Articles — Stir

International star Seamus Blake returns home for rare gig with local jazz royalty

The revered Vancouver-raised saxophonist to perform with all-star lineup of Phil Dwyer, Andre LaChance, and Jesse Cahill

MUSICJanet SmithApril 25, 2022BlueShore at CapU, Capilano University

Teiya Kasahara smashes the conventional opera world’s gender and identity stereotypes

The acclaimed queer, trans non-binary soprano returns to the West Coast for a performance with Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

MUSICGail JohnsonApril 25, 2022SPRING, Spring Arts Guide, Teiya Kasahara, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, trans, queer, non

Stir Q&A: The Invisible: Agents of Ungentlemanly Warfare's Melissa MacPherson talks about a musical that breaks the mould

Noir, mystery, or historical drama, the new show based on women’s true World War II spy stories is full of surprises

THEATREJanet SmithApril 25, 2022THE CULTCH, The Cultch, SPRING

Vancouver Bach Choir to perform Rossini's Petite Messe Solennelle, May 14 at the Playhouse

Neither small nor solemn, the mass has a light and operatic flair

MUSICJanet SmithApril 25, 2022Vancouver Bach Choir

In The Creative Instigator's Handbook, Leanne Prain looks at public art for social change

Author talks to those who have “mastered the art of positive troublemaking”—and shows how easy it is for others to do the same

READStir VancouverApril 23, 2022BC books, public art

Vancouver New Music, Vancouver Art Gallery mount Auditory Borderlands – Sounding The Dusk Meridian, April 28

Immersive experience set to live music lets people move through Keith Langergraber’s installation at the VAG’s Offsite space

From Canadian plays to SpongeBob SquarePants, Expressions Theatre Festival returns in person for 2022

Arts Umbrella students mount full-scale productions at the year-end fest

THEATREGail JohnsonApril 22, 2022SPRING, Spring Arts Guide, Arts Umbrella

Theatre review: White Noise serves up laughs and food for thought around Truth and Reconciliation

Strong cast, clever design help drive a story of two families whose differences come to light at a dinner party

THEATREStir VancouverApril 22, 2022FIREHALL, Firehall Arts Centre, Savage Society

Vancouver Art Gallery's photo exhibit Everything Under the Sun pays tribute to late collector Andrew Gruft's sharp eye for historic works and new discoveries

Iconic shots of New Orleans, Berlin, and Barcelona pair with the photo-conceptual and the irreverent

ART & DESIGNJanet SmithApril 22, 2022VAG, Vancouver Art Gallery, Homepage feature, SPRING

SFU Woodward's Launch Festival of Emerging Artists invites applications to May 17

The annual event spans dance, theatre, music, film, and digital arts, with a view to helping performing artists. get careers off the ground

FESTSJanet SmithApril 22, 2022SFU Woodward's, Launch Festival

Theatre review: 'da Kink in my Hair is by turns a hilarious and heart-breaking visit to the salon

Black women’s experiences are braided through the Arts Club’s heartfelt rendition of Trey Anthony’s hit play

THEATREJanet SmithApril 22, 2022SPRING, theatre review, The Arts Club

Elektra Women’s Choir welcomes the Sitka String Quartet for dazzling concert

The two Vancouver classical-music ensembles join forces for the first time in Lake of Stars

MUSICJanet SmithApril 21, 2022Elektra Women's Choir, Partner Content

COVID forces The Cultch to postpone Bad Parent to 2022-23 season

The much-anticipated world premiere by Ins Choi was scheduled to open April 21

THEATREJanet SmithApril 21, 2022The Cultch, THE CULTCH, Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre, Ins Choi

Brazil's 2018 election leads to the creation of full-length dance performance Black Feather

Lamondance artistic director Davi Rodrigues has choreographed what he calls a “slightly spookier spinoff” of Swan Lake

DANCEGail JohnsonApril 21, 2022SPRING, Spring Arts Guide, Lamondance, Brazil, Homepage feature

Spoken-word artist Johnny D Trinh hosts Stage to Page: The Music Edition at Verses, April 24

Kimmortal, Krystal Kiran, and Veda Hille among the panelists at the special open workshop

FESTSJanet SmithApril 21, 2022SPRING, Spring Arts Guide, Verses, Vancouver Poetry House, Kimmortal, Veda Hille

Crazy8s unveils its top six short films at live Gala Screening, May 7 at The Centre

Tickets are on sale for red-carpet event, followed by vintage-circus-inspired AfterParty

SCREENJanet SmithApril 21, 2022Crazy8s, SPRING

Talea Ensemble traverses numbers stations and unconventional sounds, in two new B.C. works

Vancouver New Music concert debuts pieces by composer Brandon Chow and William Kuo

MUSICJanet SmithApril 20, 2022Vancouver New Music, SPRING

Alegría aesthetics show up in Cirque du Soleil-inspired culinary experiences

Food-loving circus-goers in Vancouver can add flavour to their trip to the Big Top

STAGE, CULINARYGail JohnsonApril 20, 2022SPRING, Spring Arts Guide

Live theatre is back at Bard on the Beach after two dark summers

Shakespeare festival announces 2022 programming, including A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and special events

NEWS, THEATREJanet SmithApril 20, 2022SPRING, Spring Arts Guide, Bard on the Beach

Early Music Vancouver revives le Grand Siècle with Plaisirs du Louvre

The concert by Ensemble Correspondances evokes the elegant musical era of 17th-century France

MUSICJanet SmithApril 20, 2022Partner Content, Early Music Vancouver

Check out our Instagram @stirvancouver

CONTACT US

LINKS