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Theatre review: Fairview lulls audiences into a sense of security before pulling the rug out in provocative and hilarious ways

White, liberal, social-media virtue signallers beware: The Search Party play has you in its sights

THEATREJanet SmithOctober 2, 2023THE CULTCH, The Cultch, The Search Party, Homepage feature

Audiences help solve the case in Stage Fright 2: Murder at the Disco at The Improv Centre, opening September 29

1970s-inspired interactive murder mystery follows the same format as last year’s hit Stage Fright: Murder at the Improv

THEATRE, COMEDY, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithSeptember 28, 2023The Improv Centre

Studio 58 launches its 58th season with a twist on Shakespeare's The Tempest, October 5 to 22

Director Diana Donnelly’s climate change-centred show takes place on a deserted island made of garbage

THEATREStir VancouverSeptember 26, 2023Partner Content, Studio 58

Stage Fright 2: Murder at the Disco comes to The Improv Centre on Granville Island, September 29 to October 28

Groovy whodunnit set in 1977 moves along with the help of audience interaction

THEATRE, COMEDYStir VancouverSeptember 22, 2023Partner Content, The Improv Centre

In late Nisga'a playwright Larry Guno's Bunk #7, actors Kiefer Collison and Nick Dangeli tell a true story of Indigenous resilience

Directed by Marianne Brørup Weston with dramaturg Yvette Nolan, play about residential-school riot draws upon generational connections, humour, and strength

Bestselling author Dav Pilkey's Dog Man: The Musical comes to Massey Theatre, October 28 and 29

Character from the mind behind Captain Underpants is part dog, part man, and all hero

THEATREStir VancouverSeptember 21, 2023Partner Content, Massey Theatre

Pulitzer-winning play Fairview takes a mind-bending look at race in America

The Search Party production presents its performers with a daunting technical challenge

THEATREJanet SmithSeptember 21, 2023The Cultch, THE CULTCH, The Search Party, Homepage feature

Arts Umbrella hosts Stagecraft Pro-D Day workshop series throughout 2023-24 school year

Fall workshops include Stage Management with Marijka Asbeek Brusse on October 20, and Sound Design with Matthew Piton on November 24

THEATRE, NEWSStir VancouverSeptember 19, 2023Partner Content, Arts Umbrella

Mooncakes, lantern crafting, and an audio play at Gateway Theatre's Family Fun Mid-Autumn Celebration, September 24

Event in honour of upcoming Chinese holiday features live reading of Five Blessings collective’s Legend of the Whooshhh

CULTURE, THEATRE, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithSeptember 18, 2023Gateway Theatre

Rat Academy, The Pigeon & The Dove among big winners at Vancouver Fringe awards

A stylized story of Alberta rodents was chosen best of the fest, while musical exploration of homelessness won Stir Social Impact Award

FESTS, THEATREJanet SmithSeptember 18, 2023Vancouver Fringe Festival, Granville Island

Realwheels Theatre announces 20th-anniversary season, welcomes artistic associate Adam Grant Warren

2023-24 lineup includes Warren’s Saturday Night At Axles, which centres a wheelchair user who works as a travel YouTuber

THEATRE, NEWSJanet SmithSeptember 17, 2023Realwheels Theatre

Theatre review: The ravenous plant villainess is just the start of the fun in an enjoyably evil Little Shop of Horrors

Strong comedic performances, catchy songs, and over-the-top visual design make Arts Club opener a blast

THEATREJanet SmithSeptember 15, 2023Arts Club Theatre, Homepage feature

Theatre review: Ain't Too Proud's ode to The Temptations delivers grit alongside impressive song-and-dance numbers

Stories of racism, civil unrest, and drug abuse give this bio-musical a compelling edge

THEATREJanet SmithSeptember 13, 2023Broadway Across Canada, Vancouver Civic Theatres, Homepage feature

Shadbolt Centre for the Arts presents Larry Guno's Bunk #7, September 28 and 29

Late Nisga’a playwright’s partially autobiographical work centres 1960s residential school riots

THEATREStir VancouverSeptember 12, 2023Partner Content, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts

Theatre reviews: Physical feats of manhood and bird metaphors among standouts at Vancouver Fringe Festival

Generic Male pokes acrobatic fun at male self-identity, The Pigeon and the Dove explores homelessness, and Lia & Dor unfurls Romanian fairy tale

FESTS, THEATREJanet SmithSeptember 12, 2023Vancouver Fringe Festival, Homepage feature