The Arts Club Theatre Company’s Artistic Director Ashlie Corcoran and Executive Director Peter Cathie White recently announced the line up for the 2024–2025 season. With Canadian premieres, returning favourites, award-winning blockbusters, and more, the 61st season features 11 shows across three Arts Club venues—the Stanley Industrial Alliance stage, the Granville Island Stage and the Newmont Stage at the BMO Theatre Centre.
“We are thrilled to be bringing 11 exciting shows to our audiences across three stages for our 61st season,” Corcoran said. “I am elated that amongst these 11, we have two Canadian premieres, eight plays written and co-written by women, four shows filled with music, three productions by Canadian playwrights, and four engaging adaptations. We invite audiences and theatre-lovers across the Lower Mainland to join us in celebrating the rich diversity of Canadian theatre across our three stages.”
Cathie White added, “Patrons may recognize some familiar names and titles, and they will also be encouraged by the artists who will bring these to life on our stages. Over the past few years, we have continued to raise our levels of artistic excellence by investing in our productions and strengthening our commitment to artists, artisans, and craftspeople in British Columbia. We strive to celebrate these superb talents even more during our ambitious upcoming season.”
The 2024–2025 season gets underway in September at the Arts Club’s Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage, with the iconic jukebox musical Jersey Boys – telling the story of Frankie Vallee and the Four Seasons.
The Holidays brings a pair of holiday favourites with the return of Dolly Parton’s Smoky Mountain Christmas Carol to the Stanley Stage while the heartwarming classic Miracle on 34th Street opens the Granville Island Stage’s season. The Newmount Stage at the BMO Theatre Centre welcomes back the festive favourite quartet The Gingerbread Men: A(nother) Holiday Cabaret with a cavalcade of Christmas-time classics.
The New Year brings the swashbuckling comedy The Three Musketeers to the Stanley and Primary Trust, a remarkable story of friendship to the Granville Island Stage in January and February.
Spring blossoms with the Canadian premiere of the innovative comedic drama and rock concert, Cambodian Rock Band, and Casey and Diana, a gripping and potent drama at the Stanley and Mieko Ouchi’s unique road trip story, Burning Mom at Granville Island.
The Stanley season closes in the Summer with the Tony Award–nominated inspirational musical Waitress, inspired by the hit 2007 film, with music by Grammy Award–winning singer-songwriter Sara Bareilles. Another female penned classic wraps up the Granville Island season with The Mousetrap, the long-running murder mystery by Agatha Christie wrapping up the whodunit and the season.
Find all the details of the Art Club Theatre Company’s upcoming 61st season and find subscription packages online at artsclub.com