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FEBRUARY 2026 | VOLUME 260

FEB 9-22

Enjoy Olympic-Weeks Theatre: We’re Going for Gold!

Let’s face it – the Winter Olympics are less than thrilling. I mean, Canada has already missed a medal in pairs curling. There’s so much more to see on our stages than on Olympic TV, and a lot fewer ads. Just look at our On Now page: baking, buffalo and bare feet, anniversaries, constellations, folk music, murder, art, improv, plague and the Warrior Festival. What choices! What drama!! 

Our On Now page shows you everything running through late February. Be sure to look for the BUY TICKETS buttons. And plot your theatregoing through late March on our Coming Soon page.
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Mitch and Murray Productions hosts Story to Screen: A Conversation with Showrunner Susin Nielsen. Feb. 11, 7 pm at 203 – 161 Keefer St. Tix $65 (The event is sold out. Get on the waitlistHERE.)

Asian-Canadian dramatists are invited to apply for the vACT Creation Lab. It includes a $3500 stipend, workshop time and dramaturgical support. Deadline extended to Feb. 13. Info and application HERE.

Carousel Theatre for Young People presents the Family Forward Festival for Family Day weekend, Feb. 14-16. All events by donation. Details and tickets at https://www.carouseltheatre.ca/tickets.

Presentation House Theatre invites you to a singalong to Baz Luhrmann’s 2001 movie, Moulin Rouge! Feb. 21, 2 pm & 7 pm. Tickets & info: https://www.phtheatre.org/movie-singalong-moulin-rouge-2026/. And Romancing the Stage: A Steamy Bookish Fundraiser, Mar. 14. Cocktails 6 pm. Info & tix: HERE.

Gateway Theatre presents Silk Road Music: Lunar New Year Celebration, Feb. 28, 2 pm, $25. Info & tix HERE.

vACT is hiring a Managing Artistic Director. Application deadline Mar. 1. Info at https://vact.ca/job-posting-managing-artistic-director/.

Electric Company Theatre celebrates Asian Heritage Monthby inviting Asian artists to apply for its Advance Research Capacity (ARC) Residency. Deadline: Mar. 6. Application info HERE.

Vancouver Public Library downtown presents An Evening with Munish Sharmaand his play Danceboy, and a conversation on playwriting with Touchstone Theatre artistic director Lois Anderson. Mar. 10, 6 pm. Free. Info & registration HERE.

Also at the VPL, a reading of Christine Quintana’s new play, Terremoto. April 2, 6 pm. Free. Info & registration HERE.

The Cultch presents The Un-Gala: A Cowboy Carnivalfundraiser with line dancing. Hosts Amanda Sum and Mark Chavez. April 25, 6:30 pm. $75. Tickets & info HERE.

Ruby Slippers Theatre invites playwrights and directors to apply for the 2026/27 Advance Theatre Festival. Submit play synopsis, brief bio and max. 15 pp. script excerpt or director’s resume and cover letter to info@rubyslippers.ca by May 15.

Get 15% off your bill at any of The Cultch’s five restaurant partners on Commercial Drivethe same day you see a Cultch performance: Social, Sing Sing Commercial, La Mezcalaria, Caffè La Tana and Havana. 10-20% off your bill with a same-day Improv Centre ticket at any of its six Granville Island restaurant partners: https://theimprovcentre.ca/restaurant-partners/. The Firehall’s 15% off partner is Cuchillo on Powell St.

The Improv Centre is offering classes in improv at all levels. Info HERE.

Perry Ehrlich’s Gotta Sing! Gotta Dance! musical theatre program is accepting applications for next summer, sessions July 7-30 and Aug. 4-27, M-F 9:00-4:00. Info and applications here: https://theimpresario.ca/gotta-sing-gotta-dance/

Theatre Replacement opens registration for its East Van Panto-themed summer camps for ages 5-13 on Feb. 25. Info HERE.

Enjoy,

Jerry