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Theatre review: Elf: The Musical gives beloved holiday comedy an energized old-Broadway spin

Andrew McNee has big elf boots to fill—and he smashes this snowball out of the icepark

The Improv Centre invites audiences to a trio of holiday shows, November 23 to December 31

Back to the Holidays, 2023 and Me, and NYE at TIC deliver festivity and fun

COMEDY, THEATREStir VancouverNovember 12, 2023Partner Content, The Improv Centre, Holiday 2023

Shadbolt Centre for the Arts presents new musical Josie and Grace, November 24 and 25

Story of friendship and fortitude stars Tymisha Harris stars as artist-spy Josephine Baker, and Rachel Comeau as Princess Grace of Monaco

THEATREStir VancouverNovember 11, 2023Partner Content, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts

Tragedy, Slander, & Wine explores conspiracy theories and media literacy, November 13 to 19

The multimedia play fuses theatre and film with true crime, mockumentary, and more

THEATRE, WHAT'S STIRRINGGail JohnsonNovember 10, 2023Promethean Theatre, theatre

Theatre review: Powerful Hadestown pulls ancient Greek tragedy into contemporary times

Striking visuals, creative staging, and meaningful songs make Tony Award-winning Orpheus and Eurydice update soar

THEATREJanet SmithNovember 9, 2023Broadway Across Canada, Vancouver Civic Theatres

New Works showcases The Biting School's Zahak, The Serpent King, November 30 to December 2

World premiere blends theatre and dance to tell a Persian myth-inspired story of a ruler who kills his own people

THEATREStir VancouverNovember 9, 2023Partner Content, New Works

Chris Dodd performs Deafy at Pi Theatre as part of the Pi Provocateurs series, November 24 to 26

Show combining ASL, surtitles, and spoken word is designed to be accessible to Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing audiences

THEATREStir VancouverNovember 8, 2023Partner Content, Pi theatre, Pi Provocateurs

Theatre review: Nostalgic appeal helps CTORA Theatre's The Wizard of Oz fly

Strong performances and visuals, not to mention airborne witches and monkeys, make for a classic trip over the rainbow

THEATREJanet SmithNovember 6, 2023CTORA Theatre, Homepage feature

Elf: The Musical kicks off the holiday musical season, at the Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage, to December 31

Actor Andrew McNee plays the beloved cotton-headed ninny muggins in the Arts Club production

WHAT'S STIRRING, THEATREGail JohnsonNovember 6, 2023Arts Club Theatre, Holiday 2023

Promethean Theatre announces world premiere of Tragedy, Slander, & Wine, November 13 to 19

Production spanning comedy, mystery, and mockumentary examines spread of misinformation after a small-town murder

THEATREStir VancouverNovember 6, 2023Partner Content, Promethean Theatre

Western Gold Theatre reimagines famous heroine's story in A Doll’s House Part 2, November 9 to 26

Tony-nominated playwright Lucas Hnath picks up the plot 15 years after Nora slammed the door on domesticity in Henrik Ibsen’s masterpiece

THEATRE, WHAT'S STIRRINGGail JohnsonNovember 6, 2023Western Gold Theatre, Ibsen, Melissa Oei

Shadbolt Centre for the Arts presents adult comedy-tinged stepsisters from Cinderella in The Spinsters, November 16 to 18

Show full of scandalous rules and secrets reimagines the lives of infamous fairytale characters

THEATREStir VancouverNovember 4, 2023Partner Content, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts

In one-woman play Whistle, Hadar Galron delves into the past, present, and future of the Holocaust

Actor-playwright developed semi-autobiographical monodrama with Yaakov Buchan, the son of Nazi doctor Josef Mengele’s secretary

THEATRE, FESTSJanet SmithNovember 3, 2023Chutzpah! Festival

Director Mark Carter reflects on his lifelong love of The Wizard of Oz ahead of CTORA Theatre's upcoming production

Storyline sticks true to the 1939 film based on L. Frank Baum’s novel, from the elaborate costumes to the incidental underscore

THEATREJanet SmithNovember 2, 2023CTORA Theatre

Behtab Behseta's one-woman show at the STAND Festival depicts growth and resilience in the aftermath of trauma

The performer and Blackout Art Society’s artistic director Amir Hosseini speak to the festival’s origins and the importance of uplifting immigrant artists

THEATRE, FESTSJanet SmithOctober 31, 2023Blackout Art Society, STAND Festival

Frank Theatre's Fay Nass is drawn to How Black Mothers Say I Love You's look at immigrants' experience and their family dynamics

Trey Anthony play follows Jamaican mother’s complicated reunion with her daughters, after years of working abroad

THEATREJanet SmithOctober 27, 2023THE CULTCH, Frank Theatre, the frank theatre company, Fay Nass, LGBTQ+, Homepage feature

Dog Man: The Musical brings a canine crime-fighter to the Massey Theatre, October 28 and 29

Production is based off author-illustrator Dav Pilkey’s beloved comic book series

WHAT'S STIRRING, THEATREJanet SmithOctober 26, 2023Massey Theatre

Pippa Mackie's Hurricane Mona marks world premiere, November 18 to December 3

In co-presentation from Touchstone Theatre and Ruby Slippers Theatre, a climate emergency takes centre-stage

THEATREStir VancouverOctober 26, 2023Partner Content, Touchstone Theatre, Ruby Slippers Theatre

Arthi Chandra explores intergalactic pop performance in STARBABY at The Array: An Exquisitely Sensitive Machine

Upintheair Theatre event features commissions from four groups of artists, including Chandra’s The Library Performance Collective

THEATREJanet SmithOctober 25, 2023Upintheair Theatre

Western Gold Theatre's A Doll's House Part 2 continues where Henrik Ibsen's 1879 play left off, November 9 to 26

Featuring Melissa Oei as Nora and Tom McBeath as Torvald, production explores gender roles in marriage

THEATREStir VancouverOctober 24, 2023Partner Content, Western Gold Theatre

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