April at The Cultch springs forth the seventh annual Femme Festival, celebrating female-identifying voices and lived experiences. Across three stages, this year’s line-up of features four world premiere productions, touching on lives from around the globe including: Memories and secrets swirl in this debut play by Canadian-Iranian playwright Aki Yaghoubi! An artist’s private world is…
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Western Gold Theatre Debuts Have A Senior Moment Festival
A brand new theatre festival is coming October 5, 6, and 7 when Western Gold Theatre presents the inaugural Have a Senior Moment Festival, at the PAL Studio Theatre. From the rooftop studio in Vancouver’s West End, the festival will premiere, three new plays by local playwrights – all senior artists whose plays will be…
IGNITE! Youth Arts Festival Turns 21
IGNITE! Youth Arts Festival turns 21 in 2023, while the festival may have left its youth behind, the eclectic festival is still programmed and curated entirely by members of The Cultch’s Youth Panel. When the Femme Festival comes to a close on May 14th, it makes way for IGNITE!, Western Canada’s largest youth-run arts…
Our Ghosts stirs up a family mystery decades in the making.
The Firehall Arts Centre is presenting the Vancouver premiere of Our Ghosts by Sally Stubbs, until Sunday, April 2nd. Telling a haunting mystery nearly 70 years in the making, Our Ghosts is written by Sally Stubbs and directed by Sarah Rodgers and produced by Our Ghosts Collective in association with Western Gold Theatre. Inspired by…
The Cultch presents the world premiere of IN MY DAY December 2-11
Opening to carry on momentum from this Thursday’s World AIDS Day, The Cultch presents the world premiere of In My Day, a new work for the stage from playwright Rick Waines and Zee Zee Theatre, playing at The Cultch’s Historic Theatre, from December 2 to December 11. A verbatim work of contemporary drama, In My…
The Arts Club Returns To The Stage This Week.
The Arts Club Theatre Company is ready to return to the stage this week with for live, in-person productions. This summer’s programming features two solo shows, along with a new audio play. When revealing the summer program, Artistic Director Ashlie Corcoran, who recently announced she would be taking parental leave starting at the end of…
Vancouver Fringe Festival on stage until September 15, 2019
The 2019 Vancouver Fringe Festival takes over stages around the city starting today. With 101 shows to choose from; comedy, drama, musicals, clowns, political satire and more themes make sure that you will find some “Theatrically Delicious” performances during the Fringe run from September 5 to 15. Vancouver Fringe Festival’s vision is “Theatre for Everyone”,…