At the Russian Hall until July 22 and July 24-26, 2018
Fight With a Stick Performance (formerly Leaky Heaven Circus) is famous for genre-exploding theatre including Revolutions (in which the audience was seated on a revolve) and Cinerama (during which the tide unexpectedly came in on the audience). And now Oh What a Beautiful Morning! takes the 1955 movie musical Oklahoma! and deconstructs it.
At Theatre Under the Stars until August 18, 2018
Fairytale set design by Brian Bell, choreography by Nicol Spinola and musical direction by Brent Hughes (with a fifteen-piece orchestra under his baton) make this Cinderella a sweet treat under the stars.
Tré Cotten as Prince Topher and Mallory James as Ella in Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella. Credit: Lindsay Elliott
At The Cultch until July 21, then July 23, 25-28, 2018
It’s amazing, really, how well young playwright James Gordon King gets into the head of Brian (David Bloom), a middle-aged playwright who has pulled up stakes, moved out of the city to a small, waterfront community (sounds like Squamish) and is living out of boxes while he works on his latest play.
David Bloom as Brian, Olivia Hutt (Alison) and Sara Vickkruck (Maddie) in This, Here. Credit: Jackie Dives
At Bard on the Beach until September 13, 2018
Director Lois Anderson throws everything but the kitchen sink into this Lysistrata.
Quelemia Sparrow and Luisa Jojic (as Lysistrata). Credit: Tim Matheson
At Bard on the Beach until September 12, 2018
With the Beatles-inspired As You Like It happening on the mainstage, we in the small tent are reminded by Timon of Athens that “Money Can’t Buy You Love.”
Colleen Wheeler as Timon in Timon of Athens. Credit: David Cooper
At Bard on the Beach until September 22, 2018
Thistledown has nothing on this Bard on the Beach production of As You Like It; it is like a lead balloon compared to director Daryl Cloran’s take on this Shakespeare classic.
Lindsey Angell as Rosalind/Ganymede and Nadeem Phillip as Orlando in As You Like It. Credit: David Cooper
At the Arts Club Granville Island Stage until July 29, 2018
It’s mind-blowing just how much talent is on the Arts Club Granville Island Stage these nights.
Clockwise from left: Alison Jenkins, Adrian Glynn McMorran, Caitriona Murphy and Scott Perrie. Credit: Emily Cooper
At Bard on the Beach until September 20, 2018
Bard’s production of Macbeth, with its brilliant swordplay choreographed by Jonathan Hawley Purvis, is strong, solid and a safe choice for regular Bard goers as well as visitors coming to Vancouver this summer.
Moya O’Connell as Lady Macbeth and Ben Carlson as Macbeth. Credit: Tim Matheson
At Myrtle Philip Community School. No more performances.
Two Macbeths back-to-back: one at Bard on the Beach last Sunday evening and one at Myrtle Philip Community School in Whistler the following morning. What a Shakespeare bonanza.
Rowan Hardie as Macbeth in Division 1, Myrtle Philip Community School’s Macbeth.
At the Russian Hall until June 24, 2018
Written by Bryony Lavery and directed by Kendra Fanconi for The Only Animal, SLIME starts off excitingly.
Polar Bear with Sophia Wolfe and Teo Saefkow. Puppet design by Shizuka Kai. Credit: Donald Lee