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Vancouver Bach Family of Choirs joins forces for SummerSing on May 10

Annual event kicks off the warmer months with performances of folk songs, highlighting the voices of choirs of all ages

Undeniable Accusations of Red Cadmium Light blends sly comedy and social commentary, at the Firehall Arts Centre to May 3

Prolific playwright Drew Hayden Taylor bases the new work on real forgeries of paintings by late Anishinaabe artist Norval Morrisseau

THEATRE, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithApril 17, 2026FIREHALL, Firehall Arts Centre, Drew Hayden Taylor

Shrek the Musical brings family-friendly fun to Massey Theatre, April 17 to May 3

Based on DreamWorks Animation’s 2001 hit, Royal City Musical Theatre presents the beloved tale of an ogre defending his swamp and finding love and friendship along the way

WHAT'S STIRRING, THEATREJanet SmithApril 13, 2026Royal City Musical Theatre, Massey Theatre

B.C.-filmed Hunting Matthew Nichols toys with true-crime documentaries, opening April 10

Creepy trip into the West Coast woods has been earning praise for its fresh spin on the horror genre

SCREEN, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithApril 10, 2026Park Theatre

Local lens-based artists share their influences in The Cinematheque x Capture Film Series, to April 25

As part of Capture Photography Festival, Dana Claxton, Althea Thauberger, and Stephen Waddell screen the films that shaped them

WHAT'S STIRRING, SCREEN, FESTSJanet SmithApril 7, 2026Capture Photography Festival, The CInematheque

Gli Incogniti explores a musical enigma in Early Music Vancouver presentation, April 17

Amandine Beyer and her Baroque ensemble play compositions by an Italian violinist whose life and music are shrouded in mystery.

Sakura Days Japan Fair brings vibrant Nikkei culture to VanDusen Botanical Garden, April 11 and 12

In its 20th edition, the annual Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival celebrates Japanese artistry and eclectic cuisine

In the Same Room unites CapU Choirs and featured artists for an evening of cultural sharing through song, April 11

Saina Khaledi and Shruti Ramani are among the talented musicians joining the program of Baroque music, contemporary Indigenous songs, and beyond

The Improv Centre's outer space send-up Exploration Blank blasts off April 9

Alan Pavlakovic produces for the first time since stepping into the role of artistic director

WHAT'S STIRRING, COMEDYJanet SmithMarch 23, 2026The Improv Centre, improv

Quebec’s Myriam Gendron brings traditional songs into the here and now at Alliance Française, March 27

The singer-songwriter rearranges folk music with her finger-picking guitar and burnished alto voice as part of Unwritten Weekend

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

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

Pyper lives in world where AI-generated teens struggle with their own reality, at Frederic Wood Theatre from March 11 to 28

Award-winning play by Susanna Fournier offers an unsettling, witty update of fairy-tale themes as old as Pinocchio and the Pied Piper

THEATRE, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithMarch 4, 2026UBC Theatre

Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival scales peaks and paraglides down, February 27 to March 11

Views and feats to inspire, from a Women Mountaineers program at The Cinematheque to the Everest tales of adventure filmmaker Elia Saikaly

Emergence: Women in the Storm looks at B.C. communities rebuilding from climate disaster, to March 2

At VIFF Centre, new Velcrow Ripper and Nova Ami documentary finds women leading residents out of wildfire and flood catastrophes, in Lytton, Yarrow, and beyond

SCREEN, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithFebruary 20, 2026VIFF, VIFF Centre, Vancouver International Film Festival

Nunsense blesses audiences with witty humour galore at Metro Theatre, February 27 to March 21

Musical comedy by Dan Goggin stars five nuns on a money-making mission

THEATRE, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithFebruary 19, 2026Metro Theatre

Tymisha Harris brings joie de vivre to a cabaret icon in Josephine, February 25 to March 1

Burlesque-infused biographical play tells of the legendary African-American performer’s wide-ranging accomplishments

THEATRE, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithFebruary 18, 2026Kay Meek Arts Centre, Kay Meek, Tymisha Harris

Baritone Geoffrey Schellenberg sings the role of Figaro in The Barber of Seville, February 21 to 28

Gioachino Rossini’s opera buffa is the subject of countless pop-culture references by characters like Bugs Bunny and Homer Simpson

Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie time travels to absurd new heights, at the Park Theatre February 13 to 26

Matt Johnson is back with a chaotic, unabashedly Canadian followup to the cult web series

WHAT'S STIRRING, SCREENJanet SmithFebruary 12, 2026The Park, Matt Johnson, Park Theatre

Radiohead on the roster as Leslie Dala plays piano recital at Behind the Keys, February 13

Vancouver Bach Family of Choirs’ Valentine’s fundraiser program spans Christopher O’Riley’s arrangements of the band’s songs and Mozart’s Fantasia in C minor

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