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Theatre review: Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery cranks up the comedy in a taut staging at the Gateway
Theatre review: Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery cranks up the comedy in a taut staging at the Gateway

Quick character switches, overt set changes add to the laughs in adaptation of classic tale

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THEATREJanet SmithApril 15, 2024Gateway Theatre, Spring 2024
Sasha Velour speaks to "The Big Reveal: Why Drag Matters" at Phil Lind Initiative series
Sasha Velour speaks to "The Big Reveal: Why Drag Matters" at Phil Lind Initiative series

When the RuPaul’s Drag Race winner hits the Chan Centre at UBC, she’ll talk politics and draw heavily from her book The Big Reveal: An Illustrated Manifesto of Drag

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NEWS, STAGE, READJanet SmithApril 15, 2024LGBTQ+, Spring 2024, CHAN CENTRE, Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, UBC School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, drag
Jazz vocalist Emilie-Claire Barlow performs at the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, May 3
Jazz vocalist Emilie-Claire Barlow performs at the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, May 3

Performance with band to feature songs off Juno Award-winning artist’s newly released 13th album Spark Bird

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MUSICStir VancouverApril 15, 2024Partner Content, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, Spring 2024
Pianist-composer Aaron Diehl blurs boundaries between jazz and classical
Pianist-composer Aaron Diehl blurs boundaries between jazz and classical

Spotlighting ragtime and Harlem stride at the Chan Centre, New York City musician pushes beyond limitations of easily marketable categories

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MUSICJanet SmithApril 15, 2024Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, Spring 2023, jazz, piano
Revue Stage returns as host of Innovation Series at Vancouver International Jazz Festival, June 26 to 30
Revue Stage returns as host of Innovation Series at Vancouver International Jazz Festival, June 26 to 30

Ten concerts highlight both local and international improvisational musicians as part of Granville Island Jazz program

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MUSICStir VancouverApril 15, 2024Partner Content, Coastal Jazz & Blues Society, Coastal Jazz, Vancouver International Jazz Festival, granville island, Jazz Fest
In Family Room, The Falling Company's Marissa Wong unpacks divorce and obligation
In Family Room, The Falling Company's Marissa Wong unpacks divorce and obligation

Furniture takes an active role in new dance work that navigates familial breakup and and cultural identity

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DANCE, CULTUREJanet SmithApril 15, 2024The Falling Company, DANCE CENTRE, The Dance Centre, New Works
Ben Elliott and Anton Lipovetsky host musical-interview show The Set List at The Improv Centre, April 17
Ben Elliott and Anton Lipovetsky host musical-interview show The Set List at The Improv Centre, April 17

Evening hosted by Mark Chavez will be followed by a month’s worth of hilarious improv events on Granville Island

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WHAT'S STIRRING, COMEDYJanet SmithApril 13, 2024The Improv Centre, improv, Spring 2024
Chinatown Together hosts Reawaken the Chinese Unicorn: Hakka Qilin Dance Workshop on April 13
Chinatown Together hosts Reawaken the Chinese Unicorn: Hakka Qilin Dance Workshop on April 13

Event presented in partnership with the Vancouver Tsung Tsin Hakka Association revives a centuries-old tradition

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NEWS, CULTURE, DANCEJanet SmithApril 13, 2024Chinatown, Chinatown Together, Vancouver Tsung Tsin Hakka Association, Spring 2024, Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden
Riopelle Symphonique takes a multimedia odyssey through the life and art of iconic Quebec artist
Riopelle Symphonique takes a multimedia odyssey through the life and art of iconic Quebec artist

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and Vancouver Bach Choir bring the work of Jean Paul Riopelle to musical life

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ART & DESIGN, MUSICJanet SmithApril 12, 2024VSO, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Audain Foundation, Spring 2024
Arts Umbrella unveils mainstage productions for annual Expressions Theatre Festival
Arts Umbrella unveils mainstage productions for annual Expressions Theatre Festival

Among the shows running from April 26 to June 21 are Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella and brand-new Canadian musical The Quest

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THEATREStir VancouverApril 12, 2024Partner Content, Arts Umbrella
In You used to call me Marie, playwright-actor Tai Amy Grauman digs into Métis women’s stories
In You used to call me Marie, playwright-actor Tai Amy Grauman digs into Métis women’s stories

