> ARTS PICKS
By V.S. Wells
SAINT JOAN OF THE STOCKYARDS To April 13 Frederic Wood Theatre
A brand-new adaptation of Bertolt Brecht’s corporate critique.
DYING TO GET MARRIED
To April 14
Newlands Golf and Country Club
A comedy murder-mystery raising money for suicide prevention.
THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL To April 14
Jericho Arts Centre
A classic Americana drama brought to the stage.
HELLO APRIL To April 28
Gallery George
Works from Photo Club Vancouver, Juan Contreras, and group exhibition New Beginnings are on display.
TRAIL RUNNING FILM FESTIVAL
April 4
Rio Theatre
Who’d voluntarily choose to run up and down a mountain? Watch and find out!
ED YONG: WHAT REPORTING ON LONG COVID TAUGHT ME April 4
Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue
The former Atlantic journalist on science and health communication. Remote option available.
PARIFAM April 4 to 14
Historic Theatre
The world premiere of a gripping drama about two Persian women grappling with their past.
OSMOSI: 422 UNPROCESSABLE ENTITY April 4 to 5
Orpheum Annex
Nancy Lee embodies a delivery app subroutine come to life in this multi-disciplinary dance work.
HOW TO APPRECIATE GRAFFITI: THE EXHIBITION
April 5 to 12
Fingerprint Gallery
A culmination and celebration of street art. Part of Emily Carr’s first-ever graffiti class.
WHERE HAVE ALL THE BUFFALO GONE? April 6 Norman & Annette Rothstein Theatre
Tai Amy Grauman’s play about historic Métis events helps bring history to life for kids.
RICHMOND ART WALK April 6 to 7
Lipont Gallery
Engage with galleries, artists, and curators on a free walk.
SKODEN INDIGENOUS FILM FESTIVAL April 6 to 7 Djavad Mowafaghian Cinema
The two-day student-led festival showcases Indigenous filmmakers from across Turtle Island.
CONVERSE/CONVERGE April 6 to 7, 13 to 14 The Edge Fine Art Gallery
Eight artists with contrasting practices put their works in dialogue.
LA BOHÈME April 6 to 13
Shadbolt Centre for the Arts
The Puccini opera weaves a tangled web.
WORKS April 6 to 27
Outsiders and Others
A solo exhibition from self-taught fine line artist Jonathan Peterrsen.
REEL 2 REAL INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL FOR YOUTH April 7 to 16
Roundhouse Community Centre
Movies for the young and the young at heart.
TINÁ7 CHT TI TEMÍXW BOOK RELEASE
April 9 Performance Works
Celebrating the launch of Tiná7 Cht Ti Temíxw: We Come From This Land: A Walk Through the History of the Squamish People.
TOMATOES TRIED TO KILL ME, BUT BANJOS SAVED MY LIFE
April 10 to 13
Pacific Theatre
It’s nice that banjos have done something good, to balance out inflicting Mumford & Sons on us.
ART VANCOUVER
April 11 to 14
Vancouver Convention Centre
Western Canada’s biggest art fair asks if you’ve got the space and scratch for original works.
BASKERVILLE: A SHERLOCK HOLMES MYSTERY
April 11 to 20 Gateway Theatre
Five actors play 40 characters in a madcap mystery adventure with everyone’s favourite detective.
TRANSFORMATION & ADAPTATION April 11 to May 5
Ferry Building Gallery
Carol Demers and Anthea Cameron display nature-tinged works.
SEXY LAUNDRY April 11 to May 12 Granville Island Stage
The screwball smutty favourite returns.
OVER THE RIDGE
April 13
Massey Theatre
Dance, theatre, and song blend to weave a tapestry of the Battle of Vimy Ridge. World premiere.
THE BIG ROAR April 13
St. Andrew’s–Wesley United Church
Chor Leoni presides over its annual choral festival.
VANCITY COMEDY EXTRAVAGANZA April 13 Vogue Theatre
Dino Archie corrals half a dozen of the city’s funniest comedians for a one-night festival.
THIS IS HOW WE GOT HERE
April 13 to 28
Firehall Arts Centre
A family comes to grips with grief in this heartbreaking, heartwarming play.
ELEPHANT WARRIORS April 16
Norman & Annette Rothstein Theatre
Female conservation rangers in Kenya fight poachers and misogyny in this new documentary.
