Articles — Stir

At the Chan Centre, multimedia concert Echo gives voice to silenced memories, May 31

Gryphon Trio and Marion Newman lead a powerful performance that confronts historical trauma through poetry, music, and film

Bassist esperanza spalding and Iranian-American chef Samin Nosrat amid offerings as Chan Centre for the Performing Arts unveils more of its 2025-26 season

Plenty is in store, from Portuguese fado singer Carminho to cooking star Yotam Ottolenghi, culture-fusing songstress Arooj Aftab, and beyond

Irish star Mick Flannery performs at BlueShore at CapU, June 23

Singer-songwriter journeys through heartbreak and joy in North Shore Jazz concert as part of the Vancouver International Jazz Festival

Vancouver-Singapore collaboration Sloth Canon captures drive to build more, faster

Company 605 and T.H.E Dance Company push cross-Pacific team of dancers to embody a society rushing toward the next thing, at the Scotiabank Dance Centre

DANCEJanet SmithMay 29, 2025Company 605, The Dance Centre, THE DANCE CENTRE, Spring 2025

Night Owl bridges sound and storytelling at the Queer Arts Festival, June 8

Dutch accordionist Erica Roozendaal explores themes of abuse and childhood instability in her heartfelt solo performance

In HAUS of YOLO, New Zealand–based circus artists let their freak flags fly

The Dust Palace’s cabaret send-up stars a visionary fashion designer who sews costumes live onstage at The Cultch

Nechako: It Will Be a Big River Again brings struggle over B.C.’s Kenney Dam to VIFF Centre, June 6 to 21

Lyana Patrick’s NFB documentary, recounting the Stellat’en and Saik’uz Nations’ ongoing fight for justice, returns for local screenings

Luciana Freire D’Anunciação’s multiscreen video installation Becoming explores the cyclical nature of life

Canadian-Brazilian interdisciplinary artist brings together film and dance in a work that can be enjoyed from different angles at the Roundhouse

The Cinematheque spotlights Robert Bresson in Secret Laws of the Cinematograph, to July 2

Series includes all 13 of the French director’s films, including A Man Escaped, Pickpocket, Au hasard Balthazar, and more

World premieres journey through truth and illusion at the Annex, May 31

Astrolabe Musik Theatre presents Farshid Samandari’s The Greater Sea and Gheorghi Arnaoudov’s Notes of the Phantom Woman

MUSICJanet SmithMay 26, 2025Astrolabe Musik Theatre, Vancouver Civic Theatres

Theatre review: Michelle Thrush channels her Inner Elder with imaginative storytelling

At the Firehall Arts Centre, Cree theatre artist journeys through her childhood memories, incorporating cheeky crowd work

THEATREJanet SmithMay 26, 2025Firehall Arts Centre, FIREHALL, Michelle Thrush

Otani Workshop’s Monsters in My Head transcends cuteness at the VAG

In Japanese ceramicist and painter Shigeru Otani’s work, adorable bunnies and sea monsters tell deeper truths

ART & DESIGNJanet SmithMay 26, 2025Vancouver Art Gallery, SPRING 2025, Hp, Summer 2025

Star pianist Bruce Liu explores tension between elegance and risk with Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Fuelled by curiosity and spontaneity, the acclaimed performer looks beyond the Chopin repertoire that made his name

MUSICJanet SmithMay 26, 2025Spring 2025, SPRING 2025, Bruce Liu, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, VSO

New book Sea of Islands showcases UBC Museum of Anthropology's Oceanic collection

Release by Figure 1 Publishing and MOA features more than 250 photographs alongside text by museum curator Carol E. Mayer

Luminarium's glow-in-the-dark juggling lights up the Vancouver International Children’s Festival, May 27 to June 1

All-ages show by Cause & Effect Circus incorporates high-level skills, inventive lighting, and fun sound effects

Dance review: A bold survey of contemporary movement at Arts Umbrella Season Finale

Marco Goecke, Crystal Pite, Sharon Eyal, and Fernando Magadan provide a whirlwind of short work for tomorrow’s next dance stars

The True Story of Tamara De Lempicka & The Art of Survival digs beneath Art Deco painter’s glossy surfaces

Julie Rubio’s extensive new documentary, making its local debut at the VIFF Centre, reveals a trailblazing woman who was an outsider on several counts