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Celebrated Tseshaht leader George Clutesi’s body of work is showcased at Bill Reid Gallery in a multidisciplinary exhibition that examines the prolific artist’s generational impact.
Griffin Art Projects reexamines Canadian art history in Intersecting Orbits: Michael Morris and Joan Balzar. The exhibition explores the legacies of Balzar and Morris as among the most influential West Coast conceptual artists of their times.
The Firehall is proud to produce and present Keith Barker’s This Is How We Got Here from Saturday, April 13 to Sunday, April 28.
Simultaneously heartbreaking and heartwarming, This Is How We Got Here follows a close-knit family still dealing with the lingering trauma of an unexpected loss. A mother, father, aunt, and uncle must learn how to move forward after their shared grief as they re-learn how to interact with one another through humour, forgiveness, and love.
The Cultch’s York Theatre is proud to present the world premiere of You Used to Call Me Marie…, produced by the Savage Society, as part of their 50th anniversary season.
We follow Iskwewo, Napew, and Mistatim through eight intertwined stories of love, loss, and the fight of the Métis people as the Métis nations emerge across the plains amidst the fur trade’s robust colonization.
The Cultch is proud to present Fat Joke, an unfiltered, hilarious interrogation of fatphobia, as part of their 50th anniversary season and the Femme Festival.
Drawing upon personal experience and research, comedian, actor, and writer Cheyenne Rouleau dissects this often-untalked-about topic with eviscerating wit.
Vancouver’s DOXA Documentary Film Festival (May 2–12) will feature extraordinary stories from across Canada with a selection of five deeply personal National Film Board of Canada (NFB) produced and co-produced documentaries.
Dust Cwaine and The Established Shanda Leer are excited to welcome y'all to the first production of their one person shows! Presented in a double feature, you wont want to miss these two give you everything from their bag of drag tricks.
The Cultch’s Historic Theatre is proud to present the world premiere of Homecoming, produced by Urban Ink, as part of their 50th anniversary season and the Femme Festival.
In Homecoming, three generations of Filipina women hop between an ocean and time, memory and dreams.
IGNITE! is an eclectic festival that celebrates excellence in emerging arts and that is curated entirely by members of the Youth Panel at The Cultch, a group of up-and-coming arts administrators, curators, and artists. IGNITE! is an interdisciplinary celebration of local rising stars that aims to center diverse artists and underrepresented communities.
The Cultch’s Historic Theatre is proud to present Barbu, produced by Cirque Alfonse, as part of their 50th anniversary season.
A retro circus rave, Barbu delves into the birth of the circus in Montréal at the turn of the 20th century.
Little Mountain Gallery is reopening with a 24-hour comedy marathon hosted by award winning and 2024 Juno-nominated comedian Graham Clark.
The Vancouver International Burlesque Festival is back! We are bringing all the glitz and glam to celebrate 19 years of showstopping burlesque. This year's festival runs from April 2 to April 7, 2024, showcasing a dazzling array of local and international burlesque talent.
Realwheels Theatre unleashes three bold and original scripts-in-development as part of their play reading series, Zombies, Mannequins, and Talking Heads. Created by playwrights who identify with disability, the scripts include Vascular Necrosis by Jordyn Wood, Faye’s Room by Alex Masse, and Saturday Nights at Axles by Adam Grant Warren.
“Love You Wrong Time” A Bad Muse Collective Production Presented by Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre in association with Nightwood Theatre delivers a hilarious, no-holds-barred song cycle featuring two friends looking for love while contending with the fetishization of Asian women.
2024 Skoden Indigenous Film FestivalSkoden Indigenous Film Festival (SIFF) is a two-day film festival which features work from across Turtle Island by Indigenous filmmakers, actors, directors, and creatives. Held on the territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Wauthuth Peoples, SIFF is screened in the Djavad Mowafaghian Cinema at Simon Fraser University, the alma mater of Co-Founders Carr
Sappier (Wolastoqey, they/them), and Grace Mathisen (she/her).
The Cultch’s Historic Theatre is proud to present the world premiere of Parifam, produced by Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre and Medusa Theatre, as part of their 50th anniversary season and the 2024 Femme Festival.
Detached from family and friends, Parifam Mana draws and paints in her private studio in Montréal—a place where memory and inspiration are in a continuous battle.
Studio 58 proudly presents FourPlay to celebrate their 58th season. FourPlay presents four original one-act plays, written by Studio 58 students. This festival showcases the next generation of contemporary playwrights.
Join us for an unforgettable evening where the realms of fashion, music, and dance intertwine. Embrace the fusion of creativity and expression in a setting that celebrates innovation and the uncharted synergy between fashion, music, and movement.
Rushed Productions LTD is proud to announce our second original two-act musical, “Sigma Acapella”, running from March 18th-29th on Granville Island!