PROHIBITION PLEASURES
April 16
Mum’s the Word
A speakeasy-inspired cabaret from four local burlesque acts.
DAVID RIMMER RETROSPECTIVE
April 17
The Cinematheque
A National Canadian Film Day program honouring the late local filmmaker.
MAURICE April 17 to 20
Studio 16
French-language theatre exploring aphasia and communication.
SASHA VELOUR: THE BIG REVEAL: WHY DRAG MATTERS April 18
Chan Centre for the Performing Arts
The final Phil Lind Initiative Speaker Series highlights a cerebral queen. Art!
THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING
April 18 to 19
Shadbolt Centre for the Arts
Adapted from Joan Didion’s memoir, this one-woman production gets deep on grief.
YOU USED TO CALL ME MARIE… April 18 to 28 York Theatre
Eight intertwined stories of love ground this intergenerational drama. World premiere.
THE OVERVIEW
April 18 to May 12
Kotsuik Gallery
Whitney Lewis-Smith creates photographic tableaux.
FAMILY ROOM April 19 to 20 Scotiabank Dance Centre
Consider yourself part of the furniture. No, really. Consider it.
SOUNDSPACE
April 19 and 20
Vancouver Playhouse
The Canadian premiere of Dorrance Dance’s innovative exploration of sound and movement.
AXIOM BRASS QUINTET
April 22
Vogue Theatre
The five-piece plays an Earth Day concert in support of Indigenous scholarships for UBC Earth Sciences.
DANCE//NOVELLA
April 25
Scotiabank Dance Centre
Former Ballet BC artists Racheal Prince and Brandon Lee Alley show selections from their new company.
SADHANA: AN EVENING OF BHARATANATYAM April 25
Vancouver Playhouse
Sujit Vaidya leads a night of traditional dance.
NO ONE SPECIAL
April 26
Waterfront Theatre
Voted Vancouver’s best comedian in 2023, Julie Kim tells rib-tickling childhood anecdotes.
INSANIA!
April 26
Rickshaw Theatre
Wrestling is an art, right? Costumes! Storylines! Choreography! Sounds like art to me!
CARMEN April 27 to May 5
Queen Elizabeth Theatre
Vancouver Opera wraps its season with the Bizet spectacular. GS
LISTINGS ARE A PUBLIC SERVICE PROVIDED FREE OF CHARGE, BASED ON AVAILABLE SPACE AND EDITORIAL DISCRETION. SUBMIT EVENTS VIA OUR ONLINE FORM AT STRAIGHT.COM/ADDEVENT. EVENTS THAT DON’T MAKE IT INTO THE PAPER DUE TO SPACE CONSTRAINTS WILL APPEAR ON OUR WEBSITE.
By V.S. Wells
SLEATER-KINNEY April 4
Vogue Theatre
The riot grrrl rockers bring 11 albums of power to town.
SONGBIRD NORTH #127 April 4
Roundhouse Community Centre
Jill Barber, Cara Luft, and Christina Martin show off their songwriting chops.
HATSUNE MIKU April 4
Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre
Look, if you don’t know what a vocaloid is, explaining it won’t help.
SAID THE WHALE April 5
Hollywood Theatre
Celebrating 10 years of Hawaii…which came out 11 years ago.
MOM JEANS. April 6
Harbour Convention Centre
This emo band has gotta sell jeans as merch, right?
KID FRANCESCOLI April 6
Hollywood Theatre
Electro-pop from Marseille, France(scoli).
LOVING April 6
Rickshaw Theatre
Victoria’s finest psych folk export. Possibly the city’s only psych folk export. Prove me wrong, Victoria.
LAUFEY April 8
Queen Elizabeth Theatre
Grammy-winning jazz pop that’s breaking boundaries.
DIRTY LOOPS April 9
Commodore Ballroom
Swedish jazz fusion to “Run Away”—or, uh, towards.
THE LAST DINNER PARTY April 10
Vogue Theatre
Buzzy baroque pop from all-girl indie hotshots.
SKY SLINGER CLEARWATER April 11
The Painted Ship
Michaela Slinger, Zoe Sky Jordan, and Lucy Clearwater bring storytelling and strumming.
COMEBACK KID April 11
The Pearl
Canadian hardcore to break your face to.
