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Film reviews: Quick takes on a quartet of standout Vancouver Short Film Festival offerings
Film reviews: Quick takes on a quartet of standout Vancouver Short Film Festival offerings

“Introduction” brings lo-fi camp, “Everlasting” documents Vancouver’s Wing Sang history, “Tiger by the Tail” delivers disco-happy raunch, and “In the Heat” is a deadpan-dark Santa cartoon

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SCREENJanet SmithMay 27, 2024Vancouver Short Film Festival, Spring 2024, Vancouver International Film Festival, VIFF Centre, Homepage feature
rice & beans theatre’s Polyphonic Multilingual Creation Residency Showcase encourages language exploration
rice & beans theatre’s Polyphonic Multilingual Creation Residency Showcase encourages language exploration

May 30 event features excerpts and discussion of multilingual works by Latinx playwright Yulissa Campos and Anglo-Japanese playwright Carolyn Nakagawa

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THEATREJanet SmithMay 27, 2024rice & beans theatre, Spanish, Japanese, Latinx
Vancouver International Jazz Festival unveils free jazz shows around the city, June 22 to 30
Vancouver International Jazz Festival unveils free jazz shows around the city, June 22 to 30

Jazz drummer, rapper, and producer Kassa Overall and rapper-DJ Odario to headline Downtown Jazz series outside the Vancouver Art Gallery

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MUSICStir VancouverMay 26, 2024Partner Content, Coastal Jazz & Blues Society, Coastal Jazz, Vancouver International Jazz Festival, Summer 2024
Theatre reviews: Dark, digital clown humour and an enchanting amphibian world as rEvolver Festival opens
Theatre reviews: Dark, digital clown humour and an enchanting amphibian world as rEvolver Festival opens

@interWEBBED’s absurd comedy escalates into dystopian Black Mirror-esque territory, while Soft tongues: a bioacoustic opera builds an intoxicating froggy soundscape

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THEATREJanet SmithMay 26, 2024Upintheair Theatre, rEvolver Festival, Spring 2024
Theatre review: Guys & Dolls glitters amid bedazzled cabarets and Broadway marquees
Theatre review: Guys & Dolls glitters amid bedazzled cabarets and Broadway marquees

A “musical fable” look, plus a few strong performances and dance numbers help freshen up song-and-dance classic

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THEATREJanet SmithMay 24, 2024Arts Club, Spring 2024, Homepage feature
Indian Summer Festival announces more programming, including Arushi Jain’s music and chef Tushar Tondvalkar’s food
Indian Summer Festival announces more programming, including Arushi Jain’s music and chef Tushar Tondvalkar’s food

Also on the July 2024 roster, themed PARADOX: griot and hoodoo storyteller Arthur “Rickydoc” Flowers

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CULTURE, NEWS, FESTSJanet SmithMay 24, 2024Indian Summer Festival, Summer 2024
Dance review: Danny Nielsen's In Conversation is full of jazzy joy
Dance review: Danny Nielsen's In Conversation is full of jazzy joy

Tap dancer delivers pyrotechnics in a show that feels like a music concert, with Miles Hill on standup bass and Kristian Alexandrov on keys and drums

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DANCEJanet SmithMay 24, 2024Dance Centre, Scotiabank Dance Centre, dance, Danny Nielsen
Vancouver Writers Fest’s Incite hosts BC and Yukon Book Prizes’ finalists, at Vancouver Public Library central branch on May 29
Vancouver Writers Fest’s Incite hosts BC and Yukon Book Prizes’ finalists, at Vancouver Public Library central branch on May 29

Free reading event features Henry Tsang, Samantha Nock, and Brandon Reid

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FESTS, READGuest UserMay 24, 2024Vancouver Writers Fest, Henry Tsang
With Otosan, Shizuka Kai draws on personal story of wildlife-videographer father with artful puppets
With Otosan, Shizuka Kai draws on personal story of wildlife-videographer father with artful puppets

The designer has spent five years building the Vancouver International Children’s Festival show with Little Onion Puppet Co.

