Articles — Stir

Manuel Axel Strain taps childlike wonder and Indigenous knowledge at the Polygon Gallery

Family photos, pictographs, and landscapes interweave in xʷəlməxʷ child

ART & DESIGNJanet SmithFebruary 5, 2025POLYGON, Polygon Gallery, Indigenous, Spring 2025

Ballet BC presents ZENITH at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre, March 6 to 8

Monumental triple bill sees the return of Johan Inger’s PASSING along with world premieres from Fernando Hernando Magadan and Andrea Peña

DANCEStir VancouverFebruary 5, 2025Partner Content, Ballet BC, BALLET BC, Spring 2025

Rigoletto, Così fan tutte, and La Bohème announced for Vancouver Opera 2025-26 season

Jonathan Darlington, Tracy Dahl, Michael Chioldi, and Glynis Leyshon are just some of the names on the roster

OPERA, MUSICJanet SmithFebruary 4, 2025Vancouver Opera

Folk connections run deep for singer and banjo master Kaïa Kater

The artist, who grew up amid music fests, creates rich lyrics drawing on the personal and political

MUSICJanet SmithFebruary 4, 2025Blueshore at CapU, folk

Pi Theatre presents the world premiere of A Taste of Hong Kong, March 6 to 15

Brought to the stage in association with Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre, production stars Derek Chan in a tasting class and history lesson

Tap dancer Caleb Teicher and pianist Conrad Tao compare and contrast rhythms in Counterpoint

At the Chan Centre, the New York City–based duo take on George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, Schoenberg’s “V. Walzer”, and more

Friends of Chamber Music presents the Schumann Quartet in concert, February 11

Making its Vancouver debut, the Cologne, Germany-based ensemble has earned critical acclaim around the globe

MUSIC, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithFebruary 4, 2025Friends of Chamber Music, Schumann Quartet

Elektra performs enchanting composition The Lost Words: A Spell Book, March 8 and 9

Immersive work by 10 composers draws inspiration from bestselling book by nature writer Robert Macfarlane and illustrator Jackie Morris

MUSICStir VancouverFebruary 4, 2025Partner Content, Elektra, ELEKTRA, Spring 2025, Elektra Women's Choir

Chutzpah! Plus Spring Edition announces 2025 programming

Performances spanning music, theatre, comedy, dance, and family entertainment take place from March 19 to 23

PuSh International Performing Arts Festival appoints Annie Clarke as new managing director

Clarke will replace Keltie Forsyth after this year’s fest comes to a close

FESTSJanet SmithFebruary 3, 2025PuSh Festival, PuSh International Performing Arts Festival

Germany's Notos Quartet makes Friends of Chamber Music debut, March 2

Piano quartet to play works by Mozart, Schumann, and William Walton

MUSICStir VancouverFebruary 3, 2025Partner Content, Friends of Chamber Music, Notos Quartet

Vancouver-based artist Monice Peter and multidisciplinary artist HAUI named 2025 artists-in-residence at The Watermill Center

The two join nearly 60 artists from around the globe at the New York laboratory for the arts

SCREENJanet SmithFebruary 3, 2025Monice Peter, HAUI, The Watermill Center

Christine Jensen brings big-band grandeur to BlueShore at CapU, February 28

Saxophonist-composer draws inspiration from her B.C. upbringing for performance with CapU Jazz Studies students and faculty members

MUSICStir VancouverFebruary 3, 2025Partner Content, Blueshore at CapU, BlueShore at CapU, Capilano University

Tradition and innovation meet as Amir Amiri Ensemble comes to the Chan Centre, February 7

The group’s namesake is a master of the santur who draws on Persian classical styles as well as everything from jazz to the avant-garde

MUSICJanet SmithFebruary 3, 2025Chan Centre, Amir Amiri, CHan Centre for the Performing Arts

Theatre review: Lasa Ng Imperyo (A Taste of Empire) delivers biting critique of the role of imperialism on the food we eat

The show by rice & beans theatre presented by PuSh Festival and Boca del Lupo moves swiftly with sharp satire

THEATRE, FESTSJanet SmithFebruary 3, 2025rice & beans theatre, Boca del Lupo

Dance review: Set in a stripped-down concrete jungle, BOGOTÁ explores colonial resistance

Multilayered work by Andrea Peña & Artists is full of animalistic ritual, raw emotion, and nods to Colombian history

VIFF Centre welcomes guest-curated film series and live music events for Black History Month

Titles span music documentary Play It Loud featuring Jamaican-born Canadian singer Jay Douglas, 1974 Afrofuturist film Space is the Place, and beyond

SCREENStir VancouverFebruary 1, 2025Partner Content, VIFF, VIFF Centre, Black History Month

HOLD ON LET GO 2025 hosts Sex, Drugs and Criminality, February 7

The show by Mammalian Diving Reflex brings together teenagers with local arts stars Hiro Kanagawa, Vanessa Kwan, and Dan Mangan for some frank discussion