The Sun came out and gave us a taste of summer last weekend, what will we find happening in the city this weekend?
Cirque: There’s not much time left to catch the fan favourite Cirque du Soleil’s Alegría In a New Light returns with show reimagined for its 25th anniversary, until June 5, 2022
Comedy: Until May 29 at Metro Theatre, Stag and Doe brings some laughs to the world of wedding planning, when things go awry a party helps to offset wedding costs for the ‘happy’ couple.
Double Bill: Inverso Productions presents the premiere of two productions: Gem-Like, a modern dance performance, and Spooky Action – a film collaboration with poet/performer Barbara Adler and composer James Meger – at the Shadbolt Centre Studio Theatre Wednesday, May 25 – Saturday, May 28 at 8pm
Mystery: The Firehall Arts Centre brings its 2021-2022 Reunion Season to a close with the presentation of, Yellow Fever, running May 28 to June 12.
Tower: The Richmond Art Gallery (RAG) latest exhibition A Minaret for the General’s Wife by award winning Toronto-based Turkish-Canadian artist Erdem Tasdelen is on display until July 31, 2022.
Designer: Visit Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art before June 5th to catch the Canadian premiere exhibition of Sho Sho Esquiro: Doctrine of Discovery, by award-winning designer, artist, and activist Sho Sho Esquiro
Songs: Studio T – SFU Goldcorp Centre for the Arts welcomes Music on Main and SFU School for the Contemporary Arts are thrilled to present the world premiere of Leah Abramson’s Songs for a Lost Pod May 28 & 29, 2022.
Fest: The Cultch welcomes Upintheair Theatre’s 10th rEvolver Festival bringing audiences a full range of contemporary theatrical practice, from script-based theatre to devised and site-specific works, staged readings of work-in-progress, digital and audio experiences, and in-depth discussions with artists.
Trio: The Vancouver Art Gallery (VAG) has a host of new exhibitions now open and running through the summer: Kids Take Over, RESTLESS: Recent Acquisitions, and Everything Under The Sun: In Memory of Andrew Gruft are a trio of new exhibitions giving visitors to VAG plenty to view through to September 11th
Art: MOA presents its newest exhibition this week: Xicanx: Dreamers + Changemakers / Soñadores + creadores del cambio features artworks by 33 Mexican-American artists from Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, New York and Texas, most exhibiting in Canada for the first time, on exhibit from May 12, 2022 to January 1, 2023
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.