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Touchstone Theatre to launch 2022-23 season with Kat Sandler's YAGA

Okinum and The Wrong Bashir also join the roster of contemporary Canadian works

THEATREJanet SmithSeptember 6, 2022Touchstone Theatre

Elektra creates magic with world premiere of The Lost Words: A Spell Book

The musical interpretation of the best-selling book by author Robert Macfarlane and visual artist Jackie Morris features new works by Canadian composers and readings by actor Laara Sadiq

MUSICJanet SmithSeptember 6, 2022Elektra Women's Choir, Partner Content

Paris-based team packs a punch in Vancouver with Stallone

Actor Clotilde Hesme won France’s highest theatre award for her role in the high-energy play that draws inspiration from Rocky III

THEATREGail JohnsonSeptember 6, 2022Theatre la Seizieme, French

Realwheels Theatre closes out season with In Camera livestream, September 8 to 11

The free performance marries theatre and cinema, reinterprets Sartre, and features special effects from SFU’s Centre for Digital Media

THEATREJanet SmithSeptember 4, 2022SUMMER, Reel to Real Film Festival, livestream

Ballet BC unveils a diverse roster of new dancers for 2022-23 season

Talent hails from the U.S., France, Italy, and our own Arts Umbrella

DANCEJanet SmithSeptember 3, 2022Ballet BC, BALLET BC

Big Print steamrolls through Steveston, September 3 and 4

Seven artists, from Dona Nabata to Atheana Picha, have designed and cut works for the giant print process

ART & DESIGNJanet SmithSeptember 2, 2022Malaspina Printmakers

Stir Cheat Sheet: 10 hot tickets at the 2022 Vancouver Fringe Festival

This year’s fest features everything from a professional cello player clowning around to a burlesque artist confronting the C-word

FESTS, THEATREStir VancouverSeptember 2, 2022Homepage feature, Vancouver Fringe Festival, theatre, Fringe Fest

Bass-baritone Daniel Okulitch shows new sides of himself in Take This Waltz, at Chutzpah! PLUS

Ne.Sans Opera & Dance’s interdisciplinary work finds the operatic star exploring the music of Leonard Cohen

DANCE, FESTSJanet SmithSeptember 1, 2022Chutzpah! Festival, Ne.Sans Opera and Dance, Daniel Okulitch, Homepage feature

At Vancouver Fringe Festival, comedian Ed Hill gets personal

The Taiwanese-Canadian artist has two entirely different shows hitting local stages, with the Fringe’s Stupid Ed culminating in an Off-Off Broadway residency and comedy-special filming

COMEDY, THEATRE, FESTSGail JohnsonSeptember 1, 2022Vancouver Fringe Festival, TAIWANfest, Ed Hill, comedy, Homepage feature, SUMMER

Chester Fields 2022 celebrates work of teen photographers, at The Polygon Gallery to September 11

Jeffer Ward takes top award in work centred around the theme of “Look Again”

ART & DESIGNJanet SmithAugust 31, 2022THE POLYGON, The Polygon Gallery, SUMMER

Nanya Spark, TÖME, Khari Wendell McClelland, and Curtis Clear Sky take to the AHFOMAD stage

From Afrobeat to IndigiFunk, the artists are part of the diverse lineup at the 2022 African Heritage Festival of Music and Dance

FESTS, MUSICGail JohnsonAugust 31, 2022AHFOMAD, Festival African Heritage Music and Dance Society, SUMMER

The art, community, and resilience of Indonesian migrants, in TAIWANfest Silaturahmi installation

Artist-activists travelled to a southern Taiwan port town to document a unique culture

ART & DESIGN, FESTSJanet SmithAugust 30, 2022TAIWANfest, SUMMER

Follow the sound of stamping feet to free Vancouver International Flamenco Festival shows, September 3 and 4 on Granville Island

Mozaico Flamenco, Jhoely Triana, Linda Hayes, and more take open-air stage at Picnic Pavilion

DANCE, FESTSJanet SmithAugust 30, 2022flamenco, Vancouver International Flamenco Festival, SUMMER

Stir Pairing: Live music, doughnuts, and fair-trade coffee in Lower Lonsdale

Shipyards Live wraps up on a celebratory note; nearby, 49th Parallel Coffee Roasters has opened its first North Vancouver location, complete with Lucky’s Doughnuts