Arts Club Granville Island Stage to December 29, 2024
The heart and soul of Miracle on 34th Street really rests on Kris Kringle, and Kevin McNulty is all eye-twinkling charm without overdoing it.
The cast of Miracle on 34th Street with Kevin McNulty, as Kris Kringle (centre). Credit: Moonrider Productions
York Theatre to January 5, 2025
Did I go to the opening of the East Van Panto: Robin Hood last night? “Oh, yes I did!” And was I disappointed? “Oh, no I wasn’t!”
East Van Panto: Robin Hood. The cast. Credit: Emily Cooper
The Cultch to November 24, 2024
Finally, here’s a play that’s mysterious, riveting, enigmatic, literary and layered. A play about the intersection between life, art and reality.
Jacob Leonard as Christopher and Kerry Sandomirsky as Bella Baird in The Sound Inside. Credit: David Cooper
PAL Studio Theatre to November 24, 2024
If you’ve never heard of Tom Crean (CREE-an), you’re not alone. Unlike explorers Captain Robert Falcon Scott and Ernest Shackleton, Crean didn’t keep a diary and so his exploits are only known through the diaries of Scott, Shackleton and other Antarctic explorers all of whom wrote of Irish seaman Crean’s courage, perseverance and high spirits.
Aidan Dooley as Tom Crean in Tom Crean – Discovering Antarctica: Heroic Tales of Scott, Crean & Shackleton
Firehall Arts Centre to November 3, 2024
It seemed at first a strange pairing: The Fugitives, an award-winning Canadian folk music group, and the story of Vimy Ridge, often called “the war that made Canada”. But a more sensitive, thoughtful, deeply personal look at what really went on at Vimy is hard to imagine.
The Fugitives: Brendan McLeod, Christopher Suen, Carly Frey and Adrian Glynn