Moving into the last week of February, let’s see what’s keeping us entertained in these picks…
Festival: VMF Winter Arts continues until February 27, 2022, transforming the city’s downtown core into a free, interactive, open-air gallery and celebration of art and live entertainment.
Noises: The laughs continue at the Massey Theatre with the Arts Club Theatre Company’s hit production of Noises Off, the fantastic backstage farce by Michael Frayn onstage until February 27
Folio: Witness a piece of history as Vancouver Art Gallery’s For All Time: The Shakespeare FIRST FOLIO celebrates the University of British Columbia Library’s recent acquisition of a complete first edition of William Shakespeare’s Comedies, Histories and Tragedies, on display until March 20th.
Dance: Online until March 6th, DanceHouse, in partnership with Digidance, welcomes audiences to view the North American premiere of the digital broadcast of South African dance company Via Katlehong and contemporary choreographer Gregory Maqoma’s Via Kanana
Puppets: Presentation House Theatre welcomes the world premiere of Clémentine – A (True) Story, February 26 and 27. Producers Kleine Compagnie and Theatre de la Pire Espèce combine their renowned Object Theatre techniques to explore a big event in a child’s life through whimsical table-top puppetry and heartfelt storytelling.
Man: On at The Cultch Historic Theatre February 24-March 5, Pi Theatre’s Beautiful Man, examines traditional gender roles as they are portrayed in popular media, and turns them on their head.
Wed: The Firehall Arts Centre has added Mary’s Wedding to its 2021-22 Reunion Season with the award-winning epic, unforgettable story of love and survival which weaves a theatrical spell of hope, regret, memory, and dreams opening this Friday, February 25 running to March 13.
Duet: February 23-26, The Shadbolt Centre studio theatre features, Choreographer Vanessa Goodman’s World Premiere Contemporary Dance Duet Creation: Tuning a new duet featuring collaborating dance artists Alexis Fletcher and Ted Littlemore. This new work focuses on how we tune to one another in relationships, view online or inperson
Designer: Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art continues to feature the Canadian premiere exhibition of Sho Sho Esquiro: Doctrine of Discovery, by award-winning designer, artist, and activist Sho Sho Esquiro on show until June 5, 2022
Sea: “Washed Ashore”, Art to Save the Sea exhibit is a sustainable art sculpture exhibit made entirely from waste washed up on the ocean shorelines. The Exhibit is on display in the Grand Court of Metropolis at Metrotown from February 23 to April 30, 2022
Roots: At MOA until March 27th, Sankofa: African Routes, Canadian Roots celebrates different ways of understanding the world through the lenses of African and Black communities, the wealth of their cultural and art practices, and their inspiring legacy, through the works of contemporary artists from Lagos, Nigeria, and Vancouver
Streaming: Having played live at Firehall Arts Centre in January, choreographer Helen Walkley’s JOHN is now available for streaming audiences online until March 1st
Exhibition: The Richmond Art Gallery (RAG) presents a new exhibition, NOURISH, by curator Nan Capogna. Featuring American poet and writer Jane Wong and Vancouver-based artist duo Mizzonk (Wan-Yi Lin and Roger Chen) on show until April 3
Arts: Until March 19, 2022, Burrard Arts Foundation presents a pair of exhibitions;
The Golden Section by Karin Jones features geometric arrangements made from human hair extensions that Jones purchased from a local beauty supply shop.
Sanda Rd Key Dhund by Sara Khan its Urdu title translating to Mists of Sanda Rd, referring to an area of Lehore, Pakistan, where the artist resided before moving to Vancouver in 2014.
Collection: Until May 8th, Griffin Art Projects is presenting Per Diem: The Gerd Metzdorff Collection, an intimate look at one of Vancouver’s most quietly influential collectors.
Skate: Catch the action of Boarder X at MOV, a travelling exhibition, featuring work by contemporary artists from Indigenous nations across Canada, drawing parallels to urban areas prohibiting skateboarding, related to the landscapes and territories we occupy, on view until October 2022
Canoe: In the Vancouver Maritime Museum’s featured exhibition, on until July 3, 2022, Canoe Cultures :: Ho’-ku-melh War Canoes and the Gifts They Carry Forward, Indigenous artists and knowledge holders share their gifts through the war canoe in this multi-sensory journey.