The search for an entirely unique theatrical experience is a worthy one, and we just may have found it in Ronnie Burkett's The Daisy Theatre, marionette masterpiece and musical delight. “The true value of any performance comes after the audience has been convinced to buy a ticket and show up; it’s how they feel in the moments after the lights fill the stage. I know instantly that I’m in good hands—literally—with Burkett.”
Read MoreTwitter, Facebook and Grindr conspire to build and break relationships in this collection. The hand of technology is ever-present, mirroring the ghostly specters of relationship baggage and dead loved ones, but Zomparelli’s take on modern love is far from cheesy.
Read MoreWriters Layla Mrozowski and Brendan Yandt go to a video art exhibition while tripping out on 2C-B. Yeah, that's right. We're not going to explain any further, you'll just have to read about it yourselves—it's that good.
Read MoreCanadian-made short film Counter Act would have screened at the Rendez-Vous Festival earlier last month, had it not been for some last minute festival rescheduling. No matter, writer Sagal Kahin got her hands on a screening copy and reviewed it anyway! She takes a hard look at bias, representation, and the white saviour complex. Not all reviews can be shining.
Read MoreIf you've ever been to Vancouver's iconic Elbow Room Café, you're already familiar with Dave Deveau and Anton Lipovetsky's Elbow Room Café: The Musical. Vivacious and engaging in its presence on stage, Elbow Room tells the story of one of this city's most recognizable fixtures, and speaks to the contemporary issues surrounding it with a clear voice.
Read MoreSometimes we publish reviews of great productions after they've moved off the stage, just because they're that good. Here's to great theatre!
Read More“Moonlodge can bring both tears of sadness and tears of laughter. It boldly shows, as Margo Kane desired, the resilience, strength and humour shown by indigenous communities in the face of numerous challenges.” Writer Emma Phillips reviews.
Read MoreWe are looking for an art curator to help elevate the quality of artwork and photography we use online to accompany posts on sadmag.ca.
The successful candidate will be able to find diverse and talented emerging artists, prioritizing work by underrepresented groups including POC, First Nations, and LGBTQ*, to feature on sadmag.ca. Priority should be given to artists from Greater Vancouver, though we also occasionally feature artists from elsewhere in Canada.
Read MoreAfter a long period of rough astrological weather, November’s astrology forecast invites us to move from introspection to action. Now is the time to embrace chance and reconnect with our truth.
Leah Nelson and Sarah Leavitt shows us the labour of love, loss, and life in striking film Tangles at the Vancouver International Film Festival 2026.
In Experiments in a Failed Repair, an art exhibition that deconstructs and decolonises the monumentalisation of violence, Ghinwa Yassine challenges viewers to confront human violence through the rubble and remains of homes destroyed by war—and to imagine the lives that once existed within them.
Brett Nelson reviews The Effect, the latest production from The Cultch that explores the chemical nature of love and grapples with depression.
In this review of Frequencies: A Novel, Sophie Ganic’s debut, we explore a chilling blend of dystopian science fiction and feminist horror. Set in the aftermath of a deadly global outbreak, the novel examines isolation, psychological unraveling and past trauma.
