Stir Arts & Culture Vancouver

Surreal bodies and antlered monsters as NFB films hit SIGGRAPH 2025’s cutting-edge Computer Animation Festival — Stir NFB’s “Corpus and the Wandering” and “Inkwo for When the Starving Return” take a spotlight at international conference hosted in Vancouver

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Firehall Arts Centre announces 2025-26 season of Canadian works, including world premieres of Tracey Power’s House of Folk and Marlene Ginader’s Canadian Psycho — Stir More offerings include Hiromoto Ida’s Vacant Lot and Between Breaths, a play about a whale conservationist

Canadian productions are in the spotlight during the Firehall Arts Centre's just-announced 43rd season:

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R;Link’s musical tale of hockey and war honours moments of cross-cultural connection — Stir In the 2024-25 Korea-Canada Year of Cultural Exchanges, production at BlueShore at CapU sings and speaks in many languages about historical turning point

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Jonathan Larson’s musical masterpiece RENT comes to Metro Theatre, September 5 to 20 — Stir Heartfelt story portrays struggling artists living under the shadow of the HIV/AIDS crisis in New York

This fall, Metro Theatre raises the curtain on an exciting new season with a vibrant production of Jonathan Larson’s groundbreaking rock musical RENT, running September 5 to 20.

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More screenings and venues, as Vancouver International Film Festival offers first peek at programming — Stir Radu Jude’s Dracula , Mary Bronstein’s If I Had Legs I’d Kick You , and Hong Sang-soo’s What Does That Nature Say to You are among offerings unveiled as Artist & Industry Passes set to go on s...

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Vancouver International Flamenco Festival announces 35th edition, September 20 to 28 — Stir From short film “SOIS” to fiery masterclasses and a flamenco-infused take on Vivaldi’s Four Seasons , there’s plenty in the lineup

Free outdoor performances, a short film screening, and much more as the Vancouver International Flamenco Festival unveils its lineup:

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Vancouver-born Forgiveness draws standing O’s at Stratford Festival — Stir Local creative team, including playwright-actor Hiro Kanagawa, drives ambitious production about Japanese imternment

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Elemental Nourishment caps this year’s Vines Art Festival with a full day of outdoor offerings, August 16 — Stir Performers at Trout Lake Park include Sam Chimes, Siobhan Barker, and Ashley Chodat

Sam Chimes, Siobhan Barker, and Ashley Chodat are among the artists performing at Vines Art Festival's closing event, presented by Vines Art Society.

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Arts Club Theatre Company hosts uproarious Improv Night With Colin Mochrie & Friends, August 8 and 9 — Stir Denalda Williams, Gary Jones, Jeff Gladstone, Rod Crawford, and Veena Sood join the Canadian legend onstage

Improv Night With Colin Mochrie & Friends finds the comedic star performing live and unscripted, alongside fellow comedians Denalda Williams, Gary Jones, Jeff Gladstone, Rod Crawford, and Veena Sood, at the #artsclubtheatrecompany:
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Microcosmos Quartet performs alongside young artists at 11th annual Kessler Academy concert, August 10 — Stir Music on Main presentation also features renowned English tenor soloist Charles Daniels

Music on Main presents the Microcosmos Quartet's annual Kessler Academy mentorship engagement this month, with a final concert at the Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre on August 10:

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A History of Motown brings the party back to the Firehall Arts Centre, August 6 to 17 — Stir Krystle Dos Santos and crew revive hits by Aretha Franklin, the Supremes, and more, while interweaving the stories behind the music

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At the Monsoon Festival, Kenyan-born actor Nimet Kanji reads play excerpts from her storied career — Stir This installment of Salon series includes Anosh Irani’s Bombay Black , Munish Sharma’s Mrs. Singh and Me , and NYC–set period piece The Heiress

"I’m really proud of the fact that I didn't start in the industry early, I was in my 30s," says Nimet Kanji. "And honestly—with determination and tenacity—I have been successful." Read more about the actor's history ahead of her Monsoon Festival appearance:

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Vines Art Festival gains a fresh perspective with incoming co-artistic director — Stir Working with founder Heather Lamoureux, Manuel Ax Strain aims to make the legacy of the land a major focus of the annual event

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Film review: Make Me Famous travels back to 1980s East Village to rediscover artist Edward Brezinski — Stir Documentary screening at VIFF Centre uncovers a driven artist, and immerses viewer in an art scene that included Jean-Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring

Opening this week at @viffest.bsky.social VIFF Centre:
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"The clown becomes a mirror exposing passions and lusts, hypocrisy, hidden sorrow, and fragility." Stir hears from opera innovators Mireille Lebel and Rachel Fenlon ahead of a Vancouver-driven project inspired by Pierrot at #Festivald'opéradeQuébec

