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In heartbreaking period musical Parade, Raincity Theatre tells true story of an innocent man accused of murder
In heartbreaking period musical Parade, Raincity Theatre tells true story of an innocent man accused of murder

Director Chris Adams talks non-traditional main characters, historical influences, and the show’s venue: a 114-year-old Gastown bank

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THEATREJanet SmithMarch 14, 2024Raincity Theatre, Jason Robert Brown, Spring 2024
Vancouver playwright David Johnston wins David King Prize for Tuxedos
Vancouver playwright David Johnston wins David King Prize for Tuxedos

The $3,000 prize, handed out by Touchstone Theatre, will help bring the queer romance-comedy to the stage

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THEATRE, NEWSJanet SmithMarch 14, 2024Touchstone Theatre, Studio 58
Matthias Maute leads Early Music Vancouver's Handel: Hallelujah & Trumpets! on March 24
Matthias Maute leads Early Music Vancouver's Handel: Hallelujah & Trumpets! on March 24

Ensemble Caprice and Ensemble ArtChoral perform works by the famed 18th-century German-British composer

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MUSICStir VancouverMarch 14, 2024Partner Content, EARLY MUSIC VANCOUVEr, Spring 2024
Horizons and Of and About Posters bring together two like-minded mavericks, at the Vancouver Art Gallery
Horizons and Of and About Posters bring together two like-minded mavericks, at the Vancouver Art Gallery

Late conceptualist pioneers Lawrence Weiner and Garry Neill Kennedy, friends in life, are celebrated in twinned posthumous exhibits

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WHAT'S STIRRING, ART & DESIGNJanet SmithMarch 13, 2024Vancouver Art Gallery
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra takes a trip through John Williams’s classic score, screening Raiders of the Lost Ark, March 21 and 22
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra takes a trip through John Williams’s classic score, screening Raiders of the Lost Ark, March 21 and 22

Led by conductor Andrew Crust, the VSO accompanies the 1981 classic at the Orpheum

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SCREEN, WHAT'S STIRRING, MUSICAdrian MackMarch 13, 2024VSO
Nancy Lee's interdisciplinary piece OSMOSi: 422 Unprocessable Entity marks world premiere, April 4 and 5
Nancy Lee's interdisciplinary piece OSMOSi: 422 Unprocessable Entity marks world premiere, April 4 and 5

New Works and Vancouver New Music co-present immersive work that explores a delivery app subroutine which gains sentience

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DANCE, MUSICStir VancouverMarch 13, 2024Partner Content, VANCOUVER NEW MUSIC, New Works, Spring 2024
Filmmaker Laura Adkin's Bowen Island-set Re:Uniting explores the ups and downs of nearing 50
Filmmaker Laura Adkin's Bowen Island-set Re:Uniting explores the ups and downs of nearing 50

Set at a 25-year reunion for close college friends, the waterfront shoot was like
”summer camp”

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SCREENJanet SmithMarch 13, 2024Laura Adkin
Studio 58 premieres four original one-acts by students in FourPlay, March 27 to April 7
Studio 58 premieres four original one-acts by students in FourPlay, March 27 to April 7

Lineup divided into two programs features Pretty Girls, Gillty as Fin, Panty Sniffers, and Fly, Love

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THEATREStir VancouverMarch 13, 2024Partner Content, Studio 58, Spring 2024
Masked theatre troupe WONDERHEADS brings The Wilds to the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, March 17
Masked theatre troupe WONDERHEADS brings The Wilds to the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, March 17

Wordless performance incorporates whimsical puppetry to tell the story of a man in search of his missing wife

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THEATRE, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithMarch 12, 2024Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, WONDERHEADS, Spring 2024
Film review: An absence of human life haunts Mademoiselle Kenopsia
Film review: An absence of human life haunts Mademoiselle Kenopsia

If you’re of a certain disposition, there’s much pleasure to be extracted from a film like this

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SCREENAdrian MackMarch 12, 2024The Cinematheque
Vancouver Fringe Festival cuts programming by a third for 2024, launching fundraiser amid financial uncertainty
Vancouver Fringe Festival cuts programming by a third for 2024, launching fundraiser amid financial uncertainty

Organization that returns 100 percent of ticket profits to artists must raise $80,000 by May 31 to continue running in the future

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NEWS, THEATREJanet SmithMarch 12, 2024Vancouver Fringe Festival, Fringe Fest
Germany-based Signum Quartet debuts in Vancouver at Friends of Chamber Music, April 2
Germany-based Signum Quartet debuts in Vancouver at Friends of Chamber Music, April 2

Mixed program features melodic works by Schubert, van Dijk, Schulhoff, Tolstoy, and Janáček

