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Theatre review: Made in Italy's physical comedy is a full-body affair

Farren Timoteo’s impressions sing, the solo actor pulling off a dinner-table full of guests

THEATREJanet SmithMarch 26, 2022Arts Club Theatre, Made in Italy

Drinkwater starring Eric McCormack launches 2022 Reel 2 Real International Film Festival for Youth

Other feature highlights include Bigger Than Us, The Time Thief, and Stop-Zemilia

FESTS, SCREENJanet SmithMarch 25, 2022R2R Film Festival

Architek Percussion takes audiences on a multisensory journey, March 29

Viewers will feel the instruments’ sounds reverberate throughout their body

MUSICJanet SmithMarch 25, 2022Music on Main, Architek Percussion, SPRING, Spring Arts Guide

The Magic Hour 360 & Pochsy at the Airport Hotel make their VR debuts at Boca del Lupo

Also showing at the Boca del Lupo series is Pochsy at the Airport Hotel

THEATREJanet SmithMarch 25, 2022Partner Content

Acclaimed pianist Yuja Wang kicks off North American and European tour in Vancouver, March 30

The Vancouver Recital Society concert features works by Ligeti, Beethoven, and Kapustin

MUSICJanet SmithMarch 25, 2022Vancouver Recital Society, piano, Yuja Wang, SPRING, Spring Arts Guide

At Capture Photography Festival, Family Album subverts traditional images of the common social structure

You won’t find any “typical” family portraits at the vast group exhibition

The Wrong Bashir by Zahida Rahemtulla is a hilarious story of mistaken identity

A comedic intergenerational ride unfolds in the latest work in the Arts Club’s Listen to This: Audio Play Series

THEATREJanet SmithMarch 24, 2022Partner Content, Arts Club

With The White Fortress, Vancouver-based filmmaker Igor Drljača shows the effects of war on future generations

The director and UBC film instructor’s own experiences of Bosnian conflict make him fear for the crisis in Ukraine

SCREENJanet SmithMarch 24, 2022The Cinematheque, The White Fortress

Five local female artists explore women’s fashion, aerospace, and equality in new North Van Arts exhibition

I wanted to go on a space walk but had nothing to wear celebrates achievements of women in science and looks at barriers that have held them back

Vancouver and B.C. restaurants, wineries, distilleries, and more support humanitarian efforts in Ukraine

Folks in food and beverage across the province are raising funds to help people in need in the face of Russia’s invasion

Vancouver Bach Choir gives voice to J.S. Bach's epic Mass in B Minor April 17

Orpheum concert pays tribute to a work that’s considered one of the most extraordinary accomplishments of any composer from any era

MUSICJanet SmithMarch 23, 2022Vancouver Bach Choir, SPRING

Kidd Pivot's Crystal Pite returns with a Revisor that's more relevant than ever

Emerging from a hiatus, the renowned choreographer still finds herself compelled to explore the rhythms of language in dance

DANCEJanet SmithMarch 23, 2022Kidd Pivot, DanceHouse

The New Wave of Standup launches second season, March 29

Andrea Jin, Abdul Aziz among the Vancouver comedians featured

COMEDYJanet SmithMarch 22, 2022Just For Laughs Vancouver, Standup comedy

Vancouver International Burlesque Festival returns in-person for 2022

Lola Frost, Foxy Lexxi Brown, and Judith Stein among the fest’s dozens of local and national artists to perform live

Early Music Vancouver travels from 15th- and 16th-century Spain to Persia and the Ottoman Empire, in Castille to Samarkand

Ensemble Constantinople and Accademia del Piacere join forces for April 1 concert of sumptuous beauty

MUSICJanet SmithMarch 22, 2022EMV, Early Music Vancouver

Violin star Stephen Waarts draws on his scientist-family's research approach, but playing is pure artistry

The Dutch-American string virtuoso’s Vancouver Recital Society program spans Debussy, Schumann, and rarely played Enescu

MUSICStir VancouverMarch 22, 2022VRS, Vancouver Recital Society

BC Alliance offers workshops on workplace wellness, justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion

New spring sessions will help creatives soar

CULTUREJanet SmithMarch 21, 2022Partner Content, BC Alliance for Arts and Culture

Reading List: Books by Ukrainian, Russian, and Eastern European authors that inform and galvanize in the face of war

Transcendent works help us further understand the people experiencing violence in Ukraine, and the regime behind it

READStir VancouverMarch 21, 2022Read, Upstart & Crow, Ukraine, Russia

All Bodies Dance Project melds inclusivity and innovation, March 24 at noon

Both live and filmed works combine in a program that challenges expectations for integrated choreography

DANCEJanet SmithMarch 21, 2022DANCE CENTRE, The Dance Centre, All Bodies Dance

Taran Kootenhayoo's White Noise to have world premiere at the Firehall Arts Centre

The Firehall and Savage Society present the late storyteller’s thought-provoking, humour-tinged work exploring internalized racism

THEATREJanet SmithMarch 18, 2022Firehall Arts Centre, Partner Content, SPRING

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