The artist and politician draws on her own Callihoo ancestors, and fills new play with fiddle and dance

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THEATREJanet SmithApril 12, 2024THE CULTCH, The Cultch, Spring 2024, Metis, Homepage feature
Legendary pianist Yefim Bronfman performs heavy-hitting program at the Orpheum, April 16
Legendary pianist Yefim Bronfman performs heavy-hitting program at the Orpheum, April 16

Acclaimed Soviet-born Israeli-American pianist will present rich repertoire spanning the 19th century to the present day

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MUSICJanet SmithApril 12, 2024Vancouver Chopin Society, Yefim Bronfman, Orpheum Theatre
Fundraiser aims to help evacuate Palestinian theatre artist's family from Gaza
Fundraiser aims to help evacuate Palestinian theatre artist's family from Gaza

On April 13, Massy Books will donate 100 percent of its profits to the devout refugee-claimant advocate

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NEWSEmily LythApril 11, 2024The Only Animal, Massy Books, Gaza
DOXA Documentary Film Festival launches 23rd annual edition in Vancouver, May 2 to 12
DOXA Documentary Film Festival launches 23rd annual edition in Vancouver, May 2 to 12

Shannon Walsh’s Adrianne & the Castle (2023) opens the festival’s screenings at the Vancouver Playhouse on May 4

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SCREEN, FESTSStir VancouverApril 11, 2024Partner Content, DOXA, DOXA Documentary Film Festival, Spring 2024
Dorrance Dance's SOUNDspace playfully explores the sonic potential of feet against floors
Dorrance Dance's SOUNDspace playfully explores the sonic potential of feet against floors

Show had its origins in a 200-year-old church, where Michelle Dorrance’s acclaimed company couldn’t always use metal tap shoes

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DANCEJanet SmithApril 11, 2024Homepage feature, SPRING 2024, Spring 2024, Vancouver Tap Society, Vancouver Tap Dance Society, tap dance, Vancouver Civic Theatres, DanceHouse
Vancouver Cantata Singers hosts season finale Amy Beach’s Grand Mass in E-flat major, April 27
Vancouver Cantata Singers hosts season finale Amy Beach’s Grand Mass in E-flat major, April 27

Large-scale choral and orchestral work which premiered in 1892 was the first of its kind by a female American composer

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MUSICStir VancouverApril 11, 2024Partner Content, Vancouver Cantata Singers
BC and Yukon Book Prizes unveil 2024 shortlist, spanning names like Darrel J. McLeod, Emelia Symington-Fedy, Naomi Klein, and Helen Knott
BC and Yukon Book Prizes unveil 2024 shortlist, spanning names like Darrel J. McLeod, Emelia Symington-Fedy, Naomi Klein, and Helen Knott

Awards across fiction, nonfiction, children’s books, and more to be announced September 28

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READJanet SmithApril 11, 2024BC and Yukon Book Prizes, West Coast Book Prize Society
Tausk Conducts Shostakovich & Adams with violinist Paul Huang at the VSO, April 26 and 27
Tausk Conducts Shostakovich & Adams with violinist Paul Huang at the VSO, April 26 and 27

Musicians perform Shostakovich’s Violin Concerto No. 1, John Adams’s Harmonielehre, and Ryan Kelly’s Earth, Beloved with Elektra Women’s Choir

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MUSICStir VancouverApril 10, 2024Partner Content, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Otto Tausk, Spring 2024
Blondie, Burton Cummings, Blue Rodeo, Barenaked Ladies, and more as PNE unveils its Summer Night Concert lineup for 2024
Blondie, Burton Cummings, Blue Rodeo, Barenaked Ladies, and more as PNE unveils its Summer Night Concert lineup for 2024

Roster also includes Ludacris, Flo Rida, and I Love the 90’s Tour featuring Vanilla Ice

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MUSICJanet SmithApril 10, 2024PNE, Pacific National Exhibition, Summer 2024
Bard on the Beach returns for 35th season from June 11 to September 21 in Vanier Park
Bard on the Beach returns for 35th season from June 11 to September 21 in Vanier Park

Diana Donnelly’s take on Twelfth Night opens the season, which also features Hamlet, The Comedy of Errors, and Measure for Measure

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THEATRE, FESTSStir VancouverApril 10, 2024Partner Content, Bard on the Beach
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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
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