The Cultch

Random scenes and songs that stood out across music, theatre, opera, and dance

Pantos, waltzes, and stage musicals are just a few of the ways for culture vultures to ring in 2025

Christmas tunes translated by elders into the endangered Haida language to be performed at December 21 concert

Exhilarating show reimagines Swan Lake as a cheeky acrobatic spectacle in B.C. premiere at the Vancouver Playhouse

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

Seasonal standouts include a massive choral Messiah, and different takes on A Christmas Carol—including one with 10-foot-high puppets

Kerry Sandomirsky and Jacob Leonard hand in strong performances in an enigmatic play full of literary allusions

Triple-threat performer’s role of bad-guy Tony the Pony is part of a career that’s taking off—and busting body-image stereotypes

In annual holiday show directed by Anita Rochon, Robin Hood must save East Van from the rich and powerful when all city parks are suddenly privatized

Cabaret-style festival co-curated by Corey Payette and Heather Redfern features an electrifying fusion of theatre, music, drag, circus, and more

Colour, light, reflection, and hip-hop-influenced moves as Montreal troupe’s kaleidoscopic new piece hits The Cultch

The Dancers of Damelahamid’s most ambitious production to date explores the precious artistic legacy passed down by Elder Margaret Harris

In his one-man show, the theatre artist of Cree and Lakota heritage addresses empty land acknowledgements with unapologetic conviction

Brazil’s Alberto Salgado to headline celebratory evening featuring fellow música popular brasileira artists Celso Machado, Amphibioux, and Sara Magal

does it make me naive if i’ve never been part of something where i’ve meant more to them than they did to me? compiles 18 short movements in ode to a failing love life

Audience goes wild for an often surreal and literally cheeky performance of sideshow antics and gravity-defying stunts

Antoine Carabinier Lépine and his troupe take wild inspiration from Quebec’s century-old circus sideshow traditions

Jami Reimer’s Soft tongues: a bioacoustic opera takes a sonic and video-enhanced trip to the Brazilian rainforest, while Neworld Theatre’s Earth Case Scenario presents short eco-works

Theatre artists Tony Adams and Joylyn Secunda unpack the theme of transformation through self-acceptance in their respective shows

Paper planes, food rituals, and more, in Urban Ink and The Cultch production that maps the connections and disconnections over decades

The Cultch and Urban Ink present Kamila Sediego’s play that explores cultural identity and familial duty

Theatre schools, the BMI, critics, and casting auditions: everything’s fair game in a show that flips easily between biting, big laughs and darker reflections

Taboo-buster Cheyenne Rouleau traverses more personal terrain in new one-woman show

Centred at The Cultch, contemporary-performance celebration spans bioacoustic opera and African-dance-infused theatre

The Cultch, Savage Society, and NAC Indigenous Theatre coproduction balances joy and solemnity for a transporting vision

Company’s just-launched lineup will feature everything from fast-fashion-inspired acrobatics to conceptual hip-hop, across four venues

The artist and politician draws on her own Callihoo ancestors, and fills new play with fiddle and dance

Atmospheric new play at The Cultch about two women in exile from Iran revolves around duality and secrets

Play follows an Iranian architect living in Montreal who grapples with painful secrets from her past when she reunites with her childhood best friend

East Van-based theatre hub celebrates its seventh annual festival with plays and stand-up comedy