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Theatre director Bobby Garcia remembered for the mark he made on stage in Vancouver, the Philippines, and across Asia

The UBC Masters alumnus and Philippines stage leader helmed the Arts Club’s Million Dollar Quartet, Beneath Springhill, and Dolly Parton’s Smoky Mountain Christmas Carol

THEATRE, NEWSJanet SmithDecember 19, 2024Arts Club Theatre Company, Bobby Garcia

Metro Theatre stages Norm Foster's Sinners, January 24 to February 15

Chaotic farce by Canada’s most-produced playwright follows a furniture-store owner caught in a compromising position

THEATREStir VancouverDecember 18, 2024Partner Content, Metro Theatre

Theatre review: Strong singing and dancing over darkness in Gateway Theatre's Oliver!

A smart revolving set and some smashing choreography keep this family musical moving

THEATREJanet SmithDecember 16, 2024Gateway Theatre, HOLIDAY 2024, Holiday 2024, Homepage feature

Theatre review: Cinderella! A Traditional British Pantomime makes for a full-on experience

Metro Theatre’s holiday production brims with over-the-top moments and laugh-out-loud humour

THEATREGail JohnsonDecember 16, 2024Metro Theatre, Cinderella, Holiday 2024

Cinderella! A Traditional British Pantomime brings laughs to the Metro Theatre stage, December 13 to January 5

The production proves why pantomime is such a popular artform in the U.K.

WHAT'S STIRRING, THEATREGail JohnsonDecember 10, 2024Metro Theatre, Cinderella

Vancouver Fringe Festival receives $520,000 investment from Canadian Heritage

Earlier this year, a successful 40th anniversary fundraiser helped pull the organization out of financial uncertainty

THEATREJanet SmithDecember 6, 2024Vancouver Fringe Festival, Granville Island

A WONDERHEADS Christmas Carol tells the story of Scrooge's redemption with whimsical masks and puppetry

Kate Braidwood and Andrew Phoenix’s holiday favourite reinvents the classic Charles Dickens novel as a physical-theatre show

THEATREJanet SmithDecember 5, 2024Holiday 2024, WONDERHEADS

Direct Theatre Collective's MONSTER debuts as a full-length musical, December 6 and 7

Vancouver Fringe Festival presents the show about Medusa, one of mythology’s most misunderstood figures

Theatre Cares Vancouver comes to an end

The organization had been raising funds and awareness for those living with HIV/AIDS since 1991

THEATREJanet SmithDecember 4, 2024Theatre Cares Vancouver

Josh Epstein returns to Gateway Theatre to direct Oliver! after starring in musical as a young actor

Timeless adaptation of Charles Dickens novel follows a young orphan who dreams of finding a family

THEATREJanet SmithDecember 4, 2024Gateway Theatre, Holiday 2024, Josh Epstein, Homepage feature

Je viendrai moins souvent (I will come less often) explores a woman’s relationship with her grandmother experiencing dementia

Playwright-actor Camille Paré-Poirier uses recordings of the pair’s conversations in her new play coming to Théâtre la Seizième

THEATREJanet SmithDecember 4, 2024Theatre La Seizieme, Theatre la Seizieme

From doo wop to jazz, The Gingerbread Men: A(nother) Holiday Cabaret pays tribute to Christmas classics

“Jingle Bell Rock”, “Holly Jolly Christmas”, and “I’ll Be Home for Christmas” are among the festive tunes the crooners crank out

MUSIC, THEATREJanet SmithDecember 3, 2024Arts Club Theatre Company, Holiday 2024

Juno-nominated Reflections on Crooked Walking returns to the Firehall Arts Centre to December 22

Donna Spencer directs Ann Mortifee’s family musical

THEATRE, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithDecember 2, 2024Firehall Arts Centre, Ann Mortifee

Theatre review: Miracle on 34th Street serves up holiday cheer with a bit of unexpected kick

Sleek design and witty performances help freshen up this Arts Club production based on the classic movie

THEATREJanet SmithNovember 30, 2024Arts Club Theatre Company, Arts Club, Holiday 2024, HOLIDAY 2024, Homepage feature

Theatre review: Big laughs as East Van Panto: Robin Hood satirizes a city bent on selling out

Outsized comic characterizations and power singing meet fearless political bite in Theatre Replacement’s latest musical at the York

THEATREJanet SmithNovember 29, 2024The Cultch, Theatre Replacement, Holiday 2024

Rat Academy schools audiences on the history of Alberta’s anti-rat propaganda

Physical-comedy duo Katie Yoner and Dayna Lea Hoffmann of the Batrabbit Collective play the province’s last two rats on a mission for survival

THEATRE, COMEDYEmily LythNovember 28, 2024Pi Provocateurs, Pi Theatre, Batrabbit Collective

Theatre review: The Hobbit is an inventive love letter to the joy of pretending

At Pacific Theatre, Peter Carlone and Tim Carlson bring to life characters from Gollum to 13 dwarves in playfully nostalgic adaptation

THEATREJanet SmithNovember 27, 2024Pacific Theatre, Holiday 2024

Theatre review: Linck & Mülhahn asserts a boldly realized story of glitzy rebellion

Studio 58 production features strong performances and striking visuals in true story of love, lust, and gender identity in rigid 18th-century society

THEATREJanet SmithNovember 27, 2024Studio 58, Langara College

Juliet: A Revenge Comedy returns to the local stage, December 4 to 8

Kay Meek Arts Centre hosts the celebrated play that sends up Shakespeare by Pippa Mackie and Ryan Gladstone

THEATRE, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithNovember 26, 2024Kay Meek Arts Centre, Shakespeare, Pippa Mackie, Ryan Gladstone

Metro Theatre presents Cinderella! A Traditional British Pantomime, December 13 to January 5

Annual panto returns for a 39th year with thrilling musical numbers, audience engagement, and lots of laugh-out-loud moments

THEATREStir VancouverNovember 26, 2024Partner Content, Metro Theatre, Holiday 2024

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