Articles — Stir

Pacific Theatre stages a remount of Will Eno's profound play Wakey, Wakey, October 15 to November 2

Jessie Richardson Theatre Award–nominated production follows a man as he reflects on beginnings and endings

THEATREStir VancouverSeptember 18, 2025Partner Content, Pacific Theatre

Palabra Flamenco blends spoken poetry and age-old Iberian art form at Vancouver International Flamenco Festival

Poet Garth Martens says the Victoria-based troupe’s performances are a visceral and intimate conversation between words, music, and dance

READ, DANCE, FESTS, MUSICJanet SmithSeptember 18, 2025flamenco, Vancouver International Flamenco Festival

The Improv Centre serves slasher nostalgia with I Know What You Did Last Weekend, starting September 19

Company also announces new artistic director Alan Pavlakovic

COMEDY, WHAT'S STIRRINGEmily LythSeptember 18, 2025The Improv Centre, improv, comedy

Scottish guitarist Sean Shibe marks Canadian debut with Vancouver Recital Society, November 2

Grammy Award–nominated artist to play a mixed program of works by Steve Reich, J.S. Bach, Thomas Adès, and more

MUSICStir VancouverSeptember 18, 2025Partner Content, VANCOUVER RECITAL SOCIETY, Vancouver Recital Society

Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival unveils 22nd edition spanning Day of the Dead shadow puppetry, Mayor of Oz, and more

Also in store at the celebration running from October 31 to November 8 is SHELTER, an exhibition featuring works by 30 marginalized artists

Gateway Theatre stages Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson – Apt. 2B, October 16 to 25

Kate Hamill’s production offers a post-pandemic take on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s classic detective tale

THEATREStir VancouverSeptember 17, 2025Partner Content, Gateway Theatre

Cinematic, experimental Blue Horse Opera roams through genres, September 19 to 21

A decade in the making, dramatized song cycle blends tones of classic spaghetti westerns with soprano vocals and flamenco dance to create haunting vision

MUSICJanet SmithSeptember 17, 2025Pi theatre, Pi Theatre, Vancouver Opera, VANCOUVER OPERA, VIFF Centre, VIFF

Crystal Pite and Simon McBurney's Figures in Extinction wins Sky Arts Award

Former Ballet BC head Emily Molnar praises artists in acceptance speech for Europe’s Nederlands Dans Theater and Complicité

DANCE, NEWSJanet SmithSeptember 17, 2025Crystal Pite, Emily Molnar, Nederlands Dans Theater, Ballet BC, BALLET BC, Arts Umbrella, ARTS UMBRELLA

Firehall Arts Centre sounds off on how Canada Post's neighbourhood mail strike is hurting local arts organizations

Theatre company spent over $13,000 on nearly 30,000 brochures that can no longer be delivered to Vancouver neighbourhoods, shares artistic producer Donna Spencer

NEWS, THEATREJanet SmithSeptember 17, 2025Firehall Arts Centre, FIREHALL, the Firehall, Canada Post

Vancouver Opera stages a darkly intriguing Rigoletto, October 25 to November 2

In partnership with Pacific Opera Victoria, new production of Giuseppe Verdi’s tragedy centres opulence, oppression, and revenge

MUSICStir VancouverSeptember 17, 2025Partner Content, Vancouver Opera, VANCOUVER OPERA, Pacific Opera Victoria

Comedian Modi, a Take This Waltz remount, and more as Chutzpah! Festival marks milestone 25th year

Other offerings span extravagant 8 Gays of Channukah – The Musical and stylistically diverse Shtetl Cabaret

Theatre review: In Arts Club’s uncanny Doll’s House, currents beneath perfect surfaces still have power to shock

With its pared-back set and present-day rewording, Ibsen’s 150-year-old story of stifling social pressures takes on new edge

THEATREJanet SmithSeptember 16, 2025Arts Club Theatre Company

Martin Sexton reimagines the Beatles' Abbey Road at BlueShore at CapU, October 7

One-man band takes on the iconic album before delving into originals

MUSICStir VancouverSeptember 16, 2025Partner Content, Blueshore at CapU, BlueShore at CapU

Music review: VSO launches 107th season with long-awaited Alexander Malofeev debut

Program mixed monumental moments with the rising star pianist’s gift for light, crystal-clear intonation

MUSICJanet SmithSeptember 16, 2025Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, VSO

Vancouver Writers Fest launches with Oh, Canada!: The Alma Lee Opening Night Event, October 20

Evening features Canadian authors in sequential talks about the country’s current issues and rapidly shifting landscape

READ, FESTSStir VancouverSeptember 16, 2025Partner Content, Vancouver Writers Fest

La Venue de l’avenir (Colours of Time) contrasts the digital age with belle époque Paris, September 17 at Alliance Française

Visions Ouest screens a lighthearted Cannes entry that looks at family, connection, and fine art, bouncing between 1895 and 2025

SCREENJanet SmithSeptember 16, 2025Alliance Francaise, Visions Ouest, VISIONS OUEST

Amanda Forsythe sings Handel's arias at an Early Music Vancouver concert, September 27

Soprano joins the Pacific Baroque Orchestra under the direction of Alexander Weimann

Deerlady brings volume, vulnerability to this year’s Come Toward the Fire festival

Acclaimed guitar-and-bass duo blends whisper-soft passages with lush sonic swells and a deeply personal investigation of violence endured by Indigenous cultures

MUSIC, FESTSJanet SmithSeptember 15, 2025Come Toward the Fire, CHAN CENTRE

Guy Davis brings musical storytelling to the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, October 10

Skilled on guitar, banjo, harmonica, and didgeridoo, the musician infuses his songs with emotional depth

Dance review: With Take Form, Ballet BC dancers show their penchant for dreamlike details

In prelude to full season, artists explore their choreographic side with surreal touches like a piñata head, multitasking coatrack, and bubble-wrap sculpture

DANCEJanet SmithSeptember 14, 2025BALLET BC, Ballet BC

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