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Hey Viola! returns with its dreamlike civil-rights cabaret, at Gateway Theatre to April 22

Charismatic Krystle Dos Santos brings to life Viola Davis through a range of Nina Simone hits, gospel, jazz, and freedom songs

WHAT'S STIRRING, THEATREJanet SmithApril 13, 2023Gateway Theatre, Krystle Dos Santos

White Noise returns to the Firehall Arts Centre with its biting look at Truth and Reconciliation, to May 7

Frank, smart story of a dinner party gone awry attracted rave reviews last year

THEATRE, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithApril 13, 2023Firehall Arts Centre, FIREHALL, Spring 2023

Kunji Ikeda takes the stage in Sansei: The Storyteller at Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, April 27 to 29

One-man show examines the sombre history of Japanese Canadian internment through a personal lens

DANCEStir VancouverApril 13, 2023Partner Content, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts

Stir Q&A: Bird's Kylie Vincent talks pain, laughter, and the coolest dog she knows

Comedian’s standup-theatre-memoir mashup digs fearlessly into the trauma she suffered in her teens

COMEDY, THEATREJanet SmithApril 13, 2023THE CULTCH, The Cultch, Spring 2023

See Vetta Chamber Music’s Wartime Masterpieces in concert, April 28 to May 1

Program will feature music from composers whose lives were impacted by war

MUSICStir VancouverApril 12, 2023Partner Content, Vetta Chamber Music

Vancouver’s Chinese Canadian Museum receives additional provincial funding in advance of July 1, 2023 opening

Province of BC announces $10 million to support renovations, operating costs of the Chinatown cultural venue

CULTURE, NEWSGail JohnsonApril 12, 2023Chinese Canadian Museum

Architectural photojournalist Ema Peter chases the decisive moment

New exhibition at West Vancouver Art Museum features a career-spanning selection of the local artist’s transfixing images

George Hinchcliffe’s Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain puts "outsider instrument" to everything from Bach to punk to bebop

The plucky project, coming to Vancouver Recital Society, has confounded expectations and toured the world for almost 40 years now

Canada's Latinx theatre artists converge and converse for Coyuntura, in Vancouver April 15 an 16

CALTAC board member Alexandra Lainfiesta says this year’s focus is self-identification amid an incredibly diverse community

NEWS, CULTURE, THEATREJanet SmithApril 12, 2023Coyuntura, CALTAC, SFU Woodward's Cultural Programs, SFU Woodward's

The Dance Centre hosts Lamondance on April 20 for Discover Dance! series

Show will feature works by Davi Rodrigues and Jera Wolfe

DANCEStir VancouverApril 12, 2023Partner Content, The Dance Centre, Lamondance

Grammy nominee Anoushka Shankar to return to the Chan Centre, where rising star Hania Rani will make Vancouver debut

Shankar is a revered sitar player; Rani is a Polish pianist-vocalist-composer

MUSICGail JohnsonApril 11, 2023Chan Centre, Jarrett Martineau

Theatre artist Melody Anderson wins 2023 David King Prize for new comedic script, Home

The $3,000 juried award, overseen by Touchstone Theatre, is named for the beloved West Coast playwright who died in 2021

NEWS, THEATREJanet SmithApril 11, 2023Touchstone Theatre

Union representing stagehands, theatre techs employed by Vancouver Symphony Orchestra files historic 72-hour strike notice

IATSE Local 118 files notice for first time in its history, says VSO stage employees have been without a contract since June 2022

MUSIC, NEWSGail JohnsonApril 11, 2023Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, IATSE, VSO

The Birds Concert flutters to life at Early Music Vancouver on April 21

Program from France’s La Rêveuse features compositions reminiscent of birdsong

MUSICStir VancouverApril 11, 2023Partner Content, EARLY MUSIC VANCOUVER

Argentinian wine, empanadas, and live Latin jazz come together in Vancouver for Malbec World Day

Marquis Wine Cellars hosts free tasting, featuring goods from Panaderia Latina Bakery and music by Andre Stepanian

CULINARYGail JohnsonApril 11, 2023wine, Malbec, Spring 2023, Marquis Wine Cellar

Pianist Tomasz Ritter brings his passion for period instruments to Vancouver Chopin Society

Polish star will play Beethoven, Schubert, and, of course, Chopin on a faithful copy of an 1819 Conrad Graf piano

Early Music Vancouver launches new emerging artist competition May 1 to 15

Those 30 years of age or younger can apply from around the world

NEWS, MUSICJanet SmithApril 11, 2023EARLY MUSIC VANCOUVER, Early Music Vancouver

Dory Hayley sings George Aperghis’s Récitations at Vancouver New Music, April 22

Collection of 14 works is a challenging masterpiece of contemporary solo vocal writing

MUSICStir VancouverApril 11, 2023Partner Content, VANCOUVER NEW MUSIC

Bard on the Beach Shakespeare festival announces 2023 lineup

Smash hit As You Like It—which is set to The Beatles—and contemporary take on Julius Caesar headline 34th annual fest at Sen̓áḵw/Vanier Park

FESTS, THEATREGail JohnsonApril 11, 2023Bard on the Beach, Christopher Gaze, Shakespeare

The Cultch's Heather Redfern wins national theatre innovation award

2023 Gascon-Thomas prize goes to a Canadian theatre artist who has brought a wave of change to their field

NEWS, THEATREJanet SmithApril 10, 2023THE CULTCH, The Cultch

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