Homepage feature — Articles

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

People, Places & Things tackles addiction, despair, and hope at The Cultch

Director Mindy Parfitt finds inspiration with local implications in the darkness, wit, and honesty of Duncan Macmillan’s acclaimed play

THEATREJanet SmithMarch 2, 2026the Cultch, The Search Party, Homepage feature

Bilingual Montreal tunesmith Aleksi Campagne carries on a family tradition

At Festival du Bois, the singer-violinist will blend Québécois fiddle tunes with an indie-folk sensibility

MUSIC, FESTSJanet SmithFebruary 24, 2026Festival du Bois, Homepage feature, francophone

Theatre review: House of Folk evokes the spirit of the 1960s and the slippery nature of memory

Tracey Power’s musical revue poses open-ended questions at the Firehall Arts Centre

THEATREJanet SmithFebruary 20, 2026FIREHA:LL, Firehall Arts Centre, Homepage feature

Theatre review: Dial M for Murder's sly performances and stylish tension make for devilish fun

Under director Jillian Keiley’s deft hands, the pacing stays airtight and the dry comedy never tips into full camp.

THEATREJanet SmithFebruary 16, 2026Arts Club Theatre Company, Homepage feature

In Red Like Fruit, playwright Hannah Moscovitch grapples with the uncertainty of memory and consent

At The Cultch’s Warrior Festival, award-winning two-hander presents a provocative scenario where a man tells a woman’s story

Hoop dance and Métis jigging meet as Beany John and Sophie Dow take the stage at Matriarchs Uprising

The Dance Centre and O.Dela Arts present the piece that draws on the performers’ Indigenous ancestors

Vancouver arts groups mark Black History Month with film screenings, live music, and more

Artists like Dee Daniels, Brandon Thornhill, and Krystle Dos Santos are performing around the city this February

American-Swedish couple Champian Fulton and Klas Lindquist stoke their musical rapport at Jazz at the Bolt

Partners in music and life, the pianist-singer and sax master share a love of jazz’s rich history, plus a fresh warmth and energy on their first album together, At Home

MUSICJanet SmithFebruary 4, 2026Jazz at the Bolt, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, Homepage feature

In Batshit, Aussie artist unpacks grandmother’s psychiatric mistreatment in unexpected ways

Drawing on everything from absurd comedy to cabaret, Leah Shelton ties family tragedy to a system that still pathologizes women as “hysterical”, “high-strung”, or god forbid, “hormonal”

THEATREJanet SmithFebruary 4, 2026THE CULTCH, The Cultch, Warrior Festival, Homepage feature

Royal Winnipeg Ballet’s T’əl: The Wild Man of the Woods braids Indigenous storytelling with classical dance

Rising Tla’amin choreographer Cameron sinkʷə Fraser-Monroe draws on a tale he heard growing up for a large-scale work that joins Carmina Burana on a double bill

DANCEJanet SmithFebruary 2, 2026Royal Winnipeg Ballet, Homepage feature, Cameron Fraser-Monroe, Indigenous