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OCTOBER 2026 | VOLUME 268
OCT 19-NOV 1
An Act of the Imagination
by Bernard Slade
Deep Cove Stage Society
Deep Cove Shaw Theatre
Oct. 9-24
Big Stuff
by Matt Baram and Naomi Snieckus
Arts Club Theatre Company
BMO Theatre Centre
Oct. 14-Nov. 1 preview
The Browning Version
by Terence Rattigan
The Smoking Gun Collective
Jericho Arts Centre
Oct. 31-Nov. 15 preview
Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival
Oct. 30-Nov. 7
- Epigone by Kevin Kerr, Electric Company Theatre
Russian Hall, 600 Campbell St., Nov. 4-15 - 1984:AGAIN by Theatre Terrific
SFU Centre, 149 W. Hastings St., Nov. 6 - House by Daniel MacIvor
SFU Centre, 149 W. Hastings St., Nov. 6
Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors
by Gordon Greenberg and Steve Rosen
Arts Club Theatre Company
Granville Island Stage
Oct. 22-Nov. 15 preview
English
By Sanaz Toossi
Blackout Arts Society
Kay Meek Arts Centre, West Vancouver
Oct. 29-30
The Effect
by Lucy Prebble
Rumble Theatre & ITSAZOO Productions
The Cultch Historic Theatre
Oct. 15-25 preview
Everybody
by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
Theatre at UBC
Dorothy Somerset Studio
Oct. 29-Nov. 7
The Improv Centre
Granville Island preview
- True Story! - Tuesdays
- Spontaneous Combustion – Tuesdays Oct. 6, 27
- TriviaProv - Wednesdays , Thursdays
- Blockbuster: Horrors & Hilarity - Wednesdays, Thursdays
- TheatreSports™ - Fridays, Saturdays
- Deadly Dinner Party - Fridays, Saturdays
- Ha-Ha-Halloween – Saturday Oct. 31
- House Teams LO-A-PALOOZA – Sunday Oct. 25
Mary Jane
by Amy Herzog
Mitch & Murray Productions
Studio 16, 1555 W. 7th Ave.
Oct. 23-Nov. 1 preview
Mom’s the Word: Talkin’ Turkey
by Mom’s the Word Collective
Arts Club Theatre on Tour preview
- Evergreen Cultural Centre, Coquitlam, Oct. 27-31
Nuncrackers
Book, music & lyrics by Dan Goggin
Metro Theatre
Oct. 23-Nov. 14 preview
The Rocky Horror Show
Music, lyrics and book by Richard O’Brien
Ryver’s House Theatrical Society
The Cultch
York Theatre
Oct. 29-31
Sherwood: A Robin Hood Adventure
By Ken Ludwig
Stage 43
Evergreen Cultural Centre, Coquitlam
Oct. 15-24
Sunday in the Park with George
Music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Book by James Lapine
Raincity Theatre
353 Railway St.
Oct. 7-28
Time Stands Still
by Donald Margulies
Curious Cats Theatre Collective
Jericho Arts Centre
Oct. 14-25 preview
Water Words
by Mamby Mawine and Hélène Ducharme
Motus & Djarama
Presentation House Theatre, North Vancouver
Oct. 27 preview
ONLINE ONLY
Bird
by Kylie Vincent
The Cultch Online
https://thecultch.com/event/bird-by-kylie-vincent/
The Café
Aphotic Theatre and ITSAZOO Productions
The Cultch Re/Play
https://thecultch.com/event/the-cafe/
Climate Change and Other Small Talk
by Sunny Drake
Why Not Theatre and others
The Cultch RE/PLAY
https://thecultch.com/watch/climate-change-and-other-small-talk/
Demolition
by Lisa Fa’alafi and Leah Shelton
Polytoxic and Kiosk Film
The Cultch RE/PLAY
https://thecultch.com/event/demolition/
How to Believe in Anything
by Ariel Slack
The Cultch Online
https://thecultch.com/event/how-to-believe-in-anything/
Making the Mystics: An Artistic Ceremony Documentary
by Kim Senklip Harvey
Green Thumb Theatre
The Cultch RE/PLAY
https://thecultch.com/event/making-the-mystics/
Meditation
by Amber Barton
The Cultch RE/PLAY
https://thecultch.com/event/meditation/
Migration
by Fight With a Stick
https://www.fightwithastick.ca/resources
Now Showing
by Shehzar Abro and James Maxwell
Fight with a Stick
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1CGEog6tIE
Paradise or the Impermanence of Ice Cream
by Jacob Rajan and Justin Lewis
Indian Ink
The Cultch Online
https://thecultch.com/event/paradise-or-the-impermanence-of-ice-cream/
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