Theatre

At the Little Mountain Gallery, improvisers draw on Shakespeare plays to craft an all-new tragedy

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Donna Spencer directs Ann Mortifee’s family musical

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Director, playwright, choreographer, actor, and teacher worked on stages from Green Thumb to the Arts Club and beyond

In Pi Provocateurs presentation, physical-comedy duo Dayna Lea Hoffmann and Katie Yoner school audiences on the ways of the Alberta street rat

The Christmas classic features direction by Omari Newton and stars Kevin McNulty as Kris Kringle

Based on Rodney DeCroo’s body of work, Butcher Shop Collective show encompasses poetry, music, and shadow puppetry at the Shadbolt

Intimate account of caregiving told in French with English surtitles centres a young woman’s last conversations with her grandmother

Programming includes world premieres from Chimerik 似不像 and rice & beans theatre, BOGOTÁ by Andrea Peña & Artists, and beyond

New musical retells Love’s Labour’s Lost with an intentionally silly plot about a dictator, a track and field team, and mistaken identities

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