Articles — Stir

The Cave takes the climate crisis to the cabaret, giving voice to the animals

Creators John Millard and Martha Ross reflect on the timeliness of a song cycle about wildlife hiding from a raging forest fire

THEATREJanet SmithNovember 8, 2022THE CULTCH, The Cultch, John Millard

Theatre review: Mom's the Word: Talkin' Turkey delights with tales of Christmas calamities

The holiday-themed show is heartfelt and at times hilarious

THEATRE, HOLIDAY22Gail JohnsonNovember 8, 2022Arts Club, Arts Club Theatre, Mom's the Word, Homepage feature, Holiday 2022

The Sound of Music hits the Stanley, November 10 to December 24

“Do-Re-Mi,” “Climb Ev’ry Mountain,” “Edelweiss”: the hills are alive with the return of the popular musical to the Arts Club stage

Theatre review: Seasoned actors bring raw honesty to their roles as teenagers in Seventeen

Senior artists teamed up with youth advisors for Western Gold Theatre’s impactful new piece

THEATREJanet SmithNovember 7, 2022Western Gold Theatre, theatre review, review

Firehall Arts Centre, in association with Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre, presents world premiere of Courage Now

Manami Hara’s new play tells the story of Japanese Consul Chiune Sugihara, who helped over 6,000 Polish and Lithuanian Jews escape the Nazis in 1940

THEATREStir VancouverNovember 4, 2022Partner Content, Firehall Arts Centre

With Un.Deux.Trois, Mani Soleymanlou brings the largest production to date in the history of Franco-Canadian theatre to Vancouver

Thirty-six French-speaking performers take a deep dive into identity, probing what it means to be “Franco-Canadian”

THEATREGail JohnsonNovember 4, 2022Theatre la Seizieme, Mani Soleymanlou, French, French theatre

Stir Q&A: Mom's the Word: Talkin' Turkey sees the mothers come home for the holidays

The five members of the Moms the Word Collective dish on credit-card bills, family, and how challenging the festive season can be

THEATRE, HOLIDAY22Gail JohnsonNovember 2, 2022Arts Club Theatre, Arts Club, Mom's the Word, Holiday 2022, Christmas, festive, women, moms

Zee Zee Theatre’s annual storytelling project returns with The Rainbow Elders & Allies Collection

Community-engagement project gives people the chance to hear queer histories one-on-one, 20 minutes at a time

WHAT'S STIRRING, THEATREJanet SmithNovember 2, 2022Zee Zee Theatre

SFU Woodward's Cultural Programs releases more tickets for Old Stock: A Refugee Story

Hit klezmer-folk-fuelled musical now has an extended run from December 1 to 11

THEATREStir VancouverNovember 2, 2022Partner Content, SFU Woodward's

Theatre review: In magical-realist YAGA, strong cast brings folk-tale characters to complex, contemporary life

Colleen Wheeler, Aidan Correia, and Genevieve Fleming are outstanding playing multiple roles each in a play that reimagines the wicked old witch

THEATREStir VancouverOctober 31, 2022Touchstone Theatre, Kat Sandler, Roy Surette

Upintheair Theatre's cosmic-themed performance series returns with The Array

Three highly original new works explore the theme of Beyond the Knowledge of Humankind

THEATREStir VancouverOctober 31, 2022Partner Content, Upintheair Theatre

Theatre Replacement's Best Life explores our attachment to domestic machines

Creator Maiko Yamamoto drew on family memories of suburbia and concern for the planet in audience-generated new work

SFU Woodward's Cultural Programs reaches across country to work with Halifax's 2b theatre company

In latest ArtScape podcast and video, Michael Boucher speaks to Ben Caplan about the hit show Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story, which returns here December 1 to 4

THEATREStir VancouverOctober 26, 2022Partner Content, SFU Woodward's

Mani Soleymanlou, in association with 40 creators and performers from francophone Canada, brings Un.Deux.Trois. to Vancouver

The national production is the largest to date in the history of Franco-Canadian theatre

THEATREStir VancouverOctober 25, 2022Partner Content, Theatre la Seizieme

Comedy review: Blueberries Are Assholes finds the absurd within the ordinary, at the Firehall Arts Centre

TJ Dawe’s hilarious one-man show will have you looking at just about everything in a different way

COMEDY, THEATREStir VancouverOctober 22, 2022TJ Dawe, FIREHALL, Firehall Arts Centre

YAGA retells the story of the wicked old witch, from a powerful woman's point of view

The play by Kat Sandler launches Touchstone Theatre’s 2022-23 season

THEATREGail JohnsonOctober 21, 2022Touchstone Theatre, Roy Surette, theatre, The Cultch, Homepage feature

Theatre review: With energized performances, inventive Cabaret whisks audiences away to pre-World War II club

Site-specific show turns intimate Gastown space into an atmospheric Kit Kat Klub, complete with a catwalk stage, VIP-table telephones, and flapper servers

THEATREJanet SmithOctober 18, 2022Raincity Theatre, theatre review, review