Afro-Colombian Dance Company explores how to transform city life into a space

of inclusion and collective belonging

The Cultch’s Historic Theatre is proud to present Barbu, produced by Cirque Alfonse, as part of their 50th anniversary season.

A retro circus rave, Barbu delves into the birth of the circus in Montréal at the turn of the 20th century.

The Firehall Arts Centre wraps its 2023-2024 season by welcoming back Cheri Maracle in Paddle Song. Running from Friday, May 24 to Sunday, June 2, this energetic and humorous one-woman musical reflects on the proud legacy of trailblazing Mohawk poet E. Pauline Johnson.

Vancouver BC—In two weeks, Upintheair Theatre’s 12th annual rEvolver Festival will showcase contemporary and cutting-edge new works and re-interpretations of live performances, presented at The Cultch (1895 Venables Street, Vancouver), from Wednesday, May 22 to Sunday, June 2.

Pack your bags and your zaniest suggestions because The Improv Centre is embracing the great outdoors in their newest show, Camp What’s-It-Called. Summer is a special time in every person’s life: that awkward season where regular hygiene practices get thrown out the window, and we leave the homes we work so hard to afford to go to sleep in a tent in the forest to get bitten by an assortment of bugs. Camp What’s-It-Called – a show so good you’ll be begging for s’more!

IGNITE! is an eclectic festival that celebrates excellence in emerging arts and that is curated entirely by members of the Youth Panel at The Cultch, a group of up-and-coming arts administrators, curators, and artists. IGNITE! is an interdisciplinary celebration of local rising stars that aims to center diverse artists and underrepresented communities.

Realwheels Theatre unleashes three bold and original scripts-in-development as part of their play reading series, Zombies, Mannequins, and Talking Heads. Created by playwrights who identify with disability, the scripts include Vascular Necrosis by Jordyn Wood, Faye’s Room by Alex Masse, and Saturday Nights at Axles by Adam Grant Warren.

The Cultch’s Historic Theatre is proud to present the world premiere of Homecoming, produced by Urban Ink, as part of their 50th anniversary season and the Femme Festival.

In Homecoming, three generations of Filipina women hop between an ocean and time, memory and dreams.

The Cultch is proud to present Fat Joke, an unfiltered, hilarious interrogation of fatphobia, as part of their 50th anniversary season and the Femme Festival.

Drawing upon personal experience and research, comedian, actor, and writer Cheyenne Rouleau dissects this often-untalked-about topic with eviscerating wit.

The Cultch’s York Theatre is proud to present the world premiere of You Used to Call Me Marie…, produced by the Savage Society, as part of their 50th anniversary season.

We follow Iskwewo, Napew, and Mistatim through eight intertwined stories of love, loss, and the fight of the Métis people as the Métis nations emerge across the plains amidst the fur trade’s robust colonization.

The Firehall is proud to produce and present Keith Barker’s This Is How We Got Here from Saturday, April 13 to Sunday, April 28.

Simultaneously heartbreaking and heartwarming, This Is How We Got Here follows a close-knit family still dealing with the lingering trauma of an unexpected loss. A mother, father, aunt, and uncle must learn how to move forward after their shared grief as they re-learn how to interact with one another through humour, forgiveness, and love.

The Cultch’s Historic Theatre is proud to present the world premiere of Parifam, produced by Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre and Medusa Theatre, as part of their 50th anniversary season and the 2024 Femme Festival.

Detached from family and friends, Parifam Mana draws and paints in her private studio in Montréal—a place where memory and inspiration are in a continuous battle.

Studio 58 proudly presents FourPlay to celebrate their 58th season. FourPlay presents four original one-act plays, written by Studio 58 students. This festival showcases the next generation of contemporary playwrights.

Rushed Productions LTD is proud to announce our second original two-act musical, “Sigma Acapella”, running from March 18th-29th on Granville Island!

Mitch and Murray Productions is proud to present the Canadian premiere of An Intervention from Friday, March 8 to Sunday, March 17, 2024 at Performance Works on Granville Island.

Anvil Theatre Presents Frog Belly Rat Bone:  Incorporating beautifully handcrafted puppets and an original pop/rock musical score, Cementland comes to life as two enigmatic garbage collectors tell the story of a very special boy whose singular wish is to find a TREASURE!

DanceHouse and Dancers of Damelahamid present the Vancouver premiere of the politically-charged and spiritually-centred work, Vástádus eana – The answer is land, on stage February 23 and 24, 2024 at 8pm at the Vancouver Playhouse.

Come experience the world premiere of Father Tartuffe: An Indigenous Misadventure, a new spin on a timeless comedy, playing Feb 22–Mar 24 at the Arts Club Theatre Company’s Granville Island Stage!

Meet Francesco Mantini, a second-generation Italian teen struggling to find his place in Jasper, Alberta. Inspired by pop culture icons Rocky Balboa and John Travolta, he reinvents himself as Frank Martin: crooner and ladies’ man. As buoyant and bubbly as a glass of prosecco, Made in Italy is a celebration of music, food, and family that’s so delightful you won’t soon fuhgeddaboudit.

A gothic musical origin story that asks which Shakespeare sibling was the actual genius.

The Cultch’s Historic Theatre is proud to present Jessie Award-winning show Juliet: A Revenge Comedy as part of their 50th anniversary season and the 2024 Femme Festival.

Juliet: A Revenge Comedy is a fast-paced, action-adventure comedy that asks: what if Juliet doesn’t kill herself? Follow Juliet on the literary adventure of a lifetime!

Studio 58 proudly presents Into the Woods to celebrate their 58th season. This Tony award-winning musical follows the paths of beloved and iconic fairytale characters as they venture into the darkness of an enchanted forest.

The Cultch’s York Theatre is proud to present the North American premiere of The Mirror as part of their 50th anniversary season.

The corporeal glory of bodies, full of sweat, heat and power, forms the heart of The Mirror, the newest work from Gravity & Other Myths.

Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre presents “...wreckage upon wreckage...," a durational performance installation that unfolds from dawn to dusk.

Studio 58 proudly presents Blood Wedding to celebrate their 58th season. Recognized for his surreal and socialist works, Lorca’s Blood Wedding is a tragedy of love, repression and duty. Set in rural Spain, the Bride is torn between her fiancé and her former lover, and must balance feuds between the families.

The Cultch’s York Theatre is proud to present this year’s East Van Panto, Beauty and the Beast, as part of their 50th anniversary season. The Panto follows bright, business-minded Belle, who has always been different from the other kids growing up on the Drive. While other East Van teens long to become artists or activists, she always has her nose stuck in a book—a general ledger book, that is!