HYPERSPACE METAL FESTIVAL V
April 11 to 13
WISE Hall and Rickshaw Theatre
More scream, death, doom, sludge, and black metal than your speakers can survive.
LIL XAN The Pearl
April 12
The only Soundcloud rapper famous enough to be on Wikipedia that I share a birthday with.
DAVID VERTESI WISE Hall
April 12
The gravel-voiced Vancouverite and Hey Ocean! member plays his new album in full.
THE HAUSPLANTS
April 12
The Cobalt
Emerging local indie punk to keep your rage well watered.
BOYWITHUKE
April 13
Commodore Ballroom
Prolific TikTok alt-pop offers big dreams
SAMPHA
April 14
Vogue Theatre
Mercury-winning neo-soul from South London.
SET IT OFF Commodore Ballroom
April 14
The pop-punk tearaways left Fearless Records to forge their own path.
JACOB COLLIER
April 14
Queen Elizabeth Theatre
The YouTube sensation makes jazz piano cool.
THE BLACK CROWES
April 16
Queen Elizabeth Theatre
Southern rock’n’rollers come to challenge Canuck for the corvid title.
AIDAN BISSETT April 17
Fortune Sound Club
An indie upstart from the weird streets of Portland.
KASADOR
April 17
The Pearl
The Kingston four-piece plays weighty indie rock.
CHASTITY BELT
April 17
Fox Cabaret
The feminist Washington rockers embrace a name you shouldn’t Google at work.
MEGHAN PATRICK
April 18
Commodore Ballroom
A Canadian country singer with grace and grit.
COAST CITY COUNTRY FESTIVAL April 18 to 20
BC Place and Commodore Ballroom
Get your yee-haws and yahoos ready for a rootin’ tootin’ weekend. Also, Nickelback’s there!
STRUNG OUT & THE CASUALTIES
April 19
Rickshaw Theatre
Punk rock legends on a co-headlining tour ready to rip up the pit.
KATIE PRUITT
April 19
Hollywood Theatre
Queer Americana from a clear-eyed Nashville songbird.
DOPETHRONE
April 20
Green Auto Music
Stoner rock and doom metal for your 4/20 musical munchies.
I DON’T KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME
April 20
Fortune Sound Club
I’d probably start by not publicizing my tour dates.
JOSÉ GONZÁLEZ April 23
Orpheum Theatre
A heartfelt indie folk singer, still somehow best known for his “Heartbeats” cover.
KORPIKLAANI
April 23
Rickshaw Theatre
Finnish folk metal one member described as “old people’s music with heavy metal guitars.”
THE BEATNUTS
April 25
Hollywood Theatre
The hip-hop production duo made waves in the ’90s.
OUR LAST NIGHT
April 25
Vogue Theatre
Post-hardcore pop covers and heavy originals from brother-fronted Granite Staters.
STEVE AOKI
April 26
Harbour Convention Centre
An iconic DJ and producer who’s worked with everyone from BTS to Blink-182.
HOLLOW TWIN April 26
Green Auto Music
The album release show for a local dark-folk outfit with a vintage vibe.
MELTT April 26
The Pearl
Mind-bending rock from trippy local lads.
AMON AMARTH
April 27
PNE Forum
My girlfriend made us cut our vacation short so she could catch the Viking metal show.
DILJIT DOSANJH April 27
BC Place
Historic: it’s the biggest-ever concert by a Punjabi artist outside of India.
JORDAN HART The Pearl
April 28
An accomplished producer and chameleonic songsmith.
JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE
April 29
Rogers Arena
JT’s latest number-one hit was in 2016—about a decade more recent than I thought.
THE MARY WALLOPERS
April 30
Vogue Theatre
Rip-roaring Irish folk punk from County Louth.
JASON BONHAM’S LED ZEPPELIN EVENING April 30
Orpheum Theatre
John Bonham’s son pays tribute to the legendary drummer. GS
LISTINGS ARE A PUBLIC SERVICE PROVIDED FREE OF CHARGE, BASED ON AVAILABLE SPACE AND EDITORIAL DISCRETION. SUBMIT EVENTS VIA OUR ONLINE FORM AT STRAIGHT.COM/ADDEVENT. EVENTS THAT DON’T MAKE IT INTO THE PAPER DUE TO SPACE CONSTRAINTS WILL APPEAR ON OUR WEBSITE.