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Legendary songs move from screen to stage to create A Whole New World
Legendary songs move from screen to stage to create A Whole New World

Newest production to feature Sound the Alarm’s lineup of seasoned singers mines soundtracks of Disney and Hollywood classics

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THEATRE, MUSICJanet SmithMay 21, 2025Sound the Alarm: Music/Theatre, Sound the Alarm, Disney, Spring 2025, Homepage feature
Emerging artists shine onstage at this year's Cascade Peaks ChamberFest, June 20 to 22
Emerging artists shine onstage at this year's Cascade Peaks ChamberFest, June 20 to 22

Three concerts at RockRidge Canyon resort in Princeton highlight chamber works prepared by the artists during a week-long intensive

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MUSIC, FESTSStir VancouverMay 21, 2025Partner Content, Cascade Peaks ChamberFest, Summer 2025
Club Origami's folded paper allows kids' imaginations to flourish at Vancouver International Children’s Festival
Club Origami's folded paper allows kids' imaginations to flourish at Vancouver International Children’s Festival

Presented with Boca del Lupo, the accessible production by the U.K.’s Seven Circles encourages interactive learning

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DANCE, FESTSJanet SmithMay 20, 2025Vancouver International Children's Festival, Seven Circles, Spring 2025, The Nest, Boca del Lupo, BOCA DEL LUPO, Micro Performance Series, Homepage feature
Theatre review: Here We Go's fleeting glimpses of mortality are quietly unsettling
Theatre review: Here We Go's fleeting glimpses of mortality are quietly unsettling

In Western Gold Theatre’s spare staging of Caryl Churchill’s taut, wry work, roles rotate across performances with some astonishing results

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MUSICJanet SmithMay 20, 2025Western Gold Theatre, Spring 2025
Kicking off Tremors Festival, Erin James infuses music with her passion for fashion
Kicking off Tremors Festival, Erin James infuses music with her passion for fashion

The violinist’s Fantasy Vignettes interweaves Baroque music, costume changes, and sewing machines

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THEATRE, MUSIC, FESTSJanet SmithMay 20, 2025Tremors Festival, RUMBLE THEATRE, Rumble Theatre, Spring 2025
Bard on the Beach presents The Two Gentlemen of Verona, June 13 to September 19
Bard on the Beach presents The Two Gentlemen of Verona, June 13 to September 19

On the BMO Mainstage, director Dean Paul Gibson puts an ’80s spin on this resonant tale of young love

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THEATRE, FESTSStir VancouverMay 20, 2025Partner Content, Bard on the Beach, Shakespeare, Summer 2025
Elektra honours outgoing artistic director Morna Edmundson’s ability to “lead with love”
Elektra honours outgoing artistic director Morna Edmundson’s ability to “lead with love”

All-Canadian program Legacy celebrates spring and rebirth as Cassie Luftspring prepares to take the baton

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MUSICJanet SmithMay 16, 2025Elektra, Elektra Women's Choir, ELEKTRA, Cassie Luftspring, Spring 2025
A Simple Space serves up acrobatic feats without the sequins, at the Kay Meek Arts Centre May 22
A Simple Space serves up acrobatic feats without the sequins, at the Kay Meek Arts Centre May 22

Aussie troupe Gravity & Other Myths’ stripped-down spectacle has been a hit around the world

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DANCE, THEATREJanet SmithMay 16, 2025Kay Meek Arts Centre, A Simple Space, Spring 2025
Queer Arts Festival steps into the future with 18th annual edition, June 6 to 28
Queer Arts Festival steps into the future with 18th annual edition, June 6 to 28

Centred around portals, this year’s just-announced lineup includes several visual-art exhibitions, Vancouver International Jazz Festival concerts, and more

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ART & DESIGN, FESTSJanet SmithMay 16, 2025Queer Arts Festival, Pride in Art Society, Centre A, Malaspina Printmakers, SUM Gallery, Vancouver International Jazz Festival, Coastal Jazz & Blues Society, Summer 2025
Vancouver Short Film Festival unveils lineup for 15th annual edition, June 13 to 15
Vancouver Short Film Festival unveils lineup for 15th annual edition, June 13 to 15

HATCH, Clementine, One Day This Kid, and Beyond the Salish are among the 47 Canadian shorts screening this year

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SCREEN, FESTSStir VancouverMay 16, 2025Partner Content, Vancouver Short Film Festival, VSFF
Inverso Productions' LIFT festival brings generations together through dance
Inverso Productions' LIFT festival brings generations together through dance

Senior dance artists offer decades of insight to the new event’s joyful collaborations with younger performers

