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Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards unveils nominees for 40th edition, spanning Yaga, A Doll’s House, Part 2, and more

Winners will be announced at a Granville Island Stage ceremony on November 3

THEATRE, NEWSJanet SmithOctober 14, 2025Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards, Jessie Awards

2-Spirit tenor Jeremy Dutcher plays Kay Meek Arts Centre, November 13

Artist from the Tobique First Nation infuses his bold piano compositions and sublime melodies with classical, jazz, and pop influences

MUSICStir VancouverOctober 14, 2025Partner Content, Kay Meek Arts Centre, Jeremy Dutcher

Stir Cheat Sheet: Cory Doctorow to Mona Awad, 5 highlights of this year’s Vancouver Writers Fest

Readings and discussions focus on women’s perspectives on horror writing, and how to find your inner dinosaur in a world of chickens

FESTS, READStir VancouverOctober 14, 2025Vancouver Writers Fest

Chez Nous: Christmas with Elektra pairs Yuletide classics with poignant new pieces, November 29 and 30

Program features Derek Holman’s Sir Christëmas Suite, the world premiere of Gerda Blok-Wilson’s As if New-Created, and more

Dance review: From mourning to solace, Eternal Gestures honours emotions we feel for the land

Co.ERASGA’s Alvin Erasga Tolentino performs three solos by Indigenous choreographers Starr Muranko, Margaret Grenier, and Michelle Olson

Soprano Sarah Dufresne and bass-baritone Daniel Okulitch join the VSO for Fauré's Requiem, November 7 to 9

Performance of monumental choral work also features the Vancouver Chamber Choir

MUSICStir VancouverOctober 10, 2025Partner Content, VSO, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

For guest curator Canisia Lubrin, Vancouver Writers Fest proves a respite from the heaviness of the world

Author of forthcoming elegy The World After Rain looks at writers’ roles in times of crisis

READ, FESTSEmily LythOctober 10, 2025Vancouver Writers Fest, Canisia Lubrin, Homepage feature

Western Gold Theatre's Gertrude and Alice brings a 40-year relationship to life onstage, November 6 to 23

Presented in partnership with Touchstone Theatre and in association with United Players of Vancouver, play touches on how lives are remembered

THEATREStir VancouverOctober 10, 2025Partner Content, Western Gold Theatre

Stir Q&A: Tree canopy ecologist Nalini Nadkarni gives ground-bound humans a look at lush life forms above our heads

Her National Geographic Live event From Roots to Canopy lands in the Lower Mainland care of Vancouver Civic Theatres

THEATRE, SCREENJanet SmithOctober 10, 2025National Geographic, Vancouver Civic Theatres

Ali Sethi joyfully bends and breaks the rules of Pakistani music

The singer’s metaphor-rich work is rooted in the traditions of ghazals and Sufi poetry

MUSICStir VancouverOctober 9, 2025CHAN CENTRE

Carmen Aguirre tells a multifaceted story of art and resistance in Fire Never Dies: The Tina Modotti Project

At the Cultch, theatre artist employs episodic structure, photo projections, and an array of styles to capture the early 20th century’s complicated photographer and activist

Big Top plays a live score to silent horror classic The Unknown at the Shadbolt Centre, November 1

Director Tod Browning’s 1927 film starring Lon Chaney is characterized by sadomasochistic obsession, deception, murder, and disfigurement

SCREEN, MUSICStir VancouverOctober 9, 2025Partner Content, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, Shadbolt Centre

Vancouver New Music’s Whispered Folds festival delves into sounds from the other side

Interdisciplinary artists Parmela Attariwala and Erin Gee take very different approaches to exploring the afterlife through their work

MUSIC, FESTSStir VancouverOctober 9, 2025VANCOUVER NEW MUSIC, Vancouver New Music

White Rock Concerts launches 2025-26 season with the Cheng² Duo’s Unravelling Ravel, October 18

Season subscriptions for the long-standing organization’s six-concert series are now available for purchase

MUSICStir VancouverOctober 9, 2025Partner Content, White Rock Concerts

Small File Media Festival brings experimental shorts to the big screen

The Cinematheque program proves that digital filmmaking has a future beyond artificial intelligence

SCREEN, FESTSAdrian MackOctober 8, 2025The CInematheque

Chan Centre hosts the buoyant Afro-pop sound of Mariam of Amadou & Mariam, November 7

Moving tribute features music from the duo’s forthcoming album L’Amour à la Folie

UBC Opera celebrates the Old Auditorium’s first 100 years on October 14

Saved from demolition in the late ’90s, the venerable concert hall has played host to notable names including Eleanor Roosevelt and Dylan Thomas

OPERAStir VancouverOctober 8, 2025UBC Opera, UBC

Music on Main explores the future of sound with biennial Modulus Festival, November 7 to 10

Offerings range from the world premiere of Hildegard Westerkamp’s cinematic tone poem Klavierklang to the multidisciplinary project Resonant Transmutations

MUSIC, FESTSStir VancouverOctober 8, 2025Partner Content, Music on Main, MUSIC ON MAIN, Modulus Festival