Prepare to be swept away by the world premiere of Jade Circle, a beautiful multidisciplinary performance by Jasmine Chen. Through powerful music, captivating movement, and poignant storytelling in Mandarin and English, Jasmine finds her place within the legacy of her matriarchs.
Mitch and Murray Productions is proud to present the Canadian premiere of An Intervention from Friday, March 8 to Sunday, March 17, 2024 at Performance Works on Granville Island.
Anvil Theatre Presents Frog Belly Rat Bone: Incorporating beautifully handcrafted puppets and an original pop/rock musical score, Cementland comes to life as two enigmatic garbage collectors tell the story of a very special boy whose singular wish is to find a TREASURE!
Dancers of Damelahamid present the 17th annual Coastal Dance Festival, honouring Indigenous stories, song, and dance from across Canada and around the world, March 1-3, 2024 at the Anvil Centre.
City Opera Vancouver presents the Canadian premiere of composer Missy Mazzoli’s contemporary masterpiece Song from the Uproar: The Lives and Deaths of Isabelle Eberhardt, on stage February 29 to March 3, 2024 at the York Theatre. One of the most adventurous women of her era, the opera tells the extraordinary life story of the complex, multifaceted Eberhardt, using her own journals as a basis for its libretto. The role will be brought to life by mezzo soprano Marion Newman, one of the brightest stars in Canada’s classical music firmament.
DanceHouse and Dancers of Damelahamid present the Vancouver premiere of the politically-charged and spiritually-centred work, Vástádus eana – The answer is land, on stage February 23 and 24, 2024 at 8pm at the Vancouver Playhouse.
Come experience the world premiere of Father Tartuffe: An Indigenous Misadventure, a new spin on a timeless comedy, playing Feb 22–Mar 24 at the Arts Club Theatre Company’s Granville Island Stage!
Meet Francesco Mantini, a second-generation Italian teen struggling to find his place in Jasper, Alberta. Inspired by pop culture icons Rocky Balboa and John Travolta, he reinvents himself as Frank Martin: crooner and ladies’ man. As buoyant and bubbly as a glass of prosecco, Made in Italy is a celebration of music, food, and family that’s so delightful you won’t soon fuhgeddaboudit.
ITSAZOO presents a hard-hitting world premiere inspired by dark and long forgotten East Vancouver history with Sunrise Betties, taking place February 21 – March 10, 2024 in the basement of The Russian Hall (600 Campbell Street). ITSAZOO Playwright-in-Residence Cheyenne Rouleau draws on the city’s sordid past to weave a fictional tale of an all-female gang operating at the height of Vancouver’s street gang crisis in 1972.
A gothic musical origin story that asks which Shakespeare sibling was the actual genius.
SAD Magazine has your post-Super Bowl Sunday plans covered. Come have a ball at Bells and Whistles Fraser for SAD Comedy: Sports Edition!
Gateway Theatre presents The Flame: Lunar New Year Edition on February 10. This one-night only performance of Vancouver's wildly popular, storytelling series makes its Richmond debut with an evening of "True Stories Told by People Who Lived Them.”
The Cultch’s Historic Theatre is proud to present Jessie Award-winning show Juliet: A Revenge Comedy as part of their 50th anniversary season and the 2024 Femme Festival.
Juliet: A Revenge Comedy is a fast-paced, action-adventure comedy that asks: what if Juliet doesn’t kill herself? Follow Juliet on the literary adventure of a lifetime!
Studio 58 proudly presents Into the Woods to celebrate their 58th season. This Tony award-winning musical follows the paths of beloved and iconic fairytale characters as they venture into the darkness of an enchanted forest.
The Cultch’s York Theatre is proud to present the North American premiere of The Mirror as part of their 50th anniversary season.
The corporeal glory of bodies, full of sweat, heat and power, forms the heart of The Mirror, the newest work from Gravity & Other Myths.
The corporeal glory of bodies, full of sweat, heat and power, forms the meat of The Mirror, the newest work from Gravity and Other Myths. The Australian company more than lives up to its title, suspending the laws of physics in order to generate a new kind of dance, infused with elements of circus, cabaret, and a light spanking of kink.
Richmond Art Gallery starts 2024 with two exhibitions that explore the social and political power of communication.
The Aubreys (Finn Wolfhard, Malcolm Craig), Slightest Clue, and Punching Knives Local will gather with local music fans on December 18th to support Girls Rock Camp Vancouver.
Presenting three brand new works-in-progress from December 11-13 at the Roundhouse Community Centre, the MSG Lab Readings is the culmination of Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre's new work development program.
Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre presents “...wreckage upon wreckage...," a durational performance installation that unfolds from dawn to dusk.
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