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Grammy-winning soprano Barbara Hannigan brings her vocal chops to Vancouver, November 30
Grammy-winning soprano Barbara Hannigan brings her vocal chops to Vancouver, November 30

The artist, who’s also a conductor, will be accompanied by esteemed pianist Bertrand Chamayou in a Vancouver Recital Society performance

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MUSIC, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithNovember 25, 2024Vancouver Recital Society
Theatre community mourns former Studio 58 and Caravan Farm Theatre artistic director Courtenay Dobbie
Theatre community mourns former Studio 58 and Caravan Farm Theatre artistic director Courtenay Dobbie

Director, playwright, choreographer, actor, and teacher worked on stages from Green Thumb to the Arts Club and beyond

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THEATRE, NEWSJanet SmithNovember 25, 2024Studio 58, Caravan Farm Theatre
Seffarine meets at the crossroads of southern Spain and northern Morocco
Seffarine meets at the crossroads of southern Spain and northern Morocco

Singer Lamiae Naki and multi-instrumentalist Nat Hulskamp write original music to reflect what the two cultures might have sounded like if they had coexisted

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MUSICJanet SmithNovember 25, 2024Kay Meek Arts Centre
Pi Theatre presents the Batrabbit Collective's Rat Academy, December 5 to 7
Pi Theatre presents the Batrabbit Collective's Rat Academy, December 5 to 7

In Pi Provocateurs presentation, physical-comedy duo Dayna Lea Hoffmann and Katie Yoner school audiences on the ways of the Alberta street rat

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THEATREStir VancouverNovember 25, 2024Partner Content, Pi Theatre, Pi Provocateurs
Curve! exhibition celebrates women Indigenous carvers on the Northwest Coast
Curve! exhibition celebrates women Indigenous carvers on the Northwest Coast

The new show at Audain Art Museum sheds light on the artists who are less-known than their male counterparts

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ART & DESIGNJanet SmithNovember 25, 2024Audain Art Museum, Curtis Collins, Dana Claxton, Indigenous, Homepage feature
Vancouver Opera offers Cyber Monday savings for Flight tickets on December 2
Vancouver Opera offers Cyber Monday savings for Flight tickets on December 2

A Black Friday two-for-one deal for Flight and Madama Butterfly is also running from November 27 to 29

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MUSICStir VancouverNovember 25, 2024Partner Content, Vancouver Opera, VANCOUVER OPERA, Holiday 2024
Dance review: Compagnie Catherine Gaudet's Les jolies choses offers bold reflections on conformity
Dance review: Compagnie Catherine Gaudet's Les jolies choses offers bold reflections on conformity

At DanceHouse, work that builds on repetition is a testament to five dancers’ stellar stamina and attention to detail

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DANCEJanet SmithNovember 23, 2024Vancouver Civic Theatres, Compagnie Catherine Gaudet, DanceHouse
B3 Kings return to Shadbolt Centre for the Arts for the holidays, December 20 and 21
B3 Kings return to Shadbolt Centre for the Arts for the holidays, December 20 and 21

At annual event, tenor-saxophonist Cory Weeds leads the quartet through creative arrangements of Christmas classics

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MUSICStir VancouverNovember 22, 2024Partner Content, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, Shadbolt Centre, Holiday 2024, B3 Kings, Cory Weeds
Vancouver Chamber Choir takes audiences on a sonic tour of Finland, November 29
Vancouver Chamber Choir takes audiences on a sonic tour of Finland, November 29

Finnish maestro Kari Turunen has selected a range of pieces old and new for the upcoming concert called Sounds of Finland

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MUSIC, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithNovember 22, 2024Vancouver Chamber Choir
Mercury Prize-winner Benjamin Clementine debuts in Vancouver at the Chan Centre, December 13
Mercury Prize-winner Benjamin Clementine debuts in Vancouver at the Chan Centre, December 13

U.K. musician, poet, and actor performs experimental chamber-pop from forthcoming album Sir Introvert And The Featherweights

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MUSICStir VancouverNovember 22, 2024Partner Content, Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, Chan Centre, CHAN CENTRE, Benjamin Clementine
From Macy’s to downtown New York, the Arts Club Theatre Company presents Miracle on 34th Street, to December 29
From Macy’s to downtown New York, the Arts Club Theatre Company presents Miracle on 34th Street, to December 29

