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"It's been fascinating to hear how this story resonates with so many different communities across Canada," Corey Payette says of his musical On Native Land, produced by Raven Theatre with Urban Ink, showing at The Cultch's York Theatre from April 8 to 19. www.createastir.ca/articles/on-...

“I forgot how stressful it is to be a teenager, you know?" says actor Lisa Horner. In the Arts Club Theatre Company's Kimberly Akimbo, she plays 16-year-old Kimberly, whose rare genetic condition gives her the appearance of a 72-year-old woman. www.createastir.ca/articles/art...

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"[It's] this idea of beadwork, or a fringe jacket, being like a hug—kind of like you’re being embraced, being held, being taken care of, wherever you are," says Cree-Métis photographer Michelle Sound of her mural-scale Capture Photography Festival installation. www.createastir.ca/articles/cap...

At the Firehall Arts Centre, Marlene Ginader stars in Canadian Psycho as "a half-Asian woman who’s frustrated by the lack of inclusion in the serial killer space". The play from ITSAZOO Productions and Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre premieres March 31. www.createastir.ca/articles/can...

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"It seems when the cherry blossom opens, it somehow opens our hearts," Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival artistic director Linda Poole tells Stir in the article below: www.createastir.ca/articles/van...

"We all are so very vulnerable in the world and exposed to all these dangers," reflects composer Andrew Staniland. This month, Elektra is premiering his new composition, which draws on Meghan Fandrich's poetry about the 2021 Lytton wildfire. www.createastir.ca/articles/ele...

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"In the same way that the skull is the emblematic symbol for Hamlet, he wanted to strip away the skin and the flesh," says Côté Danse's Guillaume Côté of his cocreator, Ex Machina's Robert Lepage, who's taken a pared-down approach to Shakespeare's work. www.createastir.ca/articles/dan...

"There's just a boots-on-the-ground pursuit of excellence that I think martial arts gave me," says choreographer Isak Enquist; he draws on his karate training in Fall(se) Circ(us). www.createastir.ca/articles/lit...

“Taken together, Willard’s work breathes, moves, and reflects stories that are ongoing and unfolding across territories”: www.createastir.ca/articles/tan...

"In moments, for sure, you don't know what you do with this ocean in between you. But somehow people who need to stay in your life, they stay in your life," says Matija Ferlin of his longtime dance partnership with Ame Henderson. www.createastir.ca/articles/dan...