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Western Gold Theatre presents SUPER SENIORS by Kathryn Shaw

The veteran Vancouver director-educator’s new play centres on three women who are all over the age of 105

THEATREStir VancouverMay 15, 2024Partner Content, Western Gold Theatre

Theatre shows span immersive puppetry and musical comedy at Vancouver International Children's Festival

Tickets are selling fast for Granville Island offerings from May 27 to June 2, including Otosan, Robot Song, The Papa Penguin Play, and more

Firehall Arts Centre stages Cheri Maracle's one-woman musical Paddle Song, May 24 to June 2

Production tells the late-1800s story of trailblazing Mohawk poet-performer Pauline Johnson

A Case For the Existence of God explores two men’s struggles with belonging, at Pacific Theatre, May 16 to June 9

Critically acclaimed play explores young fathers connecting over shared struggles

Upintheair Theatre's rEvolver Festival hones in on transformation through self-acceptance, May 22 to June 2

Show topics span technology, neurodiversity, loss, and more across 14 mainstage presentations, including Multi – Vs, Silent Howl, and The Ballad of Georges Boivin

THEATRE, DANCEStir VancouverMay 13, 2024Partner Content, Upintheair Theatre, Spring 2024

The Improv Centre revisits summer camp mayhem in Camp What's-It-Called

Artistic director and former avid summer camper Jalen Saip tapped into her experiences for a show about the wild world of canoeing, campfires, and crushes

COMEDY, THEATREGail JohnsonMay 10, 2024The Improv Centre, improv, comedy, Spring 2024, Homepage feature

Bard on the Beach hosts Hamlet on the BMO Mainstage, June 13 to September 20

Nadeem Phillip Umar Khitab plays the lead role of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, in captivating Shakespeare tale of revenge and existential crisis

THEATREStir VancouverMay 10, 2024Partner Content, Bard on the Beach, Shakespeare

Théâtre la Seizième brings Joey Lespérance’s solo show Michel(le) to the stage, May 29 to June 8

Autobiographical play follows siblings Joey and Michel(le) as they grow up in working-class 1970s Quebec

THEATREStir VancouverMay 10, 2024Partner Content, Theatre la Seizieme

Boca del Lupo presents TREE with the Vancouver International Children's Festival, May 28 to June 2

Two shows, one for infants ages 0 to 2 and one for neurodiverse children ages 4 and up, will be hosted as part of the Micro Performance Series

Theatre review: The Lifespan of a Fact serves up a fast, witty showdown over stories and the meaning of truth

Sharp dialogue as a writer, a fact-checker, and an editor wrestle over writerly embellishments in Kindred Theatre Society production

THEATREJanet SmithMay 7, 2024Kindred Theatre Society

Theatre review: Homecoming's intergenerational story of Filipinx women is at its strongest in the delicate details

Paper planes, food rituals, and more, in Urban Ink and The Cultch production that maps the connections and disconnections over decades

Bard on the Beach opens 35th season with circus-carnival inspired take on Twelfth Night

Performances of beloved Shakespeare show will take place in Sen̓áḵw/Vanier Park from June 11 to September 21, with several special events in store

THEATREStir VancouverMay 3, 2024Partner Content, Bard on the Beach, Shakespeare

Realwheels Theatre quashes stereotypes with new staged play-reading series exploring disability

In Zombies, Mannequins, and Talking Heads, playwrights Adam Grant Warren, Jordyn Wood, and Alex Masse share progressive scripts in development

Arts organizations celebrate Asian Heritage Month with an array of Metro Vancouver events

Festivals, music, dance, poetry, and more as artists honour Asian culture with a luminous May events calendar

CULTURE, FESTS, MUSIC, DANCE, ART & DESIGN, THEATREJanet SmithMay 1, 2024Asian Heritage Month, Asian, Homepage feature

In The Originals, Niall Patrick McNeil retraces his roots at Caravan Farm Theatre

New DOXA Documentary Film Festival feature tells the incredible story of the Armstrong company, and how spending childhood summers there inspired McNeil’s own art-making