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Theatre review: Eyes of the Beast asks what it means to bear witness to climate disaster

Neworld Theatre in collaboration and SFU’s School for the Contemporary Arts humanizes the issue by drawing on real, lived memories of fires, floods, and heat waves

THEATREJanet SmithJune 24, 2025Neworld Theatre, Summer 2025, SFU School for Conetmporary Arts

Arts Club Theatre Company resets Agatha Christie classic The Mousetrap, June 26 to August 10

With audiences sworn to secrecy over a decades-long run, the mystery at the heart of author’s most famous whodunit endures

THEATRE, WHAT'S STIRRINGJanet SmithJune 24, 2025Arts Club Theatre Company, Summer 2025

Theatre review: Bard on the Beach opener Much Ado About Nothing mixes summery charm with updated reflections

With modernized touches and strong performances, this adaptation renews the wit and scheming of Shakespeare’s classic comedy

THEATRE, FESTSJanet SmithJune 23, 2025Bard on the Beach, Much Ado About Nothing, Shakespeare, Summer 2025

Theatre review: Arts Club cooks up a creative hit with a Waitress that's moving yet whimsical

Rachel Drance’s poignant performance mixes well with choreographic and design innovations in new rendition of musical at the Stanley

Theatre Under the Stars music directors welcome the chance to work outdoors in Stanley Park

Sean Bayntun and Eliza De Castro sound off on bringing to life the bold characters of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Legally Blonde: The Musical

Gateway Theatre's just-announced 2025-26 season includes Kate Hamill’s cheeky Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson – Apt. 2B and the hit musical Annie

Kat Sandler’s Wildwoman and Axis Theatre’s Where Have All the Buffalo Gone? round out the stage offerings

THEATREJanet SmithJune 19, 2025Gateway Theatre, Axis Theatre, Silk Road Music

The Dark Lady reclaims the story of Emilia Bassano at Bard on the Beach, July 3 to September 19

The first female published poet in England interacts with Shakespeare in Jessica B. Hill’s witty, complex love story

THEATREStir VancouverJune 19, 2025Partner Content, Bard on the Beach

The costumes in Bard on the Beach's The Two Gentlemen of Verona are a full-on 1980s nostalgia trip

Designer Carmen Alatorre draws on old photos, film stills, and her own pastel-hued memories for Shakespearean comedy’s retro setting

THEATREJanet SmithJune 17, 2025Bard on the Beach, Shakespeare, Summer 2025

Theatre review: Back From the Dead inhabits a chaotic apocalyptic world

An energized live band accompanies the new rock musical, but the songs don’t always serve the storytelling

THEATREJanet SmithJune 16, 2025Renegade Arts Co

Dean Regan remembered for making his mark on musical theatre

Creator of Arts Club hits like A Closer Walk With Patsy Cline, Red Rock Diner, and the Stanley-opening Swing passed away at 87

NEWS, THEATREJanet SmithJune 13, 2025Dean Regan, Arts Club Theatre Company

In Bard on the Beach's Much Ado About Nothing, romantic entanglements abound at a vineyard house party

Johnna Wright directs the idyllic, Mediterranean-set Shakespeare play that revolves around two vastly different couples

Waitress star Rachel Drance connects to baking as an act of love

Vancouver-raised performer pours her heart and soul into hit Arts Club musical about women supporting one another and the healing power of pies

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) [revised] [again] lands at Bard on the Beach starting July 1

Directed by Mark Chavez, a rotating cast of hilarious theatre artists act out all of the Bard’s comedies, histories, tragedies, and sonnets

FESTS, THEATREStir VancouverJune 11, 2025Partner Content, Bard on the Beach, Shakespeare, Summer 2025

Neworld Theatre’s Eyes of the Beast draws on survivor stories to reframe climate reporting

Documentary-style production creates call to action by integrating lived experience of climate disaster into an innovative hybrid of theatre and journalism

THEATREJanet SmithJune 10, 2025Neworld Theatre, SFU Woodward's