Spring Arts Guide
What’s blooming on this season’s cultural calendar
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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
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
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
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
Beatles songs and Broadway hits are on the program featuring performers of all ages
Moonlight, Tehran: City of Love, and more explore themes of loneliness, belonging, and desire in program curated by Fay Nass
Playwright Katherine Gauthier’s fly-on-the-wall production at Pacific Theatre follows five people in a group therapy session as they exchange intimate thoughts
In the latest installment of the VSO at the Annex series, the conductor and pianist hopes the eclectic program will take some of the intimidation factor out of new music
As part of Asian Heritage Month, the gallery’s first performers-in-residence use old-school radios and headlamps in a new piece that fuses dance, multimedia, and theatre
In Capture Photography Festival presentation, moving-image installation shows a bird’s-eye view of Klamath River restoration
Ahead of a special live-scored screening, the renowned photographer and director reflects on “liminal spaces” and gore-filled supernatural encounters
Zahida Rahemtulla’s new play reflects three versions of what it meant to hold things together during the 2016 refugee resettlement initiative
Western Gold Theatre finds unique paths through the mysteries of Caryl Churchill’s innovative play on aging and dying
Highly anticipated event features a festive atmosphere and performances in celebration of Asian Heritage Month
At Vancouver New Music, Cheldon Paterson’s uncategorizable music fuses his love for nature with his taste for obscure sound
Fifth edition of uncurated program provides a welcoming space for artist’s first dance-theatre piece
Compelling young artist has performed worldwide and won prizes at the National Chopin Piano Competition
Multitalented team of Deanna H. Choi and Maddie Bautista turns a satirical spotlight on the destructive ideal of the perfect Asian woman
At Progress Lab 1422, a pair of tracks feature multidisciplinary works by Howard Dai, Paige Louter, Cameron Peal, and more
