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Cosí fan tutte gets a vintage-Canadian refresh under director Robert Herriot at Vancouver Opera

The Winnipeg artist brings experience as a tenor to a Mozart opera reimagined in a 1930s Rockies resort, complete with Mounties and log drivers

MUSICJanet SmithJanuary 27, 2026Vancouver Opera, VANCOUVER OPERA, Mozart, Homepage feature

Theatre review: You’re Just a Place That I Know is a moving musical reflection on family and memory

Based on Adrian Glynn McMorran’s album of the same name, the show at the Arts Club’s BMO Theatre Centre is more than just a concert

THEATRE, MUSICJanet SmithJanuary 26, 2026Arts Club Theatre Company, Marcus Youssef, Adrian Glynn, Ukraine, Homepage feature

Theatre review: Comedic snap of Metro Theatre’s Barefoot in the Park gives retro setting a timeless resonance

Sharp dialogue and restless energy, prodded on by the little irritations of married life, result in cozy yet unsettling laughs

THEATREJanet SmithJanuary 26, 2026Metro Theatre, Homepage feature

Stir Q&A: Chicago’s Dumb John brings fearless comic energy to Improv Centre showcase The Heat

Troupe members Mike Geraghty and Linda Orr talk early days in punk-rock basements and the power of trust onstage ahead of the five-day international comedy festival

COMEDYJanet SmithJanuary 21, 2026The Improv Centre, Granville Island, Homepage feature

At PuSh, Alan Lake Factori(e)’s mythologically driven Orpheus paints a visceral picture of loss

In the deeply moving production, dancers embody the ancient tale of death and longing by tapping into their own experiences of tragedy

At the Advance Theatre Festival, Alexandra Lainfiesta uses magic realism to explore the personal sacrifices of immigration

Latinx theatre artist’s debut script unfolds across three worlds: Toronto, Antigua Guatemala, and a realm in which the immigration system functions like a game show

Daily human cost of the Russo-Ukrainian war revealed in PuSh Fest’s Eight Short Compositions

The starkly moving show by the Czech Republic’s Archa Centre of Documentary Theatre recounts true stories of lives upended by the conflict

Nina Davies’s dance-focused show Image Syncers explores blurry boundaries between reality and simulation

After years in the U.K., the Vancouver-born artist returns home with a deeply speculative work at Western Front

ART & DESIGNJanet SmithJanuary 14, 2026Western Front, Homepage feature, Image Syncers

Recirquel’s postapocalyptic Paradisum conjures visual worlds out of fabric and light

Producer Natália Fábics says the Hungarian work, co-presented by DanceHouse and The Cultch, is as much a contemporary artwork and philosophical epic as a fusion of circus and dance

DANCEJanet SmithJanuary 14, 2026DANCEHOUSE, DanceHouse, The Cultch, THE CULTCH, circus, Vancouver Civic Theatres, Homepage feature

Local guitar builders create unique tributes to the timeless Telecaster

With innovative materials and approaches, Nicole Alosinac, Paul Pigat, and Warren Murfitt retune a classic design that has defined music for decades

MUSICJanet SmithJanuary 9, 2026Guitar, electric guitars, Fender, luthiers, Homepage feature

Film review: Resurrection's dream scenarios pay dazzling tribute to a century of motion pictures

At the Cinematheque, Bi Gan creates five chapters, told in vastly different visual styles—from silent-film Expressionism to shadowy noir to neon-lit contemporary

SCREENJanet SmithJanuary 6, 2026The CInematheque, Bi Gan, Homepage feature

Saxophonist Cory Weeds champions local jazz scene, improvising across record labels, clubs, and fests

The performer and self-taught entrepreneur has fearlessly forged his own path, not only onstage but with Frankie’s Jazz Club, the thriving Cellar label, Jazz at the Bolt, and more

Year in review: Looking back on a few standout moments in Vancouver’s theatre and dance scenes in 2025

Provocatively reimagined endings to opera and Shakespeare were among the random scenes that stuck with us from the year onstage

Stir Q&A: Vancouver photo artist Dina Goldstein talks about her stunning new series “Mistresspieces”

Conversation-provoking odes to some of art history’s most iconic women were shot—with elaborate detail—in and around Vancouver

ART & DESIGNJanet SmithDecember 29, 2025Dina Goldstein, Homepage feature, photography

At grunt gallery, Jenie Gao transforms paper, wood, and familial lore into reimagined keepsakes

In Where Mountain Cats Live exhibit, Kansas-raised printmaker and installation artist illuminates Taiwanese-Chinese American experience through everything from a “lazy Susan” to jade pendant prints

ART & DESIGNJanet SmithDecember 16, 2025grunt gallery, Homepage feature

Theatre review: Gateway Theatre’s ambitious Annie has girl power to burn

Energized title-role performance by Azaleah Korn leads an ensemble with a gift for the physical comedy and classic song-and-dance numbers of this beloved musical

THEATREJanet SmithDecember 15, 2025Gateway Theatre, Homepage feature, Holiday 2025

At The Cinematheque, David Lynch retrospective In Dreams delves into Hollywood’s dark side

Legendary director’s groundbreaking movies and TV work create a visual language that reflects on some of film history’s most sinister figures—and mushroom clouds

SCREENJanet SmithDecember 8, 2025The Cinematheque, David Lynch, Homepage feature

Marika Swan ƛ̓upinup meditates on balance and transformation in A Circle Strong Enough to Carry Both Sides

The artist’s solo exhibition of prints at the Burnaby Art Gallery looks back on years immersed in the creative and philosophical view of interdependence in Nuu-chah-nulth culture

Theatre review: At the Arts Club, Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women celebrates complex bonds of sisterhood

Portrayals of the classic novel’s famously lively siblings shine brightest when all four are together onstage, capturing love for one another in quiet gestures

THEATREJanet SmithDecember 5, 2025Arts Club Theatre Company, Holiday 2025, Homepage feature