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Plus an interview with Choreographer Shelley Stewart Hunt When and Where September 5 - 20, 2025; evenings at 7.30pm, Matinees on September 7,13,14 & 20 at 2pm| Metro Theatre, 1370 SW Marine Drive, Vancouver Director
Shel Piercy Music Director Sylvia M. Zaradic
Choreography Shelley Stewart Hunt Lighting Design
Jonathan Kim Sets & Costume Design Starlynn Chen
Sound Mixing Christopher King Stage
Manager Dek Green Intimacy Coordinator Lisa
Goebel Reviewer Christian Steckler Set in New York in the 1990s, a time before same-sex marriage and multi-gender recognition, when AIDS was ravaging victims whom the public feared and vilified, when addiction was already rampant, the production focuses on a year in the lives of a group of young people struggling to stay afloat and find their way in the difficult circumstances in which they find themselves. Full review
Queen Elizabeth Theatre The Lion King When & Where August 20 - Sept 14, 2025, weekday evenings at 7.30pm, Sat & Sun 1pm + 6pm | Queen Elizabeth Theatre. Tickets available at: https://www.ticketmaster.ca/queen-elizabeth-theatre-tickets-vancouver/venue/139293 Reviewer Darren Cordeiro In the jungle, the mighty jungle, the lion did not sleep tonight. The Pride was out in full force at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre for opening night of The Lion King. And they were fantastic. Full review Bard on the Beach
When and Where June 10 - September 20, 2025; evenings 7:30pm, matinees Wed, Sat & Sun 2pm | BMO Mainstage, Vanier Park Director Moya O'Connell Costume Designer Alaia Hamer Set Designer Ryan Cormack Composer & Sound Designer Anju Singh Lighting Designer Jeff Harrison Choreographer and Intimacy Director Lisa Goebelll Stage Manager Rebecca Mulvihil Cast: Emilia Bassano Arghavan Jenati William Shakespeare Nathan Kay Reviewer Elizabeth Paterson Emilia
Bassano Lanier,1569-1645: well-educated, musical, half-Italian, writer,
cousin and niece of court musicians, a woman of character, nerve and
intelligence as evidenced by her published poetry plus case-notes by
the slightly dubious physician-astrologer, Simon Forman. Also, William
Shakespeare’s contemporary. Could they have crossed paths? Undoubtedly.
Was she Shakespeare’s Dark Lady of the Sonnets. For playwright
Jessica B Hill, the answer is an unequivocal Yes. She has drawn a captivating,
thoughtful and sensitive portrait of Emilia and given her a worthy protagonist
in a Will Shakespeare who is as ambitious and needy as any of his characters.
Full
review The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) [revised] [again] When & Where July 1 to September 20, 2025 | Vanier Park, Vancouver Director Mark Chavez Choreographer: Amanda Testini Fight & Intimacy Director Sam Jeffery Set Designer Ryan Cormack Costume Designer Alaia Hamer Lighting Designer Jeff Harrison Composer & Sound Designer Anton Lipovetsky Stage Manager Rebecca Mulvihill. Purchase tickets online here. Reviewer Christian Steckler When one sees such a title as this for an evening of entertainment, one can hardly expect full theatrical productions of every play and sonnet that the bard wrote. The evening does deliver, as promised, a passing reference to all published works of Shakespeare, so the promise is kept. Some references pass with a whisper, a wink, or a nod, but references they are. Full review
When and Where June 13 to September 19, 2025, evenings 7.30pm | BMO Mainstage, Vanier Park Director Dean Paul Gibson Set Designer Pam Johnson Costume Designer Carmen Alatorre Lighting Designer Gerald King Choreography Nicol Spinola Composer & Sound Designer Malcolm Dow Intimacy Director Lisa Goebel Fight Director Jonathan Hawley Purvis Stage Manager Joanne P.B. Smith Main Cast Valentine Matthew Ip Shaw Proteus Jacob Leonard Julia Tess Degenstein Silvia Agnes Tong Antonio Craig Erickson Pantina Kristi Hansen The Duke Sheldon Elter Reviewer John Anthony Jane Director
Dean Paul Gibson’s whimsical adaptation
is a delightfully entertaining piece of theatre, but hardly one for
Bard purists. While Gibson moves the action from late sixteenth century
to a rather flamboyant period, he retains the geographical locations
of Verona and Milan. Gibson thankfully retained the play’s primary
elements of friendship, betrayal and eventual forgiveness; but it wouldn’t
be Shakespeare without the much-favoured theatrical device of cross-dressing
and the resulting mistaken identity. Full
review
When and Where June 10 - September 20, 2025; evenings 7:30pm, matinees Wed, Sat & Sun 2pm | BMO Mainstage, Vanier Park Director Johnna Wright Costume Designer Mara Gottler Set Designer Pam Johnson Sound Designer Mishelle Cuttler Lighting Designer Sophie Tang Choreographer and Fight Director Jonathan Hawley Purvis Intimacy Director Lisa Goebel Stage Manager Geoff Jones Cast: Benedick Sheldon Elter Beatrice Jennifer Lines Hero Jennifer Tong Claudio Angus Yam Leonato David Marr Don Pedro Matthew Ip Shaw Don John Karthic Kadam Ursula Jennifer Clement Margaret/Seacole Agnes Tong Borachio/Friar Tanner Zerr Conrad Kristi Hansen Dogberry Scott Bellis Verges Paige Fraser Reviewer Elizabeth Paterson A delightfully
