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AUGUST 2026 | VOLUME 266

 

AUG 10-23

Vancouver Threatre in August

Even as the new fall theatre season looms, summer theatre in our town looks better than it has in a long time. The Arts Club’s wonderful Come from Away enters its final week, while its comic Play That Goes Wrong keeps selling as do Bard’s four shows  and the two delightful TUTS musicals. All that plus a remount of Krystle Dos Santos’ rollicking History of Motown at the Firehall, a new play (The Movie Star) from up-and-coming indie company Black Box Theatre, and even the venerable Tony n’ Tina’s Wedding in Langley add up to a cornucopia of vital live theatre to get us through the dog days of August.

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The Cultch continues to struggle to ensure that its second show of the new season, The Horse of Jenin, doesn’t get cancelled again as it did last year because the federal government won’t process a visa for its Palestinian playwright/performer, Alaa Mohammed Said Shehada, in time. It’s shameful and embarrassing that Canada seems to be acting like Trump’s USA in this matter.

Bard on the Beach presents Bard After Dark, 4 nights of improv comedy featuring wonderful improvisors including Rebecca Northan, Jeff Gladstone, Tess Degenstein and Veena Sood. Aug. 14, 21, 28, 10 pm. Tickets $25/$20 at https://bardonthebeach.org/whats-on/bard-after-dark/

Glitch Theatre invites playwrights who identify with D/disability to apply for its 10-week Playwriting Circle workshops: Circle 1 (HERE) for introductory work or Circle 2 (HERE) for more advanced, or email access@glitchtheatre.ca. Deadline Aug. 28.

Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre invites applications for its free Emerging Artistic Producers Workshop, Sept. 15-17. Deadline Aug. 28. Register HERE.

Rumble Theatre invites proposals for projects and works-in-progress for Tremors 2027 (June 25-27). Details HERE. Submission deadline Sept. 15.

The Cultch’s15-show season includes work by Vancouver’s Search Party, Rumble, ITSAZOO, Theatre Replacement (a new East Van Panto), Pi, Urban Ink, and a new musical from Amiel Gladstone & Veda Hille, plus from Toronto Michael Healey’s Rogers v. Rogers and a new Daisy Theatre from Ronnie Burkett. www.thecultch.com

The Arts Club’s 14-play 2026-27 season plus 4 plays on tour is highlighted by Death of a Salesman, John Proctor Is the Villain, plus new work and musicals, including Les Misérables. https://artsclub.com/season-tickets/packages

Coquitlam’s Evergreen Cultural Centre’s 8-play season features three Arts Club plays on tour including Little Women, a remount of English, and Little Shop of Horrors.  www.evergreenculturalcentre.ca      

Metro Theatre’s 7-play season includes musicals Avenue Q and Hello, Dolly! plus an Agatha Christie and Our Town. www.metrotheatre.com

North Van’s Presentation House Theatre’s 7-show season includes a Latin American Arts Family Festival, The Sword in the Stone, Where the Wild Things Are, plus plays by locals Alexandra Lainfiesta and Joey Lespérance. www.phtheatre.org

United Players’ 5-play 2026-27 season features Canadian plays by John Lazarus and Vern Theissen and Beckett’s Happy Days. www.unitedplayers.com

Richmond’s Gateway Theatre’s 5-play season includes musicals Songs for a New World and 42nd Street plus Michele Riml’s She Shoots, She Scores! www.gatewaytheatre.com

Broadway Across Canada’s 5-play season at the Queen E opens with & Juliet and includes Hamilton and musical adaptations of Mrs. Doubtfire and The Bodyguard. https://vancouver.broadway.com/#season-26-27

Carousel Theatre for Young People’s 5-show season includes Stuart Little and Finding Nemo: The Musical. www.carouseltheatre.ca

Langley’s Theatre in the Country has 2 plays this fall and another 5 in 2027 including A Christmas Story: The Musical, Peter Pan Goes Wrong and My Fair Lady. https://theatreinthecountry.com/

First Impressions Theatre’s 4-play lineup in Deep Cove includes Norm Foster’s Lunenberg, Krystal Dos Santos’ History of Motown plus Little Shop of Horrors. https://firstimpressionstheatre.com/next-season/

Studio 58’s 4-play season includes Yvette Nolan’s The Birds, Twelfth Night and Amélie the musical. www.studio58.ca

Mitch and Murray Productions’ first 3-play season features work by Amy Herzog, Jonathan Spector and David Mamet. https://mitchandmurrayproductions.com/

Pacific Theatre offers 3 shows at its new Granville Island home, including Ins Choi’s Son of a Preacherman and a new play by Jill Daum. www.pacifictheatre.org

Theatre at UBC’s feminist-flavoured 3-show mainstage season includes Dracula: A Feminist Revenge Tragedy, Really; Twelfth Night; and an adaptation of Virginia Woolf’s Orlando. www.theatrefilm.ubc.ca

The Improv Centre is offering classes in improv at all levels. Info HERE.

Gateway Theatre’s Gateway Academy in Richmond offers year-long acting and musical theatre classes for ages 6-18. gatewaytheatre.com/academy.

CTORA Academy is offering fall classes in musical theatre for kids, teens, adults and young musicians. https://ctora.ca/academy

Enjoy,

Jerry