Courage Now

Firehall Arts Centre until December 4, 2022
Courage Now is an earnest play and a reminder that anti-Semitism is still with us, intolerance of all stripes is still rife and it takes courage to take a stand.

Ryota Kaneko as Chiune Sugihara in Courage Now. Credit: Youn Park

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East Van Panto: The Little Mermaid

York Theatre until January 1, 2023
Ah, the East Van Panto. I’ve said it before but, really, this is the best one ever.

The East Van Panto: The Little Mermaid Ensemble. Credit: Emily Cooper

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Wittenberg

At Jericho Arts Centre until December 4, 2022
Wittenberg is always entertaining, always clever, always irreverent and under Adam Henderson’s brilliant direction full of theatre magic.
Matthew Bissett as John Faustus and Misha Kobiliansky as Martin Luther in Wittenberg.

Credit: Nancy Caldwell

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Mom’s the Word: Talkin’ Turkey

Arts Club Granville Island Stage to January 1, 2023
Death and taxes – and, oh yes, Christmas; three things you can count on happening. In this, the Mom’s  the Word Collective’s fifth installment of their 1993 hit, the writers/performers look at the holiday season in all its joy and jubilation, frustration and frenzy.

Deborah Williams, Alison Kelly, Barbara Pollard, Robin Nichol and Jill Daum. Credit: Moonrider Productions

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Beyond King Tut: The Immersive Experience

Vancouver Convention Centre East Building (999 West Hastings) until January 8, 2023
Little did young King Tut know how important his life and, even more more important, his death would be to uncovering the mysteries of ancient Egypt three thousand years later.

Credit: Andrea Ledingham

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YAGA

The Cultch until November 5, 2022
There’s so much genre-blending and bending in YAGA that you’re likely to get whiplash trying to follow all the threads. But fun? So much fun!

Colleen Wheeler as Baba Yaga (and others) in YAGA. Credit: Emily Cooper

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