The Cinematheque’s annual Film Noir series explores the genre’s shadowy margins — Stir The big-city sins of Sweet Smell of Success mingle with the small-town nightmares of Moonrise in this year’s darkly adventurous lineup

A look at some of the highlights of @thecinematheque.bsky.social's gritty-cool #filmnoir summer series:
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Brazil’s The Best Mother in the World set to open Vancouver Latin American Film Festival — Stir Running September 4 to 14, celebration also includes Canada Looks South and Mexico Today series, New Directors Competition, and much more

Just announced at #VLAFF —90 films in all:
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Onibana Taiko pumps Japanese tradition full of riot grrrl aesthetics at the Powell Street Festival — Stir Taiko artists Noriko Kobayashi and E. Kage reflect on punk-rock roots and gender expression

"Many of us were attracted to taiko because it was a way to be powerful onstage and smash the negative stereotypes of particularly Asian women being subservient and demure," says E. Kage of Onibana Taiko.

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For soprano Magali Simard-Galdès, early music performance and sustainability work go hand in hand — Stir Early Music Vancouver Summer Festival’s artist-in-residence interprets Bach, Schubert, and Mozart—and hosts a panel on how to bring environmentally sound practices to performing arts

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For soprano Magali Simard-Galdès, early music performance and sustainability work go hand in hand — Stir Early Music Vancouver Summer Festival’s artist-in-residence interprets Bach, Schubert, and Mozart—and hosts a panel on how to bring environmentally sound practices to performing arts

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Elektra unveils 2025-26 season led by new artistic director Cassie Luftspring — Stir Offerings include a Christmas concert with emerging artists, a climate change–centred program, and the triennial Tapestry International Festival

New season announced at #Elektra:
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Writing, handmade tradition, and contemporary art meet in Rebecca La Marre’s Craft Parlour — Stir Ancient and modern approaches mingle in the artist’s thought-provoking new show at Western Front

Catch Rebecca La Marre’s clay tablet exhibition Craft Parlour at Western Front, presented in partnership with Peripheral Review and Vancouver Art Book Fair, before it closes on July 26:

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Vancouver City Council motion calls for “urgent investment” in local arts and culture sector — Stir In the motion set for July 23, recommendations to address funding and space shortfalls include setting a $40,000 minimum for operating grants and establishing a Festivals Vancouver Fund

Ahead of the Vancouver City Council meeting on July 23, read more about recommendations from the arts and culture sector, which include setting a $40,000 minimum for operating grants and establishing a Festivals Vancouver Fund:

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Vancouver Bach Family of Choirs announces 95th season, opening with a Phantom of the Opera silent-movie score — Stir Among the other highlights are the annual Christmas With the Bach Choir, Behind the Keys, and SpringSong

Vancouver Bach Family of Choirs unveils the lineup for its 2025-26 season, featuring a special edition of Silent Movie Mondays presented in partnership with Vancouver Civic Theatres:

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Stir Cheat Sheet: 5 acts to get you moving at the Mission Folk Music Festival — Stir Tio Chorinho and Flávia Nascimento’s vibrant Brazilian rhythms, Shpilkis’s brass-driven klezmer, Julian Taylor’s soulful voice, and more

Tio Chorinho and Flávia Nascimento’s vibrant Brazilian rhythms, Shpilkis’s brass-driven klezmer, Julian Taylor’s soulful voice, and more picks to get ready for #missionfolkmusicfestival next weekend.
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To a Land Unknown takes a timely look at what happens when people have nothing left to lose, at VIFF Centre from July 18 to 24 — Stir Filmmaker Mahdi Fleifel takes a compelling look at two Palestinian refugees trying to escape hardscrabble limbo in an unrecognizable Athens

Opening this weekend at @viffest.bsky.social:
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Ry Jackson and Reed Jackson connect to their roots in Stump, as part of All Over the Map series — Stir Presented by New Works, the dance piece will draw inspiration from natural surroundings on Granville Island

"There are big, giddy, laughing, clowning-around moments, and then also we can get a little tender," dance artist Ry Jackson tells Stir of working with his sibling. The pair's piece Stump will be at New Works's All Over the Map on July 20.

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Theatre review: Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) [revised] [again] takes pleasingly panicked tour of the Bard’s canon — Stir As if haunted by centuries of hits and flops, the three figures in this Bard on the Beach comedy take jabs at the self-consciousness and shaky footing of being an actor

"It’s panic, it’s enthusiasm, it’s three actors barely holding it together and losing it, with the audience right there with them."
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Ahead of Eastside Arts Festival, Young Friend talks indie evolution and touring Canada — Stir Vancouver-based Drew Tarves takes his music out of the bedroom and across the country

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