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Music on Main presents A Month of Tuesdays at the Fox Cabaret, April 8 to 29

Alfredo Santa Ana, Dálava, Eve Egoyan, and Chloe Kim will grace the stage, offering up everything from classical influences to improvisations

MUSICStir VancouverMarch 11, 2025Partner Content, Music on Main, MUSIC ON MAIN, Fox Cabaret, Spring 2025

Artists of Belle Spirale Dance Projects seek resilience in the face of uncertainty with UNIVERSUS

Presented by VIDF with New Works and the Chutzpah! Festival, double bill premieres works by Alexis Fletcher and Fernando Hernando Magadan

Gaurav Bhatti premieres Kathak dance work Bulleh Shah: Seeker of Light, March 28 and 29

Inspired by the titular Sufi mystic, renowned artist’s new solo is co-presented by The Dance Centre and New Works

In Tranquility of Communion, Rotimi Fani-Kayode's images of queer desire take on new urgency

Showing at the Polygon Gallery, British photo-artist broke Thatcher-era taboos with luminous photographs that defy easy categorization

ART & DESIGNJanet SmithMarch 10, 2025POLYGON, POLYGON GALLERY, Polygon Gallery, Homepage feature, Spring 2025

Vancouver Bach Family of Choirs performs Britten's War Requiem, April 5

Soprano Melody Courage, tenor Asitha Tennekoon, and baritone Tyler Duncan to join the choirs alongside the West Coast Symphony

Theatre review: Little Red Warrior and His Lawyer weaves irreverent Trickster tale

Nlaka’pamux playwright Kevin Loring mines stereotypes for sharp comedy and dark insights on an absurd world

THEATREJanet SmithMarch 10, 2025THE CULTCH, The Cultch

Ins Choi: Son of a Preacherman makes its world premiere at Pacific Theatre, April 2 to 13

Through songs and stories, the mind behind Kim’s Convenience riffs on Bible stories, his creative process, and growing up in a Korean church

THEATREStir VancouverMarch 10, 2025Partner Content, Pacific Theatre, Ins Choi, Spring 2025

Tom Allen tells the story of a young Johann Sebastian Bach at Kay Meek Arts Centre, March 16

J.S. Bach’s Long Walk in the Snow features guest musicians Suzie LeBlanc, Leslie Dala, David Harding, and Lori Gemmell

MUSIC, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithMarch 10, 2025Kay Meek Arts Centre, Bach

Friends of Chamber Music hosts the Czech Republic's Pavel Haas Quartet, March 16

Works by Dvořák, Martinů, and Korngold are on the program for the Vancouver Playhouse matinee

MUSIC, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithMarch 10, 2025Friends of Chamber Music, Spring 2025

Dance review: Ballet BC conjures distinctive worlds at ZENITH

Cosmic circles, monumental walls of light, and inventive partnering as new Andrea Peña and Fernando Hernando Magadan works bring audiences to their feet

DANCEJanet SmithMarch 8, 2025BALLET BC, Ballet BC, Spring 2025

Vancouver Bach Children’s Choirs celebrate nature in SpringSong: Flora & Fauna, March 11

The concert is an evening of music all about living things

Les Égarés merges musically aligned duos into a quartet at BlueShore at CapU, March 31

Encompassing jazz, tango, chamber, and avant-garde influences, the group’s sound is a treat for the ears

MUSICStir VancouverMarch 7, 2025Partner Content, Blueshore at CapU, BlueShore at CapU, Spring 2025

Tigran Hamasyan brings an ancient tale to life in The Bird of a Thousand Voices

Armenian pianist and composer draws on folklore and storytelling in interdisciplinary project

MUSICJanet SmithMarch 7, 2025CHAN CENTRE, Chan Centre for the Performing Arts

Things I Hide From Dad mines life within and beyond a doomsday cult at Pacific Theatre to March 8

Travis Abels’s work is a guest production by Vancouver Fringe Festival

THEATREJanet SmithMarch 6, 2025Pacific Theatre, Vancouver Fringe Festival, Spring 2025

Stir Cheat Sheet: 5 things to know about Elektra’s The Lost Words: A Spell Book

The multidisciplinary work centres on words related to nature that the 2007 Oxford Junior Dictionary left out in favour of tech terms

Theatre review: And Then There Were None serves up solid, classic mystery in atmospheric Metro Theatre

Well-realized characters help Agatha Christie tale slow-build suspense

THEATREJanet SmithMarch 6, 2025Metro Theatre

Vancouver International Children’s Festival announces programming for 48th edition

Performances in store range from the breathtaking acrobatics of Kalabanté Productions to a life-sized puppet in Where Have All the Buffalo Gone?

The Cinematheque hosts fourth-annual Vancouver Greek Film Festival, March 13 to April 2

Program includes Boy on a Dolphin, The Travelling Players, On the Waterfront, and more

Stir Cheat Sheet: 5 gallery exhibits worth hitting on the West Coast this spring

Photo-based exhibitions can be found throughout Metro Vancouver and in Whistler this season

Stir Cheat Sheet: 12 theatre shows to check out this spring in Vancouver

From a Pulitzer finalist about pre-teen competitive dancers to a masterclass in Hong Kong food, there’s plenty to dive into this season

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