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Studio 58 brings new queer play Linck & Mülhahn to the stage, November 21 to December 1

Production by U.K.-based playwright Ruby Thomas explores gender and sexual identities in rigid 18th-century society

THEATREStir VancouverNovember 9, 2024Partner Content, Studio 58

Rainbow Youth Project gives voice to young queer and trans people, November 16, 17, 23, and 24

Zee Zee Theatre teams up with Vancouver Public Library for free one-on-one storytelling sessions

THEATRE, WHAT'S STIRRINGGuest UserNovember 9, 2024Zee Zee Theatre, Vancouver Public Library, 2SLGBTQIA+

Chipo Chipaziwa explores the concept of home and the white gaze in Slipping Into Slipping Away

In her new performance piece, artist-in-residence at Western Front plays with power dynamics between art worker and the public, archivist and archived

THEATREJanet SmithNovember 8, 2024Western Front, performance art

Firehall Arts Centre stages Ann Mortifee's Reflections on Crooked Walking, November 30 to December 22

Juno Award-nominated family musical directed by Donna Spencer follows four unlikely friends in search of a cure for a town-wide sleeping sickness

THEATREStir VancouverNovember 8, 2024Partner Content, Firehall Arts Centre, Ann Mortifee, Holiday 2024

Keltie Forsyth to join Presentation House Theatre as artistic director

The artist is leaving PuSh International Performing Arts Festival after the 2025 event; Margo Kane also departs PuSh

Kay Meek Arts Centre brings Juliet: A Revenge Comedy to the stage, December 4 to 8

Monster Theatre production by Pippa Mackie and Ryan Gladstone explores the tragedy of Shakespeare’s most famous female characters

Kid Koala’s Nufonia Must Fall is a multimedia love story for the age of AI

Part puppet show, part film screening, and part concert, the show lets attendees in on its creation

MUSIC, THEATREJanet SmithNovember 4, 2024Kid Koala, puppetry, Homepage feature

The Cultch presents Theatre Replacement's East Van Panto: Robin Hood, November 20 to January 5

In annual holiday show directed by Anita Rochon, Robin Hood must save East Van from the rich and powerful when all city parks are suddenly privatized

Life of intrepid explorer brought to life in Tom Crean—Discovering Antarctica, November 7 to 24

Subtitled Heroic Tales of Scott, Crean & Shackleton, the solo show by Aidan Dooley has won some major awards

THEATRE, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithNovember 1, 2024Western Gold Theatre, CelticFest

In immersive theatre experience The Last Resort, a cruise ship sets sail to the Bermuda Triangle in 1971

Fairlith Harvey drew on her experiences as a funeral attendant in creating the experiential work

THEATREJanet SmithNovember 1, 2024Dreamqueen Collective, At the Waldorf, immersive, Homepage feature

Stir Q&A: At fifth annual TRANSFORM Festival, Corey Payette honours Indigenous artistry

Festival co-curated with The Cultch’s Heather Redfern features the workshop premiere of Payette’s musical On Native Land, plus a new choral composition

FESTS, MUSIC, THEATREJanet SmithOctober 31, 2024Corey Payette, Transform Festival, Indigenous, Urban Ink Theatre, Chor Leoni

Shadbolt Centre for the Arts presents In the Belly of the Carp, November 28 to 30

Innovative show created by Rodney DeCroo, Samantha Pawliuk, and David Bloom melds music, theatre, and poetry inside a giant fish

Music review: With a talented cast of singers and actors, Die Fledermaus offers evening of unserious fun

Adaptation of Strauss’s beloved operetta opens Vancouver Opera’s 65th season with cheeky adapted dialogue and musical delights

Urban Ink's fifth-annual TRANSFORM Festival spotlights Indigenous artists, November 6 to 9

Cabaret-style festival co-curated by Corey Payette and Heather Redfern features an electrifying fusion of theatre, music, drag, circus, and more

The Prop Master’s Dream, a fusion opera, pays tribute to a unique soul

Vancouver Cantonese Opera production at the Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival honours the late Wah-Kwan Gwan

Director Ashlie Corcoran takes Vancouver Opera’s Die Fledermaus to the Swinging Sixties

The 65th-season opener features a witty new script by Mark Crawford and a Sweet Charity-worthy array of colourful retro costumes

THEATRE, MUSICJanet SmithOctober 22, 2024Vancouver Opera, VANCOUVER OPERA, Ashlie Corcoran, Homepage feature

The Last Night at the Cabaret Yitesh comes to the Chutzpah! Festival, November 9 and 10

Michael Wex’s uproarious show combines 1930s cabaret songs, original comedy sketches, Yiddish adaptations of international hits, and vaudeville classics

Massey Theatre presents Kid Koala’s Nufonia Must Fall, November 15 and 16

Magical stage adaptation of graphic novel features over 20 miniature sets performed, filmed, and projected in real time to a live score

MUSIC, THEATREStir VancouverOctober 17, 2024Partner Content, Massey Theatre, Kid Koala

Review: Music of the Night's ode to Lloyd Webber is as polished as a Phantom chandelier

Soprano Caitlin Wood, tenor Caulin Moore among the standouts in a production that shows the power of songs in musicals from Evita to Sunset Boulevard

MUSIC, THEATREJanet SmithOctober 17, 2024Music of the Night, Sound the Alarm, Sound the Alarm: Music/Theatre