Isabel Leong and her 18-piece band play scores by Ghibli composer Joe Hisaishi—but they don’t simply re-create the music of the films

Grammy-nominated composition draws on poetry to honour species that have vanished from the natural world

Dancers perform an increasingly surreal and unsettling ritual when the Montreal troupe brings its latest work to the DanceHouse program

Governor General Award–winning play about a father and daughter tells of loss and redemption, humanity, and survival

New documentary uses retro animation and interviews with the likes of Martin Short, Eugene Levy, and Andrea Martin to recall the Toronto Godspell production that first connected future SNL and SCTV stars

Riddled with language barriers and discrimination, the rice & beans theatre and Gokko Creative Society production grapples with the possibility of unity and acceptance

In comedy by North Vancouver’s Peter Zednik, exes rekindle their connection, exploring what it means to come out of the closet at any age—and at any cost

As part of Vancouver New Music’s festival, the acclaimed percussionist relies on a traditional Japanese spirit of harmony that allows Reich’s precise patterns to breathe

Upintheair Theatre stages its latest installment, with What Lab, of a project that challenges local artists to respond to timely topics in science, nature, and astrophysics

Gateway Theatre production follows four characters standing on the precipice of change

Wootten, who passed away last year, launched the venue in 1973 and will also have a new creation fund in his name

A patchwork wall of TV screens, fun nods to found-footage horror, and other genre touches heighten allegorical messages of queer self-acceptance in Touchstone Theatre and Glitch Theatre show

Artists unite to perform soaring string sextets by Dvořák and Brahms

At Anvil Theatre, Sasha Wilson’s play examines the story of accused killer and “folk villain” Lizzie Borden through drama, humour, and murder ballads

In this rollicking production, a chiseled hero must save the city from the scheming God of the No-Fun-Derworld

Maryth Gilroy and Karen Hamm direct Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright Donald Margulies’s drama at the Jericho Arts Centre

India’s Meera Sreenarayanan and Toronto’s Tanveer Alam bring bharata natyam and Kathak to the Roundhouse

The two-hander starring real-life married couple Matt Baram and Naomi Snieckus takes a comedic look at the things we choose to keep and why

Set during the First World War, production draws inspiration from true events

F.W. Murnau’s 1920 German Expressionist film—an unauthorized adaptation of Dracula—was nearly lost thanks to a lawsuit launched by Bram Stoker’s widow

Junior ensemble’s triple bill includes Out Innerspace’s Last Flower as well as world premieres from Cameron Fraser-Monroe and Michael Garcia

Ahead of her appearance at Vancouver Writers Fest, L.A.-based author discusses trials of modern dating and the value of contemporary romance

In collaboration with artists Adad Hannah and Jin-me Yoon, these events feature video installations made by people with lived experience of incarceration

Shaped by South Asian artistic traditions, Farheen Haq and Russna Kaur explore personal and collective histories across mediums

Program features a world premiere, a new arrangement, and the return of Don Macdonald’s High Flight, which pays tribute to a Canadian airman’s journey

Richard Martin’s locally made 1989 feature Matinee takes its place among dread-charged classics from around the world in this monthlong series

Society founder grew the Vines Art Festival from a one-day event into a multiday celebration of live music, dance, and more in city parks

Four artists play iconic Canadian songs on an instrument made from pieces of national history

Rumble Theatre and ITSAZOO coproduction digs into Succession writer Lucy Prebble’s critically acclaimed play as it builds unease along with the dosage

Following a meaningful evening of creativity and connection, the artist is raising funds for the Children’s Hospice