Stir
Music Screen Art & Design Fests Culinary Read
Events Calendar
Theatre Dance Comedy
Culture Podcasts News Fall Arts Guide RSS FEED
Stage Theatre Dance Comedy MusicScreenArt & DesignFestsCulinaryRead More Culture Podcasts News Fall Arts Guide RSS FEED
Stir
Events Calendar
 
A WONDERHEADS Christmas Carol hits Lower Mainland stages this holiday season from December 11 to 14
A WONDERHEADS Christmas Carol hits Lower Mainland stages this holiday season from December 11 to 14

On B.C. tour, astonishing production brings Ebenezer Scrooge’s magical Christmas Eve journey to life with giant masks and whimsical puppets

Read More
THEATREStir VancouverNovember 12, 2024Partner Content, WONDERHEADS, Massey Theatre, Centennial Theatre, Holiday 2024
UBC department of theatre and film launches 2024-25 season with The Very Book Indeed, November 20 to 30
UBC department of theatre and film launches 2024-25 season with The Very Book Indeed, November 20 to 30

The referential work features key scenes from Shakespearean classics, including As You Like It, Macbeth, and King Lear

Read More
THEATRE, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithNovember 12, 2024Shakespeare, UBC Theatre, UBC
Indigenous playwright Justin Neal explores the tradition of canoeing in Keepers of the Salish Sea
Indigenous playwright Justin Neal explores the tradition of canoeing in Keepers of the Salish Sea

The founder of Holy Crow Arts draws from his own life experiences in the story that also touches on addiction and sobriety

Read More
THEATREJanet SmithNovember 12, 2024Justin Neal, Holy Crow Arts, Indigenous, SFU
Josefowicz Plays Stravinsky at the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, November 29 to December 1
Josefowicz Plays Stravinsky at the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, November 29 to December 1

Award-winning violinist to enchant audiences with Stravinsky’s stunning Violin Concerto and two Prokofiev symphonies

Read More
MUSICStir VancouverNovember 12, 2024Partner Content, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, VSO, Leila Josefowicz
Theatre review: The Last Resort cruises into Polynesian purgatorial paradise at the Waldorf
Theatre review: The Last Resort cruises into Polynesian purgatorial paradise at the Waldorf

Leis, limbo, and lots of dance as adrift characters lead viewers through a warped retro universe

Read More
THEATREJanet SmithNovember 12, 2024Waldorf Hotel
Royal Winnipeg Ballet School announces January 2025 auditions for young dancers in Vancouver
Royal Winnipeg Ballet School announces January 2025 auditions for young dancers in Vancouver

Following the company’s West Coast tour of Nutcracker this holiday season, aspiring artists are invited to pursue the prestigious training program

Read More
DANCEStir VancouverNovember 12, 2024Partner Content, Royal Winnipeg Ballet, Nutcracker, Arts Umbrella
Dance review: At the Chutzpah! Festival, double bill dives into the passing of time
Dance review: At the Chutzpah! Festival, double bill dives into the passing of time

Ne.Sans Opera & Dance’s About Time acknowledges relentlessness of news cycle, while Livona Ellis and Rebecca Margolick’s Fortress examines femininity and matriarchs

Read More
DANCEJanet SmithNovember 10, 2024Chutzpah! Festival, Livona Ellis, Idan Cohen, Ne.Sans Opera and Dance, Rebecca Margolick, Leslie Dala
Western Front hosts Toque Craft Fair with over 50 B.C.-based artists, November 29 to December 1
Western Front hosts Toque Craft Fair with over 50 B.C.-based artists, November 29 to December 1

Annual holiday market to feature textile, ceramic, jewellery, print, apothecary, and homeware goods, plus food and drink vendors

Read More
ART & DESIGN, FESTSStir VancouverNovember 10, 2024Partner Content, Western Front, Holiday 2024, holiday market
Dance review: Striking imagery and a powerful Crystal Pite piece at Ballet BC's season-opening DAWN
Dance review: Striking imagery and a powerful Crystal Pite piece at Ballet BC's season-opening DAWN

A standing O for Frontier’s awe-inspiring visual magic and multiple, moving layers of meaning; plus, an erotically charged Heart Drive and an ever-shifting Cloud Poem

Read More
DANCEJanet SmithNovember 9, 2024BALLET BC, Ballet BC
Studio 58 brings new queer play Linck & Mülhahn to the stage, November 21 to December 1
Studio 58 brings new queer play Linck & Mülhahn to the stage, November 21 to December 1

Production by U.K.-based playwright Ruby Thomas explores gender and sexual identities in rigid 18th-century society

Read More
THEATREStir VancouverNovember 9, 2024Partner Content, Studio 58
Rainbow Youth Project gives voice to young queer and trans people, November 16, 17, 23, and 24
Rainbow Youth Project gives voice to young queer and trans people, November 16, 17, 23, and 24

Zee Zee Theatre teams up with Vancouver Public Library for free one-on-one storytelling sessions

Read More
THEATRE, WHAT'S STIRRINGGuest UserNovember 9, 2024Zee Zee Theatre, Vancouver Public Library, 2SLGBTQIA+
Saltwater Hank Trio performs rocking Sm’algya̱x songs at the Anvil Theatre, December 7
Saltwater Hank Trio performs rocking Sm’algya̱x songs at the Anvil Theatre, December 7

Led by Ts’msyen musician Saltwater Hank (aka Jeremy Pahl), group blends rock ’n’ roll elements with ancestral traditions

