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Theatre review: Soldiers of Tomorrow's artful simplicity makes for strong storytelling

With mesmerizing live music by Emad Armoush and a small army of toy soldiers, Itai Erdal confronts his past in Israel’s military

THEATRE, FESTSJanet SmithFebruary 6, 2023PuSh Festival, The Elephant Theatre

Theatre review: Studio 58 cast brings heart to polished A Chorus Line production

Some singular sensations amid rising triple-threat talents, in a rendition that builds to a blowout finale

THEATREJanet SmithFebruary 6, 2023Studio 58, Langara College, Homepage feature

Theatre review: An Undeveloped Sound leans into the liminal in look at longing, loss, and language

Electric Company Theatre’s cinematic-feeling work about a mysterious call centre raises circling questions about existence

FESTS, THEATREJanet SmithFebruary 6, 2023Electric Company Theatre, PuSh Festival

Vancouver Folk Music Festival Society survives: board withdraws motion to dissolve

Due to overwhelming opposition to a proposed vote that could have seen the fest come to an end, board reverses course, launches fundraising and volunteer drive

NEWS, FESTSGail JohnsonFebruary 6, 2023Vancouver Folk Music Festival

Friends of Chamber Music present Takács Quartet on February 21

Upcoming concert at the Vancouver Playhouse marks a return engagement with an audience favourite

MUSICStir VancouverFebruary 6, 2023Partner Content, Friends of Chamber Music

Mon Dieu: Vancouver Symphony Orchestra presents Edith Piaf Symphonique, February 10 and 11

Parsian actor-singer Nathalie Lermitte performs some of the legend’s greatest hits

MUSICGail JohnsonFebruary 6, 2023Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Vancouver Civic Theatres

Trailblazing lesbian folk singer-songwriter Ferron plays the Shadbolt, February 10

Praised by the likes of Rolling Stone and The New York Times, the B.C. artist is still going strong after more than five decades in music

MUSICGail JohnsonFebruary 6, 2023Shadbolt Centre, Ferron, lesbian, folk

Vancouver Cocktail Week announces 2023 lineup, March 5 to 11

Cocktail-paired dinners, walking tours, and special Happy Hours among the highlights

CULINARYGail JohnsonFebruary 6, 2023Vancouver Cocktail Week, Cocktails

Theatre review: Émilie Monnet's Okinum mesmerizes in a spiritual journey

The interdisciplinary artist’s performance at PuSh Festival draws on Anishinaabe teachings

FESTS, THEATREJanet SmithFebruary 4, 2023Indigenous, PuSh Festival, Quebec, Emilie Monnet

Touchstone Theatre presents The Wrong Bashir March 2 to 12

Ismaili playwright Zahida Rahemtulla’s mistaken-identity comedy hits the Firehall Arts Centre stage

THEATREStir VancouverFebruary 3, 2023Partner Content, Touchstone Theatre

Film reviews: Saint Omer takes an enigmatic look at courtroom drama, while Descendant plunges into a modern-day search for a slave ship

Both films, part of Black History Month screenings at VIFF Centre, untangle true events

Théâtre la Seizième grows a green thumb in Le Potager, February 4 and 5

Quebec’s Le Petit Théâtre de Sherbrooke brings its kid-friendly French show to Vancouver

THEATREGail JohnsonFebruary 3, 2023Theatre la Seizieme, French, French theatre, Quebec

Vancouver Opera presents A Midsummer Night’s Dream February 11, 16, and 19

Benjamin Britten’s romantic, atmospheric opera makes its VO debut with two evening performances and a Sunday matinée

OPERAStir VancouverFebruary 2, 2023Partner Content

Theatre review: The Cull delivers focused performances in its look at people's varying moral compasses

Director Mindy Parfitt’s take on the play by Michele Riml and Michael St. John Smith spotlights its humanist-oriented dialogue

THEATREGail JohnsonFebruary 2, 2023Arts Club Theatre, Arts Club, Mindy Parfitt, John Cassini, Homepage feature

Advance Theatre Festival Week 1 unveils staged readings by female and BIPOC writers, to February 3

Playwrights include Yvonne Wallace and Jessica Liang at Shadbolt Centre for the Arts series

Chor Leoni sings in spring with PopCappella III

The choir breathes new life into top 40 favourites backed by a full band of Vancouver’s finest

MUSICStir VancouverFebruary 2, 2023Partner Content

The Improv Centre turns February into a month of romance and giggles

Valentine’s Day–themed programming proves how love and laughter go hand in hand

COMEDYJanet SmithFebruary 1, 2023comedy, improv, The Improv Centre, Allen Morrisson, Homepage feature

In Soldiers of Tomorrow, actor-playwright Itai Erdal's story of his Israeli army service triggers larger questions about conflict

In a one-man show that will “piss off both sides”, the theatre artist looks back on time in military with new eyes

THEATRE, FESTSJanet SmithFebruary 1, 2023Itai Erdal, The Elbow Theatre, PuSh Festival

Italian food in Vancouver: two new restaurants join the scene; global praise for another

The Farmhouse gets fresh in East Van; Gastronomy plays in Gastown; and Cioppino’s named among the world’s best Italian restaurants

CULINARYGail JohnsonFebruary 1, 2023Vancouver food, Vancouver restaurants, Cioppino's, Italian, Italian food, The Farmhouse

Vancouver artists nominated for 2023 Juno Awards include Suzie LeBlanc, Ruby Singh

Among the other local nominees are musica intima, Hard Rubber Orchestra, and Dan Mangan

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