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At The Dance Centre's Open Stage, Punit Singh's SubHuman investigates self-perception
At The Dance Centre's Open Stage, Punit Singh's SubHuman investigates self-perception

Fifth edition of uncurated program provides a welcoming space for artist’s first dance-theatre piece

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DANCEJanet SmithMay 5, 2025DANCE CENTRE, The Dance Centre, THE DANCE CENTRE, Spring 2025, rEvolver Festival
Pianist Avery Gagliano plays a Vancouver Chopin Society recital, May 18
Pianist Avery Gagliano plays a Vancouver Chopin Society recital, May 18

Compelling young artist has performed worldwide and won prizes at the National Chopin Piano Competition

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MUSICStir VancouverMay 5, 2025Partner Content, Vancouver Chopin Society, Spring 2025
Comedy review: Love You Wrong Time takes down stereotypes with laughter and song
Comedy review: Love You Wrong Time takes down stereotypes with laughter and song

Multitalented team of Deanna H. Choi and Maddie Bautista turns a satirical spotlight on the destructive ideal of the perfect Asian woman

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COMEDYJanet SmithMay 5, 2025THE CULTCH, The Cultch, Spring 2025
Rumble Theatre launches program guide with two ways to experience the Tremors Festival, June 6 to 8
Rumble Theatre launches program guide with two ways to experience the Tremors Festival, June 6 to 8

At Progress Lab 1422, a pair of tracks feature multidisciplinary works by Howard Dai, Paige Louter, Cameron Peal, and more

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THEATRE, FESTSStir VancouverMay 5, 2025Partner Content, Tremors Festival, RUMBLE THEATRE, Rumble Theatre, Spring 2025
Indian Summer Festival unveils dance, sarod music, and comedy shows for July event
Indian Summer Festival unveils dance, sarod music, and comedy shows for July event

Tickets on sale today for a Simran Sachar–Justine A. Chambers choreographic collab, comedian Kiran Deol, and Indian classical music star Alam Khan

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FESTS, DANCEJanet SmithMay 5, 2025Indian Summer Festival, Am Johal, Justine A. Chambers, Summer 2025
From Legally Blonde to Nunsense, Metro Theatre brings the joy in 2025-26 season announcement
From Legally Blonde to Nunsense, Metro Theatre brings the joy in 2025-26 season announcement

Roster also includes the troupe’s 40th panto, Jack and the Beanstalk, plus Neil Simon, Lend Me a Tenor, Shakespeare in Love, and more

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THEATREJanet SmithMay 2, 2025Metro Theatre, musicals
Mary Ancheta’s MAQkestra, Mick Flannery, and more perform at North Shore Jazz, June 20 to 29
Mary Ancheta’s MAQkestra, Mick Flannery, and more perform at North Shore Jazz, June 20 to 29

Genre-spanning international and local talents take to North Shore venues in BlueShore at CapU and Vancouver International Jazz Festival presentation

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MUSICStir VancouverMay 2, 2025Partner Content, Blueshore at CapU, BlueShore at CapU, Spring 2025, North Shore Jazz, Vancouver International Jazz Festival
Live piano and raw love, as duo Bobbi Jene Smith and Or Schraiber craft their first premiere at Ballet BC's DUSK
Live piano and raw love, as duo Bobbi Jene Smith and Or Schraiber craft their first premiere at Ballet BC's DUSK

Batsheva Dance Company alumni’s fascinating journey around the globe and onscreen finally brings them to Vancouver with Obsidian

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DANCEJanet SmithMay 2, 2025Ballet BC, BALLET BC, SPRING 2025, Spring 2025, Homepage feature
Maple Ridge Pitt Meadows Art Studio Tour thrives on countryside settings
Maple Ridge Pitt Meadows Art Studio Tour thrives on countryside settings

Marking its 25th anniversary, the inclusive two-day festival sets up in fields and by riverbanks, along with more conventional spaces

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ART & DESIGNJanet SmithMay 2, 2025Maple Ridge Pitt Meadows Art Studio Tour
Fresh Ink fetes five years of Vancouver Chamber Choir commissions and premieres, May 9
Fresh Ink fetes five years of Vancouver Chamber Choir commissions and premieres, May 9

Program includes an Emily Carr–inspired piece by Tawnie Olson, a composition about a satellite falling out of orbit by Chris Sivak, and more

