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Stir Q&A: Ensemble chemistry, laughter, and snacks, as director Mindy Parfitt stages Stupid F*cking Bird

Bringing Aaron Posner’s hit spin on Chekhov’s The Seagull: to life means “food is made, songs are sung, and there’s definitely more swearing”

THEATREJanet SmithApril 10, 2023The Search Party, THE CULTCH, The Cultch, Spring 2023

Stir Bedside Table: Jill Barber

The East Vancouver singer-songwriter-musician talks Bad Cree: A Novel, Catcher in the Rye, and more

MUSIC, READGail JohnsonApril 10, 2023BC books, Stir Bedside Table, Jill Barber, The Cultch, music, books

Charles Campbell: An Ocean to Livity opens at Surrey Art Gallery, April 15

Exhibition on display until June 4 uses breath to explore Black resilience and community

ART & DESIGNStir VancouverApril 10, 2023Partner Content, Surrey Art Gallery

Danish String Quartet's daring Doppelgänger pairs old and new music

Coming to Vancouver, the Grammy-nominated ensemble combines world premieres by contemporary composers with late major chamber works by Schubert

Taran Kootenhayoo’s White Noise returns to the Firehall Arts Centre, April 15 to May 7

Remount of play produced with Savage Society questions internalized racism in Canada

THEATREStir VancouverApril 9, 2023Partner Content, Firehall Arts Centre

Hot Chefs & Cool Jazz 2023 supports Junior Culinary Team Canada, April 14

Top B.C. culinary artists join The Miles Black Quartet for a night of food, music, and wine at Fairmont Pacific Rim

Theatre review: Rubaboo gets to the heart of Métis culture

Andrea Menard invites audiences to participate in Métis language teachings and songs

THEATREJanet SmithApril 8, 2023Andrea Menard, Indigenous, Arts Club, Arts Club Theatre

Naishi Wang's Taking Breath is a full-body exploration of breathing in a time of climate crisis

Toronto piece is a part of New Work’s one-night-only MERGE mixed program

DANCEJanet SmithApril 8, 2023New Works, Roundhouse Community Centre, Spring 2023

UBC honours Elektra Women’s Choir artistic director Morna Edmundson with honorary degree

The conductor, who also leads EnChor Choir, is recognized for setting a standard of excellence

MUSICGail JohnsonApril 7, 2023Elektra Women's Choir, Morna Edmundson, UBC

Some Assembly Theatre’s The Identity Bureau hits the stage from April 28 to May 2

Bold new production explores the importance of respecting people’s identities

THEATREStir VancouverApril 6, 2023Partner Content, Some Assembly Theatre

Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity names Amiel Gladstone as director of theatre arts

The widely published and produced playwright-director regularly mentors with The Cultch and Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre

THEATREGail JohnsonApril 6, 2023Amiel Gladstone, Banff Centre, theatre

The Cultch announces lineup for sixth annual Femme Festival

Fierce female-identifying artists in circus, dance, music, theatre, and comedy perform throughout April and May

FESTSGail JohnsonApril 6, 2023The Cultch, Femme Festival, Amanda Sum, Jill Barber, female

In We Love Arabs, Hillel Kogan poses uncomfortable questions with self-effacing laughter

The duet with Mourad Bouayad at the Scotiabank Dance Centre takes a biting look at himself and his country’s cultural identity

DANCEJanet SmithApril 6, 2023DANCE CENTRE, The Dance Centre, Spring 2023, Hillel Kogan

Elektra Women’s Choir hosts the Tapestry International Celebration of Women's Choir on May 5 and 6

Two harmonious concerts will unite Elektra with The Women’s Chorus of Dallas and Mirinesse Women’s Choir

MUSICStir VancouverApril 6, 2023Partner Content, Elektra Women's Choir

Malian singer-songwriter Fatoumata Diawara brings vibrant music to the Chan Centre, April 14

The Grammy-nominated artist sings mostly in Bambara, the language of Mali

WHAT'S STIRRING, MUSICGail JohnsonApril 5, 2023Chan Centre, African

DOXA Documentary Film Festival announces 2023 lineup

The 22nd edition includes 39 thought-provoking feature- and mid-length releases and 25 shorts

SCREEN, FESTSGail JohnsonApril 5, 2023DOXA, documentary, film, film festival

The Prom and Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical to hit Theatre Under Stars stage this summer

Festival set to hit Stanley Park’s historic Malkin Bowl from July 6 to August 26.

NEWS, THEATREJanet SmithApril 5, 2023Theatre Under the Stars, TUTS

Vanessa Goodman and Caroline Shaw’s Graveyards and Gardens loops and echoes its way back to the live stage

The immersive sound-and-dance piece has hit symphony and skateboard spaces before circling back to Vancouver—lamps, amps, and all

Vancouver Recital Society presents the Kanneh-Mason family on May 5

Troupe of seven spectacularly skilled siblings well-versed in piano, violin, and cello

MUSICStir VancouverApril 5, 2023Partner Content, Vancouver Recital Society

Stir Cheat Sheet: 5 Things to know about time-travelling Catalan folk innovators Tarta Relena

Barcelona’s Marta Torrella and Helena Ros draw on far-reaching Mediterranean traditions and multiple languages

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