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Studio 58 presents Sondheim’s fairy tale musical Into the Woods, February 1 to 18
Studio 58 presents Sondheim’s fairy tale musical Into the Woods, February 1 to 18

Langara College’s professional theatre training program hosts show full of iconic characters, from Little Red Riding Hood to Cinderella

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THEATREStir VancouverJanuary 22, 2024Partner Content, Studio 58
Youths take the spotlight in Vancouver Chamber Choir’s Horizons, January 27
Youths take the spotlight in Vancouver Chamber Choir’s Horizons, January 27

Up-and-coming talents are featured in mixed concert program

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WHAT'S STIRRING, MUSICGail JohnsonJanuary 22, 2024Vancouver Chamber Choir, youth
Tibetan singer-songwriter Yungchen Lhamo makes musical mantras as an offering of peace
Tibetan singer-songwriter Yungchen Lhamo makes musical mantras as an offering of peace

U.S.-based artist draws on everything from thousand-year-old chants to brass bell vibrations and stirring North African beats

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MUSICJanet SmithJanuary 21, 2024BlueShore at CapU, Tibet
Shadbolt Centre for the Arts presents Paul Pigat and the Smoking Jackets, February 4
Shadbolt Centre for the Arts presents Paul Pigat and the Smoking Jackets, February 4

Genre-bending Vancouver guitarist joined by six-piece band in cabaret-style show

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MUSICStir VancouverJanuary 19, 2024Partner Content, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts
The Zone of Interest employs cool detachment to depict chilling banality of evil, opening January 19
The Zone of Interest employs cool detachment to depict chilling banality of evil, opening January 19

Jonathan Glazer’s unsettling film follows Hedwig and Rudolf Höss during the Second World War

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WHAT'S STIRRING, SCREENJanet SmithJanuary 19, 2024Zone of Interest, Holocaust
 Belgium-based Indian dancer Rakesh Sukesh draws upon a personal encounter of racism, January 22 to 24
Belgium-based Indian dancer Rakesh Sukesh draws upon a personal encounter of racism, January 22 to 24

Artist’s Indian Summer Festival/PuSh Festival solo because i love the diversity (this micro-attitude, we all have it) was a close collaboration with award-winning Vancouver playwright Marcus Youssef

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DANCE, FESTS, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithJanuary 19, 2024PuSh International Performing Arts Festival, PuSh Festival, Performance Works, Indian Summer Festival, the Cultch
Stir Q&A:  Jean Abreu and Naishi Wang's Deciphers unpacks the complexities of language through dance
Stir Q&A: Jean Abreu and Naishi Wang's Deciphers unpacks the complexities of language through dance

In New Works and PuSh Festival’s world premiere, performers draw upon experiences as immigrants from Brazil and China

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DANCE, FESTSStir VancouverJanuary 19, 2024PuSh International Performing Arts Festival, PuSh Festival, New Works, Scotiabank Dance Centre, Homepage feature
Gateway Theatre hosts The Flame: Lunar New Year Edition, February 10
Gateway Theatre hosts The Flame: Lunar New Year Edition, February 10

Storytelling event co-created by Deborah Williams makes its Richmond debut with nine speakers

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THEATREStir VancouverJanuary 19, 2024Partner Content, Gateway Theatre
Film review: Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer collects the bizarre and revealing moments of an unorthodox career
Film review: Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer collects the bizarre and revealing moments of an unorthodox career

A-list interviewees, rapturous film clips, and reflections from an auteur who’s travelled from Peruvian jungles to Antarctic snowscapes

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SCREENJanet SmithJanuary 19, 2024Vancouver International Film Festival, VIFF
Invoking an Alchemy of Transformation: Gabrielle Martin talks curating with care at this year's PuSh Festival
Invoking an Alchemy of Transformation: Gabrielle Martin talks curating with care at this year's PuSh Festival

In a statement ahead of the festival, director of programming reflects on compiling “works that share a sense of cultural urgency”

