Firehall Arts Centre until December 4, 2022
Courage Now is an earnest play and a reminder that anti-Semitism is still with us, intolerance of all stripes is still rife and it takes courage to take a stand.
Ryota Kaneko as Chiune Sugihara in Courage Now. Credit: Youn Park
York Theatre until January 1, 2023
Ah, the East Van Panto. I’ve said it before but, really, this is the best one ever.
The East Van Panto: The Little Mermaid Ensemble. Credit: Emily Cooper
At Jericho Arts Centre until December 4, 2022
Wittenberg is always entertaining, always clever, always irreverent and under Adam Henderson’s brilliant direction full of theatre magic.
Matthew Bissett as John Faustus and Misha Kobiliansky as Martin Luther in Wittenberg.
Credit: Nancy Caldwell
Arts Club Granville Island Stage to January 1, 2023
Death and taxes – and, oh yes, Christmas; three things you can count on happening. In this, the Mom’s the Word Collective’s fifth installment of their 1993 hit, the writers/performers look at the holiday season in all its joy and jubilation, frustration and frenzy.
Deborah Williams, Alison Kelly, Barbara Pollard, Robin Nichol and Jill Daum. Credit: Moonrider Productions
Vancouver Convention Centre East Building (999 West Hastings) until January 8, 2023
Little did young King Tut know how important his life and, even more more important, his death would be to uncovering the mysteries of ancient Egypt three thousand years later.
Credit: Andrea Ledingham
The Cultch until November 5, 2022
There’s so much genre-blending and bending in YAGA that you’re likely to get whiplash trying to follow all the threads. But fun? So much fun!
Colleen Wheeler as Baba Yaga (and others) in YAGA. Credit: Emily Cooper
Newmont Stage, BMO Theatre Centre until October 30, 2022
Commissioned by the Arts Club and directed jointly by Ashlie Corcoran and Omari Newton, Redbone Coonhound is as good-looking and great sounding as, well, an actual Redbone Coonhound.
Emerjade Simms and Kwesi Ameyaw in Redbone Coonhound. Credit: Moonrider Productions
Firehall Arts Centre until October 30, 2022
Just why are blueberries assholes, according to playwright/stand-up performer TJ Dawe? Get the answer to that question – and much more – in TJ Dawe’s latest show, Blueberries Are Assholes.
The Cultch Historic Theatre until October 23, 2022
If ever a play screamed out for audience intervention, Bad Parent is one. And in removing the fourth wall and having the actors, Raugi Yu and Josette Jorge, address the audience directly, playwright Ins Choi leaves the door wide open for us to jump in and holler, “Nooooooo” or “We hear you” or “Hang in there.”
Josette Jorge as Norah/Nora and Raugi Yu as Charles/Dale in Bad Parent. Credit: Dahlia Katz
At Pacific Theatre until October 15, 2022
“Between goodness and me, there is a country highway running past an orchard. Wanting to be good is wanting to get to an apple tree to pick an apple while I’m on the other side of the highway.” This is how Fanny Britt’s play, set in 2018 in the fictional village of Bienveillance in rural Quebec, begins.
Charlie Gallant as Gilles Jean in Benevolence. Credit: Moonrider Productions