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AUGUST 2026 | VOLUME 266

 

JULY 27-AUG 9

Summer Theatre Gifts

Summer theatre is now in full swing. All four Bard on the Beach shows are up, both Arts Club shows, both TUTS musicals, and a full range of performances at the Improv Centre with a handful of other shows opening in these two weeks. From Greek tragedy to Shakespeare to Come from Away and The Little Mermaid, it’s a something-for-everyone kind of summer for theatre in our town.

Our On Now page shows you everything running through mid-August. And plot your theatregoing through early September and the new season on our Coming Soon page. Be sure to look for the BUY TICKETS buttons.

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Gateway Theatre invites you to True Voices: Pride Storytelling & Tea, a free Pride Month event with 5 LGBTQ2S+ storytellers. July 30, 7 pm. Reserve HERE.

Bard on the Beach presents Bard Pride Night, July 31, 6 pm. $30 Here and Bard After Dark, 4 nights of improv comedy featuring some wonderful improvisors including Rebecca Northan, Jeff Gladstone, Tess Degenstein and Veena Sood. Aug. 7, 14, 21, 28, 10 pm. Tickets $25/$20 at https://bardonthebeach.org/whats-on/bard-after-dark/

The Cultch is having a yard sale: Aug. 8, 11-3.

Rumble Theatre invites proposals for projects and works-in-progress for Tremors 2027 (June 25-27). Details HERE. Submission deadline Sept. 15.

The Cultch’s15-show season includes work by Vancouver’s Search Party, Rumble, ITSAZOO, Theatre Replacement (a new East Van Panto), Pi, Urban Ink, and a new musical from Amiel Gladstone & Veda Hille, plus from Toronto Michael Healey’s Rogers v. Rogers and a new Daisy Theatre from Ronnie Burkett. www.thecultch.com

The Arts Club’s 14-play 2026-27 season plus 4 plays on tour is highlighted by Death of a Salesman, John Proctor Is the Villain, plus new work and musicals, including Les Misérables. https://artsclub.com/season-tickets/packages

Coquitlam’s Evergreen Cultural Centre’s 8-play season features three Arts Club plays on tour including Little Women, a remount of English, and Little Shop of Horrors. www.evergreenculturalcentre.ca      

Metro Theatre’s 7-play season includes musicals Avenue Q and Hello, Dolly! plus an Agatha Christie and Our Town. www.metrotheatre.com

North Van’s Presentation House Theatre’s 7-show season includes a Latin American Arts Family Festival, The Sword in the Stone, Where the Wild Things Are, plus plays by Alexandra Lainfiesta and Joey Lespérance. www.phtheatre.org

United Players’ 5-play 2026-27 season features Canadian plays by John Lazarus and Vern Theissen and Beckett’s Happy Days. www.unitedplayers.com

Richmond’s Gateway Theatre’s 5-play season includes musicals Songs for a New World and 42nd Street plus Michele Riml’s She Shoots, She Scores! www.gatewaytheatre.com

Broadway Across Canada’s 5-play musical season at the Queen E opens with & Juliet and includes Hamilton and musical adaptations of Mrs. Doubtfire and The Bodyguard. https://vancouver.broadway.com/#season-26-27

Carousel Theatre for Young People has a five-show season that includes Stuart Little and Finding Nemo: The Musical. www.carouseltheatre.ca

Langley’s Theatre in the Country has two plays this fall and another five in 2027 including A Christmas Story: The Musical, Peter Pan Goes Wrong and My Fair Lady. https://theatreinthecountry.com/

First Impressions Theatre’s 4-play 2026-27 lineup in Deep Cove includes Norm Foster’s Lunenberg, Krystal Dos Santos’ History of Motown plus Little Shop of Horrors. https://firstimpressionstheatre.com/next-season/

Studio 58’s 4-play season includes Yvette Nolan’s The Birds, Twelfth Night and Amélie the musical. www.studio58.ca

Mitch and Murray Productions’ first 3-play season features work by Amy Herzog, Jonathan Spector and David Mamet. https://mitchandmurrayproductions.com/

Pacific Theatre offers 3 shows at its new Granville Island home, including Ins Choi’s Son of a Preacherman and a new play by Jill Daum. HERE.

Theatre at UBC’s 3-show mainstage season has a definite feminist flavour: Dracula: A Feminist Revenge Tragedy, Really; Twelfth Night; and an adaptation of Virginia Woolf’s Orlando. www.theatrefilm.ubc.ca

North Van’s Presentation House Theatre is registering kids 5-10 for summer camps Aug. 10-21. Registration closes Aug. 3.

Registration is open for Carousel Theatre’s Summer Drama Day Camps for ages 6-12. Details HERE.

Register your kids for Theatre Replacement’s East Van Panto-themed summer camps for ages 5-13. Info HERE.

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

Gateway Theatre’s Gateway Academy in Richmond offers year-long acting and musical theatre classes for ages 6-18. gatewaytheatre.com/academy.

CTORA Academy is offering fall classes in musical theatre for kids, teens, adults and young musicians. https://ctora.ca/academy

Enjoy,

Jerry