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DANCE, THEATRE, FESTSStir VancouverJanuary 18, 2024Partner Content, PuSh International Performing Arts Festival, PuSh Festival
With Inheritances, Adam Tendler mines fraught father-son relationship through piano
With Inheritances, Adam Tendler mines fraught father-son relationship through piano

Music on Main and PuSh Festival present moving solo concert that began with a surprise envelope of cash and a desire to process loss

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MUSICJanet SmithJanuary 18, 2024Homepage feature, Music on Main, MUSIC ON MAIN, PuSh Festival
Vancouver Civic Theatres presents David Suzuki and Tara Cullis in What You Won’t Do For Love, February 13 to 17
Vancouver Civic Theatres presents David Suzuki and Tara Cullis in What You Won’t Do For Love, February 13 to 17

Just in time for Valentine’s Day, renowned environmentalists and longtime couple mark their theatrical debut in a celebration of love, partnership, and the planet

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THEATREStir VancouverJanuary 18, 2024Partner Content, Vancouver Civic Theatres, David Suzuki Foundation
Vancouver's Improv Centre launches THE HEAT—An International Improv Comedy Showcase
Vancouver's Improv Centre launches THE HEAT—An International Improv Comedy Showcase

Los Angeles troupe Glass Clown joins ensembles from Canada, England, the U.S., and the Philippines in inaugural festival

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COMEDYGail JohnsonJanuary 18, 2024The Improv Centre, improv, comedy
Vetta Chamber Music gets unabashedly romantic in Music of the Heart
Vetta Chamber Music gets unabashedly romantic in Music of the Heart

The organization’s upcoming piano-focused concert is all about emotion

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MUSICGail JohnsonJanuary 18, 2024Vetta Chamber Music, piano
BlueShore at CapU hosts Kate McGarry and Keith Ganz in concert, February 2
BlueShore at CapU hosts Kate McGarry and Keith Ganz in concert, February 2

Grammy-nominated jazz singer McGarry and guitarist Ganz team up for a jazz-pop repertoire from the ’60s and ’70s

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MUSICStir VancouverJanuary 17, 2024Partner Content, BlueShore at CapU
Armed with a big, 1950s Gibson, Australia's Minnie Marks brings new energy to International Guitar Night
Armed with a big, 1950s Gibson, Australia's Minnie Marks brings new energy to International Guitar Night

On her first North American tour, Australia’s rousing singer and propulsive electric guitarist draws on Down Under blues and follows her heart

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MUSICJanet SmithJanuary 17, 2024International Guitar Night, blues, Massey Theatre, The Massey, Homepage feature
Vancouver Opera presents classic comic opera Don Pasquale, February 10, 15, and 18
Vancouver Opera presents classic comic opera Don Pasquale, February 10, 15, and 18

Gaetano Donizetti’s beloved show stars Gregory Dahl as Don Pasquale, and features production by acclaimed duo Barbe & Doucet

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OPERAStir VancouverJanuary 17, 2024Partner Content, Vancouver Opera
Gravity & Other Myths' The Mirror pushes the limits of human endurance
Gravity & Other Myths' The Mirror pushes the limits of human endurance

Australian company draws on circus arts and dance for its high-flying work soon having its North American premiere in Vancouver

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DANCEGail JohnsonJanuary 17, 2024DanceHouse, dance, Homepage feature
Hold On Let Go performances disrupt conventions, push forms—and put unexpected objects at centre stage
Hold On Let Go performances disrupt conventions, push forms—and put unexpected objects at centre stage

Theatre Replacement and Company 605’s renamed and ever-growing series gathers experimental works at Russian Hall

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DANCE, FESTSJanet SmithJanuary 16, 2024Theatre Replacement, Company 605, Maiko Yamamoto
The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra hosts Black Panther in Concert, February 9 and 10
The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra hosts Black Panther in Concert, February 9 and 10

Audiences can see Ludwig Göransson’s Oscar-winning Marvel Studios film score performed live to picture

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MUSIC, SCREENStir VancouverJanuary 16, 2024Partner Content, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, VSO
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