Kimberly Akimbo
The Stanley BFL Stage to May 3, 2026
Kimberly Akimbo is, at best, a quirky Theatre for Young Adults musical with an unremarkable score.
Lisa Horner as Kimberly in Kimberly Akimbo. Credit: Moonrider Productions
On Native Land
York Theatre to April 19, 2026
The world premiere of On Native Land, described in the press release as a “sweeping musical journey”, is one of the most beautiful productions ever to grace the York Theatre stage.
The cast. Set design: Alaia Hamer. Lighting design: Jonathan Kim. Costume design: Stephanie Kong. Credit: David Cooper
Shakespeare in Love
Metro Theatre to April 25, 2026
If you have any doubt about the enduring nature of William Shakespeare, his life and work, consider this: in Vancouver between March 21 and the end of April, there will have been three shows inspired by the Bard. The latest is Metro Theatre’s Shakespeare in Love.
Cassie Unger (Viola) and Jacob Leonard (William Shakespeare) in Shakespeare in Love. Credit: Mark Halliday (Moonrider Productions)
Something Rotten!
Studio 58 to April 19, 2026
There are students and then there are Studio 58 theatre students: bright-eyed, bushy-tailed, just giving all they’ve got – which is a whole lot of bursting-at-the-seams, pulling-out- all-the-stops energy.
Network
Jericho Arts Centre to April 12, 2026
This production of Network is an outstanding show that, in better times, could have graced ‘as is’ the Vancouver Playhouse stage. It makes an important statement about some news media (like Fox News) that’s rife with what Stephen Colbert calls “relative truthiness” and that peddles fake news not news supported by facts.
David Marr (as Howard Beale) and (Tom McBeath) as Max Schumacher in Network. Credit: Nancy Caldwell
HARM
Studio 16 to March 29, 2026
HARM is a vitally important play about loneliness and our ‘click affair’ with social media. See it and laugh or don’t laugh. Either way.
Kelli Ogmundson as Woman in HARM. Credit: Shimon Photo
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
Vancouver Playhouse to March 21, 2026
Magnificent. If there are tickets left – buy one. And if Vancouver ever had a truly legitimate reason for a prolonged standing ovation, this is it.
Guillaume Côté as Hamlet in Hamlet, Prince of Denmark. Credit: Sasha Onyshchenko
People, Places & Things
The Cultch Historic Theatre to March 22, 2026
Theatre has been described as communion, a coming together, and seldom have I felt that sense of unity as profoundly as I did in the penultimate moments of People, Places & Things.
Tess Degenstein as Nina/Emma in People, Places & Things. Credit: Emily Cooper
Dial M for Murder
The Stanley BFL CANADA Stage to March 8, 2026
“The best laid plans of mice and men gang aft agley”, quoth Robbie Burns. And how “agley” do murderous plans go in Dial M for Murder? Exceedingly. Hilariously.
Red Like Fruit
The Cultch Historic Theatre to February 22, 2026
What happened in The Cultch’s Historic Theatre on opening night was – and is, until February 22 – Red Like Fruit, a brilliantly provocative new play by Hannah Moskovitch.
Michelle Monteith as Lauren in Red Like Fruit.
Credit: Riley Smith