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Chor Leoni honours Remembrance Day with The Songs Will Remain, November 11
Chor Leoni honours Remembrance Day with The Songs Will Remain, November 11

Sorrow meets solace with a program that spans classical, folk, and pop, including Ken Cormier’s arrangement of Army Dreamers

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MUSICStir VancouverOctober 7, 2025Partner Content, Chor Leoni, CHOR LEONI, Remembrance Day
Theatre review: Metro Theatre's pitch-perfect Lend Me a Tenor hits all the right notes
Theatre review: Metro Theatre's pitch-perfect Lend Me a Tenor hits all the right notes

A louche opera star brings comedic chaos to a Cleveland hotel in Ken Ludwig’s Tony Award winner

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THEATREStir VancouverOctober 6, 2025Metro Theatre
Rumble Theatre and ITSAZOO Productions present Lucy Prebble's The Effect, November 7 to 22
Rumble Theatre and ITSAZOO Productions present Lucy Prebble's The Effect, November 7 to 22

Dark, timely thriller from the Emmy-winning writer of Succession explores passion, power, and pharmaceutical control

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THEATREStir VancouverOctober 6, 2025Partner Content, RUMBLE THEATRE, Rumble Theatre, ITSAZOO Productions, Paige Louter, Jivesh Parasram
Pacific Theatre's Wakey, Wakey remount offers profound meditations on life, October 15 to November 2
Pacific Theatre's Wakey, Wakey remount offers profound meditations on life, October 15 to November 2

Will Eno’s powerful play garnered five Jessie Richardson Theatre Award nominations with its Canadian premiere in 2021

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THEATRE, WHAT'S STIRRINGEmily LythOctober 6, 2025Pacific Theatre, Will Eno
Theatre review: Outside Mullingar is a gently restrained tale of two Irish families
Theatre review: Outside Mullingar is a gently restrained tale of two Irish families

Jericho Arts Centre’s production deals with grief, grievances, and lives unlived, but the dramedy remains surprisingly buoyant

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THEATREStir VancouverOctober 6, 2025theatre review, Jericho Arts Centre
Justen LeRoy's Lay Me Down in Praise continues at Surrey Art Gallery and UrbanScreen this October
Justen LeRoy's Lay Me Down in Praise continues at Surrey Art Gallery and UrbanScreen this October

Three-channel film exhibition asks what the Earth sounds like, drawing on Black environmentalism, resistance, and liberation

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ART & DESIGNStir VancouverOctober 6, 2025Partner Content, surrey art gallery, SURREY ART GALLERY, Surrey Art Gallery
Music review: Mad Professor brought earth-shaking dub bass to the Chan Centre
Music review: Mad Professor brought earth-shaking dub bass to the Chan Centre

The British producer was joined by Vancouver visual artist Saghi Ehteshamzadeh for a show that went beyond the expected Massive Attack hits

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MUSICStir VancouverOctober 6, 2025VIFF, Chan Centre EXP, Chan Centre
National Film Board doubles down on defining what it means to be Canadian for an “elbows up” era
National Film Board doubles down on defining what it means to be Canadian for an “elbows up” era

Attending VIFF, NFB chair Suzanne Guèvremont has a new strategic plan that strives to reach out to the next generation

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SCREEN, FESTS, NEWSJanet SmithOctober 3, 2025NFB, National Film Board
Firehall Arts Centre stages profound dance-driven piece Myokine, October 30 to November 1
Firehall Arts Centre stages profound dance-driven piece Myokine, October 30 to November 1

Work by Anne Plamondon Productions is centred on the molecules released by the muscles during physical effort

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DANCEStir VancouverOctober 3, 2025Partner Content, Firehall Arts Centre
In Eternal Gestures, Alvin Erasga Tolentino embodies multifaceted relationships to the land
In Eternal Gestures, Alvin Erasga Tolentino embodies multifaceted relationships to the land

Co.ERASGA world premiere features commissions by three Indigenous women choreographers: Starr Muranko, Margaret Grenier, and Michelle Olson

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DANCE, CULTUREEmily LythOctober 3, 2025Co.ERASGA, Alvin Erasga Tolentino
Chet Doxas makes magic with CapU Jazz ensembles, October 24 at BlueShore at CapU
Chet Doxas makes magic with CapU Jazz ensembles, October 24 at BlueShore at CapU

The Montreal-bred saxophonist, praised for his versatility, is now a prolific performer in New York

