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International Trans Day of Visibility 2022: Local artists reflect

Held annually on March 31, the event celebrates transgender and gender nonconforming people while raising awareness of discrimination and injustice

Hanging out with a cult cabaret caricature in 360 degrees, in Pochsy at the Airport Hotel

Theatre artist Karen Hines talks about the challenges and pleasures of working with VR video technology

THEATREJanet SmithMarch 30, 2022BOCA DEL LUPO, Boca del Lupo, SPRING

Vancouver Opera sets sail with Gilbert & Sullivan's HMS Pinafore, opening April 30

Writer-comedian JD Derbyshire has collaborated with director Brenna Corner to adapt the libretto for a modern audience

MUSIC, OPERAJanet SmithMarch 30, 2022Vancouver Opera, SPRING

Circus-themed play Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls explores gender identity, to April 23

Carousel Theatre’s heartwarming production stars non-binary drag icon Rae Takei, aka Rose Butch, in the lead role

WHAT'S STIRRING, THEATREJanet SmithMarch 29, 2022Carousel Theatre, trans, nonbinary, LGBTQ2SAI

Steve Dawson celebrates new CD at The BlueShore at CapU, April 13

Gone, Long Gone highlights Vancouver-bred, Nashville-based artist’s cinematic storytelling, suede-smooth vocals, and guitar wizardry

MUSICStir VancouverMarch 29, 2022CapU, Capilano University

Six of One: New Play Festival sees Melissa Oei come full circle, in directorial debut

A Studio 58 grad herself, the theatre artist was excited to work with acting students freed of their masks

THEATREStir VancouverMarch 29, 2022Studio 58, SPRING

Filmmaker Atom Egoyan reflects on The Sweet Hereafter, bringing new restoration to The Cinematheque

The celebrated Canadian director recalls the snowy BC shoot, the haunting performances, and the most indelible scenes

SCREENJanet SmithMarch 29, 2022The Cinematheque, Atom Egoyan

In Wonderland reimagines Lewis Carroll’s beloved stories to delight audiences of all ages

Gateway Theatre presents the show’s BC premiere, full of theatre magic

THEATREJanet SmithMarch 29, 2022Gateway Theatre, Partner Content, SPRING

Le Winston Band brings upbeat zydeco-, Cajun-, and French Canadian-influenced music to Festival du Bois

The Montreal five-piece honours Louisiana’s musical culture while doing its own Québécois-infused thing

FESTS, MUSICGail JohnsonMarch 29, 2022SPRING, Spring Arts Guide, Quebecois, French Canadian, Festival du Bois

Early Music Vancouver presents fortepiano virtuoso Olga Pashchenko in Beethoven & Liszt: A Musical Affinity

The special live concert will also raise funds for Ukraine

MUSICJanet SmithMarch 28, 2022Early Music Vancouver, Partner Content

Skoden Indigenous Film Festival returns for 2022 in-person, March 31 to April 2

“Skoden” is a unifying Indigenous slang term that transcends a single language and means “let’s go then!”

SCREENJanet SmithMarch 28, 2022SPRING, Spring Arts Guide, Skoden Indigenous Film Festival, SFU

Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival 2022 celebrates a grand re-emergence of blooms—and of the city itself

As we come out of the pandemic, the fest’s new executive director sees the event as an opportunity to reflect on what’s most important to us

FESTSGail JohnsonMarch 28, 2022SPRING, Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival

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

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