Metro
Theatre
co-production with First Impressions Theatre Company
Noises Off

When & Where March 16 - April 6 2024, evenings at 8pm, matinees on Sundays at 2pm | Metro Theatre, 1370 MarineDrive SW, Vancouver

Director Claude A. Giroux Set Design Nicholas Boughen Costume Design Iryna Steller & Tiffany Bishop Fight Coordinator Adara Broyles Lighting Design Michael Smith Lighting Operator Janice Howell Sound Design Janice Howell Stage Manager Janice Howell

Reviewer Christian Steckler

Successful farce is a complex product of witty writing, strategic situations aimed at eliciting genuine laughter, fastidiously borderline (or not) exaggerated acting, and timing, all dependent on flawless technical production. This co-production of Noises Off is all of these, in a madcap story of actors putting on a play. Full review





The Improv Centre

International Women's Day: Fashionably Late

When & Where March 14, 2024 | The Improv Centre, 1502 Duranleau Street
Vancouver

Reviewer Eve Newstead

I'm not sexist but women just aren’t as funny as men. Ever heard that one before? Of course you have. Comedy is just another arena dominated by men. So for The Improv Centre to insist on an International Women’s Day event, even if itrequired being held a week late, set the tone for a night with an electric atmosphere Full review




Mitch and Murray Productions

An Intervention written by Mike Bartlett

When & Where March 8-17, 2024, evenings at 8pm, matinees: March 10, 13, & 17 at 1pm | Performance Works, 1218 Cartwright Street

Director Aaron Craven Set Designer David Roberts Costume Designer Julie White Lighting Designer Hina Nishioka Stage Manager Susan Curril

Reviewer Shakeela Begum

An Intervention, crafted by Olivier Award-winning playwright Mike Bartlett and directed by Aaron Craven, delves into the complexities of friendship amidst personal and political divides. This play aims to hold a mirror to the nuanced dynamics of relationships challenged by external pressures. Full review

 



Fay Theatre/Excavation Theatre

GRACIE by Joan Macleod

When & Where February 22 – 25, 2024; evenings at 7pm & Sun at 2pm | Vancity Culture Lab, 1895 Venables Street, Vancouver

Director Jessica Anne Nelson Sound Designer Shona Struthers
Costume Designer Amy King Lighting Designer Adam Prokop
Projection Filmmaker Evan Walsh Stage Manager Ivana Franz

Reviewer John Jane

Gracie is a one woman play based on supposed events by British Columbia playwright Joan MacLeod. It centres on the story of Gracie, an eight-year-old girl who travels by road from Utah to BC with her family: a (now) single mother, an older brother and two older sisters. Full review

 

 

The Cultch presents Monster Theatre's
Juliet: a Revenge Comedy by Pippa Mackie & Ryan Gladstone

When & Where Feb 8 - 23, 2023, Tuesday to Saturday at 7:30 pm, Sat. 17th at 2pm and 7.30pm & Sundays at 2 pm | Historic Theatre, 1895 Venables St., Vancouver

Director Ryan Gladstone Original Score Drew Jurecka Set Design Alexandra Caprara Lighting Design Jon Paterson & Jude Weismiller Costume Design Nita Bowerman Stage Manager Taylor MacKinnon

Reviewer Elizabeth Paterson

Juliet: a Revenge Comedy is a giddy romp conducted by one of Shakespeare’s most memorable heroines. A deliciously post-modern Juliet (Lili Beaudoin) rebels against the constant re-iteration of her inevitable suicide and breaks through the fourth wall – visible to her - to go on a quest to write her own life. She stumbles on a book dropped by William Shakespeare. (Ryan Gladstone as a wildly improbably Shakespeare, by the way, big and bursting, a bit clumsy and dressed as a woman.) Full review


The Firehall Arts Centre
Chelsea Hotel: The Songs of Leonard Cohen by Tracey Power and Steve Charles

When & Where Performance Times: Tues - Sat , 7:30pm & matinees on Saturday & Sunday at 3pm | Firehall Arts Centre, 280 E. Cordova

Director Tracey Power Musical Director Steve Charles Tracey Power Set and Costume Design Drew Facey Design Consultant Ted Roberts Lighting Design John Webber Sound Design Trevor Tews Stage Manager Emma Hammond

Reviewer Christian Steckler

Leonard Cohen is one of Canada’s national treasures. How fortunate are those who had the opportunity to see him perform while he lived! And for others, how fortunate to experience this wonderful creation of the spirit of his work set down in a coherent narrative. Full review


Artistic Director Ashlie Corcoran announced the 2024–2025 season programming for the Arts Club Theatre Company. The company will present 11 shows for the new season across three venues: The Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage, The Granville Island Stage and the Newmont Stage at the BMO Theatre Centre.

2024–2025 ARTS CLUB THEATRE COMPANY SEASON
(In Chronological Order)



JERSEY BOYS book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice
The True Story of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons

Music & Lyrics by Bob Gaudio and Bob Crewe
Director & Choreographer Julie Tomaino

When and Where September 5 – October 20, 2024 | The Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage

DOLLY PARTON’S SMOKY MOUNTAIN CHRISTMAS CAROL
Based on A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, book by David H. Bell
Music & Lyrics
by Dolly Parton
Director Bobby Garcia
Choreographer Julio Fuentes

When and Where November 14 – December 24, 2024 | The Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage


MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET

A Fresh Take on a Christmas Classic
Adapted by Caleb Marshall & Erin Keating from the Classic Story by Valentine Davies
Director has yet to be assigned

When and W here November 21 – December 29, 2024 | The Granville Island Stage

THE GINGERBREAD MEN: A HOLIDAY CABARET
Dashing, debonair, cookie-crazed quartet: Brennan Cuff, Brandyn Eddy, Jer Lowe, Jeffrey Victor

When and Where December 5 – 22, 2024 | Newmont Stage at the BMO Theatre Centre

THE THREE MUSKETEERS
Adapted by Catherine Bush from the novel by Alexandre Dumas
Director
Daryl Cloran

When and Where January 16–February 16, 2025 | The Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage



PRIMARY TRUST a new play by Eboni Booth
A Canadian premiere

Director Ashlie Corcoran

When and Where February 6 – March 2, 2025 | The Granville Island Stage


CAMBODIAN ROCK BAND by Lauren Yee
A Canadian Premiere
A Journey of Music featuring songs by Dengue Fever

Director Jivesh Parasram

When and Where March 6 – April 6, 2025| The Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage


BURNING MOM by Mieko Ouchi
A Different Kind of Road Trip – a one-woman performance
Director
Mieko Ouchi

When and Where March 27 – April 20, 2025 | The Granville Island Stage

CASEY AND DIANA by Nick Green
The Handshake of Hope
Director
Andrew Kushnir

When and Where April 24 – May 25, 2025 | The Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage



WAITRESS book by Jessie Nelson, based on the film written by Adrienne Shelly
An Empowering Recipe for Joy
Music & Lyric
s by Sara Bareilles
Director Ashlie Corcoran
Choreographer Shelley Stewart Hunt

When and Where June 12–August 3, 2025 | The Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage


THE MOUSETRAP by Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie’s Genre-Defining Whodunnit
Director
Stephen Drover

When and Where June 26–August 10, 2025 |The Granville Island Stage