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All-Canadian program Legacy celebrates spring and rebirth as Cassie Luftspring prepares to take the baton
In Inner Elder at the Firehall Arts Centre, the Calgary-based theatre veteran draws on more than three decades of Indigenous clowning experience
Moving into ambitious new territory, the company meets the many challenges of the Broadway classic and its still-relevant message
Arts Club play edges true-life story of Princess Di hospice visit into unexpected transcendent realm
With its flared costumes and feisty performances, Metro Theatre’s production of a Rice and Lloyd Webber favourite offers a quirkily fun tour of musical genres
With this gritty collection of street photographs, the Vancouver songwriter, poet, and playwright opens a new chapter in his hard-won life as an artist
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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
Centred around portals, this year’s just-announced lineup includes several visual-art exhibitions, Vancouver International Jazz Festival concerts, and more
HATCH, Clementine, One Day This Kid, and Beyond the Salish are among the 47 Canadian shorts screening this year
Senior dance artists offer decades of insight to the new event’s joyful collaborations with younger performers
The Zawose Queens, The Milk Cartons Kids, and more to hit the Main Stage at ʔəy̓alməxʷ Jericho Beach Park
Bobbi Jene Smith and Or Schraiber share a full-evening work, and hit productions of Crystal Pite’s Frontier and Shahar Binyamini’s BOLERO X return
In Hair Hair Everywhere, Shabnam debates whether or not she should shave
Event inspired by the current exhibition A Tangled Thicket features hands-on art activities and a theatrical performance
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 midst of an international career, the Kidd Pivot dancer is setting a short Crystal Pite work for the student showcase
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
Program also features North American premiere of Danish composer Thomas Agerfeldt Olesen’s Violin Concerto with violinist Simone Lamsma
Moving into ambitious new territory, the company meets the many challenges of the Broadway classic and its still-relevant message
Moroccan and Spanish choreographers join the international contingent of event that runs at Firehall Arts Centre and SFU Woodward’s
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
All is not as it seems as two of Shakespeare’s most tumultuous couples navigate secret love and mistaken identities
Saints and Warriors, #skoden, and Sudan, Remember Us are among the titles that secured wins
With the Vancouver Latin American Cultural Centre, artists Marco Esccer and Carla Alcántara celebrate the centenary of the feminist writer’s birth
With its flared costumes and feisty performances, Metro Theatre’s production of a Rice and Lloyd Webber favourite offers a quirkily fun tour of musical genres
Now based in the U.S., artist brings more than 60 years of performance experience and award wins to the stage
As storylines switch between playwrights and the characters they’ve created, this challenging Zee Zee Theatre production spotlights hidden disparities separating two best friends
Fast-rising Filipino-Canadian actor and singer-songwriter takes the titular role in a rendition set in a 1970s variety show
Powerful dancing across the board in Medhi Walerski’s striking Last light; Bobbi Jene Smith and Or Schraiber’s straight-from-the-heart Obsidian; and Marco Goecke’s vibrating Woke Up Blind
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CHXMERAS are an experimental electronic duo based in Vancouver—UK/Canadian musician Paul Finlay from the North East of England and nêhiyaw/Denesuline musician Jarrett Martineau from Treaty 6 territory. The duo will be performing May 25 at Lobe Studio and June 27 at the Vancouver International Jazz Festival. “Maelstrom” is from their upcoming EP Second Sight, out June 13.
