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Ahead of Vetta Chamber Music’s season finale, violist Hung-Wei Huang prepares to take the organization’s reins

Taiwanese-born artist reflects on learning the ropes from long-time artistic director Joan Blackman, and on performing as a soloist in upcoming concert Celebration

MUSICJanet SmithApril 23, 2026Vetta Chamber Music, Hung-Wei Huang, Joan Blackman

Corporeal Imago's Drift makes its world premiere at The Dance Centre, May 21 to 23

Compelling production features choreography by Gabrielle Martin and Jeremiah Hughes in collaboration with five performers

Sundar Prize Film Festival spotlights queer pride, April 25

“Egg Yolk Custard Bun”, “Ramen Boys”, “It’s Not You”, and the feature Blood Lines contribute to a diverse and often playful program

SCREEN, FESTSJanet SmithApril 22, 2026Sundar Prize Film Festival, Surrey, Sher Vancouver

Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain serves up plucky takes on rock hits and symphonic classics

Long-standing ensemble is set to bring unique comic spirit and serious four-string chops to Vancouver Recital Society event

Western Gold Theatre stages the tender love story Salt-Water Moon, May 21 to June 7

Play by David French stars Dolores Drake as 17-year-old Mary and Craig March as her former sweetheart Jacob

THEATREStir VancouverApril 22, 2026Partner Content, Western Gold Theatre

Novalima will bring an early taste of summer with Afro-Peruvian sounds, April 26

The renowned eight-piece band from Lima, Peru, will play the Rickshaw Theatre with Vancouver’s own Empanadas Ilegales

United Voices Choir performs two moving Mass settings in concert, May 9 and 10

Spring concerts feature the choir, orchestra, and five soloists performing Mozart’s Great Mass in C minor and Schubert’s Mass in A-flat major

MUSICStir VancouverApril 21, 2026Partner Content, United Voices Choir

Shakespeare’s legendary lovers avoid tragedy but collide with middle age in Juliet & Romeo

In Lost Dog’s witty mix of dance, comedy, and theatre at The Cultch, the famous couple have to contend with everything the rest of us do

THEATREJanet SmithApril 21, 2026the Cultch, Lost Dog, Shakespeare, Homepage feature

The VSO's Pictures At An Exhibition explores what a painting sounds like at the Orpheum, May 15 and 17

Program also features Macedonian piano sensation Simon Trpčeski in Rachmaninoff’s First Piano Concerto

MUSICStir VancouverApril 21, 2026Partner Content, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, VSO

Haunting Reedland draws on age-old Netherlands trade, at Dutch Film Festival April 25

A reed cutter tries to solve a murder in Academy Award submission for Best Foreign Language Film; plus documentaries and soccer as fest enters second installment

CULTURE, FESTS, SCREENJanet SmithApril 20, 2026Dutch Film Festival, SFU Woodward's

Co.ERASGA presents Undivided Colours in honour of Asian Heritage Month, May 14 and 15

Showcase features performances by Sujit Vaidya, Toronto’s Dreamwalker Dance/Andrea Nann, and more

Theatre review: Shrek the Musical blends strong song and dance with moving story of belonging

Royal City Musical Theatre’s inventive staging and design help bring classic cast of characters to vivid life

THEATREJanet SmithApril 20, 2026Royal City Musical Theatre, RCMT, Massey Theatre, Homepage feature

Metro Theatre stages a high-energy Legally Blonde: The Musical, May 8 to June 7

Adaptation of the beloved film follows fashionable sorority president Elle Woods on her journey to law school

THEATREStir VancouverApril 20, 2026Partner Content, Metro Theatre

Steve Ramirez probes the brain’s secrets for National Geographic Live on April 21

The neuroscientist and author is exploring new treatments for symptoms of PTSD and depression, and it all starts with untangling good memories from bad ones

NEWSJanet SmithApril 17, 2026Vancouver Civic Theatres, Vancouver Playhouse

Vancouver Bach Family of Choirs premieres lush opera-oratorio Mother/Land, May 16

Concert features soprano Heidi Duncan, mezzo-sopranos Krisztina Szabó and Simran Claire, and baritone Luka Kawabata

Undeniable Accusations of Red Cadmium Light blends sly comedy and social commentary, at the Firehall Arts Centre to May 3

Prolific playwright Drew Hayden Taylor bases the new work on real forgeries of paintings by late Anishinaabe artist Norval Morrisseau

THEATRE, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithApril 17, 2026FIREHALL, Firehall Arts Centre, Drew Hayden Taylor

Vancouver Cantata Singers concert is a sort of homecoming for Tyler Duncan

The acclaimed British Columbia–born baritone will perform Johannes Brahms’s A German Requiem with the choir

MUSICJanet SmithApril 17, 2026Vancouver Cantata Singers, Brahms

Bella Sutra kicks off this year's DOXA Documentary Film Festival at an Opening Gala, April 30

Director OK Pedersen narrates the cine-concert featuring violinist Eden Glasman and pianist Jakub Tokarczyk

SCREENStir VancouverApril 17, 2026Partner Content, DOXA Documentary Film Festival, DOXA

Merewyn Comeau wants young audiences to dare to dream with The Paper Bag Princess

Carousel Theatre for Young People brings the beloved Robert Munsch story to life at the Waterfront Theatre

La Bohème soprano Jonelle Sills embraces Mimi role that first lit her passion for opera

Alternating in one of the art form’s most demanding leads, the fast-rising Canadian artist is tapping authenticity in a lush period production at Vancouver Opera

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