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MUSICStir VancouverOctober 2, 2025Partner Content, Blueshore at CapU, BlueShore at CapU
Review: Circa's Wolf kicks acrobatics into artful hyperspeed
Review: Circa's Wolf kicks acrobatics into artful hyperspeed

At the intimate York Theatre, honed Aussie performers mix feral energy with a new level of circus sophistication

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DANCE, THEATREJanet SmithOctober 2, 2025CIrca, THE CULTCH, York Theatre, circus, the Cultch, The Cultch, Homepage feature
Vancouver Civic Theatres launches 2025-26 National Geographic Live season, October 15
Vancouver Civic Theatres launches 2025-26 National Geographic Live season, October 15

Tree canopy ecologist Nalini Nadkarni leads audiences up into the clouds to see the fascinating world of Costa Rican branches with From Roots to Canopy

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SCREEN, THEATREStir VancouverOctober 2, 2025Partner Content, Vancouver Civic Theatres, VCT, National Geographic
Martin Sexton pares Beatles classics down to the essentials for his Abbey Road Show, October 7
Martin Sexton pares Beatles classics down to the essentials for his Abbey Road Show, October 7

The Fab Four’s most-celebrated album was a formative influence on the veteran American singer-songwriter who’s headed to the BlueShore at CapU

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MUSICStir VancouverOctober 2, 2025Martin Sexton, Blueshore at CapU
Vancouver Cantata Singers opens the 2025-26 season with In Paradisum, November 1
Vancouver Cantata Singers opens the 2025-26 season with In Paradisum, November 1

Program revolving around Vaughan Williams’s Mass in G minor explores the multifaceted concept of paradise

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MUSICStir VancouverOctober 2, 2025Partner Content, Vancouver Cantata Singers
Drummer Ches Smith plays 21st-century fusion with his band Clone Row
Drummer Ches Smith plays 21st-century fusion with his band Clone Row

The improvisation-heavy jazz quartet melds Afrocentric rhythms with electronically warped electric guitars

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MUSICStir VancouverOctober 1, 2025Coastal Jazz, Coastal Jazz & Blues Society, jazz
VIFF 2025 reviews: Influencer-culture takedowns, sword-and-sorcery reboots, family tragedies, and more
VIFF 2025 reviews: Influencer-culture takedowns, sword-and-sorcery reboots, family tragedies, and more

Quick takes on Dracula, Idiotka, Akashi, and Ma—Cry of Silence, plus documentaries about one family’s scattered heritage and the true cost of global capitalism

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SCREENStir VancouverOctober 1, 2025VIFF, Vancouver International Film Festival, Homepage feature
Ballet BC opens 2025-26 season at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre with TRILOGY, November 6 to 8
Ballet BC opens 2025-26 season at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre with TRILOGY, November 6 to 8

Triple bill includes return of global sensation BOLERO X, Medhi Walerski’s SWAY, and world premiere from Italy’s Sofia Nappi

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DANCEStir VancouverOctober 1, 2025Partner Content, Ballet BC, BALLET BC
Upintheair Theatre and What Lab take a quantum leap with The Array: Less Than Zero
Upintheair Theatre and What Lab take a quantum leap with The Array: Less Than Zero

The three-night showcase explores science-fiction themes through experimental performances

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THEATREStir VancouverOctober 1, 2025Upintheair Theatre, Theatre
VIFF documentaries sketch in the history of B.C. art icons
VIFF documentaries sketch in the history of B.C. art icons

The Painted Life of E.J. Hughes reveals quiet life of a master who avoided spotlight; The Art of Adventure tracks a young Robert Bateman’s journey with Bristol Foster across the world in a Land Rover

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FESTS, SCREENJanet SmithOctober 1, 2025EJ Hughes, Robert Bateman, VIFF, Vancouver International Film Festival, Homepage feature
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When Tony learns of his wife’s affair, his jealousy takes a lethal turn. He concocts the perfect murder, devises an alibi, and waits
Cosí fan tutte gets a vintage-Canadian refresh under director Robert Herriot @vancouveropera. 

The Winnipeg artist brings experience as a tenor to a Mozart opera reimagined in a 1930s Rockies resort, complete with Mounties and log drivers.
In The Brutal Joy, Justine A. Chambers channels the overwhelming beauty of Black living. 

With staging that evokes a Chicago jazz bar, the Dance Centre and PuSh Festival co-presentation draws on matrilineal fashion and line dancing. 

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