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Vancouver's Kwasi Thomas headlines the Underground Comedy Railroad's 10th anniversary West Coast showcase

Canada’s first all-Black comedy tour is being hosted by the Unknown Comedy Club as part of Black History Month

COMEDYJanet SmithFebruary 24, 2022

Star of Kim's Convenience says he draws on an immigrant experience that "lives just under the surface"

James Yi sees his own parents’ struggles in his shopkeeper role, but finds the show speaks to a universal audience

THEATREJanet SmithFebruary 24, 2022Arts Club Theatre, Arts Club, Homepage feature, SPRING

Dance review: Tuning creates a hypnotic world of voice, vocoder, and movement

Intimacy and connection are the driving themes of new full-length by Vanessa Goodman

DANCEJanet SmithFebruary 24, 2022Action at.a Distance, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts

Gateway Theatre explores stigma around mental health with JD Derbyshire’s hilarious memoir-play, Certified

The one-person show takes viewers on a journey through the mental-health system with refreshing humour

STAGEJanet SmithFebruary 24, 2022Partner Content, Gateway Theatre, SPRING

For Czech-based Bennewitz Quartet violinist Štěpán Ježek, it's personal

The musician compares the string quartet to black-and-white photography

MUSICGail JohnsonFebruary 24, 2022Friends of Chamber Music, Bennewitz Quartet, homepage feature, Homepage feature

Kalabanté grows from the streets and beaches of Guinea to a thriving circus school in Montreal

Founder Yamoussa Bangoura long dreamed of creating his own African-music-fuelled acrobatic productions

THEATREJanet SmithFebruary 24, 2022Kalabante, Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, CHAN CENTRE

Sustainable seafood takes centre-stage in artful ways to raise awareness of ocean conservation

A new cookbook and a national festival focus on sea-friendly ingredients

CULINARYGail JohnsonFebruary 23, 2022Ocean Wise, Cantina Norte, 1931 Gallery Bistro, sustainable seafood

Film review: Futura captures aching uncertainty of generation on the edge of adulthood

Travelling from Venice to Naples, documentary asks a wide cross-section of kids what the future holds

SCREENJanet SmithFebruary 23, 2022The Cinematheque

PuSh International Performing Arts Festival announces departure of Jason Dubois from leadership team

Organization’s former managing director had led PuSh with Gabrielle Martin and Margo Kane

FESTSJanet SmithFebruary 23, 2022PuSh Festival

The Sun and the Moon brings a Coast Salish story to poetic life, February 24 to 26

Vancouver International Dance Festival presents the work by Nanaimo’s Holly Bright and Snuneymuxw author Celestine Aleck

DANCEJanet SmithFebruary 23, 2022VIDF, Vancouver International Dance Festival

Film review: An inspiring portrait of Madonna Thunder Hawk and her daughter, Warrior Women inspires

The documentary screening at KDocsFF 2022 follows the passing down of Indigenous culture—and activism—through the generations

FESTS, SCREENGail JohnsonFebruary 22, 2022KDocsFF, documentary

London's Castalian String Quartet plays music to move you

The acclaimed ensemble takes on Schubert’s final string quartet in Vancouver Recital Society performance

MUSICGail JohnsonFebruary 22, 2022Vancouver Recital Society, chamber music, string quartet

Boca del Lupo takes a plunge into immersive technology with LivePerformance360 series

Program launches with Swimming Home, a play for one set in your own bathroom

THEATREJanet SmithFebruary 22, 2022Boca del Lupo, Sherry J Yoon

Bonding over difficult birth stories, composer and violist deliver a new creation at Inhale/Exhale

In Taylor Brook’s Provenances, Turning Point Ensemble players synchronize their breathing, while soloist Marina Thibeault takes on the mother’s role

MUSICJanet SmithFebruary 22, 2022Turning Point Ensemble, Marina Thibeault

Dancers meet microphones and wallpaper, as Vanessa Goodman's new full-length Tuning premieres, February 23 to 26

Alexis Fletcher and Ted Littlemore perform the duet that features a live-generated vocal score

DANCEJanet SmithFebruary 21, 2022Vanessa Goodman, Alexis Fletcher

Takács Quartet, the only chamber string ensemble to be named to the Gramophone Hall of Fame, comes to Vancouver, February 22

The renowned ensemble will be joined by esteemed English pianist Stephen Hough in Friends of Chamber Music concert

MUSICGail JohnsonFebruary 21, 2022Friends of Chamber Music

From Vancouver Island to the world's greatest concert halls, Nikki Chooi embraces the violin's range

Making his Vancouver Symphony Orchestra debut, the globally in-demand musician plays everything from opera to bluegrass

MUSICGail JohnsonFebruary 21, 2022Nikki Chooi, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, violin

Black culture, costume, and dance meet in Ensemble at the Polygon, to March 13

Five short films by contemporary artists call for justice through Black joy and imagination

WHAT'S STIRRING, SCREEN, ART & DESIGNGail JohnsonFebruary 21, 2022The Polygon, short film

Ne. Sans Opera & Dance performs excerpts set to Handel, Bach, and Philip Glass, March 1

Countertenor Shane Hanson, pianist/conductor Leslie Dala join noonhour Discover Dance! performance Vermette

WHAT'S STIRRING, DANCEGail JohnsonFebruary 21, 2022The Dance Centre, Ne.Sans Opera and Dance, Idan Cohen

Boca del Lupo announces Swimming Home, an immersive theatre experience for one—in their own bathroom

Silvia Mercuriali’s Autoteatro show launches the LivePerformance360 Series

THEATREJanet SmithFebruary 19, 2022Boca del Lupo, Partner Content

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