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MUSICJanet SmithMay 2, 2025Vancouver Chamber Choir, Spring 2025
Realwheels Theatre podcast series Waveforms is now available across streaming platforms
Realwheels Theatre podcast series Waveforms is now available across streaming platforms

Ten episodes feature play excerpts and interviews with emerging theatre artists who identify with D/disability

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PODCASTS, THEATREStir VancouverMay 2, 2025Partner Content, Realwheels Theatre, Spring 2025
Arts Club artistic director Ashlie Corcoran receives YWCA Women of Distinction Award
Arts Club artistic director Ashlie Corcoran receives YWCA Women of Distinction Award

Annual accolade honours an individual who has significantly enriched Metro Vancouver’s arts and culture community

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NEWS, THEATREJanet SmithMay 1, 2025Ashlie Corcoran, Arts Club Theatre Company, Arts Club Theatre, YWCA Women Of Distinction Award
At The Show, Emily Carr University students exhibit everything from ink paintings to woven ocean plastics
At The Show, Emily Carr University students exhibit everything from ink paintings to woven ocean plastics

Graduating artists Wol-Un, Eden Eisses, Asad Aftab, and Claudia Goulet-Blais share insights on the works they’ll have on display

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ART & DESIGNJanet SmithMay 1, 2025Emily Carr University, Emily Carr, ECUAD, Spring 2025, SPRING 2025
Burnaby Art Gallery hosts annual Arts Alive and Artist Apprenticeship exhibitions, May 2 to June 1
Burnaby Art Gallery hosts annual Arts Alive and Artist Apprenticeship exhibitions, May 2 to June 1

In partnership with Burnaby School District 41, exhibitions showcase artworks by elementary and high-school students

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ART & DESIGNStir VancouverMay 1, 2025Partner Content, Burnaby Art Gallery, Spring 2025
CTORA searches out enduring truths in West Side Story
CTORA searches out enduring truths in West Side Story

Seventy years after the classic musical’s debut, its theme of love transcending hate continues to inspire performers and audiences

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THEATREJanet SmithMay 1, 2025CTORA Theatre, West Side Story, Homepage feature
Upintheair Theatre unveils lineup for 13th-annual rEvolver Festival, May 21 to June 1
Upintheair Theatre unveils lineup for 13th-annual rEvolver Festival, May 21 to June 1

Offerings at The Cultch span coming-of-age stories, puppetry, musical theatre, and more

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FESTS, THEATREStir VancouverMay 1, 2025Partner Content, Upintheair Theatre, rEvolver Festival, Spring 2025
Film reviews: At DOXA, haunting exposés, off-grid hermits, and meaningful cooking
Film reviews: At DOXA, haunting exposés, off-grid hermits, and meaningful cooking

Mr. Nobody Against Putin takes an urgent look at Russian indoctrination; Spare My Bones, Coyote! finds horrors at the U.S. border; Eight Postcards From Utopia runs weird commercials from free-market Romania; and more

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SCREENJanet SmithMay 1, 2025DOXA, DOXA Documentary Film Festival, SPRING 2025
Michelle Thrush brings her solo show Inner Elder to the Firehall Arts Centre, May 22 to 31
Michelle Thrush brings her solo show Inner Elder to the Firehall Arts Centre, May 22 to 31

The journey through Cree artist’s real-life memories follows a young Indigenous girl growing up in Alberta

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THEATREStir VancouverApril 30, 2025Partner Content, Firehall Arts Centre, Spring 2025
Theatre review: Dance Nation taps into the innocence, understanding, and comedy of young stage ambitions
Theatre review: Dance Nation taps into the innocence, understanding, and comedy of young stage ambitions

The offbeat logic of being a kid gets tangled up with adult social dynamics in Clare Barron’s acclaimed play

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THEATREJanet SmithApril 30, 2025THE CULTCH, The Cultch, Spring 2025, Homepage feature
Western Front hosts Holly Márie Parnell's solo exhibition Cirrus, May 3 to July 26
Western Front hosts Holly Márie Parnell's solo exhibition Cirrus, May 3 to July 26

New video work traverses an interior landscape shaped by the perspectives of artists Min Kim and Mia Wennerstrand

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ART & DESIGNStir VancouverApril 30, 2025Partner Content, Western Front, Spring 2025
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DanceHouse and The Cultch present an extraordinary work of circus/dance, the North American premiere of Recirquel’s otherworldly Paradisum. 

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