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Emergence: Women in the Storm looks at B.C. communities rebuilding from climate disaster, to March 2

At VIFF Centre, new Velcrow Ripper and Nova Ami documentary finds women leading residents out of wildfire and flood catastrophes, in Lytton, Yarrow, and beyond

SCREEN, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithFebruary 20, 2026VIFF, VIFF Centre, Vancouver International Film Festival

Theatre review: House of Folk evokes the spirit of the 1960s and the slippery nature of memory

Tracey Power’s musical revue poses open-ended questions at the Firehall Arts Centre

THEATREJanet SmithFebruary 20, 2026FIREHA:LL, Firehall Arts Centre, Homepage feature

Arts Umbrella Dance Company hosts Tempus Fugit: A Midseason Performance, February 26 and 27

Program features pieces by leading choreographers, including Anne Jung, Lukas Timulak, Rebecca Margolick, and Cyril Baldy

DANCEStir VancouverFebruary 20, 2026Partner Content, Arts Umbrella, ARTS UMBRELLA

Theatre review: Red Like Fruit asks provocative questions about what it means to voice violence

In Hannah Moscovitch’s spare, blunt two-hander at The Cultch, tension lives not only in what is being said, but in how it is being said and who is saying it

THEATREJanet SmithFebruary 20, 2026the Cultch, Warrior Festival

Carousel Theatre for Young People reveals wide-ranging lineup for 50th-anniversary season

The company has plans for a captivating array of shows, from high-profile hits like Stuart Little to the moving true-life tale of Jordan, A Hero’s Journey Home

THEATREJanet SmithFebruary 19, 2026Carousel Theatre for Young People, Carousel Theatre

Nunsense blesses audiences with witty humour galore at Metro Theatre, February 27 to March 21

Musical comedy by Dan Goggin stars five nuns on a money-making mission

THEATRE, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithFebruary 19, 2026Metro Theatre

Ruckus Early Music finds lightness of dance in inspiring story of Ignatius Sancho

New York City ensemble’s program for Early Music Vancouver pairs pieces by Handel with high-spirited English country dances by the British African composer and abolitionist

MUSICJanet SmithFebruary 19, 2026Early Music Vancouver

VIFF Centre continues screening this year's Oscar-nominated films to March 14

Offerings include features Sirât and Mr. Nobody Against Putin, plus programs for Live Action, Animated, and Documentary shorts

SCREENStir VancouverFebruary 19, 2026Partner Content, VIFF Centre, ViFF Centre, VIFF

At Ballet BC’s INFINITY, Medhi Walerski pays tribute to two works that impacted his career

As a young dancer at Nederlands Dans Theater, the artistic director was in on the creation of both Jiří Kylián’s 27’52” and Crystal Pite’s Frontier

DANCEJanet SmithFebruary 18, 2026BALLET BC, Ballet BC, Medhi Walerski

Tord Gustavsen Trio performs sublime Nordic jazz at Christ Church Cathedral, March 17

Acclaimed ensemble’s impressionistic sound is inspired by blues, gospel, Scandinavian folk, and church music

Tymisha Harris brings joie de vivre to a cabaret icon in Josephine, February 25 to March 1

Burlesque-infused biographical play tells of the legendary African-American performer’s wide-ranging accomplishments

THEATRE, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithFebruary 18, 2026Kay Meek Arts Centre, Kay Meek, Tymisha Harris

Alliance Française Vancouver hosts Marie Khouri's Public Art: From Maquette to Territory, February 28 to March 23

French-Canadian sculptor’s exhibition focuses on the original scale models of her monumental public works

Dance community mourns Peter Bingham, father of contact dance in Vancouver

Based for decades at Western Front, long-time EDAM artistic director created more than 50 works and took part in hundreds of performances

DANCEJanet SmithFebruary 17, 2026EDAM, Western Front, contact improvisation, obituary

Vancouver Cantata Singers artistic director Paula Kremer to move to role of conductor emerita

The long-time vocalist, pianist, and conductor is set to pass on the baton at the end of the 2026–27 season

MUSIC, NEWSJanet SmithFebruary 17, 2026Vancouver Cantata Singers, Paula Kremer

Composer Kati Agócs reveals sacred music as source of resistance in Hosanna of the Clouds

Vancouver Bach Choir performs Canadian premiere of work that draws on both ancient tradition and the 20th-century avant garde to explore the creative act

MUSICJanet SmithFebruary 17, 2026Vancouver Bach Choir, Vancouver Bach Family of Choirs

DanceHouse hosts the B.C. premiere of Ex Machina and Côté Danse's Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, March 18 to 21

With community partners Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival and Théâtre la Seizième, bold reinterpretation of the tragic play hits the stage

DANCEStir VancouverFebruary 17, 2026Partner Content, DanceHouse, DANCEHOUSE, Bard on the Beach, Ex Machina, Côté Danse

Theatre review: Dial M for Murder's sly performances and stylish tension make for devilish fun

Under director Jillian Keiley’s deft hands, the pacing stays airtight and the dry comedy never tips into full camp.

THEATREJanet SmithFebruary 16, 2026Arts Club Theatre Company, Homepage feature

Baritone Geoffrey Schellenberg sings the role of Figaro in The Barber of Seville, February 21 to 28

Gioachino Rossini’s opera buffa is the subject of countless pop-culture references by characters like Bugs Bunny and Homer Simpson

Theatre review: Batshit’s surreal mashup packs a deeply affecting punch

At The Cultch, removable limbs, retro TV shows, and absurd cabaret numbers about female madness frame a genuinely unsettling story of a grandmother’s institutionalization

THEATREJanet SmithFebruary 13, 2026THE CULTCH, The Cultch