Read More
MUSICStir VancouverNovember 8, 2024Partner Content, Anvil Theatre
Chipo Chipaziwa explores the concept of home and the white gaze in Slipping Into Slipping Away
Chipo Chipaziwa explores the concept of home and the white gaze in Slipping Into Slipping Away

In her new performance piece, artist-in-residence at Western Front plays with power dynamics between art worker and the public, archivist and archived

Read More
THEATREJanet SmithNovember 8, 2024Western Front, performance art
Firehall Arts Centre stages Ann Mortifee's Reflections on Crooked Walking, November 30 to December 22
Firehall Arts Centre stages Ann Mortifee's Reflections on Crooked Walking, November 30 to December 22

Juno Award-nominated family musical directed by Donna Spencer follows four unlikely friends in search of a cure for a town-wide sleeping sickness

Read More
THEATREStir VancouverNovember 8, 2024Partner Content, Firehall Arts Centre, Ann Mortifee, Holiday 2024
The Dance Centre highlights Arts Umbrella Dance Company in Discover Dance! series, November 28
The Dance Centre highlights Arts Umbrella Dance Company in Discover Dance! series, November 28

Performance at noon features exciting young artists from Arts Umbrella’s renowned training program

Read More
DANCEStir VancouverNovember 7, 2024Partner Content, The Dance Centre, Arts Umbrella
Film reviews: Kung-fu warriors and family dysfunction at the European Union Film Festival
Film reviews: Kung-fu warriors and family dysfunction at the European Union Film Festival

The Cinematheque’s annual screen trip to Europe spans silly, Estonia-set The Invisible Fight, Finland’s unsettling 1980s teen drama Light Light Light, and more

Read More
FESTS, SCREENJanet SmithNovember 7, 2024European Union Film Festival, The Cinematheque, Homepage feature
Keltie Forsyth to join Presentation House Theatre as artistic director
Keltie Forsyth to join Presentation House Theatre as artistic director

The artist is leaving PuSh International Performing Arts Festival after the 2025 event; Margo Kane also departs PuSh

Read More
THEATREJanet SmithNovember 7, 2024Keltie Forsyth, PuSh Festival, Presentation House Theatre, Margo Kane, PuSh International Performing Arts Festival
Clara Shandler the Sidewalk Cellist releases evocative new album Pacific Rain
Clara Shandler the Sidewalk Cellist releases evocative new album Pacific Rain

Twelve-song record layers compelling lyricism with heartfelt harmonies and poignant dissonances

Read More
MUSICStir VancouverNovember 7, 2024Partner Content, Clara Shandler, Sidewalk Cellist
Eastside Culture Crawl launches pop-up studio for artists who work from home, November 14 to 17
Eastside Culture Crawl launches pop-up studio for artists who work from home, November 14 to 17

The pilot project means five artists who are unable to open their studios to the public get to participate in the annual arts extravaganza

Read More
ART & DESIGN, FESTS, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithNovember 7, 2024Eastside Culture Crawl, Eastside Arts Society, Eastside Arts District, Progress Lab 1422
Laila Biali tours Wintersongs & Holiday Classics to the BlueShore at CapU, December 5
Laila Biali tours Wintersongs & Holiday Classics to the BlueShore at CapU, December 5

Artist performs tracks from new album alongside Jane Bunnett, Dan Fortin, and Rebekah Wolkstein, with First Nations dancer Sarah Prosper and the NiteCap choir

Read More
MUSICStir VancouverNovember 7, 2024Partner Content, Blueshore at CapU, BlueShore at CapU, Holiday 2024
Newer Older
 
 


Check out our Instagram
@stirvancouver

Ballet BC’s 40th-season opener Bodies & Voices—a striking double bill by gifted Dutch siblings Imre and Marne van Opstal—is a study in how profound it can be when contemporary dance bypasses our brains’ linguistic and narr
With the Firehall Arts Centre hosting the first local production of the play since 2010, a look back on its legacy, its Lytton setting, and its acclaim. 

Head to Stir for four things to know about the play, mixed in with some compelling reasons to s
Duo Andalus crosses cultures and dives deep into musical and linguistic history. 

Performing at the Chutzpah! Festival, LALA Tamar and Ofer Ronen fuse Middle Eastern, North African, and Iberian musical forms for songs both traditional and original.
GIVEAWAY

From Gondolas to Galas: Powder chasers, creators, innovators and industry trailblazers are all coming to rub elbows! Don’t miss your chance to catch some of the 100+ films screening at the 2026 Whistler Film Festival + Content Summit!
Join the 30th annual Eastside Culture Crawl from November 19 to 22!

Explore Vancouver’s Eastside Arts District where all are invited to the studios of more than 525 artists. This year’s fest welcomes more than 85 new artists and 12 new b
Playwright Yvette Nolan reimagines the life of Jordan River Anderson, the boy behind a monumental Canadian government initiative to secure equal health care for First Nations youth. 

Read more at Stir. 

__
#Theatre #Arts #Vancouver #Indigenousbc #i
 

CONTACT US

Email us at hello@createastir.ca

We are grateful to live, work, create, and play on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the Coast Salish peoples, including the territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.

LINKS

What is Stir?
Support Stir
Meet Our Partners
Diversity & Inclusion
Advertising
RSS FEED

Fall Arts Guide
Newsletter Block
This newsletter signup form needs a storage option. Edit the block and enter a storage location via the Storage tab.

Subscribe

Get the latest arts and culture news, things to do, and great swag

Thanks for subscribing! Check your inbox for a confirmation email.

Legal | Site Credits

 

© 2026 Stir Publishing Vancouver Inc.

We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada.