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JUNE 2026 | VOLUME 264

 

JUNE 15-28

Our Summer Theatre Mirror

Summertime and Father’s Day will soon be officially here, school will be out and the weather is fine. In the spirit of optimism our theatres are full of comedies and musicals, celebrations of life’s joys – all but The Scottish Play at Bard, a welcome, bracing reminder of the flip side: the tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury. It’s not a play about Trump but it almost could be. (Remember MacBird! from 1966, a play about Lyndon Johnson and the Kennedy assassination.) We need art to laugh away the horror and to help us understand it. Celebrate summer, see a play or two, and be sure to get an extra ticket for your favourite father.

Our On Now page shows you almost everything running through June. And plot your theatregoing through July on our Coming Soon page. Be sure to look for the BUY TICKETS buttons.

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Theatre lovers, theatre students, theatre historians and casual readers are invited to browse our ARCHIVES pages. Read 1100+ reviews of what you may have seen or missed over the past two decades of Vancouver-area theatre.

Congratulations to Bard on the Beach artistic director Christopher Gaze on the publication of his memoir, The Road to Bard: A Legacy of Shakespeare on Canada’s West Coast, and his appointment as a Member of the Order of the British Empire. Well done, Chris!

Massey Theatre invites you to Reading Theatre with Allan Morgan, reading Lilies, or The Revival of a Romantic Drama by Michel Marc Bouchard, June 17, 1:15 pm in Studio C. Free.

Pacific Theatre has found a new home for the 2026-27 season in the Revue Theatre on Granville Island. They invite you to their Housewarming Party, June 18, 7:30, with Ins Choi and Ivan Decker. $50. Info and tickets HERE.

Mitch and Murray Productions presents Short Plays and a Social at Carousel Theatre on Granville Island, June 23, 7:30. Free. Sold out. Join the Waitlist HERE.

Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre presents Springboard: Emotional Resiliency Workshop, June 26, and Multilingual Creation, July 7. https://vact.ca/springboard/

Theatre for Living’s David Diamond presents a free theatre workshop on “belonging” for positive mental health at the Mad Pride Festival, Gathering Place Community Centre, July 2, 10 am-5 pm. https://connectionsalon.ca/

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!, an Agatha Christie and Our Town. www.metrotheatre.com

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 musical 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

First Impressions Theatre’s 4-play 2026-27 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/
At its new Granville Island home, Pacific Theatre offers 3 shows including Ins Choi’s Son of a Preacherman and a new play by Jill Daum. HERE.

Registration is open for Carousel Theatre’s Summer Drama Day Camps for ages 6-12. Details HERE.

Perry Ehrlich’s Gotta Sing! Gotta Dance! musical theatre program has sessions July 7-30 and Aug. 4-27, M-F 9:00-4:00. https://theimpresario.ca/gotta-sing-gotta-dance/

Register your kids for Theatre Replacement’s East Van Panto-themed summer camps for ages 5-13. Info HERE.

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

Enjoy,

Jerry