Troupe Vertigo with the VSO

October 16 at the Orpheum

Former Cirque du Soleil members put gravity-defying acrobatics to the sounds of Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky, and Dvořák. Fun and fine music for the whole family (shown here).

Spooktober

To October 31 at the Improv Centre

Check out a truly spirited lineup of horror-larious Vancouver TheatreSports shows to get into a Halloween mood.

Mustard

To October 20 at the Granville Island Stage

Andrew McNee is brilliant as a troubled teen’s imaginary friend. The Arts Club show starts big and stays there.

Jerusalem Quartet

October 14 at the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts

String heaven comes to Earth, with Pinchas Zukerman on viola and Amanda Forsyth on cello (shown here) in this Vancouver Recital Society showcase for six sparkling sextets.

Curious Imaginings

To December 15 at the Patricia Hotel

We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: a rare chance to see Aussie art star Patricia Piccinini’s provocative, lifelike human-animal sculptures in the intimate setting of century-hotel rooms.

Corteo

October 10 to 14 at the Pacific Coliseum

This is Cirque du Soleil at its vintage-carnival best, leaving the sequins behind in Vegas for a more gorgeously muted, turn-of-the-last-century palette.