The overall effect is a bit like Zoolander crashing into a circus sideshow with an apple cart full of gaudy fabric

Multimedia rink show gets its glide on when it mixes surreal imagery with innovative skating and high-flying choreography

At the 15th annual event, here are six titles festival director Duncan Carr calls “a full experience in the briefest amount of time”

In new film at Vancouver Short Film Festival, the well-known influencer and stylist digs movingly into what it means to raise a teen girl these days

Molly Ringwald movies, ham waffles at Bino’s, D.O.A. concerts, and that night Dubya killed onstage: comedy star recalls highlights in a colourful career

The 18th annual edition of the wide-ranging event builds thriving community by emphasizing historical and cultural diversity

Long-time Vancouverite shares some of his staggeringly massive collection of B.C. ceramics, on display and in the pages of The Place of Objects

Company 605 and T.H.E Dance Company push cross-Pacific team of dancers to embody a society rushing toward the next thing, at the Scotiabank Dance Centre

Lyana Patrick’s NFB documentary, recounting the Stellat’en and Saik’uz Nations’ ongoing fight for justice, returns for local screenings

Series includes all 13 of the French director’s films, including A Man Escaped, Pickpocket, Au hasard Balthazar, and more

Fuelled by curiosity and spontaneity, the acclaimed performer looks beyond the Chopin repertoire that made his name

A guest of the Vancouver Chopin Society, the veteran musician risked it all to stand up against tyranny

Set in Pacific Theatre’s activity room, play by Katherine Gauthier leans into realism with depth of character and lasting intensity

In renowned one-man show I Wish I Was a Mountain, the award-winning British poet leans on rhythm of deep musical influences

Wurlitzer organ, Azerbaijani folk music, rousing chorales, and more culminate in a Vancouver Symphony Orchestra performance at the Orpheum

Famous works like Wild and Fountain create conversations about museum collections and the land they sit on

Newest production to feature Sound the Alarm’s lineup of seasoned singers mines soundtracks of Disney and Hollywood classics

Presented with Boca del Lupo, the accessible production by the U.K.’s Seven Circles encourages interactive learning

In Western Gold Theatre’s spare staging of Caryl Churchill’s taut, wry work, roles rotate across performances with some astonishing results

The violinist’s Fantasy Vignettes interweaves Baroque music, costume changes, and sewing machines

All-Canadian program Legacy celebrates spring and rebirth as Cassie Luftspring prepares to take the baton

Aussie troupe Gravity & Other Myths’ stripped-down spectacle has been a hit around the world

Senior dance artists offer decades of insight to the new event’s joyful collaborations with younger performers

In Hair Hair Everywhere, Shabnam debates whether or not she should shave

In girl power–fuelled show, performers channel sounds of Beyoncé, Lily Allen, and more in turning the tables on doomed relationships

At Richmond Museum event, visitors can explore over 50 partner sites, ranging from Seawrack Press Studio to LuLu Island Winery

In the retrospective Secret Laws of the Cinematograph, the enigmatic French director’s hugely influential career comes into intense focus

In Inner Elder at the Firehall Arts Centre, the Calgary-based theatre veteran draws on more than three decades of Indigenous clowning experience

Season-closing concert features guest artist Christopher Gaze and a world premiere by composer Thuthuka Sibisi

Arts Club play edges true-life story of Princess Di hospice visit into unexpected transcendent realm