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Theatre review: Gateway audiences go on puzzle-solving adventure with Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson—Apt. 2B

Playwright Kate Hamill’s witty, gender-bent take on classic detective tales cites Star Wars as readily as The Hound of the Baskervilles

THEATREJanet SmithOctober 20, 2025Gateway Theatre, Homepage feature

The Cultch stages Theatre Replacement’s East Van Panto: West Van Story, November 19 to January 4

Chelsea Haberlin is directing this wacky story of a romance that unites a West Van curling crew and an East Van gang

THEATREStir VancouverOctober 20, 2025Partner Content, the Cultch, THE CULTCH, The Cultch

Whimsy abounds in CTORA Theatre's James and the Giant Peach, to November 9

Roald Dahl’s story comes to life onstage with huge insect puppets designed by Amica Pasquale

THEATRE, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithOctober 17, 2025CTORA Theatre, CTORA

Kinesthesia: Body as Form celebrates the power of dance at Surrey Art Gallery, October 25 to December 14

New exhibition and performance series opens with WTM / What’s the Move? art party featuring Lucy M. May, ĀNANDAM dance theatre, and more

Daniel Léveillé's Amour, acide et noix finds a staying power in skin and sinew

At DanceHouse, the Montreal artist resurrects a piece whose stripped-down expression is still touring after 23 years

DANCEJanet SmithOctober 17, 2025DANCEHOUSE, DanceHouse, Vancouver Civic Theatres

Between Breaths makes its Western Canada debut at the Firehall Arts Centre, November 12 to 23

Artistic Fraud production draws on the true story of Newfoundland’s Dr. Jon Lien, also known as “The Whale Man”

THEATREStir VancouverOctober 17, 2025Partner Content, Firehall Arts Centre

Vancouver Chamber Choir returns from the Yukon to perform True North, October 24

Nature-inspired program includes compositions by Veljo Tormis, R. Murray Schafer, and Nico Muhly

MUSICJanet SmithOctober 16, 2025Vancouver Chamber Choir

France's Illyes Ferfera Quartet performs at Alliance Française Vancouver, November 13

The concert is part of the group’s Canadian tour of Tawazûn, its debut album rooted in Algerian melodies and energetic jazz

Canadian soprano Sarah Dufresne finds Gilda’s strength in Vancouver Opera’s Rigoletto

Rising star embraces the complexity of Verdi’s tragic daughter figure, and follows with another debut in Fauré’s Requiem with the VSO

Metro Theatre presents Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley, November 7 to 29

Playwrights Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon have crafted a sequel to Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice full of comedy and heartache

THEATREStir VancouverOctober 16, 2025Partner Content, Metro Theatre

Bilingual Montreal band Bibi Club prefers to perform without a safety net

The duo of Adèle Trottier-Rivard and Nicolas Basque likes to keep an element of onstage tension at its shows

MUSICJanet SmithOctober 16, 2025centre culturel francohone vancouver

The Cinematheque hosts Ukrainian Poetic Cinema: Rebuilding National Identity series, October 23 to 29

Films on offer include Yurii Illienko’s The Eve of Ivan Kupalo and Borys Ivchenko’s The Lost Letter

SCREENStir VancouverOctober 16, 2025Partner Content, The CInematheque, The Cinematheque

Vacant Lot sees a married couple contemplate their fragile existence in the universe

At the Firehall Arts Centre, Hiromoto Ida’s production based on the Japanese play Sarachi weaves together elements of contemporary dance and theatre

THEATRE, DANCE, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithOctober 15, 2025Firehall Arts Centre, FIREHALL

Harpist Rita Costanzi returns to Vetta Chamber Music for Stirrings, November 14 to 17

Program centres on R. Murray Schafer’s Theseus for harp and string quartet

MUSICStir VancouverOctober 15, 2025Partner Content, Vetta Chamber Music

Jen Sookfong Lee's The Hunger We Pass Down confronts intergenerational trauma and the insatiable desire for survival

Ahead of her appearance at Vancouver Writers Fest, author talks horror, motherhood, and the power of female rage

FESTS, READJanet SmithOctober 15, 2025Vancouver Writers Fest, Jen Sookfong Lee

You used to call me Marie... tours to Burnaby’s Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, November 5 and 6

Presented by the Arts Club, Tai Amy Grauman’s play emphasizes the love and resilience of generations of Métis women

VSO draws on rising star Maria Ioudenitch for Mendelssohn’s revered Violin Concerto, October 17 and 18

The young Russian-American virtuoso has built an international reputation on major prize wins and an innovative approach

MUSIC, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithOctober 14, 2025VSO, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Chutzpah! Festival launches 25th edition with The Flame, Lenny Bruce tribute, and more, November 12 to 23

Offerings at the Norman & Annette Rothstein Theatre also include Take This Waltz and 8 Gays of Channukah - The Musical

FESTS, THEATREStir VancouverOctober 14, 2025Partner Content, chutzpah! festival, Chutzpah! Festival

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

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