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Advance Theatre Festival is back at the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts until January 31

Ruby Slippers Theatre presents five staged readings of works by IPBOC playwrights, including Damion LeClair’s Rougarou, Carmen Aguirre’s The Consent Club, and more

At HOLD ON LET GO, artists express intense emotions through everyday objects

Keely O’Brien bakes cakes with personal messages in Secret Ingredients, while Kyle Loven uses puppets to address grief in Loss Machine

FESTS, THEATREJanet SmithJanuary 27, 2025HOLD ON LET GO, Russian Hall, Company 605, Theatre Replacement

Theatre review: Sinners' fast-flying farce is full of naughty fun

At Metro Theatre, Norm Foster’s dark comedy features juicy twists and guilty pleasures

THEATREJanet SmithJanuary 27, 2025Metro Theatre

Theatre review: The Three Musketeers roars with reckless energy, humour, and chaos

The coproduction by Arts Club Theatre Company and Citadel Theatre pushes the brash heroes through adventure after adventure

Dance review: Circa's Duck Pond conjures striking visual world in clever deconstruction of Swan Lake

Sculptural movement flows against luminous set design—but the highlight is still the raucous third act

DANCE, THEATREJanet SmithJanuary 24, 2025Circa, DanceHouse, DANCEHOUSE, The Cultch\, THE CULTCH

Theatre review: Beetlejuice the Musical is a world of whacked-out fun

Over-the-top performances and funhouse visuals make this Broadway Across Canada production a suitably warped winner

THEATREJanet SmithJanuary 23, 2025Broadway Across Canada, Vancouver Civic Theatres

Heroes of the Fourth Turning explores Christian conservatism

Vancouver’s Mitch and Murray Productions mounts Will Arbery’s complex and challenging play

THEATREJanet SmithJanuary 23, 2025Mitch and Murray Productions, Studio 16

Packed with big laughs and biting humour, Fat Joke is willing to go there, at the Anvil Theatre January 31 to February 2

Part illustrated lecture, part standup comedy, Cheyenne Rouleau’s show rips into fat shaming

THEATRE, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithJanuary 22, 2025Neworld Theatre, Anvil Centre, Anvil Theatre

Stir Cheat Sheet: 5 things to know about De glace (From Ice) at PuSh Festival

The family-friendly piece by Quebec’s L’eau du bain theatre company is an immersive experience

SWIM brings an immersive audio-haptic experience to the PuSh Festival, January 30 to February 2

Production by Theatre Conspiracy and Pandemic Theatre sheds light on the treacherous journey faced by asylum seekers crossing the Aegean Sea

At PuSh Festival, Lasa Ng Imperyo (A Taste of Empire) merges theatre and culinary arts

The performance centres on a live cooking demonstration to explore the colonial history of the Philippines

“A nightmarish funhouse of mirrors” as Théâtre la Seizième presents Polygraph, January 24 and 25

The latest installment in the company’s ÉCHO(S): staged readings series is coproduced by Pi Theatre

THEATRE, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithJanuary 16, 2025Theatre la Seizieme, Theatre La Seizieme, Pi Theatre, Quebecois

South Korean theatre-performance artist Jaha Koo brings The History of Korean Western Theatre to PuSh Festival, January 23 and 24

The multimedia documentary-style work interweaves personal stories with historical, political, and sociological facts

Firehall Arts Centre presents Women of the Fur Trade, February 8 to March 2

West Coast premiere of Frances Koncan’s powerful play offers a satirical take on the Canadian fur trade

THEATREStir VancouverJanuary 16, 2025Partner Content, Firehall Arts Centre

Circa's Duck Pond reimagines Swan Lake with flippers, trapezes, and human towers

New twist on a classic ballet is full of beauty and wit, breaking new ground for the Aussie modern-circus troupe

DANCE, THEATREJanet SmithJanuary 15, 2025DANCEHOUSE, DanceHouse, The Cultch, THE CULTCH, Homepage feature, circus, Circa

Ruby Slippers Theatre premieres Abi Padilla's Grandma. Gangsta. Guerrilla., February 6 to 16

Heartwarming, hilarious play is presented in association with the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, Presentation House Theatre, and Blackout Art Society

Théâtre la Seizième presents immersive show De glace, January 31 to February 2

Production by L’eau du bain theatre company follows the friendship of two young girls in an endless Norwegian winter

Fight director Jonathan Hawley Purvis talks swashbuckling sword battles in The Three Musketeers

Based on the 1844 novel by Alexandre Dumas, Arts Club Theatre Company and Citadel Theatre coproduction is full of heroism, passion, and adventure

THEATREJanet SmithJanuary 9, 2025Arts Club Theatre Company, Arts Club, Homepage feature

Boca del Lupo presents Lasa Ng Imperyo at the PuSh Festival, January 30 to February 8

Tagalog play translated, adapted, and performed by Carmela Sison investigates the effects of global imperialism on food preparation

Anvil Theatre stages Cheyenne Rouleau's Fat Joke, January 31 to February 2

Neworld Theatre’s one-woman production mixes stand-up comedy and storytelling in an unapologetic dissection of fatphobia

THEATRE, COMEDYStir VancouverJanuary 7, 2025Partner Content, Anvil Theatre, Neworld Theatre

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