• The Improv Centre


COMING SOON

JANUARY 2026 | VOLUME 259


Burning Mom
by Mieko Ouchi
Arts Club on Tour preview

  • Evergreen Cultural Centre, Coquitlam, Jan. 27-31 preview
  • Clarke Theatre, Mission, Feb. 3
  • Chilliwack Cultural Centre, Feb. 4
  • The ACT Arts Centre, Maple Ridge, Feb. 7-8

PuSh International Performing Arts Festival
Various venues
Jan. 22-Feb. 8 preview
  • WAIL – Action at a Distance, Scotiabank Dance Centre, Jan. 26-27 (Canada)
  • Kamwe Kamwe (One by One), Performance Works, Jan. 27-28 (Zimbabwe)
  • Kiuryaq, Chan Centre, Jan. 28 (Canada/Greenland/Norway)
  • Remember that time we met in the future? Goldcorp Centre, Jan. 28-29 (Turtle Island/Canada) 
  • askiwan, Roundhouse, Jan. 29-30 (Treaty 6 Territory)
  • Slugs, The Nest, Jan. 29-31 (Canada)
  • Everything Has Disappeared, York Theatre, Jan. 29-Feb. 1 (Canada)
  • Catching Up to the Future of Our Past, Scotiabank Dance Centre, Jan. 30-31 (Unceded Coast Salish Territories)
  • Orpheus, Vancouver Playhouse, Jan. 30-31 (Canada)
  • La utopia de la mariposa, Roundhouse, Feb. 2-3 (Mexico)
  • Bardaje, Roundhouse, Feb. 2-3 (Mexico)
  • Rainbow Chan Live at the Dream Factory, Chinese Canadian Museum, Feb. 4 (Australia/Hong Kong/Weitou)
  • Skin, Annex, Feb. 4-6 (Germany/Australia)
  • Split Tooth: Saputjiji, Tanya Tagaq, Chan Centre, Feb. 5 (Canada)
  • The Brutal Joy, Scotiabank Dance Centre, Feb. 5-6 (Canada)
  • Wayqeycuna, Roundhouse, Feb. 6-7 (Argentina)
  • The Motha’ Kiki Ball, The Birdhouse, Feb. 7 (Canada)
  • Trouble Score, Vancouver Playhouse, Feb. 7 (Belgium/Brazil)
  • TESTO, Performance Works, Feb. 7-8 (UK)

Charley’s Aunt
by Brandon Thomas
Theatre in the Country, Langley
Jan. 28-Feb. 14

Making god laugh
by Sean Grennan
North Vancouver Community Players
Hendry Hall
Jan. 30-Feb. 14

The Last Resort
by Fairlith Harvey and Andy Garland
Dreamqueen Immersive
At The Waldorf, 1489 E. Hastings St.
Feb. 1, 8, 13, 15, 22 preview

Hold On Let Go
Theatre Replacement & Company 605
Russian Hall
Feb. 3-7 preview

A Journal of the Plague Year
by Terayama Shüji with Kishida Rio
Trans. Tsunedo Keiko & Colleen Lanki
Studio 58, Langara College
Feb 5-15

The Baking Show Show: The Play
by Faly Mevamana
Ruby Slippers Theatre preview

  • Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, Burnaby, Feb. 5-7
  • Presentation House Theatre, North Vancouver, Feb. 12-15

Dial M for Murder
Adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher from Frederick Knott
Arts Club Theatre Company
Stanley BFL Canada Stage
Feb. 5-Mar. 8 preview

Parler Mal (Speaking Badly)
by Bianca Richard and Gabriel Robichaud
Théâtre Gauche
Théâtre la Seizième
Alliance Française, 6161 Cambie St.
Feb. 6-7

Constellations
by Nick Payne
Exact Resemblance Theatre
Evergreen Cultural Centre, Coquitlam
Feb. 10-14 preview

Warrior Festival
The Cultch
Feb. 11-Mar. 29

  • Batshit by Leah Shelton
    Quiet RIOT
    Historic Theatre
    Feb. 11-15
  • Upu
    Upu Collective
    The Cultch & Full Circle: First Nations Performance
    York Theatre
    Feb. 17-21
  • Red Like Fruit by Hannah Moscovitch
    2b theatre company
    Historic Theatre
    Feb. 18-22
  • Tomboy (Chlopczyca) by Anais Mateusz West
    the frank theatre company
    Vancity Culture Lab
    Mar. 4-8
  • People, Places & Things by Duncan Macmillan
    The Search Party
    Historic Theatre
    Mar. 10-22
  • The Horse of Jenin by Alaa Shehada
    Troupe Courage
    The Cultch and Rumble Theatre
    Historic Theatre
    Mar. 25-29


House of Folk: A Lost Canadian Folk Show
by Tracey Power
Firehall Arts Centre
Feb. 14-Mar 8 preview

Where Have All the Buffalo Gone?
by Tai Amy Grauman
Axis Theatre Company
Gateway Theatre, Richmond
Feb. 16-21

The Golden Anniversaries
by Mark Crawford
Arts Club on Tour

  • BlueShore Centre, North Vancouver, Feb. 17
  • Gallery 7, Abbotsford, Feb. 18
  • Surrey Arts Centre, Feb. 24-Mar. 7
  • Evergreen Cultural Centre, Coquitlam, Mar. 10-14
  • Chilliwack Cultural Centre, Mar. 17
  • Clarke Theatre, Mission, Mar. 18
  • Anvil Centre, New Westminster, Mar. 19-20
  • The ACT Arts Centre, Maple Ridge, Mar. 21-22
  • Shadbolt Centre, Burnaby, Mar. 24-25
  • Kay Meek Arts Centre, West Vancouver, Mar. 26-27



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