• The Improv Centre


COMING SOON

OCTOBER 2025 | VOLUME 256


Vacant Lot
by Hiromoto Ida
Firehall Arts Centre
Oct. 22-25 preview

Vassa
by Maxim Gorky
The Horseradish Theatre
The Cultch Vancity Culture Lab
Oct. 23-26

Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors
by Gordon Greenberg and Steve Rosen
DSR Productions
Jericho Arts Centre
Oct. 23-Nov. 1

Pop! Pop!
by Linda A. Carson with Monica Dufault & Kim Selody
Carousel Players
Presentation House Theatre, North Vancouver
Oct. 24-Nov. 2 preview

James and the Giant Peach
Music & lyrics by Benj Pasek & Justin Paul
Book by Timothy Allen McDonald
CTORA Productions
BMO Theatre Centre
Oct. 24-Nov. 9

You Used to Call Me Marie …
by Tai Amy Grauman
Arts Club on Tour preview

  • Evergreen Cultural Centre, Coquitlam, Oct. 28-Nov. 1 preview
  • Clarke Theatre, Mission, Nov. 3
  • Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, Burnaby, Nov. 5-6
  • Anvil Centre, New Westminster, Nov. 8-9


Myokine (dance)
Anne Plamondon Productions
Firehall Arts Centre
Oct. 30-Nov. 1 preview

Cispersonnages en quête d’auteurice
by Catherine Bourgeois et al
Joe, Jack et John
Théâtre la Seizième
Arts Umbrella, Granville Island
Oct. 30-Nov. 1

Disney’s Frozen
Music & lyrics by Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez
Book by Jennifer Lee
Stanley BFL CANADA Stage
Oct. 30-Jan. 4 preview

Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival
Vancouver Moving Theatre
Various venues
Oct. 31-Nov. 8

  • Spirit Encounters by Gerardo Avila
    Russian Hall, 600 Campbell St., Nov. 2
  • To Mum with Love XO: A theatrical triple bill
    Russian Hall, Nov. 5
  • Mayor of Oz
    Carnegie Community Centre Theatre, 402 Main St. Nov. 7-8


Transform Festival
Urban Ink in collab/w The Cultch
Vancouver Playhouse
Nov. 6-15

The Best Restaurant in the World. Ever.
by Rick Dobran
Curious Cats Theatre Collective
Jericho Arts Centre
Nov. 6-16 preview

Gertrude & Alice
by Anna Chatterton, Evalyn Parry & Karin Randoja
Touchstone Theatre & Western Gold Theatre
PAL Studio Theatre, 581 Cardero St.
Nov. 6-23

The Effect
by Lucy Prebble
Rumble Theatre & ITSAZOO Productions
Progress Lab, 1422 William St.
Nov. 7-22 preview

Faye’s Room
by Alex K. Masse
Glitch Theatre
The Cultch Vancity Culture Lab
Nov. 7-23 preview

Between Breaths
by Robert Chafe
Artistic Fraud
Firehall Arts Centre
Nov. 12-23

Chutzpah! Festival
Jewish Community Centre & various venues
Nov. 12-23 preview

    COMEDY
  • SModi - Pause for Laughter Tour
    Modi Rosenfeld
    Vogue Theatre, Nov. 12
  • Comedy for Peace
    Erik Angel
  • Norman & Annette Rothstein Theatre, Nov. 22
    MUSIC
  • 8 Gays of Channukah - The Musical
    Gila Münster, Sarah Freia & Yan Simon
    Norman & Annette Rothstein Theatre, Nov. 13
  • Shtetl Cabaret
    Lea Kalisch
    Beaumont Studios, Nov. 19
  • Yiddish Songs of Social Change
    The Golden Thread Septet
    Norman & Annette Rothstein Theatre, Nov. 23
  • MUSIC/DANCE
  • Take This Waltz: Celebrating the Music of Leonard Cohen
    Ne. Sans Opera & Dance
    Norman & Annette Rothstein Theatre, Nov. 15-16
  • DANCE
  • Common Place
    Omer Backley-Astrachan& Jana Castillo
    Norman & Annette Rothstein Theatre, Nov. 20
  • THEATRE/STORYTELLING
  • The Flame
    Deb Williams
    Norman & Annette Rothstein Theatre, Nov. 17
  • I’m Not a Comedian…I’m Lenny Bruce
    Ronnie Marmo
    Norman & Annette Rothstein Theatre, Nov. 18

In Arabia We’d All Be Kings
by Stephen Adly Guirgis
Blue iRadio
Waterfront Theatre, Granville Island
Nov. 13-22 preview

Dance Nation
by Clare Barron
The Search Party
Anvil Theatre, New Westminster
Nov. 13-23

Billy Bishop Goes to War
by John Gray with Eric Peterson
Theatre in the Country, Langley
Nov. 14

The Mush Hole
by Santee Smith
Kaha:wi Dance Theatre
The Cultch Historic Theatre
Nov. 14-16 preview

I Don’t Belong Here
by Joelle Rabu and Kelly Wyatt
Evergreen Cultural Centre, Coquitlam
Nov. 18-22

Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play
by Anne Washburn
Frederic Wood Theatre, UBC
Nov. 19-Dec. 6

East Van Panto: West Van Story
by Marcus Youssef with Pedro Chamale
Theatre Replacement
The Cultch
York Theatre
Nov. 19-Jan. 4


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