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FESTS, THEATREJanet SmithMay 24, 2024Vancouver International Children's Festival, The Little Onion Puppet Co, Spring 2024, Homepage feature, SPRING 2024
The Vancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra presents Global Soundscapes Festival, June 6 to 9
The Vancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra presents Global Soundscapes Festival, June 6 to 9

The fest is a rich feast of music from across Asia, the Middle East, Europe, and Canada

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MUSICStir VancouverMay 23, 2024Partner Content, Vancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra
Comedy review: The Improv Centre's Camp What’s-It-Called is a whacked-out nostalgia trip
Comedy review: The Improv Centre's Camp What’s-It-Called is a whacked-out nostalgia trip

Audience suggestions make for a fun night of cabin shenanigans, lake whales, and poison ivy

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COMEDYJanet SmithMay 23, 2024The Improv Centre, Spring 2024, Summer 2024, Homepage feature, SPRING 2024
Khatsahlano Street Party announces 2024 program with more than 50 musical acts
Khatsahlano Street Party announces 2024 program with more than 50 musical acts

Zulu Records has curated diverse local lineup for the July 6 event, including Hotel Mira, Babe Corner, and NADUH

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FESTS, MUSICJanet SmithMay 23, 2024Khatsalahno Street Party, Hotel Mira, Naduh, Summer 2024
In Michel(le), Théâtre la Seizième celebrates a colourful character gone too soon
In Michel(le), Théâtre la Seizième celebrates a colourful character gone too soon

Play by veteran Vancouver actor Joey Lespérance is a tribute to his late sibling

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THEATREGail JohnsonMay 23, 2024Joey Lesperance, Theatre la Seizieme, Spring 2024
Vancouver Chamber Choir's Stories of the Land spotlights Indigenous composers, June 8
Vancouver Chamber Choir's Stories of the Land spotlights Indigenous composers, June 8

World premieres by Andrew Balfour and T. Patrick Carrabré will be performed at UBC’s First Nations Longhouse

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MUSICStir VancouverMay 23, 2024Partner Content, Vancouver Chamber Choir, T Patrick Carrabre, Andrew Balfour
Theatre review: A Case for the Existence of God comes alive with witty and honest back-and-forths
Theatre review: A Case for the Existence of God comes alive with witty and honest back-and-forths

Rather than engaging in overt discussions about a higher entity, two fathers find nuanced hope in heartbreaking situations, in Pacific Theatre production

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THEATREJanet SmithMay 23, 2024Pacific Theatre, Spring 2024
The Papa Penguin Play celebrates same-sex parents and their children in party-themed show
The Papa Penguin Play celebrates same-sex parents and their children in party-themed show

Playwright Dave Deveau found inspiration in a real-life male penguin couple for mix of puppetry, drag, and more, care of Carousel Theatre, Zee Zee Theatre, and Vancouver International Children’s Festival

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THEATRE, FESTSJanet SmithMay 22, 2024Zee Zee Theatre, Vancouver International Children's Festival, Spring 2024, Carousel Theatre, LGBTQ+, Homepage feature
Frog choruses and short works tackle climate crisis at rEvolver Festival, running May 22 to June 2
Frog choruses and short works tackle climate crisis at rEvolver Festival, running May 22 to June 2

Jami Reimer’s Soft tongues: a bioacoustic opera takes a sonic and video-enhanced trip to the Brazilian rainforest, while Neworld Theatre’s Earth Case Scenario presents short eco-works

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WHAT'S STIRRING, THEATRE, FESTSJanet SmithMay 22, 2024rEvolver Festival, Upintheair Theatre, Spring 2024, The Cultch, THE CULTCH
Quebec's Théâtre Motus brings multisensory theatre to Vancouver International Children's Festival
Quebec's Théâtre Motus brings multisensory theatre to Vancouver International Children's Festival

A copresentation with Boca del Lupo, Tree and Tree: A World in Itself offer immersive experiences for babies and neurodiverse children at Carousel Theatre

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FESTS, THEATREJanet SmithMay 22, 2024Vancouver International Children's Festival, kids, puppetry, Autism, Multisensory
Pi Theatre hosts Canadian premiere of Enda Walsh's Medicine, June 14 to 23
Pi Theatre hosts Canadian premiere of Enda Walsh's Medicine, June 14 to 23

At once heartbreaking and hilarious, production delves into the treatment of folks who have been called “mentally ill”

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THEATREStir VancouverMay 21, 2024Partner Content, Pi theatre
Pianist Vicky Chow finds freedom in “therapeutic” Philip Glass Études
Pianist Vicky Chow finds freedom in “therapeutic” Philip Glass Études

Acclaimed Brooklyn-based musician returns to perform Book 2 of the composer’s works for solo piano in Music on Main concert on May 28

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MUSICJanet SmithMay 21, 2024Music on Main, MUSIC ON MAIN, Vicky Chow, piano
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