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MUSICStir VancouverMarch 12, 2024Partner Content, Friends of Chamber Music, Spring 2024
Stir Q&A: National Ballet of Canada star Guillaume Côté finds new freedom in X (Dix)
Stir Q&A: National Ballet of Canada star Guillaume Côté finds new freedom in X (Dix)

His new production, debuting here at DanceHouse, explores home—a theme borne directly out of the pandemic

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DANCEJanet SmithMarch 12, 2024DANCEHOUSE, DanceHouse, Spring 2024
Farren Timoteo's Made in Italy tours to the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, April 2
Farren Timoteo's Made in Italy tours to the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, April 2

Arts Club Theatre Company production set in Jasper, Alberta follows a second-generation Italian teen as he reinvents himself

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THEATREStir VancouverMarch 12, 2024Partner Content, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, Arts Club Theatre Company, Spring 2024
In Dani Gal's Historical Records, obscure vinyl collection provides a unique and haunting trip through 20th-century events
In Dani Gal's Historical Records, obscure vinyl collection provides a unique and haunting trip through 20th-century events

Gathered by the artist over two decades, albums eternalize the voices of figures like Lee Harvey Oswald, Atatürk, Diefenbaker, and more than 200 others, , at the Polygon Gallery

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ART & DESIGN, MUSICJanet SmithMarch 12, 2024THE POLYGON, The Polygon Gallery, Homepage feature, Spring 2024
Killer Mike to headline Vancouver International Jazz Festival, June 29
Killer Mike to headline Vancouver International Jazz Festival, June 29

Tickets go on sale March 14 for the Grammy-winning rapper’s concert, presented by Coastal Jazz & Blues

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MUSIC, FESTSJanet SmithMarch 11, 2024Coastal Jazz & Blues Society, Vancouver International Jazz Festival, Vancouver Civic Theatres, Killer Mike, jazz, Jazz Fest
World-renowned Malian vocalist Oumou Sangaré performs at the Chan Centre on April 7
World-renowned Malian vocalist Oumou Sangaré performs at the Chan Centre on April 7

Grammy Award-winning artist’s latest album Timbuktu tells of her journey from poverty to globally distinguished musician

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MUSICStir VancouverMarch 11, 2024Partner Content, CHan Centre for the Performing Arts, CHAN CENTRE, Spring 2024
Arno Schuitemaker's If You Could See Me Now's deceptively simple rhythms build to momentous change
Arno Schuitemaker's If You Could See Me Now's deceptively simple rhythms build to momentous change

At the Dance Centre, a Dutch choreographer who trained in aeronautical engineering creates a transformative experience

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DANCEJanet SmithMarch 11, 2024DANCE CENTRE, Dance Centre
Kay Meek Arts Centre hosts Indo-jazz fusion ensemble Raagaverse, April 4 & 5
Kay Meek Arts Centre hosts Indo-jazz fusion ensemble Raagaverse, April 4 & 5

Helmed by vocalist Shruti Ramani, group seamlessly melds classical Hindustani nuances with jazz rhythms

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MUSICStir VancouverMarch 11, 2024Partner Content, Kay Meek Arts Centre, Spring 2024
Polish pianist Rafal Blechacz plays a program full of beauty, with Vancouver Chopin Society March 13
Polish pianist Rafal Blechacz plays a program full of beauty, with Vancouver Chopin Society March 13

Alongside pieces from the group’s namesake, celebrated artist performs Mozart, Debussy, and Szymanowski

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MUSIC, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithMarch 10, 2024Vancouver Chopin Society, piano
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The Horseradish Theatre stages the quirky Slavic-accented comedy Number 13, December 18 to 21. 

When a Prime Minister’s assistant’s romantic hotel rendez-vous is interrupted, a host of hilariously chaotic misunderstandings ensue. 

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DanceHouse and The Cultch present an extraordinary work of circus/dance, the North American premiere of Recirquel’s otherworldly Paradisum. 

Directed and choreographed by Bence Vági, Paradisum explores the new possibilities of
Christmas With the Marches welcomes viewers into the famous sisters’ home for the holidays, while A Christmas Carol animates the Victorian setting with coloured lights and projections.

Head to Stir for the @hiddenstagesproductions theatre revi
At grunt gallery, Jenie Gao transforms paper, wood, and familial lore into reimagined keepsakes. 

In Where Mountain Cats Live exhibit, Kansas-raised printmaker and installation artist illuminates Taiwanese-Chinese American experience through everyth
Energized title-role performance by Azaleah Korn leads an ensemble with a gift for the physical comedy and classic song-and-dance numbers of this beloved musical. 

Head to Stir for the full review of @gatewaythtr’s Annie. 

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At bars from Botanist to Meo, mixologists riff on Christmas pudding, mulled wine, grandma’s baking, and much more.✨

Head to Stir for a look at where to find festive spirits on Vancouver’s cocktail scene. 

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