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The Passion of Joan of Arc screens at the Shadbolt Centre with a live score, May 2

Local duo Beautiful Violence performs original music for silent film about the titular 15th-century teenage warrior

Family visit subtly reveals the strain in What Does That Nature Say to You, at The Cinematheque to April 6

In South Korean filmmaker Hong Sangsoo’s hazily-shot latest, the viewer becomes increasingly aware that parents are casually interrogating their daughter’s poet boyfriend

SCREENJanet SmithMarch 30, 2026The Cinematheque, South Korea

Vancouver Cantata Singers caps its 2025–26 season with Brahms's A German Requiem, April 25

Special guests include baritone Tyler Duncan, soprano Mireille Asselin, and the Bergmann Piano Duo

MUSICStir VancouverMarch 30, 2026Partner Content, Vancouver Cantata Singers

Stir Q&A: Joëlle Rabu talks about the roots of her musical match with Buwa

Voices soar as Canadian chanteuse and Nigerian-born singer connect over classic songs in Just the 2 of Us at Anvil Theatre

MUSICJanet SmithMarch 30, 2026Anvil Centre, Anvil Theatre

Theatre review: Gateway Theatre’s Wildwoman delights in a vengeful anti-heroine for the ages

Working from Kat Sandler’s darkly witty script, Synthia Yusuf and Nathan Kay range from sweet and innocent to defiant and dangerous

THEATREJanet SmithMarch 30, 2026Gateway Theatre, Homepage feature

The world-renowned Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain returns to the Vancouver Recital Society, May 3

Founded in 1985, the group of virtuosic musicians sing and strum across genres, from bluegrass tunes to Broadway hits

In the Same Room unites CapU Choirs and featured artists for an evening of cultural sharing through song, April 11

Saina Khaledi and Shruti Ramani are among the talented musicians joining the program of Baroque music, contemporary Indigenous songs, and beyond

Stir Cheat Sheet: 3 culture-crossing concerts to take in at the Sound of Dragon Music Festival

Performances span an ambitious ode to the animals of the Chinese zodiac to a spotlight on three new Vancouver ensembles

FESTS, MUSICStir VancouverMarch 27, 2026Sound of Dragon Music Festival, Sound of Dragon

Peruvian band Novalima and Vancouver’s Empanadas Ilegales host a Latin music party at the Rickshaw Theatre, April 26

The two bands bring the spirit and soul of traditional South American sounds into the 21st century

At mesmerizing concert, Music on Main and David Pay honoured with Barbara Pentland awards

All-star team of vocalists and instrumentalists successfully brings to life Steve Reich’s Music for 18 Musicians, a technical feat acting as a pulsing reaffirmation of humanity

MUSICJanet SmithMarch 26, 2026Music on Main, MUSIC ON MAIN, Steve Reich, Vern Griffiths, David Pay

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