York Theatre to January 4, 2026
What’s so good about it? Everything. But off the top it’s a chance to see the ever-young Dawn Petten as both baggy-pants Spartacus and Boberta Rainy, a villainous, androgynous, megadeveloper.
Dawn Petten as Boberta Rainy and Spartacus in East Side Panto: West Van Story. Credit: Emily Cooper Photography
Firehall Arts Centre to November 23, 2025
While there are loads of heart-stopping films and videos of whale rescues, how does a small theatre company tell Jon Lien’s tale on a small stage? Ingenuity. Creativity. And lots and lots of heart.
Steve O’Connell as Jon Lien in Between Breaths. Credit: Ritchie Perez
Stanley BFL Canada Stage to January 4, 2026
The show is beautiful and it will probably be at the top of every little girl’s Christmas wish list. Grownups can go online and read a synopsis so they’re not completely confused. Alternately, they can just “Let It Go”, sit back and enjoy how pretty it all is.
Jericho Arts Centre to November 16, 2025
Playwright Rick Dobran is one multi-talented guy: former server and restaurant manager, stage and film actor, tattoo artist and playwright. The collages that hang in the Jericho Arts Centre lobby are his creations, too. There’s probably lots more; I have the feeling this guy packs a lot of living in.
Rick Dobran as Joe and Mersiha Musovic as Lily in The Best Restaurant in the World. Ever. Credit: Andrew Fraser
Progress Lab (1422 William) to November 22, 2025
This might be the strangest love story you’ve ever seen – if it is a love story.
Andy Kalirai as Tristan, Paige Louter as Connie in The Effect. Credit: Chelsey Stuyt
Firehall Arts Centre to October 25, 2025
Based on the Japanese play Sarachi (Vacant Lot), by contemporary Japanese theatre artist Shogo Ota, Vacant Lot is a hybrid dance/theatre piece at the Firehall for only two more performances.
Hiromoto Ida and Lindsay Clague in Vacant Lot. Credit: Carlo Alcos
Pacific Theatre to November 2, 2025
“Wakey, wakey/Rise and shine” – or so we greet the dawn. We all know the time will come when we – every one of us – will neither wake nor rise again. But Wakey, Wakey, written by American playwright Will Eno, is surprisingly funny and even more surprisingly, uplifting.
Craig Erickson as Guy in Wakey, Wakey. Credit: Chelsea Stuyt
The Cultch to October 26. 2025
The world premiere of a new play is cause for celebration and the opening night audience at Fire Never Dies: The Tina Modotti Project celebrated with an immediate, noisy-bordering-on-raucous, standing O.
Melissa Oei, Marianna Zouzoulas and Praneet Akilla in Fire Never Dies: The Tina Modotti Project. Credit: David Cooper
Stanley BFL Canada Stage to October 5, 2025
A Doll’s House is one of the most frequently produced plays worldwide. Amy Herzog’s adaptation was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play and won a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Adaptation in 2023.
Alexandra Lainfiesta as Nora in A Doll’s House. Credit: Moonrider Productions
Vancity Culture Lab (The Cultch) to September 20, 2025
My first thought after the curtain fell on the evening I saw The Animal Kingdom: the playwright must have had first-hand experience to be able to write with such surgical precision about this dysfunctional family’s experience with depression and self-harm.
Lili Martin as Sofia, Advah Soudack (Rita) and Mozi Mayaleh (Sam) in The Animal Kingdom. Credit: Vickie Legere