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Elf: The Musical, Little Shop of Horrors, and more as Arts Club Theatre Company fetes 60 for 2023-24 season

Every Brilliant Thing, Ring of Fire Johnny Cash story, Choir Boy, Red Velvet, and more across three stages

THEATRE, NEWSJanet SmithFebruary 28, 2023Arts Club Theatre, Touchstone Theatre

Oz reimagines the writing of the famous children's story, at the Waterfront Theatre March 1 to 26

Carousel Theatre for Young People’s production innovatively reimagines author L. Frank Baum working through writer’s block

THEATRE, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithFebruary 27, 2023Carousel Theatre

Firehall Arts Centre presents Our Ghosts from March 19 to April 2

Production tells true story of a military flight officer who disappeared in fighter jet near Comox

THEATREStir VancouverFebruary 23, 2023Partner Content, FIREHALL, Firehall Arts Centre

Theatre review: Québécois-Indigenous playwright Jocelyn Sioui's Mononk Jules has a hairpin turn

The performer-puppeteer erases nothing about his Huron-Wendat great-uncle’s history

THEATREGail JohnsonFebruary 23, 2023Theatre la Seizieme, French, Indigenous

Vancouver actor Sabrina Vellani welcomes The Wrong Bashir's comedic take on her Ismaili community

New play uses laughter to explore intergenerational conflict around traditions

THEATRE, CULTUREJanet SmithFebruary 23, 2023Touchstone Theatre, FIREHALL, Firehall Arts Centre, Homepage feature, Spring 2023

Vancouver Fringe Festival announces Duncan Watts-Grant as new executive director

He has long association with the theatre fest, and has worked at VSO and Langara College

NEWS, THEATREJanet SmithFebruary 22, 2023Vancouver Fringe Festival

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra presents The Rite of Spring from March 10 to 12

The concert in Vancouver and Surrey includes Stravinsky’s masterpiece as well as other exceptional works

THEATREStir VancouverFebruary 22, 2023Partner Content, VSO

Theatre review: Starwalker's showstopping songs power story of inclusion and chosen family

Strong singing and acting in musical about Indigenous teen who goes from streets to drag stage

THEATREJanet SmithFebruary 19, 2023The Cultch, THE CULTCH, Urban Ink Theatre, Raven Theatre, Homepage feature

Invisible Boy author Harrison Mooney hosts the Black Futures Open Mic, February 26 at Progress Lab

Neworld Theatre and The Unbound Reading Series event invites Black creatives to showcase their works

READ, THEATRE, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithFebruary 17, 2023Neworld Theatre, Unbound Reading Series

Burnaby Lyric Opera stages famed double bill of Gianni Schicchi and Pagliacci, to March 2

Big Italian sound, comedy, and tragedy, in production at Shadbolt Centre

WHAT'S STIRRING, MUSIC, THEATREJanet SmithFebruary 17, 2023shadbolt centre for the arts, burnaby lyric opera

Gateway Theatre presents the B.C. premiere of Prophecy Fog from March 9 to 18

The work by award-winning Indigenous artist Jani Lauzon is based on her voyage to Giant Rock in California’s Mojave Desert

THEATREStir VancouverFebruary 17, 2023Partner Content, Gateway Theatre

Theatre review: Teenage Dick talks disability, cruelty, and power—and has some killer dance moves

Christopher Imbrosciano brings his lived experience to the role of a student with cerebral palsy in captivating dark comedy inspired by Shakespeare’s Richard III

Massey Theatre presents A Dinosaur Tale on March 18 and 19

With larger-than-life prehistoric puppets, the live-action fantasy tale is an adventure the whole family can enjoy

THEATREStir VancouverFebruary 15, 2023Partner Content, Massey Theatre

Mononk Jules tells the story of a forgotten Indigenous hero

Montreal playwright Jocelyn Sioui shares his great uncle’s remarkable history in the documentary-theatre piece with video, puppets, and more

THEATREGail JohnsonFebruary 14, 2023Theatre la Seizieme, Quebecois, French Canadian, Indigenous, puppetry

Review: Vancouver Opera's A Midsummer Night's Dream conjures heady music and big laughs

Rare staging of Britten opera mixes the mysterious and the farcical

MUSIC, THEATREJanet SmithFebruary 13, 2023Vancouver Opera, Vancouver Civic Theatres

Stir Q&A: Dil Ka playwright Lee Nisar talks biryani, being queer and South Asian, and food as the great unifier

Her new work, set in a traditional Pakistani family’s kitchen, debuts as part of Ruby Slippers’ Advance Theatre Festival at the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts