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B.C.-based dance artist Daina Ashbee takes a fearless look at death and transformation

At the Scotiabank Dance Centre, the in-demand artist draws from the deeply personal and subconscious in the ritualistic new solo We learned a lot at our own funeral

DANCEJanet SmithJanuary 29, 2025DANCE CENTRE, The Dance Centre, Scotiabank Dance Centre, Daina Ashbee

Gateway Theatre presents Little Onion Puppet Company's Otosan, February 17 to 22

Heartwarming family adventure is told through puppetry, real wildlife projections, and an original score

THEATREStir VancouverJanuary 29, 2025Partner Content, Gateway Theatre, The Little Onion Puppet Co

A Doll’s House, Part 2 returns to Vancouver in Pacific Theatre presentation, February 5 to 23

Western Gold Theatre production explores the aftermath of Henrik Ibsen’s 1879 play A Doll’s House

THEATRE, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithJanuary 29, 2025Pacific Theatre, Western Gold Theatre, Melissa Oei

At PuSh Festival, Dimanche delves into the surreal way people live amid climate change

Belgium’s Chaliwaté and Focus Company joined forces to create the fantastical nonverbal production

FESTS, THEATREJanet SmithJanuary 29, 2025PuSh Festival, PuSh International Performing Arts Festival

Cascade Peaks ChamberFest is now accepting applications for June academy programs

Three music-academy programs featuring instruction, mentorship, and performance opportunities will take place between June 16 and 23

Classical music world mourns Kazuyoshi Akiyama, former maestro of Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Championing rare and contemporary repertoire, the renowned conductor led the VSO through a growth period from 1972 to 1985

MUSICJanet SmithJanuary 28, 2025Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, VSO

Burnaby Art Gallery hosts Kim Kennedy Austin: Booster Club, February 7 to April 20

Solo exhibition centres the artist’s fascination with 20th-century popular culture using found objects and craft techniques

ART & DESIGNStir VancouverJanuary 28, 2025Partner Content, Burnaby Art Gallery

Puppeteer Ronnie Burkett’s Wonderful Joe asks us to suspend disbelief

The master storyteller’s latest play opens with Joe and his dog facing ejection from their longtime home, with seemingly nowhere to go

THEATREJanet SmithJanuary 28, 2025The Cultch, Ronnie Burkett, puppetry, Homepage feature

Swiss "zen-funk" group Nik Bärtsch’s Ronin plays the BlueShore at CapU, February 25

Instrumental quartet fuses prog-rock, jazz, funk, new classical music, and elements of Japanese ritual music in a style entirely its own

More cuts at SFU Woodward's Goldcorp Centre for the Arts as SFU shuts down Vancity Office of Community Engagement

The closure removes another of the building’s original founding partners after the axing of SFU Woodward’s Cultural Programs last year

Advance Theatre Festival is back at the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts until January 31

Ruby Slippers Theatre presents five staged readings of works by IPBOC playwrights, including Damion LeClair’s Rougarou, Carmen Aguirre’s The Consent Club, and more

At HOLD ON LET GO, artists express intense emotions through everyday objects

Keely O’Brien bakes cakes with personal messages in Secret Ingredients, while Kyle Loven uses puppets to address grief in Loss Machine

FESTS, THEATREJanet SmithJanuary 27, 2025HOLD ON LET GO, Russian Hall, Company 605, Theatre Replacement

Visions Ouest presents La Tournée Québec Cinéma in Vancouver, February 12 to 14

Touring French film festival brings three titles to Alliance Française Vancouver with special guests Éric Bruneau and Yan Lanouette Turgeon

Vancouver Mural Festival shuts down

The organization cites financial challenges as the reason it’s ending after nine years

ART & DESIGNJanet SmithJanuary 27, 2025Vancouver Mural Festival, VMF

Theatre review: Sinners' fast-flying farce is full of naughty fun

At Metro Theatre, Norm Foster’s dark comedy features juicy twists and guilty pleasures

THEATREJanet SmithJanuary 27, 2025Metro Theatre

New Works announces upcoming In Practice workshops for Dance Leaders and Educators, February 2 and March 9

Workshops will be facilitated by Majula Drammeh and Adam Grant Warren at the Scotiabank Dance Centre

Theatre review: The Three Musketeers roars with reckless energy, humour, and chaos

The coproduction by Arts Club Theatre Company and Citadel Theatre pushes the brash heroes through adventure after adventure

All-female Norwegian brass ensemble tenThing plays a Vancouver Recital Society concert, February 23

Led by trumpeter Tine Thing Helseth, 10-piece group promises a varied program featuring West Side Story songs, “Hoe-Down” from Rodeo, and plenty more