Coming on to the final weekend of May, with summer just around the corner, a new season of entertainment comes to the picks
Jets: Don’t miss, CTORA Theatre’s West Side Story, a brilliant production that faithfully honours one of Broadway’s most beloved and timeless musicals, running until May 24th, at the Granville Island Stage.
Go: Keep Dreaming until June 8th, Metro Theatre wraps up its season with the dazzling spectacle that is Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Gold: A humous and moving examination of our own mortality Western Gold Theatre presents HERE WE GO by Caryl Churchill for its Spring Mainstage Production at PAL Theatre until May 25th
Elder: May 22-31, The Firehall Arts Centre welcomes Inner Elder, a powerful solo show created and performed by award-winning Cree actress Michelle Thrush
Meet: From a real-life meeting room at Pacific Theatre, the world premiere of Meeting, presented by ITSAZOO and Pacific Theatre (with support of Neworld Theatre) makes a visceral, unflinching examination of group therapy, playing until June 7th
Bachelornation: Fridays & Saturdays The Improv Centre presents The Bachelor-ish – one lucky improvisor is looking for love in this hilarious, audience-led send up of The Bachelor
Tour: Jack White brings his No Name Tour to the Commodore Ballroom for two shows Thursday and Friday nights
Stand-up: Comedian / Writer Julie Kim Doing Too Much tour comes to the Vogue Theatre for a night of laughs on Saturday
Hospice: At The Arts Club Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage until May 25, Casey And Diana by Nick Green, is inspired by Princess Diana’s historic, compassionate visit to Toronto’s Casey House in 1991
Market: Junction Public Market, returns to Granville Square – 200 Granville Street. For its second year, the unique shipping container marketplace, will feature rotating pop-ups, local artisans, food vendors, a licensed patio, live entertainment, and special events planned throughout the season, all for with free entry.
Prawn: On May 22, 2025, ARC Restaurant celebrates The Chefs’ Table Society of BC’s Spot Prawn Festival, hosting immersive Spot Prawn Boil dining experience, a refined culinary event held at the restaurant’s signature Chef’s Bench.
Amusement: Now open on weekends Playland, brings back all the exciting amusements, thrill rides that make it a family destination year after year
Dance: May 22-24, Arts Umbrella Dance presents Season Finale a series of performances that represents the art of dance as envisioned by some of the world’s greatest choreographers, celebrating the art of dance.
Tap: In celebration of International Tap Dance Day, West Coast Tap presents For the Love of Tap, an all-tap-dancing show featuring professional and amateur groups from around BC honouring tap dancer Travis Knights with two shows, at 4pm and 7pm on May 24th at the Scotiabank Dance Centre
Music: Saturday, May 24 from 10am to 10pm the VSO invites the public the annual Day of Music featuring over 70 free performances across multiple stages, including the Orpheum, VSO School of Music, Christ Church Cathedral, Yaletown, TELUS Garden, Deloitte, and Arts Umbrella ending the day with a free concert by the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra at 8pm at The Orpheum.
Exhibitions: Coquitlam’s Place des Arts celebrates the opening of three new exhibitions: Your Image, Various mediums coordinated by Coquitlam Heritage; Urban Invitation, Watercolours by Dong Li; and Colonial Layers, Mixed Media and Sculpture by Robert Morris on view in-person at Place des Arts and online until May 22
Disney: Sound the Alarm: Music/Theatre begins a national tour of “A Whole New World: A Concert of Movie Musicals’ Greatest Songs.“ an all-Canadian production bringing the musical magic of Disney and Hollywood across the province until June 20th – the tour visits Vancouver Island locations before coming to North Vancouver’s Centennial Theatre Sunday at 2pm
Comedython – Graham Clark Fundraises for Filipino BC with a marathon 24-Hours of Stand-Up at Little Mountain Gallery from Friday May 23 to Saturday May 24
Photographs: On display until May 25th, The Polygon Gallery presents the Canadian premiere of Rotimi Fani-Kayode’s Tranquility of Communion an exhibition of the brief but influential career of the late British-Nigerian artist
Aging: Until June 1st, MONOVA: Museum & Archives of North Vancouver presents the Feature Exhibit, Echoes of Memory: Featuring A Crow A Day, weaving together untold stories of aging, memory loss & dementia, and the power of community on our collective human experience
Multimedia: Restless by Nature: Mary Sui Yee Wong, 1990s to the present at Richmond Art Gallery is an important new retrospective exhibition of multi-disciplinary artist Mary Sui Yee Wong, on display until June 8
Value: The Museum of Anthropology (MOA) at UBC presents an exhibition of acclaimed contemporary artist Rebecca Belmore. VALUE: Rebecca Belmore at the Museum of Anthropology, on display until October 19, 2025, is an exhibition offering an examination of four important large-scale works from the Anishinaabe artist’s four-decade career, challenging the ongoing condition of colonialism.
Nuxalk: Also continuing at MOA is the world premiere of Nuxalk Strong: Dancing Down the Eyelashes of the Sun, on display until January 5, 2026.
Haida: Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art presents the Vancouver premiere of the retrospective exhibition Kihl ‘Yahda Christian White: Master Haida Artist running until February 1, 2026.