The Arts Club Theatre Company begins its 2026-2027 season with the B.C. Premiere of Arun Larka’s Heist. Playing at the Stanley BFL Canada Stage until October 18, from the moment the opening credits (yes, onscreen credits) the audience realizes we’re in for something unique. Calgary-based playwright Arun Larka has imbued Heist with the DNA of…
Picks of the Week – September 23, 2026
September nears its close with another week of super picks of the entertaining kind. Funny: The Annual Celebration of Comedy – Vancouver Is Funny – wraps up this week after a month of laughter at stages around the city night after night Thieves: It’s Opening Night as The Arts Club Theatre Company presents the BC Premiere of Arun…
JBM Theatre Makes Its Debut With Dogfight: The Musical
Dogfight: The Musical, the inaugural production from JBM Theatre, is on stage October 2 to October 18 at the Waterfront Theatre on Granville Island. The newly launched musical theatre co-operative is dedicated to showcasing the Lower Mainland’s exceptional artistic talents. This debut production brings together a cast of professional performers whose training includes some of Canada’s…
Metro Theatre Opens Its Season On Avenue Q
Metro Theatre opens its 64th season with a riotous production of the Tony award-winning musical comedy, Avenue Q, on stage until October 10th. Metro Theatre welcomes audiences back for this can’t miss production with a renewed energy, and a renewed lobby – the result of its ongoing Royal Flush Fundraising. Like last season, Metro begins…
Have a Halloween HowlOver at FlyOver.
FLYOVER is scaring up some family fun for the Halloween season as HowlOver flies back to Vancouver’s favourite immersive theatre. Like the ghosts of hallows eve, the experience is fleeting, only visiting this realm for a limited run, October 15 to November 1. Biker Mama and her gang of mischievous miscreants have hopped their brooms…
DanceHouse Opens Its Season With Compagnie Catherine Gaudet
The DanceHouse 2026/27 season begins October 23 & 24 with ODE, a new contemporary dance work from Montreal’s Compagnie Catherine Gaudet, on the Vancouver Playhouse stage. Part pop-rock concert, part ritualistic ceremony, ODE is choreographed by the company’s Artistic Director, Catherine Gaudet, who last presented Les jolies chose (The Pretty Things), with DanceHouse in 2024. The hour-long work,…
Picks of the Week – September 16, 2026
In the midst of meteorological fall and the autumnal equinox we find the last of the summer events closing while a new a bounty of entertaining picks open. Shakespeare: This is the final week for the 2026 Bard On The Beach festival. Your last chance witness the classic tragic Scottish Play; Macbeth, or the musically merry and…