We Are Boy Band
Studio 58 to April 6, 2025
WOW. The performance area explodes with white-on-white performers, busting moves, looking fantastic.
Part of the Ensemble, We Are Boy Band. Credit: Moonrider Productions
Behind the Moon
Vancity Culture Lab at the Cultch to April 6, 2025
What courage it takes to leave one’s homeland and family behind as Ayub (Praneet Akilla) does in Anosh Irani’s Behind the Moon.
Zahf Paroo as Jalal and Praneet Akilla as Ayub in Behind the Moon. Credit: Chelsey Stuyt.
Home Deliveries
At Jericho Arts Centre to April 13, 2025
The first forty-five minutes of Home Deliveries went by so fast, I could hardly believe it when the intermission lights came up. I was pretty sure where it was going, I was having a good time and I was happy to go along for the ride.
Stefania Indelicato as Violet and Aurora Chan as Florence in Home Deliveries. Credit: Nancy Caldwell
How to Disappear Completely
The Cultch Historic Theatre to March 22, 2025
I saw the first production of Itai Erdal’s How to Disappear Completely at the 2011 Chutzpah! Festival and I was curious about how the show might have changed over time.
Itai Erdal (with a photo of his mother, Mery Erdal). Credit: The Chop Theatre
A Taste of Hong Kong
Vancity Culture Lab at The Cultch to March 15, 2025
With war still raging in Ukraine and an on-again-off-again trade war imposed on us by President Donald Trump, it’s easy to forget about what’s happening in Hong Kong.
Photo credit: Chelsey Stuyt
Little Red Warrior & His Lawyer
York Theatre to March 16, 2025
Not given to laughing out loud very often in the theatre, I – and everyone else – laughed a lot at playwright/director Kevin Loring’s Little Red Warrior & His Lawyer on opening night at the York Theatre.
Gordon Patrick White as Little Red in Little Red Warrior & His Lawyer. Credit: Trudie Lee
Women of the Fur Trade
Firehall Arts Centre. Held over to March 2, 2025
Anishinaabe/Slovene playwright Frances Koncan creates three imaginary women to poke fun at Louis Riel and to trash the so-called Father of Confederation. What does the “A” in John A. MacDonald stand for? “Asshole”.
Kaitlyn Yott as Marie-Angelique, Kate Besworth as Cecilia and Danica Charlie as Eugenie in Women of the Fur Trade. Credit: Jon Benjamin
Primary Trust
Arts Club Granville Island Stage to March 2, 2025
Primary Trust is a mild-mannered little play – no sex, no drugs, no rock and roll. Nothing offensive. And that might be exactly what audiences are looking for. What with all the threats flying across the 49th parallel, we’ve had it up to here with ‘offensive’.
Andrew Broderick as Kenneth in Primary Trust. Credit: Moonrider Productions
Heroes of the Fourth Turning
Studio 16 (1555 West 7th) to February 9, 2025
At a time in the theatre when there is so much that is lightweight, I applaud Mitch and Murray Productions that consistently offers exciting, provocative fare, for taking on such a difficult play. The hunger amongst Vancouver theatre-goers for relevant theatre, however challenging, is obvious: the run is sold out.
Jennifer Clement, David Kaye, Elizabeth Barrett, Aaron Craven and Nyiri Karakas in Heroes of the Fourth Turning. Credit: Shimon Photo
Wonderful Joe
The Cultch to February 23, 2025
Wonderful Joe. Wonderful Ronnie Burkett who describes this new show as, “a love letter to imagination, hope, and the art of filling broken hearts with gold.”
Mister and Joe in Wonderful Joe. Credit: Ian Jackson