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Aren Okeymasim (Napew), Krystle Pederson, Tai Amy Grauman (Iskwewo), Rebecca Sadowski and Carmen Alvis in You used to call me Marie… (York Theatre, 2024). Photo: Emily Cooper

Review | Rooted in Story, Carried by Song: You used to call me Marie… at the Arts Club

By Kaitlyn Chan on 3 October 2025 Concert Reviews, Indigenous, Musical Theatre, Theatre, Vancouver, West

Playwright Tai Amy Grauman wrote her first draft of You used to call me Marie… in the Arts Club’s LEAP Playwriting Intensive about eight years ago. The play now returns at the intimate 237-seat Olympic Village Stage at the BMO Theatre Centre from Sept. 25 to Oct. 12. A Savage Society & NAC Indigenous Theatre production, You used to call me Marie… celebrates the love stories of Alberta’s Métis women—beginning with Marie Callihoo—from the 1930s to today as the Métis Nation rises across the plains. The play begins in the world of the stars. Actors dressed in cream and beige…

Soloist Pilar Fernández with fellow performers at Vancouver International Flamenco Festival (2025). Photo: Chris Randle

Review | Celebration at Vancouver International Flamenco Festival

By Kaija Pepper on 1 October 2025 Concert Reviews, Dance, Scena Arts, Vancouver, West

After 35 years, Rosario Ancer is a dab hand at overseeing the annual Vancouver International Flamenco Festival she founded with her late husband, guitarist Victor Kolstee. This edition filled nine mostly warm and sunny late-September days with free outdoor shows on Granville Island and, at night, a handful of ticketed performances. The crowds, as usual, were large and appreciative, eager to join in with shouts of “olé!” The shows, also as usual, were stylistically varied. Palabra Flamenco, an experimental Victoria ensemble that combines English-language poetry with flamenco music and dance, presented Dark Sounds at the Waterfront Theatre (Sept. 24). Artistic…

Anne-Marie McDermott with the VSO. Photo: Courtesy of the VSO

Review | Anne-Marie McDermott Dazzles with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

By Kaitlyn Chan on 23 September 2025 Classical Music, Concert Reviews, Orchestral, Piano, Vancouver, West

Update: The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra musicians had yet to issue a strike notice at the time of writing this review. On Monday evening, the Vancouver Musicians’ Association (VMA), Local 145 of the Canadian Federation of Musicians, filed the 72-hour notice on behalf of the orchestra’s more than 70 members. Read more about this job action here. From Sept. 19 to 21, American classical pianist Anne-Marie McDermott joined the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra (VSO) to perform Beethoven’s Second and Fourth Piano Concertos. The orchestra also performed Louise Farrenc’s Third Symphony and Mozart’s overture to his comic opera Così fan tutte. While the…

Newswire | Vancouver Opera Launches 2025-2026 Season with Verdi’s Rigoletto

By Newswire on 19 September 2025 Classical Music, Newswire, Opera, Vancouver, West

SEPTEMBER 16, 2025, VANCOUVER, B.C. / Traditional territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations – The Vancouver Opera 2025-2026 season opens October 25, 2025 with Verdi’s Rigoletto. Set against a backdrop of decadence and dark intrigue, Verdi’s immortal work tells the tale of a father’s desperate love for his daughter—and the dangerous double-edged sword of vengeance. The court jester Rigoletto had long enjoyed the privilege of mocking the Duke of Mantua’s adversaries, but when his beloved daughter becomes the target of the morally corrupt Duke’s abuse, Rigoletto sets in motion a revenge plot that careens with the propulsive energy of an edge-of-the-seat thriller, while bringing themes…

Newswire | Vancouver Choreographer Joshua Beamish Announces Launch of New Classical Dance Company, Ballet Vancouver

By Newswire on 12 September 2025 Arts Industry, Dance, Vancouver, West

Vancouver, BC — Internationally acclaimed Vancouver choreographer Joshua Beamish announces the launch of Vancouver-based ballet company, Ballet Vancouver Performance Series (Ballet Vancouver), which aims to re-establish a consistent local presence for professional classical, neoclassical, and narrative ballet performed en pointe. Ballet Vancouver will present its inaugural mixed program in celebration of the Company’s official launch at the Vancouver Playhouse on April 23-25, 2026. “After recently celebrating the 20th anniversary of my eponymous dance company, Joshua Beamish/MOVETHECOMPANY, I began reflecting upon what was missing from the local dance ecology of Vancouver – my home city,” says Beamish. “While we have a…

