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Stand Up Dance’s Meagan O'Shea breaks down borders, drawing on influences around the world

Multiyear, immersive Anatomalia: anatomy + anomaly + femalia saw a creation process that took her from Germany to Morocco

DANCEJanet SmithNovember 14, 2023DANCE CENTRE

Takács Quartet returns to Vancouver in a Friends of Chamber Music concert, December 5

Concert kicks off with Joseph Haydn’s cheery String Quartet in B-flat Major, Opus 76, No. 4, “Sunrise”

MUSICStir VancouverNovember 14, 2023Partner Content, Friends of Chamber Music

WVAM offers free curatorial tour of Losing Control of the Landscape: Ross Penhall, November 18

The artist draws on his experiences as a former firefighter for his iconic landscapes

Carmen Aguirre directs Federico García Lorca’s 1933 tragedy Blood Wedding at Studio 58, November 23 to December 3

Poetic production set in rural Spain tells the story of a bride torn between her fiancé and her former lover

THEATREStir VancouverNovember 13, 2023Partner Content, Studio 58

Theatre review: Elf: The Musical gives beloved holiday comedy an energized old-Broadway spin

Andrew McNee has big elf boots to fill—and he smashes this snowball out of the icepark

Vancouver Bach Choir performs David Lang's The Little Match Girl Passion, December 1

Piece that balances suffering and hope is inspired by Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale and Bach’s St. Matthew Passion

MUSICStir VancouverNovember 13, 2023Partner Content, Vancouver Bach Choir, Holiday 2023

Pulitzer Prize-winning Voiceless Mass repurposes working churches

Diné composer Raven Chacon’s revered piece is scored for chamber ensemble, pipe organ, and sine tones

MUSICJanet SmithNovember 13, 2023music, Vancouver New Music, Raven Chacon

The Improv Centre invites audiences to a trio of holiday shows, November 23 to December 31

Back to the Holidays, 2023 and Me, and NYE at TIC deliver festivity and fun

COMEDY, THEATREStir VancouverNovember 12, 2023Partner Content, The Improv Centre, Holiday 2023

At Eastside Culture Crawl, intricate paper cutting becomes beautiful multilayered art

Artists like Rachael Ashe and Tara Lee Bennett make magic with paper and scissors

ART & DESIGN, FESTSJanet SmithNovember 12, 2023Eastside Culture Crawl, Eastside Arts Society

Shadbolt Centre for the Arts presents new musical Josie and Grace, November 24 and 25

Story of friendship and fortitude stars Tymisha Harris stars as artist-spy Josephine Baker, and Rachel Comeau as Princess Grace of Monaco

THEATREStir VancouverNovember 11, 2023Partner Content, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts

Dance review: Buried beneath a mound of trash in Accumulation, Alvin Erasga Tolentino embodies climate anxiety

Emmanuel Mailly’s live score and Marc Gerenton’s sculpture work help craft an utterly creative picture of heartbreak and distress

DANCEJanet SmithNovember 10, 2023Co.ERASGA, Performance Works

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra hosts Louis Armstrong & Friends, November 17 and 18

London Drugs VSO Pops series concert features famous jazz classics from the Great American Songbook

MUSICStir VancouverNovember 10, 2023Partner Content, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Tragedy, Slander, & Wine explores conspiracy theories and media literacy, November 13 to 19

The multimedia play fuses theatre and film with true crime, mockumentary, and more

THEATRE, WHAT'S STIRRINGGail JohnsonNovember 10, 2023Promethean Theatre, theatre

Vancouver artist Ron Terada reframes real pandemic headlines on a grand scale, at the Polygon Gallery

He captures the wild ride of 2020 through 325 meticulous paintings, in the new exhibition From Slander’s Brand

ART & DESIGNJanet SmithNovember 10, 2023The Polygon, THE POLYGON, The Polygon Gallery, Homepage feature, Ron Terada

In a Vancouver first, Mandala Arts and Culture presents Mohiniyattam, November 18

Event marks the inaugural professional performance locally of the Indian classical dance style

DANCE, WHAT'S STIRRINGGail JohnsonNovember 10, 2023Jai Govinda, Mandala Arts + Culture, dance

Emily Carr University invites guests to its 50th annual Student Art Sale, November 23 to 25

Event featuring original paintings, photographs, ceramics, and more is an opportunity to support emerging artists and designers

ART & DESIGNStir VancouverNovember 9, 2023Partner Content, Emily Carr University

Theatre review: Powerful Hadestown pulls ancient Greek tragedy into contemporary times

Striking visuals, creative staging, and meaningful songs make Tony Award-winning Orpheus and Eurydice update soar

THEATREJanet SmithNovember 9, 2023Broadway Across Canada, Vancouver Civic Theatres

At the Chutzpah! Festival, Rita Ueda's I Have My Mother’s Eyes channels two families' generational strength

Chamber opera tells story of a Japanese diplomat who aids in the escape of 6,000 Jews from Nazi-occupied Lithuania

MUSIC, FESTSJanet SmithNovember 9, 2023Chutzpah! Festival, Powell Street Festival

At IndieFest, Sanctuary & Storm reflects on passion through two historical female figures, at H.R. MacMillan Space Centre November 17 to 19

World premiere from Vancouver Opera and re:Naissance Opera stars Kwagiulth-Stó:lō First Nations mezzo-soprano Marion Newman

MUSIC, FESTS, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithNovember 9, 2023Vancouver Opera, re:Naissance opera, IndieFest

New Works showcases The Biting School's Zahak, The Serpent King, November 30 to December 2

World premiere blends theatre and dance to tell a Persian myth-inspired story of a ruler who kills his own people

THEATREStir VancouverNovember 9, 2023Partner Content, New Works

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