At The Cultch until August 25, 2019
John R. Taylor, production designer for Third Wheel Productions’ Deep Into Darkness, completely transforms 30,000 square feet of the Cultch’s rooms, heritage theatre , lounge, stairways and hallways into a Victorian nightmare: bird bones, feathers, cobwebs, antique furniture, musty old books, doilies, heavy draperies, faded photos, cracked mirrors, candelabra – a tortured tangle of 19th century bric-a-brac.
At Caravan Farm Theatre in Armstrong, BC until August 11, 2019
Whether you consider them cute and furry or nasty and wily, the coyotes in Caravan Farm Theatre’s show, The Coyotes, are a lot of fun.
Peter Anderson as Slobberjaw and Michael Kennard as Muzzleguts in The Coyotes.
Goldcorp Stage at the BMO Theatre Centre until August 3, 2019
There are earworms and then there are earworms. Leaving TUTS’ production of Mamma Mia! you’ll be singing “ You can dance/You can jive/Having the time of your l-i-f-e”. Exiting the BMO Theatre Centre you will be left singing, “If I Could Smell Her Cunt” – not something you’d want to find yourself singing while shopping for groceries or at your in-laws dinner party.
Stephanie Liatopoulos as Clarice Starling, and Seth Gordon Little as Dr. Hannibal Lecter in SILENCE! The Musical. Credit: Derek Fu
At Jericho Arts Centre until August 16, 2019
Superior Donuts. Superior production. A little of The Odd Couple plus a smidgeon of Kim’s Convenience and what you get is American actor/writer Tracy Letts’ Superior Donuts.
David Nykl as Arthur Przybyszewski in Superior Donuts. Credit: Zemekis Photography
At Theatre Under the Stars until August 17, 2019
The Newsies program indicates there are only three professional performers – out of almost three dozen – on the Malkin Bowl, Stanley Park stage, but this production would look right at home as is at the Stanley Theatre.
Adam Charles (centre) as Jack Kelly in Newsies. Credit: Lindsay Elliott
At Theatre Under the Stars, Malkin Bowl, Stanley Park until August 17, 2019
“Mamma mia, here I go again/My, my, how can I resist you?”
Lori Ashton Zondag as Tanya, Caitriona Murphy (Donna) and Sheryl Anne Wheaton (Rosie) in Mamma Mia! Credit: Lindsay Elliott
At Bard on the Beach until August 18, 2019
When co-directors Johnna Wright and Rohit Chokhani decided to set All’s Well That Ends Well in India in 1947, they opened the door to colourful costumes – saris in hot pink, sun-drenched yellow, cool aquamarine – exotic music and exuberant dance.
Sarena Parmar as Helena in All’s Well That Ends Well. Credit: Emily Cooper
At Bard on the Beach until September 18, 2019
What do you get when you put playwrights Tom Stoppard and William Shakespeare together? A hit, a veritable hit.
Charlie Gallant as Shakespeare and Ghazal Azarbad as Viola de Lesseps. Credit: Emily Cooper
At Bard on the Beach until September 2019
Director Lois Anderson tweaks Taming of the Shrew in a way that makes everyone happy. We are in the Wild West, in Padua City in 1870; the men are toting six-shooters and the women have baked pies for “Summer Fest”.
Andrew McNee as Petruchio and Jennifer Lines as Kate in The Taming of the Shrew. Credit: Emily Cooper
At Progress Lab 1422. Closes June 14, 2019
Strays do not often fare well but writer, performer, memoirist Tanya Marquardt, a self-described stray, is one that does.
Tanya Marquardt in STRAY. Credit: Christian Robertson