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Director Morris Panych connects with Flight opera's existential airport limbo

At Vancouver Opera, the theatre legend and set designer Ken MacDonald bring artfully absurd touches to story of a refugee stuck in a terminal

MUSICJanet SmithJanuary 30, 2025Vancouver Opera, VANCOUVER OPERA, Morris Panych, Homepage feature

Festival du Bois unveils lineup for 36th edition at Mackin Park, March 7 to 9

Artists on the program include Yves Lambert et le Grand Orchestre, Franco-Ontarian rapper LeFLOFRANCO, and more

FESTS, MUSICJanet SmithJanuary 30, 2025Festival du Bois, Mackin Park, Maillardville, Spring 2025

Vancouver Cantata Singers present ROAM with tap dancer Danny Nielsen, March 1

Program inspired by travel features folk songs from the U.K., Nordic countries, North America, and South America

MUSICStir VancouverJanuary 30, 2025Partner Content, Vancouver Cantata Singers, Danny Nielsen

Ballet Jörgen tours a magical nature-inspired Sleeping Beauty across Canada

Company artists Márcio Teixeira and Daniel Da Silva talk costumes and symbolism in the show ahead of a stop at the Massey Theatre

DANCEJanet SmithJanuary 30, 2025Ballet Jorgen, Ballet Jörgen, Massey Theatre

Stir Q&A: Chimerik 似不像's Caroline MacCaull and Sammy Chien sound off on Inner Sublimity

Copresented by PuSh Festival and Vancouver Art Gallery, the genre-bending work merges dance, new media, and video with immersive sound resonators

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra performs Rachmaninoff’s Second Piano Concerto, February 21 to 23

Pianist Alexei Volodin is a featured soloist for the heartfelt work, helmed by conductor Daniel Raiskin

MUSICStir VancouverJanuary 30, 2025Partner Content, VSO, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Grandma. Gangsta. Guerrilla. depicts a "sassy old lady" with a sense of humour

Abi Padilla’s new play draws inspiration from both of her grandmothers

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