At Studio 16 until November 19, 2016
Written by Lisa D’Amour, Detroit is a scorching, darkly funny look at the unravelling of the American middle class and what the consequences might be.
Luisa Jojic as Sharon and Jennifer Copping as Mary in Detroit. Credit: Shimon Karmel
At The Cultch until November 5, 2016
I knew from reading the press release that Jacob Rajan (Indian Ink Theatre Company) would play seventeen characters in The Elephant Wrestler. What I didn’t count on was the gorgeous, evocative music.
Jacob Rajan in The Elephant Wrestler. Credit: Robert Catto
At Presentation House until November 6, 2016
Risk-taking, bells and whistles be damned: sitting in a darkened theatre watching two pros (Alec Willows and Jon Bryden), go at Sam Shepard’s script is to find yourself under the spell of one of America’s best, most celebrated playwrights.
Jon Bryden as Ames and Alex Willows as Byron in Ages of the Moon. Credit: Chris van der Schyf
At UBC Botanical Garden until November 19, 2016
When October rolls around, it’s suddenly all about ghouls, ghosts and gore, zombies and murders most foul.
Sebastien Archibald and Amy McDougall. Credit: Matt Reznek
At The Stanley until November 20, 2016
There’s a gift waiting for you at The Stanley and it’s Nicola Cavendish.
Nicola Cavendish as Maude Gutman in Bakersfield Mist. Credit: David Cooper
At 805 East Pender Street until October 31, 2016
Nothing new under the sun. Not always true. Three Stories Up, produced by Alley Theatre and Level-Headed Friends, re-invents and re-invigorates the radio play.
Marisa Emma Smith (director) and Mack Gordon (playwright). Credit: Peter Carlone
At Studio 16 until October 29, 2016
The tableau that brings the curtain down on Straight Jacket Winter keeps the audience clustered around the stage in almost childlike wonder. It feels a little like Christmas.
Frédéric Lemay as Gilles and Julie Trépanier as Esther in Straight Jacket Winter. Credit: Renaud Phillipe
At The Cultch until October 29, 2016
With only a few weeks to go before the gong show that is the US presidential campaign wraps up, Fight Night arrives at The Cultch. The timing could not be better or funnier or more interesting.
Angelo Tijssens in Fight Night. Credit: Sarah Eeckhaut
At Jericho Arts Centre until October 22, 2016
Flare Path is an odd choice for the Slamming Door Artist Collective that mounted Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House in the fall of 2015 in the same venue with many of the same actors.
Curtis Tweedie as Teddy and Yoshié Bancroft as Patricia in Flare Path. Credit: Jalen Laine Photography
At Studio 1398 until October 16, 2016
Where are the Robin Hoods when we most need them? One of them is in The Concierge of Vancouver.
Art Kitching as Al Noseworthy in The Concierge of Vancouver. Credit: Alex Bischoff – Bischoff Photography