Handke’s 1966 “anti-play”

THEATREJanet SmithMay 15, 2026The Biting School, Tyrant Studios

Keith Alessi’s award-winning show draws on an inspirational true story at Western Gold Theatre, June 11 to 14

Tomatoes Tried to Kill Me But Banjos Saved My Life documents the creator’s retirement, cancer diagnosis, and pursuit of a long-deferred passion for music

THEATREStir VancouverMay 15, 2026Partner Content, Western Gold Theatre