COMING SOON

OCTOBER 2023 | VOLUME 232


The Birds and the Bees
by Mark Crawford
Arts Club on Tour preview

  • Surrey Arts Centre, Oct. 10-21

  • Clarke Theatre, Mission, Oct. 22

  • Evergreen Cultural Centre, Coquitlam, Oct. 24-28

  • Chilliwack Cultural Centre, Nov. 1

  • Shadbolt Centre, Burnaby, Nov. 2-3

  • ACT Arts Centre, Maple Ridge, Nov. 4-5


Michel(le)
by Joey Lespérance
Théâtre la Seizième
Studio 16, 1555 W. 7th Ave.
Oct. 11-21

Scorched
by Wajdi Mouawad, trans. Linda Gaboriau
Farandula Theatre
Jericho Arts Centre, 1675 Discovery St.
Oct. 11-22

The Shawshank Redemption
by Owen O’Neill and Dave Johns
Theatre in the Country, Langley
Oct. 11-28

Murder on the Orient Express
by Agatha Christie
Stage 43
Evergreen Cultural Centre, Coquitlam
Oct. 12-21

Peace Country
by Pedro Chamale
rice & beans theatre
Firehall Arts Centre
Oct. 12-22 preview

The Mixolydian
by Ashley Cook
Green Thumb Theatre
Anvil Theatre, New Westminster
Oct. 13-14

Curtains
Book by Rupert Holmes
Music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb
APPLAUSE! Musicals in Concert
Arts Umbrella, Granville Island
Oct. 13-15

TeTangi ā teTūī
by Amber Curreen and Tainui Tukiwaho
TeRēhia Theatre and The Dust Palace
The Cultch and Urban Ink
York Theatre
Oct. 19-29 preview

The Woman in Black
by Stephen Mallatratt and Dame Susan Hill
CLASSical ACT Collective
Presentation House Theatre, North Vancouver
Oct. 19-31 preview

Assembly Hall
by Crystal Pite and Jonathon Young
Kidd Pivot
DanceHouse
Vancouver Playhouse
Oct. 25-28

The Array: An Exquisitely Sensitive Machine
Upintheair Theatre in collaboration w/What Lab
What Lab, 1814 Pandora St.
Oct. 26-28

The Arsonists
by Max Frisch
Horseradish Theatre
The Cultch Vancity Culture Lab
Oct. 26-29

The Farndale Avenue ... Murder Mystery
by David McGillivray and Walter Zerlin Jr.
Royal Canadian Theatre Company

  • Surrey Arts Centre, Oct. 26-29

  • Anvil Centre, New Westminster, Nov. 3-5

An Evening with Amanda Sum
Pacific Theatre, 1440 W. 12th Ave.
Oct. 27-28

The Catering Queen
by Alison Lawrence
Metro Theatre, 1370 SW Marine Dr.
Oct. 27-Nov. 18

Dog Man: The Musical
by Kevin Del Aguila and Brad Alexander
Theatre Works USA
Massey Theatre, New Westminster
Oct. 28-29

TROIKA
by Anton Chekhov
The Smoking Gun Collective
Jericho Arts Centre, 1675 Discovery St.
Oct. 28-Nov. 12 preview

Etuaptmumk/Two-Eyed Seeing
Coordinated by Rosemary Georgeson and Lara Aysal
The Only Animal & Vancouver Moving Theatre
Firehall Arts Centre
Nov. 2-5

How Black Mothers Say I Love You
by Trey Anthony
the frank theatre company
The Cultch Historic Theatre
Nov. 2-12

Stand Festival
Blackout Arts Society
Presentation House Theatre, North Vancouver
Nov. 2-12

Chutzpah Festival
Jewish Community Centre & various venues
Nov. 2-23 preview
    Comedy
  • The Debaters – Chutzpah Edition (Canada)
    Norman & Annette Rothstein Theatre, Nov. 2
  • The Best of Israeli Comedy (Israel)
    Norman & Annette Rothstein Theatre, Nov. 23
  • Multimedia
  • Forge (UK), ie Creative Artworks, Granville Island, Nov. 16-19
  • Dance
  • When the Walls Come Down (Canada)
    Dance//Novella (Racheal Prince & Brandon Lee Alley)
    Norman & Annette Rothstein Theatre, Nov. 8 & 10
  • Dance Double Bill (Canada)
    Meghann Michalsky and Katherine Semchuk – Maybe We Land
    Juan Villegas/Vanessa Goodman – Edictum
    Norman & Annette Rothstein Theatre, Nov. 15-16
  • DWELL (Canada), All Bodies Dance Project, Wosk Auditorium, Nov. 19
  • Music
  • Michael Winograd and The Honorable Mentshn (USA)
    Norman & Annette Rothstein Theatre, Nov. 4
  • Nani Noam Vazana (Netherlands/Israel)
    Norman & Annette Rothstein Theatre, Nov. 11
  • Taraf Syriana (Canada), Norman & Annette Rothstein Theatre, Nov. 21
  • Storytelling, Chamber Opera & Theatre
  • The Flame – Home Again at Chutzpah! (Canada)
    Norman & Annette Rothstein Theatre, Nov. 6
  • I Have My Mother’s Eyes: A Holocaust Memoir Across Generations
    Chamber Opera Premiere (Canada/Japan/Australia/Netherlands)
    Norman & Annette Rothstein Theatre, Nov. 18-19
  • The Narrow Bridge (Canada), Zack Gallery, Nov. 20-22
  • Whistle (Israel), Firehall Arts Centre, Nov. 21-22
  • Community & Family Programming
  • Klezmer Dance Party (Canada/USA)
    Wosk Auditorium, Nov. 5
  • When the Walls Come Down (Canada)
    Dance//Novella (Racheal Prince & Brandon Lee Alley)
    Special School Matinee for Grade 6 and Up, Rothstein Theatre, Nov. 9
  • Where Do Stories Come From? (fun vanennemenzikh di mayses) – (Canada)
    Norman & Annette Rothstein Theatre, Nov. 12
  • Film
  • Love Gets a Room – Film Screening, Rothstein Theatre, Nov. 20

Elf: The Musical
Book by Thomas Meehan and Bob Martin
Music by Matthew Sklar, lyrics by Chad Beguelin
Arts Club Theatre Company
Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage
Nov. 2-Dec. 31



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