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Theatre review: Nostalgic appeal helps CTORA Theatre's The Wizard of Oz fly

Strong performances and visuals, not to mention airborne witches and monkeys, make for a classic trip over the rainbow

THEATREJanet SmithNovember 6, 2023CTORA Theatre, Homepage feature

Elf: The Musical kicks off the holiday musical season, at the Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage, to December 31

Actor Andrew McNee plays the beloved cotton-headed ninny muggins in the Arts Club production

WHAT'S STIRRING, THEATREGail JohnsonNovember 6, 2023Arts Club Theatre, Holiday 2023

Promethean Theatre announces world premiere of Tragedy, Slander, & Wine, November 13 to 19

Production spanning comedy, mystery, and mockumentary examines spread of misinformation after a small-town murder

THEATREStir VancouverNovember 6, 2023Partner Content, Promethean Theatre

Western Gold Theatre reimagines famous heroine's story in A Doll’s House Part 2, November 9 to 26

Tony-nominated playwright Lucas Hnath picks up the plot 15 years after Nora slammed the door on domesticity in Henrik Ibsen’s masterpiece

THEATRE, WHAT'S STIRRINGGail JohnsonNovember 6, 2023Western Gold Theatre, Ibsen, Melissa Oei

Shadbolt Centre for the Arts presents adult comedy-tinged stepsisters from Cinderella in The Spinsters, November 16 to 18

Show full of scandalous rules and secrets reimagines the lives of infamous fairytale characters

THEATREStir VancouverNovember 4, 2023Partner Content, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts

In one-woman play Whistle, Hadar Galron delves into the past, present, and future of the Holocaust

Actor-playwright developed semi-autobiographical monodrama with Yaakov Buchan, the son of Nazi doctor Josef Mengele’s secretary

THEATRE, FESTSJanet SmithNovember 3, 2023Chutzpah! Festival

Director Mark Carter reflects on his lifelong love of The Wizard of Oz ahead of CTORA Theatre's upcoming production

Storyline sticks true to the 1939 film based on L. Frank Baum’s novel, from the elaborate costumes to the incidental underscore

THEATREJanet SmithNovember 2, 2023CTORA Theatre

Behtab Behseta's one-woman show at the STAND Festival depicts growth and resilience in the aftermath of trauma

The performer and Blackout Art Society’s artistic director Amir Hosseini speak to the festival’s origins and the importance of uplifting immigrant artists

THEATRE, FESTSJanet SmithOctober 31, 2023Blackout Art Society, STAND Festival

Frank Theatre's Fay Nass is drawn to How Black Mothers Say I Love You's look at immigrants' experience and their family dynamics

Trey Anthony play follows Jamaican mother’s complicated reunion with her daughters, after years of working abroad

THEATREJanet SmithOctober 27, 2023THE CULTCH, Frank Theatre, the frank theatre company, Fay Nass, LGBTQ+, Homepage feature

Dog Man: The Musical brings a canine crime-fighter to the Massey Theatre, October 28 and 29

Production is based off author-illustrator Dav Pilkey’s beloved comic book series

WHAT'S STIRRING, THEATREJanet SmithOctober 26, 2023Massey Theatre

Pippa Mackie's Hurricane Mona marks world premiere, November 18 to December 3

In co-presentation from Touchstone Theatre and Ruby Slippers Theatre, a climate emergency takes centre-stage

THEATREStir VancouverOctober 26, 2023Partner Content, Touchstone Theatre, Ruby Slippers Theatre

Arthi Chandra explores intergalactic pop performance in STARBABY at The Array: An Exquisitely Sensitive Machine

Upintheair Theatre event features commissions from four groups of artists, including Chandra’s The Library Performance Collective

THEATREJanet SmithOctober 25, 2023Upintheair Theatre

Western Gold Theatre's A Doll's House Part 2 continues where Henrik Ibsen's 1879 play left off, November 9 to 26

Featuring Melissa Oei as Nora and Tom McBeath as Torvald, production explores gender roles in marriage

THEATREStir VancouverOctober 24, 2023Partner Content, Western Gold Theatre

East Van Panto: Beauty and the Beast hits the York Theatre from November 22 to January 7, 2024

Theatre Replacement and The Cultch’s holiday tradition is written by Jivesh Parasram and Christine Quintana this year

THEATREStir VancouverOctober 23, 2023Partner Content, THE CULTCH

Theatre review: Te Tangi a te Tūī's acrobatic stories of Māori magical spirits speak eloquently to colonial damage

Indigenous language and oral storytelling traditions drive circus-theatre piece from New Zealand, commissioned by The Cultch and Urban Ink

DANCE, THEATRE, CULTUREJanet SmithOctober 21, 2023THE CULTCH, The Cultch

Blackout Art Society's third annual STAND Festival centres on immigrant and refugee artists, November 2 to 12

Several impactful theatre, dance, and music performances are on the lineup, along with workshop, art exhibition, and live podcast offerings

FESTS, THEATRE, DANCE, MUSICStir VancouverOctober 19, 2023Partner Content, Blackout Art Society

Massey Theatre hosts Kid Koala's The Storyville Mosquito, November 25 and 26

Production is performed, filmed, projected, and scored in real-time using 20 miniature sets, puppetry, and live music

THEATREStir VancouverOctober 18, 2023Partner Content, Massey Theatre

Theatre review: Peace Country looks at B.C. environmental issues from a complex range of perspectives

The often funny story set in a fictional small B.C. town is rooted in an all-too-familiar reality

THEATREJanet SmithOctober 17, 2023FIREHALL, Firehall Arts Centre

The Wizard of Oz hits the Granville Island Stage from November 3 to 12

Show delivers songs, characters, and moments from the beloved 1939 film based on L. Frank Baum’s novel

THEATREStir VancouverOctober 17, 2023Partner Content, CTORA Theatre

Shadbolt Centre for the Arts hosts Arts Club production The Birds and the Bees, November 2 and 3

Canadian comedy abuzz with love, lust, beekeeping antics, and the artificial insemination of turkeys

THEATREStir VancouverOctober 16, 2023Partner Content, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, Arts Club Theatre

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