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In Reconciling, playwright Yvette Nolan invites viewers to experience what it's like to go unheard, in 360 degrees

Boca del Lupo produces theatre artist’s first experiment in VR, a trip to relationship “therapy” inspired by Indigenous struggle

THEATREJanet SmithJune 19, 2023Yvette Nolan, Indigenous, Summer 2023, Boca del Lupo, BOCA DEL LUPO, VR

Theatre review: The Window Outside tackles difficult questions around aging with compassion

Moving performances bring to life the struggles of one family struggling with the parents’ dementia and post-stroke disability

THEATREJanet SmithJune 15, 2023Presentation House Theatre, Summer 2023

Theatre review: Beautiful: The Carole King Musical works iconic songs into compelling story

Kaylee Harwood hands in a polished performance in the title role of a show filled with hits

THEATREJanet SmithJune 15, 2023Arts Club Theatre, Summer 2023

Stir Q&A: Pi Theatre's Truth & Lies explores post-truth era through short plays and virtual reality

Inspired by Othello, the Vancouver company’s season-closing performance directed by Richard Wolfe dives deep into the digital realm

THEATREGail JohnsonJune 15, 2023Pi Theatre, Kwasi Thomas, Pippa Mackie, Summer 2023, Homepage feature

Massey Theatre gets $20.1 million investment from City of New Westminster

Funds will go toward renovations and accessibility at the historic venue

THEATRE, NEWSGail JohnsonJune 14, 2023Summer 2023, Massey Theatre, Jessica Schneider

Million Dollar Quartet celebrates the glory of rock 'n' roll

Inspired by the 1956 jam session of Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Carl Perkins, director Bobby Garcia’s take turns a new lens on the jukebox musical

THEATREGail JohnsonJune 14, 2023Arts Club Theatre, Bobby Garcia, Summer 2023

The Window Outside gives a poignant view into challenges of aging and caregiving, at Presentation House to June 25

New play from Australia looks at one family’s struggles with dementia and stroke

WHAT'S STIRRING, THEATREJanet SmithJune 12, 2023Presentation House Theatre, William B Davis

Theatre review: Dirty Laundry puts drag, circus, dance, and boylesque into a fun spin cycle

Busby Berkeley-inspired dance numbers, flaming hula hoops, and saucy drag numbers are a Pride-perfect combination

THEATREJanet SmithJune 12, 2023THE CULTCH, The Cultch, Summer 2023

Bard on the Beach's Julius Caesar is set squarely in the power struggles of contemporary times

Director Cherissa Richards’s casting of Jennifer Lines as Mark Antony is just one of the show’s modern takes on Shakespeare’s tragedy

THEATRE, FESTSJanet SmithJune 9, 2023Bard on the Beach, Summer 2023, Homepage feature, SUMMER 2023

The Beatles-fuelled hit As You Like It returns to open Bard on the Beach festival, with previews starting June 8

Psychedelic sets, flower-powered costumes, and a live band help make the BC-set show the fest’s biggest hit

FESTS, THEATRE, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithJune 8, 2023Bard on the Beach, Shakespeare, Summer 2023

Stir Bedside Table: Vancouver theatre artist Libby Willoughby

Producing Pi Theatre’s upcoming Truth & Lies, Willoughby talks queer epic fantasy, Throne of Glass, and a perfect beach read

Australia's Briefs Factory brings drag, burlesque, and circus to the Vancouver stage

The genre-defying, gender-bending company’s Dirty Laundry is loaded with punk energy

THEATREGail JohnsonMay 31, 2023Zee Zee Theatre, The Cultch, drag, burlesque, circus, comedy, Homepage feature, Summer 2023

Upcoming Boca del Lupo show features two immersive VR pieces from June 21 to 24

Karen Hines’s Pochsy at the Airport Hotel makes a comeback, and Yvette Nolan’s Reconciling premieres

SCREEN, THEATREStir VancouverMay 30, 2023Partner Content, Boca del Lupo

Theatre review: Happy Valley unleashes punk-fuelled frustration on Hong Kong chaos

Derek Chan blends projections, politics, and music across genres in tribute to the home country he can’t return to

THEATRE, CULTUREJanet SmithMay 30, 2023FIREHALL, Firehall Arts Centre, Derek Chan

Review: rEvolver Festival's Duality and A Funny Thing Happened on My Way to Canada explore identity in innovative ways

Engaging shows employ everything from juggling to two chairs to explore complexity of identity

FESTS, THEATREJanet SmithMay 29, 2023rEvolver Festival, Upintheair Theatre

Theatre review: Renegade Arts Co's Spring Awakening brings musical's emotional journey up-close-and-personal

In intimate The Shop Theatre, strong performances and creative touches bring story of adolescence in late-19th-century Germany to vivid life

THEATREJanet SmithMay 29, 2023Renegade Arts Co, Spring 2023, Homepage feature

Stir Cheat Sheet: 5 things to know about Boca Del Lupo's new VR Salon

Tilda Swinton narrates Goliath, while The Man Who Couldn’t Leave travels to a former Taiwanese jail

SCREEN, THEATREStir VancouverMay 25, 2023VR, Boca del Lupo, BOCA DEL LUPO, Spring 2023

Vancouver International Children’s Festival: Division Infinity Saves the World! celebrates kids’ strength

The puppet show is based on real experiences, stories, and art from local Grade 4 students related to the pandemic

Loose Assemblage addresses alienation in Vancouver through theatre, dance, and the absurd, May 24 to 27

UBC students Jack Mosher and Nico Pante’s experimental work blazes a new, collaborative creative path

THEATREJanet SmithMay 24, 2023Nico Pante, Jack Mosher, UBC Theatre, Frederic Wood Theatre, Spring 2023

First Métis Man of Odesa draws from real-life Canada-Ukraine love story, amid COVID and war

Métis playwright and Ukrainian actor recount their harrowing, and often hilarious, journey together at rEvolver Festival

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