breezy Much Ado About Nothing opens this year’s Bard
on the Beach season. A see-through set by Pam Johnson sketches a Mediterranean
villa opening onto views of a rich countryside backdropped by the trees
and sky of Sen?á?w/Vanier Park. On the gallery above the stage
young Hero (Jennifer Tong), one of our two heroines, is fixing her hair,
checking her face and her dress and learning about the new young person
she is becoming. Watching her fondly from below is her older cousin,
Beatrice (Jennifer Lines). Full
review
When & Where (alternative evenings) from June 28 to August 16, 2025.All shows at 8pm, except on Fireworks Nights (July 19, 23 & 26) when shows begin at 7pm | Malkin Bowl in Stanley Park Director Jayme Armstrong Choreography Lyndsey Britten Music Director Eliza De Castro Set & Costume Design Brian Ball Lighting Design Robert Sondergaard Sound Design Brad Danyluk Stage Manager Philomena Sondergaard Main Cast: Elle Woods Abby Woodhouse Emmett Forrest Nathaniel Johnson Warner Huntington Connor Hawkins Vivienne Kensington Viviana Renteria Paulette Madeleine Suddaby Brooke Wyndham Angella Cody Professor Callahan Peter Jorgensen Enid Hoopes Heather Mislang Reviewer John Anthony Jane The lead character Elle Woods, is portrayed by a charismatic Abby Woodhouse. Audiences will recognize her immediately – she’s the one wearing pink! Through the two hour show, she evolves from a free-spirited fashionista to a hardworking law student. Full review
When & Where (alternative evenings) from June 27 to August 15, 2025.All shows at 8pm, except on Fireworks Nights (July 19, 23 & 26) when shows begin at 7pm | Malkin Bowl in Stanley Park Director Peter Jorgensen Choreography Keri Minty Music Director Sean Bayntun Production Manager Richard Berg; Technical Director Blake Kriedemann Costume Designer Christine Reimer Lighting Designer Robert Sondergaard Sound Designer Brad Danyluk Props Head Stephanie Barclay Dance Captain Hanna Mack Stage Manager Erika Morey Reviewer Christian Steckler Productions by Theatre Under the Stars (TUTS) are well-known for their excellence in entertainment value, from talent to technical expertise. This year’s production of Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a rousing example, bringing delight, awe, hearty laughter and celebration of imagination in a magnificent performance by all involved. Full review
When and Where May 30 – June 22, 2025; Thurs-Fri at 8pm, 1st & 3rd Saturdays at 8 pm, 2nd and 4th Saturdays at 2pm, Sundays at 2pm | Jericho Arts Centre, 1675 Discovery Street Directors Moya O’Connell & Amber LewisTechnical Director Cristian Twist Set Design Omanie Elias Props Design Frances Herzer Sound Design & Composer Thule van den Dam Lighting Design Rebekah Johnson Costume Design Madeleine Polak Choreography Jerry Burchill Stage Manager Emelia Findlay MAIN CAST Robert Chiltern Chris Cope, Gertrude Chiltern Emma Newton Lord Goring Hayley Sullivan Mrs. Cheveley Cat Smith Mabel Chiltern Kyla Ward, Eal of Caversham (& Ghost of Baron Arnheim) Gordon Law , Reviewer John Anthony Jane Wilde's
take on this drawing room comedy works so well because it takes place
in a society that seems to value rigid social rules. The play’s
narrative revolves around Sir Robert Chiltern, a rising star in the
British House of Commons who has managed to define his career as a straight
arrow. Full
review
When & Where May 14 to June 7, 2025; Wed & Thur at 7:30pm, Fri & Sat at 8pm, Sat & Sun matinees at 2pm | Chalmers Activity Room at Pacific Theatre, 1420 W 12th Avenue Director Chelsea Haberlin Assistant Director Paige Louter Production Design Nemesis Collective Mental Health/Intimacy Director Aryn Mott Stage Manager Jasmin Sadhu The Cast Kaitlin Williams, Sebastien Archibald, Carmela Sison, Chris Lam & Marcus Youssef Reviewer John Anthony Jane Rather than staging Meeting in the regular theatre space, Pacific Theatre opted to put it on in the Chalmers Activity Room in a part of the building that they share with the Holy Trinity Anglican Church. The specific setting and what forms the dialogue is intended to promote a real time spontaneous meeting of a support group. Full review
When & Where May 9 to June 8, 2025, Evenings 7:30pm, Thurs, Fri, and Sat, Matinees – 2pm Sundays | Metro Theatre, 1370 Marine Dr SW, Vancouver Director
Christopher King Music Director Jenaya Barker
Choreography Shelley Stewart Hunt Lighting Designer
Keith S Woods Costume Designer Erin Gravelle Sound
Mixing Sam Armstrong Stage
Manager Cat Main Reviewer John Anthony Jane Metro
Theatre’s final presentation of the current season, Tim Rice and
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
pulls out all the stops. Christopher King directs and Shelley Stewart
Hunt choreographs this ‘amazing colourful’ production.
Full
review
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