Sweeney Todd at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre until May 3, 2015
There are small Sweeney Todds and there are big Sweeney Todds. This one’s big and rivals any production on a London or New York stage. It puts another well-deserved feather in the cap of the visionary director Kim Collier.
Greer Grimsley and Luretta Bybee as Sweeney Todd and Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney Todd. Credit: Tim Matheson
At Vancity Culture Lab at The Cultch until April 25, 2015
If you like your theatre political, provocative and participatory, get yourself to the Vancity Culture Lab at The Cultch before April 25 when Theatre Conspiracy’s Foreign Radical closes.
Aryo Khakpour as Hesam in Foreign Radical
At Performance Works until April 25, 2015
Prepare to be verbally assaulted, shocked and disgusted by the late Sarah Kane’s Blasted, which premiered at the Royal Court Theatre Upstairs (London) in January 1995 and is now running at Performance Works on Granville Island.
Raresh DiMofte in Blasted. Credit: Tim Matheson
At Studio 16 until April 18, 2015
Written by Hiro Kanagawa, Indian Arm is the first script to come out of Rumble Theatre’s new commissioning program.
Richard Russ as Wolfie in Indian Arm. Credit: Tim Matheson
At the Arts Club Granville Island Stage until May 2, 2015
It seems to me there’s a trade-off to be made with film noir and/or ‘stage noir’: audiences will forgive the fact that the characters are really just caricatures if – and only if – the presentation is sufficiently ‘noirish’.
Graham Percy as Philip Marlowe in Farewell, My Lovely. Credit: Benjamin Laird Arts & Photo
At The Cultch until April 18, 2015
How did Wallis Simpson, a poor Pennsylvania-born divorcee with a self-described “face like a plank”, ever work her way into the heart of Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor? Chutzpah!
Diane Brown as The Duchess with Melissa Oei as the Moghul Emerald. Credit: Tim Matheson
At Little Mountain Gallery (26th & Main) until April 12, 2015
Patrick Keating may be the only ex-con who refused to leave when he was due for release. Find out why.
Patrick Keating in Inside/Out. Credit: Bronwyn Malloy
At Jericho Arts Centre until April 19, 2015
Welcome to Thebes is a challenging, frustrating play but United Players has never let that stop them.
MariaLuisa Alvarez and Jordon Navratil in Welcome to Thebes. Credit: Nancy Caldwell
At The Cultch. March 24-28, 31, April 1-4 at 8pm. March 28, 29, April 4 at 2pm.
Put a master storyteller on stage. Add dramatic lighting and a percussive soundscape. And let the magic begin. It’s a rapturous theatrical experience in the company of Tawiah Ben M’carthy.
Tawiah Ben M’carthy in Obaaberima. Credit: Jeremy Mimnagh
At The Stanley until April 19, 2015
As you might guess from the title, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike is a mash-up of the major plays of Chekhov, scrambled together by American playwright Christopher Durang and set in the present.
Jay Brazeau as Vanya in Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike. Credit: David Cooper