Newswire | CollabWest: An Annual Festival of Creative Collaboration

By Newswire on 5 September 2025 Scena Arts, Vancouver, West

September 4, 2025, Vancouver, BC – On October 18, 2025, an artisan woodworking studio in North Vancouver will host the inaugural launch party of CollabWest ‘25 — an event featuring the work of three handpicked creatives, brought together to collaborate, create, and support a mutually chosen charitable cause. This year’s collaborators—Keith Stride, Chairman Ting, and The Team behind Reduxwood West join forces to create three unique pieces presented in an exclusive silent auction with 100% of proceeds going to HeadsUpGuys, a program of the University of British Columbia and the global leader in men’s mental health support. Collaboration is Key – Three Creatives. One…

Opera Across Canada: A Mostly Safe 2025-26

By Gianmarco Segato on 4 September 2025 Montreal, Opera, Ottawa, Quebec City, Toronto, Vancouver, Vocal, West

As opera companies continue to navigate the challenges of skyrocketing costs and audience retention, most Canadian organizations are opting to program well-known titles in 2025-26. Here’s a season rundown from west to east. Pacific Opera Victoria Artistic Director Brenna Corner presents a season in keeping with POV’s always-careful mix of repertoire stalwarts and less-usual fare. October brings a new production of Britten’s The Turn of the Screw staged by Canadian theatre director Michael Shamata, with a stellar Canadian cast including Kirsten MacKinnon, Isaiah Bell, Jonelle Sills and Catherine Daniel. In February, Corner herself stages Puccini’s Tosca with a role-debuting Meghan…

Immersive installations shape VNM’s 2025-26 season

By Newswire on 2 September 2025 Canadian Music, Multimedia, Newswire, Vancouver

VANCOUVER, BC – Vancouver New Music’s 2025-26 season celebrates the transformative power of sound with an inspiring lineup of international, Canadian, and local artists. The season opens with soundscape artist Yota Kobayashi’s Shiki & Kū, a collaborative immersive installation presented in partnership with VIVO Media Arts Centre, Formscape Arts and IM4 Media Lab, followed by this year’s VNM Festival, Whispered Folds, featuring eight groundbreaking artists exploring themes of intimacy, boundaries, and borders. Throughout the year, our On Curation Mentorship Project showcases emerging curatorial voices presenting innovative artists and concepts. International highlights of this season include the Vancouver debut of vocalist…

Vancouver Opera early-bird pricing ends Aug 31

By Newswire on 18 August 2025 Classical Music, Newswire, Opera, Theatre, Vancouver, Vocal, West

AUGUST 18, 2025, VANCOUVER, B.C. / Traditional territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh and səlilwətaɬ Nations – Tickets for the Vancouver Opera 2025-2026 season are now on sale, with Early Bird pricing available until August 31, 2025. The season begins in October with Verdi’s eternally thrilling Rigoletto, followed by Mozart’s light-hearted Così fan tutte in February 2026. La Bohème, Puccini’s enduring love story, closes the season in blockbuster style with a five-show run in April/May 2026. The best time to get tickets is now, before September 1st spells the end of the Early Bird era! RIGOLETTO By Giuseppe Verdi Queen Elizabeth Theatre Sung in Italian with English SURTITLES™ projected above the stage Saturday, October 25,…

Ashanti J’Aria (Becky), Rachel Drance (Jenna), and Sarah Cantuba (Dawn) in the Arts Club's Waitress. Photo: Moonrider Productions

Review | Strong casting is the secret ingredient in the Arts Club’s Waitress

By Kaitlyn Chan on 8 July 2025 Concert Reviews, Musical Theatre, Theatre, Vancouver, Vocal, West

Based on the motion picture by Adrienne Shelly, Sara Bareilles’s Waitress is one of the most popular musicals composed in recent years. It premiered on Broadway in April 2016—making history as the first Broadway show with an all-female production team—and garnered such success that international and regional productions are still frequently staged. Since June 12, Vancouver’s Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage has been transformed into Joe’s Diner as the Arts Club Theatre Company presents this beloved musical. Having seen outstanding performances by the Arts Club before, I attended their production of Waitress with high expectations (seen July 5). I was not…

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