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At Capture Photography Festival, Wherever You Are depicts home as a warm embrace across time and distance

The mural-scale photo installation by Cree and Métis artist Michelle Sound recalls an East Van childhood and growing Indigenous pride

ART & DESIGNJanet SmithMarch 26, 2026Capture Photography Festival, Capture, Michelle Sound

UBC Opera stages Handel’s masterful opera seria Giulio Cesare, April 9 to 12

Conductor Leslie Dala and director Tayte Mitchell lead a rotating cast of singers and members of the Vancouver Opera Orchestra

MUSICStir VancouverMarch 26, 2026Partner Content, Sundar Prize Film Festival

Nanaimo’s Vancouver Island Symphony names violinist Joan Blackman its new concertmaster

The Vetta Chamber Music artistic director has a long, celebrated career in chamber, orchestral, and solo work

NEWS, MUSICJanet SmithMarch 26, 2026Vetta Chamber Music, Vancouver Island Symphony, Joan Blackman

All-women ensemble Solidaridad Tango brings Tango Fantasia to the Shadbolt Centre, April 18

Celebration of sound and dance sets music from the Golden Age of tango alongside modern gems

Nuns hit the road in New Zealand in Holy Days, to March 30

B.C. filmmaker Nat Boltt brings scenic, gentle comedy to the Park big screen

SCREENJanet SmithMarch 25, 2026Park Theatre, Nat Boltt

Stir Cheat Sheet: 5 standout shows to catch at Capture Photography Festival

From Stephen Shore’s seminal road-trip photos at the Vancouver Art Gallery to hand-stitched imagery at The Polygon Gallery, exhibitions celebrate icons and break new ground

Canadian Psycho carves space for diversity with a meat cleaver

In their wickedly witty solo show at the Firehall Arts Centre, writer-actor Marlene Ginader and director Jenna Rodgers satirize the white-male-dominated world of the serial killer

Belle Spirale Dance Projects stages two world premieres at Exhale, May 1 and 2

Wen Wei Wang’s Last Breath and a new piece by Alexis Fletcher, Sylvain Senez, and Ariana Barr explore the virtuosity of established performers

DANCEStir VancouverMarch 25, 2026Partner Content, Belle Spirale Dance Projects

Museum of Anthropology at UBC’s new exhibition finds the cosmos in the Andes

With intricate symbols and objects, Tupananchiskama: Ancient Andean Cosmovision moves through millennia-old realms of spirit, earth, and fertility

ART & DESIGNJanet SmithMarch 24, 2026Museum of Anthropology, UBC

Kathleen Duborg directs The Paper Bag Princess at Carousel Theatre, April 22 to May 10

In Alissa Watson’s adaptation of the beloved Robert Munsch book, Princess Elizabeth must rescue Prince Ronald from a Dragon

Theatre review: In a party atmosphere, Danceboy explores movement and identity

Pi Theatre show at Vines Den is Munish Sharma’s personal look at Bollywood, masculinity, and more

THEATREJanet SmithMarch 24, 2026Pi Theatre, Vines Art Den, Touchstone Theatre, Theatre Conspiracy, Page Turn

Music on Main hosts A Month of Tuesdays at the Fox Cabaret, April 7 to 28

Series features concerts by Caroline Shaw and Danni Lee Parpan of Ringdown, composer-vocalist Laura Bowler, and more

MUSICStir VancouverMarch 24, 2026Partner Content, Music on Main, MUSIC ON MAIN, Music On Main, music on main

The Improv Centre's outer space send-up Exploration Blank blasts off April 9

Alan Pavlakovic produces for the first time since stepping into the role of artistic director

WHAT'S STIRRING, COMEDYJanet SmithMarch 23, 2026The Improv Centre, improv

Royal City Musical Theatre hosts a fun-filled Shrek The Musical, April 17 to May 3

Fairy-tale adventure based on the 2001 DreamWorks Animation film is equal parts heartwarming and hilarious

THEATREStir VancouverMarch 23, 2026Partner Content, Royal City Musical Theatre, Massey Theatre

Music review: Brahms X Radiohead raises goosebumps with its unexpected musical pairing at the VSO

Composer-conductor Steve Hackman successfully melds the dystopian tension of OK Computer with Brahms’s 19th-century anxiety

MUSICJanet SmithMarch 23, 2026Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, VSO

Quebec’s Myriam Gendron brings traditional songs into the here and now at Alliance Française, March 27

The singer-songwriter rearranges folk music with her finger-picking guitar and burnished alto voice as part of Unwritten Weekend

Dutch Film Festival returns to Vancouver for sophomore edition, March 27 to 29 and April 23 to 26

Program includes offerings from Suriname, Indonesia, Belgium, and the Netherlands

SCREENStir VancouverMarch 20, 2026Partner Content, Dutch Cultural Association of BC

Ahead of the 20th Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival, founder Linda Poole reflects on the power of shared beauty

Pretty pink canopies characterize beloved events like Sakura Days Japan Fair, Blossoms After Dark, and the Big Picnic

FESTSJanet SmithMarch 20, 2026Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival, Linda Poole, Homepage feature

Dance review: Hamlet, Prince of Denmark captures complex tale through movement and design magic

At DanceHouse, Robert Lepage’s inventive visual touches and Côté Danse’s expressive contemporary choreography offer a surreal, boldly contemporary new take on narrative ballet

DANCEJanet SmithMarch 20, 2026DanceHouse, DANCEHOUSE, Bard on the Beach, Theatre la Seizieme