Shadbolt Centre for the Arts — Articles

You used to call me Marie... tours to Burnaby’s Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, November 5 and 6

Presented by the Arts Club, Tai Amy Grauman’s play emphasizes the love and resilience of generations of Métis women

THEATREStir VancouverOctober 15, 2025Partner Content, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, Shadbolt Centre, Arts Club Theatre Company, Arts Club

Big Top plays a live score to silent horror classic The Unknown at the Shadbolt Centre, November 1

Director Tod Browning’s 1927 film starring Lon Chaney is characterized by sadomasochistic obsession, deception, murder, and disfigurement

SCREEN, MUSICStir VancouverOctober 9, 2025Partner Content, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, Shadbolt Centre

Guy Davis brings the healing power of the blues to the Shadbolt Centre on October 10

The veteran performer is an actor, a singer-songwriter, and a multi-instrumentalist—but first and foremost, he’s a storyteller

MUSICStir VancouverOctober 7, 2025Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, Shadbolt Centre

Sarah Slean cultivates challenging but fruitful love affair with chamber music

The classically trained singer-songwriter and pianist is heading to the West Coast for a pair of shows with Black Dog String Quartet, at BlueShore at CapU and the Shadbolt

MUSICStir VancouverSeptember 25, 2025Sarah Slean, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, Blueshore at CapU, Homepage feature

Guy Davis brings musical storytelling to the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, October 10

Skilled on guitar, banjo, harmonica, and didgeridoo, the musician infuses his songs with emotional depth

MUSICStir VancouverSeptember 15, 2025Partner Content, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, shadbolt centre for the arts, Shadbolt Centre

Shadbolt Centre for the Arts hosts A Perfectly Reasonable Night of Comedy, October 9

Powerhouse comedians Pat Kelly, Carolyn Taylor, and Peter Oldring—all of CBC fame—will reunite for an evening of laughs

COMEDYStir VancouverSeptember 11, 2025Partner Content, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, shadbolt centre for the arts, Shadbolt Centre

Sarah Slean plays a Shadbolt Centre for the Arts show with the Black Dog String Quartet, October 4

Canadian singer-songwriter who blends cabaret, pop, and orchestral influences has opened for the likes of Chris Isaak and Alanis Morissette

MUSICStir VancouverSeptember 2, 2025Partner Content, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, shadbolt centre for the arts, Shadbolt Centre

The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open screens at the Shadbolt Centre, September 12

Award-winning feature film tells the story of two Indigenous women who meet during a chance encounter

SCREENStir VancouverAugust 19, 2025Partner Content, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, Shadbolt Centre

Burnaby Lyric Opera celebrates Mozart’s enduring vocal repertoire in season finale, June 22

Soprano Tamar Simon, baritone Geoffrey Schellenberg, and pianist Richard Epp perform an afternoon of arias, duets, and operatic drama

MUSICJanet SmithJune 13, 2025burnaby lyric opera, Burnaby Lyric Opera, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, Summer 2025

Arts Club tours Johnny Cash's iconic songbook to the Shadbolt Centre in Ring of Fire, March 29 and 30

Adaptation of the original Broadway production journeys through different eras of the Man in Black’s life and music

THEATRE, MUSICJanet SmithMarch 21, 2025Arts Club Theatre Company, Arts Club, Spring 2025, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, Shadbolt Centre

Emerging artists take centre stage in Burnaby Lyric Opera's Le Nozze di Figaro

Music director Richard Epp dives into details on Mozart’s score in the comedic opera coming to the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts

MUSICJanet SmithFebruary 14, 2025burnaby lyric opera, Burnaby Lyric Opera, Mozart, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, Shadbolt Centre

Theatre review: Grandma. Gangsta. Guerrilla. dives into wild mix of immigrant dramedy, wartime recollection, and musical interludes

Cast finds both humour and heart in Ruby Slippers premiere by playwright Abi Padilla

THEATREJanet SmithFebruary 9, 2025Ruby Slippers Theatre, Blackout Art Society, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, Presentation House Theatre

Vancouver music scene celebrates Valentine's Day with romantic concerts

Offerings from the Vancouver Bach Family of Choirs, the VSO, Early Music Vancouver, and more take place on February 14 and 15

MUSICJanet SmithFebruary 7, 2025Vancouver Bach Family of Choirs, Vancouver Bach Choir, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, Shadbolt Centre, Jazz at the Bolt, VSO, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Early Music Vancouver, EARLY MUSIC VANCOUVEr, EMV, Vancouver Chamber Choir, Chan Centre, CHan Centre for the Performing Arts

Seamus Blake, Feven Kidane, the Ha Siblings, and more grace the stage at Jazz at the Bolt

This year’s festival features an electric range of revival shows

MUSICJanet SmithFebruary 6, 2025Jazz at the Bolt, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, Feven Kidane, Seamus Blake

Burnaby Lyric Opera brings Le Nozze di Figaro to the Shadbolt, February 22 to March 1

Led by stage director Richard Berg and music director Richard Epp, Mozart’s comedic opera features an abundance of outrageous scenarios

MUSICStir VancouverJanuary 31, 2025Partner Content, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, Shadbolt Centre, burnaby lyric opera, Mozart

Grandma. Gangsta. Guerrilla. depicts a "sassy old lady" with a sense of humour

Abi Padilla’s new play draws inspiration from both of her grandmothers

THEATREGail JohnsonJanuary 30, 2025Abi Padilla, Presentation House Theatre, Ruby Slippers Theatre, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, Homepage feature

Advance Theatre Festival is back at the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts until January 31

Ruby Slippers Theatre presents five staged readings of works by IPBOC playwrights, including Damion LeClair’s Rougarou, Carmen Aguirre’s The Consent Club, and more