The Christmas classic features direction by Omari Newton and stars Kevin McNulty as Kris Kringle

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THEATRE, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithNovember 22, 2024Arts Club Theatre Company, Holiday 2024
Merry/Happy/Jolly brings bundles of audience-directed holiday cheer to The Improv Centre
Merry/Happy/Jolly brings bundles of audience-directed holiday cheer to The Improv Centre

In festive new show created by Jalen Saip, the plot is propelled almost entirely by viewer suggestions

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COMEDYJanet SmithNovember 22, 2024The Improv Centre, TIC, improv, Holiday 2024, Homepage feature
Early Music Vancouver hosts Festive Cantatas: Bach & Zelenka, December 22
Early Music Vancouver hosts Festive Cantatas: Bach & Zelenka, December 22

Alexander Weimann directs the Pacific Baroque Orchestra, Vancouver Chamber Choir, and five soloists in afternoon of holiday works

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MUSICStir VancouverNovember 21, 2024Partner Content, Early Music Vancouver, EARLY MUSIC VANCOUVEr, Holiday 2024, Alexander Weimann, Pacific Baroque Orchestra, Vancouver Chamber Choir
In the Belly of the Carp melds gritty storytelling with a fantastical hero’s journey
In the Belly of the Carp melds gritty storytelling with a fantastical hero’s journey

Based on Rodney DeCroo’s body of work, Butcher Shop Collective show encompasses poetry, music, and shadow puppetry at the Shadbolt

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THEATREJanet SmithNovember 21, 2024Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, Homepage feature
Stir ’Splainer: 4 artists performing at Vancouver New Music’s 50th-anniversary party
Stir ’Splainer: 4 artists performing at Vancouver New Music’s 50th-anniversary party

Matthew Ariaratnam, Andromeda Monk, Sapphire Haze, and Anju Singh celebrate the organization’s history of sound innovation

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MUSICStir VancouverNovember 21, 2024VANCOUVER NEW MUSIC, Vancouver New Music, Andromeda Monk, Sapphire Haze, VIVO Media Arts Centre
Théâtre la Seizième presents Camille Paré-Poirier's Je viendrai moins souvent, December 11 to 14
Théâtre la Seizième presents Camille Paré-Poirier's Je viendrai moins souvent, December 11 to 14

Intimate account of caregiving told in French with English surtitles centres a young woman’s last conversations with her grandmother

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THEATREStir VancouverNovember 21, 2024Partner Content, Théâtre la Seizième
PuSh International Performing Arts Festival announces 20th edition with genre-spanning lineup
PuSh International Performing Arts Festival announces 20th edition with genre-spanning lineup

Programming includes world premieres from Chimerik 似不像 and rice & beans theatre, BOGOTÁ by Andrea Peña & Artists, and beyond

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FESTS, DANCE, THEATREJanet SmithNovember 20, 2024PuSh International Performing Arts Festival, PuSh Festival
Theatre review: Bound! The Musical is "bound" for great things
Theatre review: Bound! The Musical is "bound" for great things

New musical retells Love’s Labour’s Lost with an intentionally silly plot about a dictator, a track and field team, and mistaken identities

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THEATREJanet SmithNovember 20, 2024Metro Theatre, musical theatre
Christmas with Chor Leoni returns to Vancouver in winter tradition, December 19 to 21
Christmas with Chor Leoni returns to Vancouver in winter tradition, December 19 to 21

Annual concert at St. Andrew’s-Wesley United Church features such seasonal staples as “Silent Night” and “Maybe This Christmas”, plus two new arrangements

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MUSICStir VancouverNovember 20, 2024Partner Content, Chor Leoni, CHOR LEONI, Holiday 2024
Stir ’Splainer: 5 artists at The Lind Biennial exhibition at the Polygon Gallery
Stir ’Splainer: 5 artists at The Lind Biennial exhibition at the Polygon Gallery

Mena El Shazly, Karice Mitchell, Dion Smith-Dokkie, Parumveer Walia, and Casey Wei shed light on their work

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ART & DESIGNStir VancouverNovember 20, 2024Philip B. Lind Prize, Lind Biennial, Polygon Gallery, Homepage feature
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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.

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