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Little Room Productions premieres inaugural piece Fall(se) Circ(us), March 21

New Works copresents Isak Enquist's genre-defying fusion of martial arts and contemporary dance influences

Dominique Fils-Aimé’s music becomes a way of life rooted in emotional journey

Acclaimed Montreal singer and songwriter intertwines healing experiences in nature and musical history to reach toward the light

MUSICJanet SmithFebruary 26, 2026Chan Centre, CHan Centre for the Performing Arts, jazz

Playwright Caroline Bélisle addresses motherhood anxieties in Liste des enfants dévorés par les loups

Care of Théâtre la Seizième, the work examines how female friendships must adapt to the pressure of raising a new life

THEATREJanet SmithFebruary 26, 2026Theatre la Seizieme, Theatre La Seizieme, Théâtre la Seizième, Studio 16

Kat Sandler's seductively funny Wildwoman comes to Gateway Theatre, March 26 to April 4

Based on the true story that inspired Beauty and the Beast, play centres Catherine de Medici and the man who awakens her wild side

THEATREStir VancouverFebruary 26, 2026Partner Content, Gateway Theatre, Alberta Theatre Projects

Heist, Death of a Salesman, Elf, and more as Arts Club unveils 15 shows for 2026–27

Next season includes high-camp spoof Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors, Tracey Power’s premiere The Elvis Christmas Comeback Special, and the newly named Lindsay Family Stage

NEWS, THEATREJanet SmithFebruary 25, 2026Arts Club Theatre Company, Arts Club

Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival scales peaks and paraglides down, February 27 to March 11

Views and feats to inspire, from a Women Mountaineers program at The Cinematheque to the Everest tales of adventure filmmaker Elia Saikaly

Hair of the Bear searches out psychological thrills in a lethal landscape

At the Rendez-Vous French Film Festival, filmmaker Alexandre Trudeau and star Malia Baker confront anxiety and mortality in the deep freeze of the Prairies

Agatha Christie’s The Stranger comes to Western Gold Theatre, March 13 to 15

On Our Feet staged reading captures the slow-burning suspense of the famed author’s psychological thriller

THEATREStir VancouverFebruary 25, 2026Partner Content, Western Gold Theatre

B.C.-made Foreigner and Blue Heron among winners at Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards

Keeper, Tuner, and Forward join Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie in prizes for Canada’s top movies of the year

SCREENJanet SmithFebruary 24, 2026vancouver film critics circle, VFCC

Bilingual Montreal tunesmith Aleksi Campagne carries on a family tradition

At Festival du Bois, the singer-violinist will blend Québécois fiddle tunes with an indie-folk sensibility

MUSIC, FESTSJanet SmithFebruary 24, 2026Festival du Bois, Homepage feature, francophone

Music on Main fetes 20 seasons of programming with Steve Reich's Music for 18 Musicians, March 23

Percussionist Vern Griffiths leads a rare performance of the rhythmic composition

MUSICStir VancouverFebruary 24, 2026Partner Content, Music on Main, MUSIC ON MAIN, Music On Main

Nicholas Wright conducts candlelit show Enchanted Brilliance: A British Serenade, February 26

The VSO School of Music’s advanced young string ensemble Sinfonietta plays pieces by Vaughan Williams, Purcell, and more

MUSICJanet SmithFebruary 23, 2026VSO, VSO School of Music, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Maud Andrieux performs Un Barrage contre le Pacifique at Alliance Française Vancouver, March 21

One-woman show draws on Marguerite Duras’s novel to tell the story of a French mother in 1930s Indochina

Film reviews: Thrillers to sci-fi, Rendez-Vous French Film Festival explores genre

Gourou, Dalloway, and a flick inspired by Liliane Bettencourt of the L'Oréal dynasty help launch 32nd annual fest

FESTS, SCREENJanet SmithFebruary 23, 2026VISIONS OUEST, Visions Ouest, Alliance Francaise

Sundar Prize Film Festival announces 2026 lineup highlighting Canadian-made titles

Offerings span basketball documentary Saints and Warriors, identity-focused short “One Day This Kid”, and beyond

SCREENStir VancouverFebruary 23, 2026Partner Content, Sundar Prize Film Festival

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

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