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Marie Clements’s Reclaim My Skin pays sweeping homage to Indigenous female resurgence, at VIFF October 10

Yolonda Skelton’s remarkable paper dresses from the film series will be displayed on the day of the screening

Lumières, lumières, lumières draws on a Virginia Woolf work at Théâtre la Seizième, October 14 to 18

Coproduction by Comédie-Française (Paris) and Les songes turbulents (Montréal) explores the passage of time in post-Victorian England

For Mark Mothersbaugh, scoring a film means interpreting the language of the director

The DEVO member—coming to town as part of the Vancouver International Film Festival—has built a second career composing music for TV cartoons, Wes Anderson movies, and everything in between

MUSIC, SCREEN, FESTSJanet SmithOctober 1, 2026VIFF Live, Vancouver International Film Festival

Red Demon speaks three languages at the Firehall Arts Centre

Director Mayumi Yoshida takes on challenges of translation in Hideki Noda’s darkly comedic play about people struggling with mistrust as they try to understand one another across linguistic gulfs

THEATREJanet SmithOctober 1, 2026FIREHALL, Firehall Arts Centre, rice and beans theatre, Japan

Ballet BC opens landmark 40th anniversary season with Bodies & Voices, November 5 to 7

Double bill from Imre and Marne van Opstal includes a world premiere and a collaboration with the Vancouver Chamber Choir

DANCEStir VancouverOctober 1, 2026Partner Content, Ballet BC, BALLET BC

Randy Raine-Reusch receives WOMAD award for “extraordinary vision and artistry”

The multifaceted Vancouver-based musician and composer has worked with everyone from Aerosmith and Raffi to Pauline Oliveros and the Cranberries

MUSIC, NEWSJanet SmithSeptember 30, 2026Vancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra

Boca del Lupo’s Sherry J. Yoon and Jay Dodge make 2026 Siminovitch Prize shortlist

B.C. contenders for Canada’s largest theatre prize join finalists from Montreal and Calgary

NEWS, THEATREJanet SmithSeptember 30, 2026Boca del Lupo, BOCA DEL LUPO

Comedy review: Improv Centre’s Deadly Dinner Party serves up killer comedy

Audience “assistance” ensures the mystery story’s plot twists always verge on the absurd, right up to the riotous final scene

THEATRE, COMEDYJanet SmithSeptember 29, 2026improv comedy, The Improv Centre, mystery

Surrey Art Gallery hosts Farheen Haq and Russna Kaur: In the Folds of Memory, October 3 to December 6

Artists’ joint exhibition reimagines memory through paint, textiles, and performance

Jordyn Wood’s lifelong love of writing leads zombie tale Vascular Necrosis to the stage

New blend of horror, dark comedy, and queer romance emerges from Touchstone Theatre development program and Glitch Theatre’s disability-led approach

THEATREJanet SmithSeptember 29, 2026Touchstone Theatre, Glitch Theatre, Disability Arts, Homepage feature

Ahead of VIFF 2026, Joella Cabalu reflects on making space for intimate conversations about identity and relationships

Vancouver filmmaker’s latest feature documentary First Comes Love: Nakabingwit dives into the complexities of interracial relationships

MUTEK x VIFF Live delivers cutting-edge electronic music and workshops, October 2 to 4

Presented as part of the Vancouver International Film Festival’s live-performance series, the event is a collaboration between MUTEK Montreal and Vancouver’s Chapel Sound Art Foundation

FESTS, MUSIC, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithSeptember 29, 2026VIFF Live, Chapel Sound Art Foundation

Wen Wei Dance’s Last Solo debuts at The Dance Centre, October 23

Choreographer-performer Wen Wei Wang collaborates with sound artist Gary James Joynes to explore memory and mortality

At VIFF, Soran Mardookhi’s The Flight witnesses collective action fuelled by individual grief

The Kurdish-Canadian filmmaker’s feature documentary follows three families of Flight PS752 victims in their ongoing fight for justice

SCREEN, FESTSJanet SmithSeptember 28, 2026VIFF 2026, VIFF Centre, Soran Mardookhi, The Flight, PS752, feature film

Tawnie Olson’s Missa Brevis reflects light and hope in political darkness

Steeped in her faith, this new work by the Vancouver Chamber Choir’s composer in residence is a timely reminder of what human beings have endured and survived

MUSICJanet SmithSeptember 28, 2026Vancouver Chamber Choir, choral music

Bold new VanJazz festival unveils its inaugural lineup, October 14 to 25

More than 100 concerts are taking place across multiple local venues

FESTS, MUSICStir VancouverSeptember 28, 2026Partner Content, VanJazz, Infidels Jazz

Latin Expressions 2026 festival celebrates the diversity of Latin American cultures

The event, which takes place during October to mark Latin American Heritage Month, includes live music, literary readings, and guided tours of exhibitions featuring ancient and modern-day art

FESTSJanet SmithSeptember 28, 2026Vancouver Latin American Cultural Centre, VLACC

Theatre review: Arts Club’s complex Heist unfolds with seamless efficiency

With live visual tricks and countless technical cues, the tale of high-tech burglary builds the momentum needed to pull off Arun Lakra’s time-jumping storyline

THEATREJanet SmithSeptember 28, 2026Arts Club Theatre Company, Homepage feature