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BENEFIT is a riveting drama that wrestles with what trade-offs, big and small, we are willing to accept in order to do good.

Missing from Me is a new and original Canadian production that brings together a culturally diverse group of youth including Mongolian, Japanese, French, Squamish Nation, Greek, Kurdish, Chinese, and Serbian.

The Chan Centre for the Performing Arts at the University of British Columbia (UBC) presents prolific singer-songwriter and American folk star Arlo Guthrie on April 21 at 8pm in the Chan Shun Concert Hall.

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Artistic Producer, Donna Spencer is pleased to announce Laura Efron will be joining the Firehall Arts Centre as its new General Manager in April 2016.

Vancouver, BC - NorthWest Comedy Fest and Just For Laughs are proud to celebrate the success of their inaugural comedy festival, JFL NorthWest, which took place February 18-27.

The Sonic Boom Festival returns for its 29th year of contemporary classical music (new music).

The Chan Centre for the Performing Arts at the University of British Columbia (UBC) presents the prodigious sitarist, known for embodying the spirit of innovation and experimentation, Anoushka Shankar on April 8 at 8pm in the Chan Shun Concert Hall.

Dancers of Damelahamid in partnership with the University of British Columbia's Museum of Anthropology (MOA), showcase an enlightening weeklong celebration of the distinct stories, songs, and dances of Indigenous peoples of the Northwest Coast in the 2016 Coastal First Nations Dance Festival, th

The Firehall Arts Centre is pleased to present George F.

Theatre Under the Stars (TUTS) invites audiences to fall in love this summer with Disney's Beauty and the Beast & West Side Story, running July 6 - August 20, 2016 (performances alternate evenings) at Stanley Park's picturesque Malkin Bowl.

Canada's Royal Winnipeg Ballet (RWB) presents the Vancouver premiere of the critically acclaimed and deeply moving classical ballet, Going Home Star - Truth and Reconciliation, April 7 to 9, 2016 at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre.

Early Music Vancouver (EMV) presents George Frideric Handel's Apollo e Dafne and J.

The 2016 Vancouver International Dance Festival (VIDF) presents the highly anticipated Canadian premiere of two illuminating, richly complex works, co-produced by international collaborators Sweden's Memory Wax and Cuba's Danza Teatro Retazos, on stage March 11 & 12 at 8pm at The Vancouver Playhouse

The Chan Centre for the Performing Arts at the University of British Columbia (UBC), in partnership with The Dance Centre, presents Words in Motion, March 18 & 19, 7:30pm, in the Telus Studio Theatre.

Dancers of Damelahamid in partnership with the University of British Columbia's Museum of Anthropology (MOA), showcase an enlightening weeklong celebration of the distinct stories, songs, and dances of Indigenous peoples of the Northwest Coast in the 2016 Coastal First Nations Dance Festival, M

The Vancouver International Dance Festival (VIDF) presents Compagnie Virginie Brunelle's primal Foutrement from March 3-5, 2016 at 8pm at Roundhouse Performance Centre.

The Firehall Arts Centre and Alley Theatre are pleased to present a panel discussion following the 8pm performance of Little One on Thursday, February 11.

Opera Mariposa, a critically acclaimed company for local and emerging artists, is launching its new theatre wing with the Tony Award-winning play Master Class by Terrence McNally.

The Chan Centre for the Performing Arts at the University of British Columbia (UBC) presents renowned jazz vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater with Irvin Mayfield and his New Orleans Jazz Orchestra (NOJO), February 27, 2016 at 8pm in the Chan Shun Concert Hall.

Early Music Vancouver (EMV) hosts the anticipated return of Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, as they present House of Dreams on Friday, March 4, 2016 at 7:30pm at Vancouver Playhouse.

The Cultch is pleased to present The Gay Heritage Project from Wednesday, March 2 to Saturday, March 19 at the Historic Theatre.

Mount Baker Theatre presents FLASHDANCE THE MUSICAL, beginning Wednesday, January 27 at 7pm.

Single tickets and festival passes for the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra's highly anticipated 3rd annual NEW MUSIC FESTIVAL are now on sale.

The Vancouver Academy of Music (VAM) shares Renia Perel's poignant musical drama SONGS OF THE WASTELAND on January 26, 2016 at 7:30pm at the Koerner Recital Hall (1270 Chestnut Street).