Editor’s choice

Redpatch at the Presentation House Theatre

If all you know of First Nations participation in the First World War comes from embattled author Joseph Boyden’s undeniably gripping novel Three Day Road, here’s a chance to hear that story told from a West Coast, Nuu-chah-nulth perspective. Redpatch, a Hardline production running at Presentation House Theatre until April 9 and then at Studio 16 from April 12 to 16, follows a young mixed-race man from Vancouver Island into battle and beyond, with playwrights Raes Calvert and Sean Harris Oliver drawing on historical records and family legends to bring painful verisimilitude to the stage. Expect a harrowing tale, with not all of the hero’s tribulations coming at the hands of the Boche.

Presentation House Theatre until April 9. Studio 16 from April 12 to 16

High five

Five events you just can’t miss this week

Genetic Drift

Pi Theatre imagines our world after climate change.
April 5 to 8 at the Fishbowl on Granville Island

Angels in America

Don’t miss the first installment in this epic look at the AIDS era.
To April 23 at the Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage

Pacific Crossings

Marvel at the artistic talent our city gained from Hong Kong.
To May 28 at the Vancouver Art Gallery

Xi Xanya Dzam

A true who’s who of the movers and shakers in B.C.’s indigenous art scene.
April 5 to September 4 at the Bill Reid Gallery

The Lost Fleet

A hard look at the seizure of 1,200 Japanese-Canadian–owned fishing vessels following Pearl Harbor.
To Mar 25, 2018, at the Maritime Museum