Stephen Drover directs his own haunting adaptation of Shakespeare’s tragedy, laced with tyranny and moral corruption

Otto Tausk conducts the orchestra, along with mezzo-soprano Rihab Chaieb and the Vancouver Bach Choir, in a symphony that has a lot of everything

Boca del Lupo returns to the outdoor stage in partnership with Korean puppet masters for five-metre-tall spectacle

Finale of the storied UBC venue’s 100th-anniversary celebrations features celebrated soprano Simone Osborne and bass-baritone Gordon Bintner

New York–based multi-instrumentalist, the child of legendary saxophonist Pharoah Sanders, is joined by their band and the Todd Stewart Trio

Performers at the 2026 edition include Uncle Strut, Felisha and the Jazz Rejects, Art d’Ecco, Brass Camel, Rich Hope, and many more

Artists hitting Jericho Beach Park range from Denmark’s Tina Dico and Ukraine’s Yagódy to Portland’s Anna Tivel and Jeffrey Martin

The theatre’s organ was installed in 1927—the same year Alfred Hitchcock released his first thriller, about a Jack the Ripper–esque killer

New exhibition I Use My Haida Eyes features 51 of the artist’s intricate works, which hold layers of cultural knowledge

Ralph Escamillan’s subversive, playful new work brings the Ball from the runway to the stage

These are just a few of the highlights at the 10th annual edition of the showcase of Canadian and international artists

Retrospective unites the late British filmmaker’s feature-length works, including A Quiet Passion and Distant Voices, Still Lives

Event’s top works from across the country and the globe leap between juggling, circus, art installation, concert, and more

Laugh-out-loud, music-filled production sets Shakespeare’s play in a fictional soccer-obsessed Vancouver suburb

Artist Jasmine Chen relearns Mandarin and discovers lost family history in multidisciplinary, personal show

Reports are emerging that the musician, composer, and pillar of the Indigenous classical community passed away in car accident after father’s funeral in Northern Alberta

At the Roundhouse, Arc One will feature 10 short performances by new and emerging artists and will include poetry, stories, and essays

The Vancouver director says there’s something “extraordinarily intimate” about Nobel Prize laureate Peter Handke’s 1966 “anti-play”

At The Dance Centre, world premiere by Gabrielle Martin and Jeremiah Hughes moves away from aerial arts and toward conceptual innovation

Tomatoes Tried to Kill Me But Banjos Saved My Life documents the creator’s retirement, cancer diagnosis, and pursuit of a long-deferred passion for music

Principal dancers from the National Ballet of Canada perform a guest duet and artists-in-residence Margaret Grenier and Starr Muranko share a creation after their five-year collaboration with the troupe

Short film poetically remembers a Black woman from an old photograph

Featuring works by Crystal Pite, Marcos Morau, Sharon Eyal, and more, the season finale is a celebration of presence, community, and the beauty of fleeting time

In the new show by Vancouver’s Boca del Lupo and South Korea’s ArtstageSAN, a talking tree interacts with members of the audience

Genre-spanning national and local talents take to North Shore venues in presentation by BlueShore at CapU and Vancouver International Jazz Festival

Sharply funny shows by standup comics Scarlet Chen and Megan Milton get theatrical about themes of immigration and mother-daughter relationships

Veteran actors Craig March and Dolores Drake play the young lovers in David French’s play, set in a Newfoundland outport 100 years ago

Choreographer Stephanie Thomasen’s piece has no plot and instead invites audience members to imagine their own storylines

Annual celebration’s main-stage offerings open with Métis fiddler Brianna Lizotte and close with Chicago’s LowDown Brass Band

Ema Nikolovska pairs with guitarist Sean Shibe, violist Timothy Ridout with pianist Federico Colli in a season that spans accordions, folk ensembles, and cellos