The Firehall Arts Centre has announced its 2026-2027 season programming which recognizes unity, strength and imagination, and reflects on identity, introspection, and inspiration through award-winning drama, laugh-out-loud satire, music to groove to, and virtuosic dance.
“This season, we are offering our audiences unpredictable, entertaining, and provocative opportunities to connect through the shared experiences of theatre and dance performances,” says Firehall Arts Centre Artistic Producer, Donna Spencer. “Incredibly talented creators will share stories of hope, collective and individual memory, identity, and imagination in many different forms. And in each telling of these stories, there is the uniqueness made possible by the aliveness of the sharing and the audiences who are there with the artists.”
October 8 to 18, 2026: The Canadian Pemiere of Hideki Noda’s Red Demon starts the season. Produced by rice & beans theatre and Gokko Creative Society, Red Demon explores the very topical themes of xenophobic fears of immigration and society’s struggle with intolerance by telling the story of a creature who washes up on the shore of a small beach town. Unable to speak the language, the residents immediately label him a demon that came from the sea to eat them.
November 14 to December 6, 2026: Where the Blood Mixes is a Governor General Award-winning play written and directed by N’lakap’mux playwright Kevin Loring and produced by the Firehall Arts Centre. Where the Blood Mixes is a deeply personal story about loss and redemption, humanity, and survival, both irreverently funny and brutally honest
December 9 to 12, 2026: Horses Won’t Follow is a World Premiere from Canadian dance artists Kirsten Wicklund and Peter Smida, uniting their artistry to create an evening of new contemporary dance theatre telling the story of six strangers who arrive in a barren landscape suspended between reality and myth, where identities unravel and connections become uncertain.
December 16 to 24, 2026: A Holly Jolly Jamboree takes audiences on a trip down memory lane to celebrate the warmth of the holiday season with the sounds of Krystle Dos Santos and her band of merry melody makers.
January 6 to 9, 2027: Blocking, a hit from Dancing on the Edge Festival, kickstarts the New Year with choreography by Helen Walkley and performed by creative collaborator Josh Martin with serendipity, rigor, and ingenuity as he performs this solo work with 250 small cedar blocks.
January 16 to 31, 2027: A Firehall Arts Centre productionof Bordertown Café, Kelly Rebar’s award-winning Canadian classic, takes audiences to a dusty diner on the Alberta-Montana border. The sharp-witted dramatic comedy follows Jimmy, a 17-year-old caught between three generations of his eccentric, fiercely independent Canadian family and the alluring pull of his American truck-driver father, pushed to make the life-altering choice to stay home or cross the border.
February 4 to 14, 2027: Blackout Arts Society produces, Wish You Were Here, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Sanaz Toossi’s comedy-drama that follows the lives and long-time relationships between five women during the escalation, height, and aftermath of the Iranian Revolution
March 20 to April 11, 2027: Laugh with the World Premiere of Dumpster Fire: A Satirical Musical Revue of Here and Now, the collaborative creation produced by the Firehall Arts Centre, satirizes the unique challenges – and absurdity – of the world today, through a mix of music and story.
April 21 to May 9, 2027: Benevolence produced by Tarragon Theatre, from Canadian playwright and performer Kevin Matthew Wong who, like many, has wondered about his roots. Kevin is Hakka… he thinks – when he is asked to represent his community at a world conference, he wrestles with the decision to take part, confronting whether he belongs as well as his own identity as he uncovers more about his origins.
May 13 to 23, 2027: The Firehall season comes to a close with Sorry For Your Loss, a heartfelt and hilarious story written and performed by Cian Parker (Ngapuhi), about growing up on the mean streets of Aotearoa (New Zealand) with a sometimes-there-mostly-not Dad. Parker shares her story about reclaiming her heritage when she is unexpectedly introduced to a father and a family she didn’t know existed.
Opening October 8th, the Firehall Arts Centre 2026-2027 Season’s passes tanging from $20 – $500 (4-show Pass, 4-Ticket Flex Pass, and 6-Show Super Pass) are on sale now, and single tickets go on sale Tuesday, September 1, 2026. Visit firehallartscentre.ca for more ticket and show information or reserve by phone at 604.689.0926.