JOB
The Cultch to October 11, 2026
The first minute-and-a-half of JOB might be the most riveting opening scenes I have ever seen in the theatre.
Elizabeth Barrett (Jane) and Brian Markinson (Lloyd) in JOB. Credit: Emily Cooper
Heist
Stanley BFL CANADA Stage to October 18, 2026
The stars of Heist – hands down – are Projection Designer Wladimiro A. Woyno Rodriguez and his associate projection designers Marianne Benoit-Gagnon, Merve Yoruk, Jack Chipman, Genna Crowe; Lighting Designer Sophie Tang; and Set Designer Ryan Cormack.
Andrew McNee and Alexandra Lainfiesta in Heist. Set design by Ryan Cormack; costume design by Barbara Clayden; lighting design by Sophie Tang; projection design by Wladimiro A. Woyno Rodriguez. Credit: Moonrider Productions
Avenue Q
Metro Theatre to October 10, 2026
If you’re looking for a feel good, slightly raunchy, totally irreverent giggle – and who isn’t? – Metro Theatre is at 1370 SW Marine Drive.
The cast of Avenue Q with Lucy (handled by Leah Dubbin-Steckel) centre. Credit: Moonrider Productions
Running Wilde
Jericho Arts Centre to September 27, 2026
Bumping into playwright John Lazarus just before the curtain went up on his new play, Running Wilde, I jokingly asked him to give me the “lead” to the review I would write. He barely paused before saying, “The bitch is back.”
Conor Kavanagh as Oscar Wilde and Russell Zishiri as Davenport in Running Wilde. Credit: Cameron Clark Anderson
Goblin: Oedipus
Bard on the Beach to September 19, 2026
The Goblins – Wug, Kragva and Moog – are back in the Douglas Campbell Theatre at Bard on the Beach for another stab at a classic. And stab is the appropriate word because that’s what Spontaneous Theatre (Calgary) does best: stab, skewer, rip, tear, shred and dismantle some very serious drama.
Wug and Kragva in Goblin: Oedipus. Credit: Emily Cooper
Sister Act
Theatre Under the Stars to August 22, 2026
Sister Act puts the ‘sis’ back in Genesis. It’s a disco musical with lots of heart, served up enthusiastically by director/choreographer Peter Jorgensen and his cast of more than twenty under the musical direction of Sean Bayntun with his 12-piece band. Rain or, god willing, shine, the show goes on. Hallelujah!
Kat Keynolds as Deloris/Sister Mary Clarence in Sister Act. Credit: Emily Cooper
Antigone
Bard on the Beach to September 18, 2026
My response to this production would be quite different had I never read the original text. And it leads me to thinking about how theatre makers use ancient texts to reflect the contemporary world.
Yoshie Bancroft, as Antigone, and the Chorus in Antigone. Credit: Emily Cooper.
Macbeth
Bard on the Beach to September 18, 2026
Bard on the Beach is back – with a vengeance!
Munish Sharma as Macbeth. Credit: Emily Cooper
The Merry Wives of Windsor
At Bard on the Beach to September 19, 2026
I love Bard on the Beach. I do. I really do. And I appreciate how hard it must be to come up with a fresh take on Shakespeare’s four-hundred-year-old plays. But this Merry Wives, adapted by Bruce Horak with Rebecca Northan and directed by Northan, is beyond the pale.
The cast: Set design: Amir Ofek. Lighting design: Jeff Harrison. Costume design: Barbara Clayden. Credit: Emily Cooper
Come From Away
Stanley BFL CANADA stage to August 15, 2026
With Trump trumpeting – again – about Canada as the 51st state, the time is right for the Arts Club production of Come From Away. A homegrown musical with book, music and lyrics by Canadians Irene Sankoff and David Hein, it’s a feel-good musical that celebrates what we think of as Canadian values.
The cast of Come From Away. Credit: Moonrider Productions