Dial M for Murder
The Stanley BFL CANADA Stage to March 8, 2026
“The best laid plans of mice and men gang aft agley”, quoth Robbie Burns. And how “agley” do murderous plans go in Dial M for Murder? Exceedingly. Hilariously.
Red Like Fruit
The Cultch Historic Theatre to February 22, 2026
What happened in The Cultch’s Historic Theatre on opening night was – and is, until February 22 – Red Like Fruit, a brilliantly provocative new play by Hannah Moskovitch.
Michelle Monteith as Lauren in Red Like Fruit.
Credit: Riley Smith
The Baking Show Show: The Play
Presentation House to February 15, 2026
Written by and performing as Grace is Faly Mevamanana and a more animated, exuberant performer is hard to imagine: dressed in a puffy pink dress and wearing pink, low-heeled shoes, Mevamanana’s Grace is just so darned cute with her wild curly hair and big-as-all-outdoors smile.
Faly Mevamanana as Grace in The Baking Show Show. Credit: Emily Cooper
BATSHIT
The Cultch Historic Theatre to February 15, 2026
BATSHIT, created, performed and designed by Leah Shelton, will leave you praying that mental health issues are being handled significantly more effectively and compassionately than in the 1960s in Australia.
Leah Shelton in BATSHIT. Credit: Joel Devereux
The Golden Anniversaries
Arts Club Granville Island Stage to February 15, 2026
Sandy Golden (Eileen Barrett) and husband Glen (Peter Anderson) have been coming to the same little lakeside cottage every wedding anniversary since they honeymooned there fifty years ago.
Eileen Barret (Sandy) and Peter Anderson (Glen) in the Golden Anniversaries. Credit: Moonrider Productions
The Replacement Wife
Jericho Arts Centre to February 15, 2026
A new Canadian play is cause for celebration and a new play by local award-winning playwright, poet, novelist and educator Aaron Bushkowsky makes the world premiere of The Replacement Wife even more exciting.
Bill Dow (Ben) and Kathryn Stewart (Rachel) in The Replacement Wife. Credit: Michelle Lee
A Very Merry Motown
Firehall Arts Centre to December 28, 2025
Baking not finished? Tree not up? Stressed to the max? Give yourself a well-deserved break and check out A Very Merry Motown: Songs and Stories for All Ages with Krystle Dos Santos and Friends.
Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women
Arts Club Granville Island Stage to January 24, 2026
Nostalgia is everywhere at Christmas and theatre companies unabashedly produce shows that speak to simpler, happier times. Louisa May Alcott’s novel, Little Women, set back in the mid 1880s and adapted for stage by American playwright Lauren M. Gunderson, presents a simpler, happier time in the USA.
Left to right: Ming Hudson ( Beth), Kaitlyn Yott (Amy), Erin Ormond (Marmee), Kate Besworth (Jo) and Elizabeth Barrett (Meg) in Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women. Credit: Moonrider Productions
The Cricket on the Hearth
Jericho Arts Centre to December 21, 2025
United Players, the little-theatre-company-that-could, has been punching over its weight for years – but even more so under Sarah Rodgers’ artistic direction. This production, directed by Rodgers, is thoroughly charming, thoroughly delightful.
The cast of The Cricket on the Hearth from left to right: Pippa Cochrane, Toby Verchere, Cassie Unger, Emma Houghton, Charlie Deagnon, Gordon Law (tucked in behind Deagnon), Vincent Keats and December Goodkey. Credit: Nancy Caldwell
East Van Panto: West Van Story
York Theatre to January 4, 2026
What’s so good about it? Everything. But off the top it’s a chance to see the ever-young Dawn Petten as both baggy-pants Spartacus and Boberta Rainy, a villainous, androgynous, megadeveloper.
Dawn Petten as Boberta Rainy and Spartacus in East Side Panto: West Van Story. Credit: Emily Cooper Photography