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DANCEJanet SmithMay 15, 2025Inverso Productions, Lesley Telford, Spring 2025, Claudia Moore
Tanzanian percussion and indie icons as Vancouver Folk Music Festival unveils 2025 lineup, July 18 to 20
Tanzanian percussion and indie icons as Vancouver Folk Music Festival unveils 2025 lineup, July 18 to 20

The Zawose Queens, The Milk Carton Kids, and more to hit the Main Stage at ʔəy̓alməxʷ Jericho Beach Park

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MUSIC, FESTSStir VancouverMay 15, 2025Partner Content, Vancouver Folk Music Festival, VFMF
Ballet BC announces 2025-26 season, complete with a Jiří Kylián work and new Saturday matinees
Ballet BC announces 2025-26 season, complete with a Jiří Kylián work and new Saturday matinees

Bobbi Jene Smith and Or Schraiber share a full-evening work, and hit productions of Crystal Pite’s Frontier and Shahar Binyamini’s BOLERO X return

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DANCE, NEWSJanet SmithMay 15, 2025Ballet BC, BALLET BC, Arts Umbrella, ARTS UMBRELLA
At the rEvolver Festival, playwright Sarvin Esmaeili gives femme body hair a voice
At the rEvolver Festival, playwright Sarvin Esmaeili gives femme body hair a voice

In Hair Hair Everywhere, Shabnam debates whether or not she should shave

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THEATRE, FESTSJanet SmithMay 15, 2025rEvolver Festival, Upintheair Theatre, Presentation House Theatre, Spring 2025
Surrey Art Gallery hosts an all-ages Family Art Party, June 1
Surrey Art Gallery hosts an all-ages Family Art Party, June 1

Event inspired by the current exhibition A Tangled Thicket features hands-on art activities and a theatrical performance

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ART & DESIGNStir VancouverMay 15, 2025Partner Content, surrey art gallery, SURREY ART GALLERY, Surrey Art Gallery
Theatre review: Henry VIII's queens bring down history and the house in defiantly catchy SIX
Theatre review: Henry VIII's queens bring down history and the house in defiantly catchy SIX

In girl power–fuelled show, performers channel sounds of Beyoncé, Lily Allen, and more in turning the tables on doomed relationships

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THEATREJanet SmithMay 15, 2025Broadway Across Canada, Spring 2025
Doors Open Richmond returns for its 18th annual edition, June 7 and 8
Doors Open Richmond returns for its 18th annual edition, June 7 and 8

At Richmond Museum event, visitors can explore over 50 partner sites, ranging from Seawrack Press Studio to LuLu Island Winery

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ART & DESIGNStir VancouverMay 15, 2025Partner Content, Doors Open Richmond, Richmond Museum, Spring 2025
With Arts Umbrella's Season Finale, Rena Narumi returns to source of artistic independence and community
With Arts Umbrella's Season Finale, Rena Narumi returns to source of artistic independence and community

In the midst of an international career, the Kidd Pivot dancer is setting a short Crystal Pite work for the student showcase

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DANCEJanet SmithMay 14, 2025Arts Umbrella, ARTS UMBRELLA, SPRING 2025
Cinematheque celebrates the spare, transcendent vision of Robert Bresson
Cinematheque celebrates the spare, transcendent vision of Robert Bresson

In the retrospective Secret Laws of the Cinematograph, the enigmatic French director’s hugely influential career comes into intense focus

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SCREENJanet SmithMay 14, 2025The CInematheque, Spring 2025, Robert Bresson
Cree artist Michelle Thrush pokes fun and puts her own truth onstage as Kookum Martha
Cree artist Michelle Thrush pokes fun and puts her own truth onstage as Kookum Martha

In Inner Elder at the Firehall Arts Centre, the Calgary-based theatre veteran draws on more than three decades of Indigenous clowning experience

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THEATREJanet SmithMay 14, 2025Firehall Arts Centre, Spring 2025, Homepage feature
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Dial M for Murder, Antigone, Wildwoman among contenders in Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards nominees. 

In medium-budget category, shows like The Effect, Fire Never Dies, and People, Places & Things stand out, while small-budget division features
Chor Leoni’s Remembrance Day program mixes tradition with the unexpected. 

According to artistic director Erick Lichte, the choir’s long-running annual event often feels more like a ritual than a concert. 

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How often does a new Canadian musical come along?

In the case of Meadows of Stone, the timing couldn’t be better: in honour of Remembrance Day, the moving new work by local stage performer Amy Lee Newman, with music and lyrics by Jim Hodgkinso
Start your holiday shopping at Surrey Art Gallery Association’s annual holiday market on November 14 and 15.
 
Dozens of local and BC artists, including current saga shop artists, will showcase their incredible handmade works. Browse ceramics,
 

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