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FEBRUARY 2023 | VOLUME 224
Jan. 30-FEB. 12
Advance Theatre Festival
Ruby Slippers Theatre
Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, Burnaby
Jan. 30-Feb. 3, 16-17 preview
- Sandra by Laura Di Cicco, Jan. 30
- Sitting on the Edge by Celeste Insell, Jan. 31
- Parifam by Aki Yaghoubi, Feb. 1
- ReZonance by Yvonne Wallace, Feb. 2
- Surrender by Jessie Liang, Feb. 3
- Dil Ka by Lee Nisar, Feb. 16-17
A Chorus Line
Music by Marvin Hamlisch, lyrics by Edward Kleban
Book by James Kirkwood Jr. and Nicholas Dante
Studio 58, Langara College
Waterfront Theatre, Granville Island
Feb. 2-19 preview
Clémentine: A (True) Story
by Anaïs Pellin with Emilie Leclerc & Anne-Marie Levassuer
Trans. Leanne Brodie
Kleine Compagnie in assoc. with Alliance Francaise
Carousel Theatre for Young People
The Nest, Granville Island
Feb. 7-18
The Cull
by Michele Riml& Michael St. John Smith
Arts Club Theatre Company
Granville Island Stage
Jan. 26-Feb. 26 preview
FADO – The Saddest Music in the World
by Elaine Avila
Firehall Arts Centre
Jan. 14-Feb. 5 preview review of original production
Forgiveness
by Mark Sakamoto, adapted by Hiro Kanagawa
Arts Club Theatre Company
Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage
Jan. 12-Feb. 12 preview review
The Play That Goes Wrong
by Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer & Henry Shields
Theatre in the Country, Langley
Feb. 8-25
Pop! Pop!
by Linda A. Carson with Monica Dufault & Kim Selody
Presentation House Theatre, North Vancouver
Feb. 10-19 preview
PuSh International Performing Arts Festival
Various Vancouver venues and online
Jan. 19-Feb. 5 preview
- afternow — norachipaumire
Installation: Jan 28-29, Jan 31- Feb 5; Dub Nights: Jan 28 & Feb 1 | Roundhouse - Red Phone — Boca del Lupo (Canada)
Jan 29–Feb 4 | The Fishbowl - because i love the diversity (this micro-attitude, we all have it) — Rakesh Sukesh
Jan 29-31 | Performance Works - An Undeveloped Sound — Electric Company Theatre
Previews: Jan 30 & 31; Run: Feb 1-4 (extended run until Feb 11)| Fei & Milton Wong Experimental Theatre, SFU - Are we not drawn onward to a new erA — Ontroerend Goed
Feb 1-4 | Frederic Wood Theatre, UBC - Selfie Concert — Ivo Dimchev
Feb 2-3 | Left of Main - Okinum — Productions Onishka with AnAku
Feb 2-3 | Anvil Theatre + Feb 2-5 Online - THIS & the last caribou — New Dance Horizons
Feb 2-4 | Orpheum Annex - Club PuSh: Talking Stick, The Black Arts Centre, the frank theatre co. @ Club PuSh
Feb 2-4 | Club PuSh at Performance Works - Soldiers of Tomorrow — The Elbow Theatre
Feb 3-5 | Roundhouse Performance Centre - O’DD — Race Horse Company
Feb 4-5 | Vancouver Playhouse + Feb 2-5 Online
Rumors
by Neil Simon
Vagabond Players
Bernie Legge Theatre, New Westminster
Feb. 2-25
Seussical the Musical
by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty
Align Entertainment
Michael J. Fox Theatre, Burnaby
Jan. 27-Feb. 11
Teenage Dick
by Mike Lew
Arts Club Theatre Company
BMO Theatre Centre
Feb. 9-Mar. 5 preview
Terms of Endearment
Adapted by Dan Gordon from Larry McMurtry
North Vancouver Community Players
Hendry Hall, North Vancouver
Feb. 9-25
Tomatoes Tried to Kill Me, But Banjos Saved My Life
by Keith Alessi
- Surrey Arts Centre, Feb. 11
Thy Neighbour’s Wife
by Tara Beagan
United Players
Jericho Arts Centre, 1675 Discovery St.
Jan. 20-Feb. 12 preview
The Vegetable Garden
by Karine Sauvé and Érika Tremblay-Roy
Le Petit Théâtre de Sherbrooke
Théâtre la Seizième
Studio 16, 1555 W. 7th Ave.
Feb. 2-5
The Wolves
by Sarah DeLappe
Theatre at UBC
Telus Studio Theatre
Feb. 2-11
The Improv Centre
Granville Island
- The Playground – Thurs.
- Stand-Up at the Improv – every other Thurs.
- TheatreSports – Fri. & Sat.
- The Matinee – Sat.
ONLINE ONLY
27 Stories Written by Kids – Strathcona Elementary
Little Mountain Lion Productions
From May 5
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhPpHAvkRBVx5lcZ9byqyVkjYI1_khcok
The Café
Aphotic Theatre and ITSAZOO Productions
The Cultch Re/Play
From Feb. 2
https://thecultch.com/event/the-cafe/
East Van Panto: The Little Mermaid
by Sonja Bennett
Theatre Replacement
The Cultch Re/Play
Dec. 17-Jan. 31
https://thecultch.com/event/east-van-panto/
Now Showing
by Shehzar Abro and James Maxwell
Fight with a Stick
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1CGEog6tIE
The Year of the Cello
by Marjorie Chan and Njo Kong Kie
Theatre PasseMuraille and Music Picnic
The Cultch Re/Play
From Jan. 20
https://thecultch.com/event/the-year-of-the-cello/
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