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Livestream finds bold new Frequencies in Pi Theatre's Provocateurs series

Virtual reality, synthesizers, dreams, and more

THEATREJanet SmithFebruary 17, 2021Pi Theatre, livestream, HEIST, Macbeth Muet, Pi Provocateurs

Lili Robinson speaks to a world that’s awakening, as the play Mx moves to livestream

Talk show, clowning, folklore, and more mix in a show whose messages about race have become even more relevant

THEATREJanet SmithFebruary 15, 2021livestream, The Cultch, Lili Robinson, Black History Month

Jack Zipes shares insights into how fairy tales offer truth and hope in the face of fascism

Vancouver’s MISCELLANEOUS Productions hosts a free online lecture and Q&A with the renowned folklorist

THEATRE, BOOKSGail JohnsonFebruary 12, 2021Miscellaneous Productions, Jack Zipes, theatre, youth

Cultchivating the Fringe winner Mx finds new life as a livestream production

Lili Robinson’s form-pushing hit explores mixed-race identity as part of the Cultch’s Black History Month program

THEATREStir VancouverFebruary 9, 2021Partner Content, The Cultch

Rishi & d Douen focuses on family and folklore from the Caribbean diaspora, to February 28

Carousel Theatre releases audio performance produced by Rumble Theatre with a fun East Van vibe

Resurrecting Dead Fairy Tales brings subversive stories back to life

MISCELLANEOUS Productions presents an online lecture and live Q&A with folklorist and fairy-tale expert Jack Zipes

THEATRE, READ, SCREENStir VancouverFebruary 3, 2021Partner Content, Miscellaneous Productions

Do you want what i have got? a craigslist cantata, last year's livestream hit, returns February 5 to 7

If you missed the musical that proved what virtual performance can do, you have another chance

THEATRE, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithFebruary 1, 2021The Cultch, livestream

Unmasking the Future gives behind-the-scenes look at Electric Company Theatre works in development, February 6

Carmen Aguirre and Jonathon Young talk about creating in a time of COVID-19

Theatre artist Carmen Aguirre releases video indictment of cancel culture in stage community

She calls for discourse instead of “purge” in talk originally scheduled for PuSh Rally

NEWS, THEATREJanet SmithJanuary 25, 2021cancel culture, Carmen Aguirre

Theatre review: The Cave serves up a strange, dark carnival of animal songs

Messages on climate crisis delivered in an unexpected, creatively charged cabaret

THEATREJanet SmithJanuary 23, 2021The Cultch

Through tamales and kitchen-table talk, Vancouver theatre artist draws attention to exploitation of migrant workers

Pedro Chamale hosts free virtual cooking demo and discussion in Playwrights Theatre Centre’s Unscripted: Made in Canada

CULINARY, THEATRE, SCREENGail JohnsonJanuary 21, 2021CULINARY, Theatre, rice and beans theatre, Playwrights Theatre Centre, PTC

Stir Q&A: composer-musician John Millard helps the animals sing in The Cave

In the climate-crisis cabaret, the artist gives voice to creatures great and small

THEATRE, LIVESTREAMJanet SmithJanuary 19, 2021The Cultch, The Cave, John Millard, livestream

Théâtre la Seizième, PuSh plead with B.C. government to hold COVID-19 talks with arts sector upon being forced to cancel VIOLETTE

Local arts groups say virtual-reality show had ‘‘drastic” safety measures in place; question why malls, bars, other public places can operate but not theatres with strict pandemic procedures

NEWS, STAGE, THEATREGail JohnsonJanuary 14, 2021NEWS, Stage, Theatre, Theatre la Seizieme, PuSh Festival, COVID-19

The cabaret meets the climate crisis in the Cultch's inventive The Cave, streaming January 22 to 24

Singing animals take refuge from a forest fire in multimedia show

THEATREStir VancouverJanuary 12, 2021Partner Content, The Cultch

Stir Cheat Sheet: 5 things you should know about A Brimful of Asha's storied history

Ravi Jain’s hit show streams online via Surrey Civic Theatres January 15 to 31

THEATREStir VancouverJanuary 12, 2021Surrey Civic Theatres, Brimful of Asha, Soulpepper Theatre, livestream

Alain Grégoire steps in as interim artistic and managing director at Théâtre la Seizième

He spent 16 years as general manager at the youth-focused Maison Théâtre in Montreal

NEWS, THEATREJanet SmithJanuary 11, 2021Theatre la Seizieme

Vancouver stage stars pitch in for Ruby Slippers Theatre's reading of Benevolence, January 8 at noon

Vancouver’s Leanne Brodie has created a new translation of the black comedy by Quebec’s Fanny Britt

THEATREJanet SmithJanuary 6, 2021Ruby Slippers Theatre, livestream

Electric Company Theatre's Reframed takes a large-scale look at cancel culture

The film version of the Grand Acts of Theatre show tackles an online problem that’s spread alongside the pandemic

THEATREJanet SmithJanuary 4, 2021Electric Company Theatre, livestream, Homepage feature

Vancouver's best arts streaming of 2020, a year of navigating a new virtual world

Local arts personalities add to Stir’s list of favourites in the new digital realm

THEATRE, MUSIC, STAGEJanet SmithDecember 30, 2020VSO, The Cultch, Year in Review 2020, Homepage feature, livestream

Scenes of isolation: 10 Vancouver shows and artworks that best expressed this pandemic moment in 2020

Isolation Commissions, dancers in boxes, and other affecting work that expressed life in lockdown

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