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"A total blast": Chicago can't get enough of Bard on the Beach's Beatles-driven As You Like It

Reviewers south of the border are giving thumbs up to director Daryl Cloran’s hit

THEATREJanet SmithOctober 18, 2021Bard on the Beach

Vancouver costume designer Nancy Bryant shortlisted for Siminovitch Prize

Four finalists will join an online forum on theatre design on October 28 at 4 pm

NEWS, THEATREJanet SmithOctober 16, 2021Ballet BC, BALLET BC, Nancy Bryant

Théâtre la Seizième presents Nombre, a participatory theatrical experience

The show, in French, is an adaption of Quebec-based collective Alpha Charlie Kilo’s unconventional interactive production

THEATREStir VancouverOctober 15, 2021Partner Content, Theatre la Seizieme

Whip-smart CHILD-ISH puts the words of kids into the mouths of adults, streaming via the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts on October 15

Sunny Drake’s verbatim theatre piece tackles topics that will move you as much as they make you laugh

THEATRE, LIVESTREAMJanet SmithOctober 15, 2021Shadbolt Centre for the Arts

Playwrights Christine Quintana and Jivesh Parasram amid Governor General’s Literary Awards finalists

Other nods include Ivan Coyote’s Care Of and J.B. MacKinnon’s The Day the World Stops Shopping

READ, THEATREJanet SmithOctober 14, 2021RUMBLE THEATRE

Green Thumb Theatre's revamped CRANKED delves into addiction and recovery

Michael P. Northey’s one-person show is more relevant than ever amid the ongoing opioid crisis

THEATREGail JohnsonOctober 5, 2021Green Thumb Theatre, theatre

In Stories That Transform Us, Corey Payette retraces 20 years of Urban Ink theatre accomplishments

Directing his first film, the artistic director blends interviews with dazzling theatrical sequences at VIFF

SCREEN, THEATREJanet SmithOctober 4, 2021VIFF, VIFF 2021, Urban Ink Theatre

Vancouver's Carousel Theatre for Young People announces new co-artistic and managing directors

Jennica Grienke and Dave Deveau share the roles, say TYA is in their blood

NEWS, THEATREGail JohnsonSeptember 28, 2021Carousel Theatre, theatre

“Empty House: Real Estate and Theatricality in Vancouver’s Downtown" wins Katrina Dunn a national PhD dissertation award

The veteran theatre artist has been named co-recipient of the Best PhD Dissertation in Canadian Studies Prize

NEWS, THEATREGail JohnsonSeptember 27, 2021news, theatre, Katrina Dunn

Online cooking and a live East Van Panto as The Cultch unveils a hybrid fall season

The hyperlocal holiday tradition heads to Wonderland

THEATRE, LIVESTREAMJanet SmithSeptember 23, 2021The Cultch, THE CULTCH

Terry Hunter and Savannah Walling celebrate 50 years of creative collaboration

The artists are co-founders of Vancouver Moving Theatre and its flagship Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival

Théâtre la Seizième unveils a season of the numerical, the whimsical, and the historical

Amid the offerings, the interactive Nombre and a work based on the autobiography of Gabrielle Roy

THEATREStir VancouverSeptember 14, 2021Partner Content, Theatre la Seizieme

Firehall Arts Centre kicks off 2021-22 season with world premiere by Raven Spirit Dance

The Vancouver theatre’s “reunion” season includes a work by the late Taran Kootenhayooalso

THEATREGail JohnsonSeptember 13, 2021Firehall Arts Centre

Disaster preparedness comes into play in interactive Revelations

Board games, escape rooms, and the end of the world all inform the hybrid show by Upintheair Theatre in association with Rumble Theatre

Stir Pairing: Prohibition inspires one-woman Fringe show, and a new Vancouver restaurant

A Toast to Prohibition is Melanie Gall’s new historic musical; Laowai is a hidden lounge and eatery in Chinatown

CULINARY, FESTS, THEATREGail JohnsonSeptember 11, 2021CULINARY, Vancouver Fringe Festival, fests, theatre, Fringe Fest, the Fringe

Stir Q&A: Jai Djwa looks at what's in a name, and a name change, at the Vancouver Fringe Festival

“Names aren't fixed to us, but we can fix them by changing them.”

FESTS, THEATREJanet SmithSeptember 8, 2021Vancouver Fringe Festival, Homepage feature, Fringe Fest

New Indigenous theatre company presents world premiere of So Damn Proud

Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation) writer, director, and company founder Justin Neal strives for authenticity in his stories

The Neverland Night Circus brings a seductive Peter Pan to Vancouver Fringe Festival

The Geekenders’ immersive production is a family-friendly affair

THEATRE, FESTSGail JohnsonSeptember 3, 2021fests, Fringe Fest, Vancouver Fringe Festival, Geekenders, Homepage feature

From baby-friendly studio time to intergenerational singing, Arts Umbrella offers vast range of new classes this fall

The arts-education centre for young people from age three months to 22 years launches numerous courses in its new home on Granville Island

ART & DESIGN, DANCE, THEATRE, COMEDYStir VancouverSeptember 2, 2021Partner Content, Arts Umbrella

The Cultch's pandemic season wins prestigious Holden Street Theatres’ Edinburgh Fringe Award 2021

Five of the local theatre’s shows that streamed via digital series East Van to Edinburgh earn international recognition

THEATRE, NEWSGail JohnsonSeptember 2, 2021The Cultch, East Vancouver, theatre, a craigslist cantata

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