The Cultch Historic Theatre to February 15, 2026
BATSHIT, created, performed and designed by Leah Shelton, will leave you praying that mental health issues are being handled significantly more effectively and compassionately than in the 1960s in Australia.
Leah Shelton in BATSHIT. Credit: Joel Devereux
Arts Club Granville Island Stage to February 15, 2026
Sandy Golden (Eileen Barrett) and husband Glen (Peter Anderson) have been coming to the same little lakeside cottage every wedding anniversary since they honeymooned there fifty years ago.
Eileen Barret (Sandy) and Peter Anderson (Glen) in the Golden Anniversaries. Credit: Moonrider Productions
Jericho Arts Centre to February 15, 2026
A new Canadian play is cause for celebration and a new play by local award-winning playwright, poet, novelist and educator Aaron Bushkowsky makes the world premiere of The Replacement Wife even more exciting.
Bill Dow (Ben) and Kathryn Stewart (Rachel) in The Replacement Wife. Credit: Michelle Lee
Firehall Arts Centre to December 28, 2025
Baking not finished? Tree not up? Stressed to the max? Give yourself a well-deserved break and check out A Very Merry Motown: Songs and Stories for All Ages with Krystle Dos Santos and Friends.
Arts Club Granville Island Stage to January 24, 2026
Nostalgia is everywhere at Christmas and theatre companies unabashedly produce shows that speak to simpler, happier times. Louisa May Alcott’s novel, Little Women, set back in the mid 1880s and adapted for stage by American playwright Lauren M. Gunderson, presents a simpler, happier time in the USA.
Left to right: Ming Hudson ( Beth), Kaitlyn Yott (Amy), Erin Ormond (Marmee), Kate Besworth (Jo) and Elizabeth Barrett (Meg) in Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women. Credit: Moonrider Productions
Jericho Arts Centre to December 21, 2025
United Players, the little-theatre-company-that-could, has been punching over its weight for years – but even more so under Sarah Rodgers’ artistic direction. This production, directed by Rodgers, is thoroughly charming, thoroughly delightful.
The cast of The Cricket on the Hearth from left to right: Pippa Cochrane, Toby Verchere, Cassie Unger, Emma Houghton, Charlie Deagnon, Gordon Law (tucked in behind Deagnon), Vincent Keats and December Goodkey. Credit: Nancy Caldwell
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