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Pi Theatre presentation of This Is the Story of the Child Ruled by Fear asks friends and strangers to read together out loud

Writer-performer David Gagnon Walker leads a journey of worry and wonder as part of Pi Provocateur Series

THEATREJanet SmithMay 19, 2022Pi Theatre, Pi Provocateurs

Arts Club Theatre Company announces cast and creative team for Kinky Boots

The blockbuster Broadway spectacular struts onto the Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage June 9 to July 31

THEATREJanet SmithMay 19, 2022Partner Content, Arts Club Theatre, SUMMER

A Cultural Celebration MENAT Style! mixes together storytelling, music, and food

Medusa Theatre team created monologues out of real memories from immigrants from the Middle East, North Africa, and Turkey

THEATRE, CULTUREJanet SmithMay 18, 2022Rumble Theatre, RUMBLE THEATRE, Medusa Theatre, MENAT, SPRING

Loss of small-town landmarks gives rise to Québécois playwright André Gélineau's S’effondrent les vidéoclubs

With humour and colourful characters, new play explores the parallels between a dying lake, a doomed videostore, and solitudes

THEATREGail JohnsonMay 18, 2022SPRING, Spring Arts Guide, Theatre la Seizieme, French

Celebrating Asian Excellence poster campaign marks Asian Heritage Month with message of positivity and promise

Boca del Lupo’s The Fishbowl on Granville Island and theatres across Canada display the new, rallying words and faces

THEATRE, NEWSJanet SmithMay 16, 2022Boca del Lupo, BOCA DEL LUPO, Sherry J Yoon, Asian Heritage Month

The Biting School, Nancy Lee 李南屏, and Mohammadreza Akrami are Here For Now, May 20 and 21

Volume 3 of the cross-disciplinary art event features experimental theatre, sound, and contemporary dance

WHAT'S STIRRING, OPERA, THEATRE, DANCEJanet SmithMay 16, 2022SPRING, Spring Arts Guide, The Biting School, Nancy Lee

Drew Facey, celebrated set and interior designer, mourned by Vancouver arts community

Colleagues and friends are taking to social media to remember award-winning talent

NEWS, THEATREJanet SmithMay 12, 2022Drew Facey

Hip-hop-driven Can I Live? looks at how people of colour have been excluded from climate activism, online to May 15

Artist Fehinti Balogun on hand for watch party and talkback at The York Theatre, May 14

THEATRE, WHAT'S STIRRING, LIVESTREAMJanet SmithMay 12, 2022The Cultch, THE CULTCH

Firehall Arts Centre restages Japantown-set Yellow Fever for first time in 34 years, May 28 to June 12

Season-closing comic mystery by R.A. Shiomi follows hard-nosed private eye Sam Shikaze

THEATREJanet SmithMay 11, 2022Firehall Arts Centre, FIREHALL, SPRING

Cardboard, feathers, and street lights: a dreamlike 360-degree taxi ride from Australia's Film Camp

As part of Boca del Lupo’s VR Salon, stop-motion film Passenger speaks to the surreal experience of arriving in a new country at night

THEATRE, SCREENJanet SmithMay 11, 2022BOCA DEL LUPO, Boca del Lupo, Film Camp, VR

Théâtre La Seizième presents quirky, surreal S’effondrent les vidéoclubs

Quebec playwright André Gélineau’s surreal four-hander sits somewhere between fantasy and delusion

THEATREJanet SmithMay 10, 2022Partner Content, Theatre la Seizieme

Theatre review: Haunting Lampedusa takes a complex look at two lives in a callous global economy

Strong performances and atmospheric lighting and music intensify two thought-provoking monologues

THEATREJanet SmithMay 9, 2022Pi Theatre, The Cultch, Homepage feature

Theatre review: Himmat shows a father and daughter finding the strength to relate to each other

Strong performances and handsome lighting and projections help bring a universal family story to life

THEATREStir VancouverMay 9, 2022THE CULTCH, The Cultch, SPRING

Gavan Cheema weaves an immigrant story of family, labour, and addiction in new Himmat

Blending Punjabi and English, actor-playwright draws on stories revealed to her at her father’s hospital bed

THEATREJanet SmithMay 4, 2022The Cultch, THE CULTCH, Theatre Conspiracy, SPRING

Theatre review: The Invisible: Agents of Ungentlemanly Warfare proves fiercely inspiring

Jonathan Christenson’s musical-theatre piece inspired by the only women to be given combat roles in World War II is bold, suspenseful

THEATREGail JohnsonApril 30, 2022SPRING, Spring Arts Guide, The Cultch, Catalyst Theatre, York Theatre

Carousel Theatre brings Green Thumb’s The Code to Granville Island, May 10 to 14

Rachel Aberle’s play looks at the complexity of high-school relationships

In Lampedusa, characters navigate very different waters to find common humanity

Vancouver’s Pi Theatre mounts the Canadian premiere of British playwright Anders Lustgarten’s acclaimed play

THEATREGail JohnsonApril 27, 2022SPRING, Spring Arts Guide, Pi Theatre, Melissa Oei, The Cultch

Boca del Lupo LivePerformance360: VR Salons offer up unique immersive projects from around the world

Surreal taxi rides, a tribute to The Green Book, and more in 360 degrees

THEATREJanet SmithApril 27, 2022BOCA DEL LUPO, Boca del Lupo, SPRING

Canada’s first-ever National Queer and Trans Playwriting Unit launches, spearheaded by Vancouver's Zee Zee Theatre

Theatre companies across the country announce mentorship and play-creation program for 2SLGBTQIA+ emerging and mid-career artists

In Some Assembly Theatre's The Wait List Experiment, youths find imaginative way forward in uncertain times

Masks, movement, and a stage-filling eye bring story about tapping real optimism to life

THEATREJanet SmithApril 26, 2022Some Assembly Theatre, Youth, SPRING

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