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Lil'wat playwright Yvonne Wallace celebrates and reclaims ancestral language in útszan (to make better)

Having its Vancouver premiere, the solo is in ucwalmícwts and English

THEATRE, FESTSGail JohnsonMay 1, 2023The Cultch, Yvonne Wallace, Indigenous

Vancouver's Upintheair Theatre announces 2023 rEvolver Festival lineup

Ten mainstage productions run the gamut from dance to drag to stand-up comedy and then some

FESTS, THEATREGail JohnsonMay 1, 2023Upintheair Theatre, Spring 2023, theatre, rEvolver Festival

Untitled Peter Tripp Project evokes the effects of sleep deprivation

The interdisciplinary experience is inspired by the New York City radio DJ who stayed awake for eight-and-a-half days straight

THEATREGail JohnsonApril 28, 2023Pi Provocateurs, Pi Theatre, Spring 2023, Homepage feature

Rumble Theatre showcases innovative Tremors Festival, May 18 to 28

Event hosted every two years returns with five stunning works

FESTS, THEATREStir VancouverApril 27, 2023Partner Content, RUMBLE THEATRE

Happy Valley premieres at Firehall Arts Centre from May 25 to June 4

English-Cantonese production by rice & beans theatre analyzes Hong Kong’s democratic reality

THEATREStir VancouverApril 26, 2023Partner Content, Firehall Arts Centre, rice and beans theatre

Some Assembly Theatre Company's The Identity Bureau explores the urge to confine people to categories

Set in the near future, youth-created production aims for message of inclusivity and acceptance

THEATREJanet SmithApril 24, 2023Some Assembly Theatre, Spring 2023

Raven takes an acrobatic exploration of the nonstop circus of motherhood

Berlin trio still human draws from personal experience in show that blends aerial feats with the juggling act of raising kids and pursuing a career

DANCE, THEATREJanet SmithApril 23, 2023Homepage feature, THE CULTCH, The Cultch, York Theatre, Spring 2023, SPRING 2023

Unexpecting celebrates queer love, modern motherhood, May 5 to 21

Zee Zee Theatre’s female-led play is geared to anyone who has struggled with the decision to become parents

WHAT'S STIRRING, THEATREGail JohnsonApril 22, 2023Zee Zee Theatre, LGBTQ2SAI, SPRING 2023

Humour meets dark history in Sansei: The Storyteller, April 27 to 29

Kunji Mark Ikeda explores Japanese-Canadian internment through light comedy in the solo coming to Vancouver

TV host Todd Talbot revisits his triple-threat talents in Royal City Musical Theatre's Crazy for You

After years of HGTV and real estate, actor hones his song-and-dance skills again

THEATREJanet SmithApril 21, 2023Todd Talbot, Royal City Music Theatre, Massey Theatre

Review: Kylie Vincent finds strange and disarming sweet spot between laughter and trauma

Riffing on SpongeBob, blowjobs, standup, and deep family dysfunction, the comedian coins a new mashup

COMEDY, THEATREJanet SmithApril 19, 2023THE CULTCH, The Cultch

From Elvis impersonator to lip-syncing drag queen: The Legend of Georgia McBride comes to Vancouver

The Arts Club Theatre’s production celebrates drag with a whole lot of humour and heart

THEATREGail JohnsonApril 18, 2023The Arts Club, drag, Jamie King, Homepage feature

Arts Umbrella’s annual Expressions Theatre Festival takes place from May 12 to June 11

Month-long event features performances from the school’s junior, senior, and musical theatre troupes

THEATREStir VancouverApril 17, 2023Partner Content, Arts Umbrella

Theatre review: The Search Party's Stupid F*cking Bird is a razor-sharp, F-bomb-laced takedown of love and artistic pretension

Lots.of laughter, and some tragedy, as a strong ensemble cast brings to life lovelorn characters who are all too aware they’re in a play

THEATREJanet SmithApril 16, 2023THE CULTCH, The Cultch, The Search Party

The Improv Centre revives an epic era in Bring Back The '90s!, April 20 to May 27

Nostalgia-packed show is a throwback to the days of VHS tapes and lava lamps

THEATRE, COMEDYStir VancouverApril 16, 2023Partner Content, The Improv Centre

Emperor 101 takes a virtual-reality trip into the mind of a conspiracy theorist, with actors as avatars

Brought here by Boca del Lupo Theatre, Ireland’s The Performance Corporation tries to unpack why people get drawn down online rabbit holes

THEATREJanet SmithApril 16, 2023Boca del Lupo, BOCA DEL LUPO, Spring 2023, Homepage feature

Dance review: Israeli artist Hillel Kogan's We Love Arabs proves hilariously provocative

The excellent dance-theatre hybrid explores prejudices as it skewers the choreographic process

DANCE, THEATREGail JohnsonApril 14, 2023The Dance Centre, Theatre la Seizieme, review, Hillel Kogan, Spring 2023

Stir Pairing: Bean & Hat and Blasted Church Vineyards

In the Canadian clowning show and at the Okanagan Falls winery, there’s craft behind the creativity

CULINARY, THEATREGail JohnsonApril 13, 2023Blasted Church, Bean & Hat, LGBTQ2SAI, Spring 2023

Untitled Peter Tripp Project comes to Pi Theatre from May 4 to 6

Cautionary tale based on radio DJ’s undoing explores hallucination, fugue states, and doppelgänger paranoia

THEATREStir VancouverApril 13, 2023Partner Content, Pi theatre, Pi Provocateurs

Hey Viola! returns with its dreamlike civil-rights cabaret, at Gateway Theatre to April 22

Charismatic Krystle Dos Santos brings to life Viola Davis through a range of Nina Simone hits, gospel, jazz, and freedom songs

WHAT'S STIRRING, THEATREJanet SmithApril 13, 2023Gateway Theatre, Krystle Dos Santos

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