Heist, Death of a Salesman, Elf, and more as Arts Club unveils 15 shows for 2026–27
Next season includes high-camp spoof Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors, Tracey Power’s premiere The Elvis Christmas Comeback Special, and the newly named Lindsay Family Stage
Big Stuff. Photo by Dahlia Katz
Death of a Salesman at the Citadel Theatre. Photo by Nanc Price for the Citadel Theatre
THE ARTS CLUB THEATRE COMPANY announced a 2026–27 lineup with 15 shows and a new name for one of its venues.
The 63rd season kicks off in September at the Arts Club’s flagship Stanley BFL CANADA Stage with the B.C. premiere of the cinematic stage thriller Heist. Running September 17 to October 18, this glossy, Hollywood-style play by Arun Lakra tells a story of high-level diamond thievery and betrayal. Then ultra-popular Elf: The Musical returns to launch the holiday season, November 12 to December 27. And 2027 begins with Arthur Miller’s classic Death of a Salesman, running January 21 to February 21 and presented with the Citadel Theatre; helmed by well-known director Daryl Cloran, the adaptation just played in Edmonton to rave reviews. Kimberly Belflower’s John Proctor Is the Villain, a sharply funny coming-of-age play, hits the stage in March. And late spring will welcome the one-person comedy Shirley Valentine.
The newly dubbed Lindsay Family Stage at Granville Island, named for long-time donors, opens its season on October 22 with Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors, a high-camp spoof of the Bram Stoker classic, helmed by Josh Epstein. A WONDERHEADS Christmas Carol, a giant-puppet-powered reimagining of the Charles Dickens classic, returns for the holiday season (December 2 to 27), as does a limited run of The Gingerbread Men: And Yet Another Holiday Cabaret. Next February will see the world premiere of local dynamic duo Amy Lee Lavoie and Omari Newton’s Little Darlin’, a comedy commissioned by the Arts Club, followed by David Auburn’s Summer, 1976, directed by Mindy Parfitt and centring on a deep friendship between two young mothers. An updated revival of A Closer Walk With Patsy Cline takes the Lindsay Stage from July 8 to August 22.
Three shows have full runs at the Olympic Village Stage at the BMO Theatre Centre, beginning with the comedy Big Stuff from October 14 to November 1; it was created by Matt Baram and Naomi Snieckus, and energetically explores the emotional clutter we accumulate in life—including the “stuff” from late parents. The holiday season marks the world premiere of The Elvis Christmas Comeback Special (November 26 to December 27), conceived and directed by Tracey Power, of House of Folk and Chelsea Hotel renown. February 2027 will see the return of the critically celebrated Behind the Moon, Anosh Irani’s play about migration and loyalty, in a Touchstone Theatre production helmed by Lois Anderson.
Elsewhere, two Arts Club on Tour productions will have limited engagements at the Olympic Village Stage: Mom’s the Word: Talkin’ Turkey arrives just in time for Thanksgiving, and Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women opens in early 2027.
The Arts Club crew has hinted at a big, yet-to-be-announced blockbuster summer production for 2027: “one of the most treasured and beloved musicals of all time”. It will be unveiled in April of this year. 
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