Current Shows & Events
Recovery
November 23 – December 9, 2006
A speculative examination of an addicted world and the ramifications of a 500 billion dollar pharmaceutical industry
Silent Summer Nights
September 1 – 3, 2006
A Labour Day weekend, free-of-charge homage to the best in silent (and not so silent) cinema.
PuSh International Performing Arts Festival
January 10 – February 4, 2006
Launched in January 2003 in partnership with Touchstone Theatre, PuSh is Vancouver’s very own annual, mid-winter, multidisciplinary festival showcasing critically acclaimed artists and their work. Take in groundbreaking theatre, dance and music from Corner Brook, Montreal, Calgary, London, Paris and Vancouver. MAINSTAGE PRESENTATIONS Tempting Providence By Robert Chafe A Theatre Newfoundland Labrador (Corner Brook) production … Read more PuSh International Performing Arts Festival
The Young and the Restless: Terrible Things
April 27 – May 6, 2006
Into an eerie darkness enter the seven members of the Stipple family and their indentured servant.
Tremors: The Headless Cowboy
March 14 – 17
“Manages to combine art, science, environmentalism and vampiric catholics into a smart sixty-minute satire.” – Beyond Robson The Headless Cowboy is a rockabilly satire merging music and performance with the visual strengths of theatre, dance and video bringing a fresh, comedic look at a heart-breaking tragedy in a multi-disciplinary performance by three of Alberta’s most … Read more Tremors: The Headless Cowboy
Tremors: Fathom
March 20 – 24, 2007
A mesmerizing and engrossing tale of expectation and tragedy set in colonial Tasmania
YU-FO
March 27 – 31, 2007
One fateful night between a Canadian man and the mysterious Japanese woman he encounters at a side-of-the-road diner.
Silent Summer Nights
September 1 – 2, 2007
An end-of-summer celebration in the Commercial Drive community that features classic movies accompanied by a live musical soundtrack.
Hive 2
June 5 – 14, 2008
HIVE 2 took over 2 warehouse spaces at the Digital Media Centre for a 9-day marathon of perspective-rocking, intimate, outrageous, and eclectic performances by 11 independent BC theatre companies.
Clark and I Somewhere in Connecticut
January 29 – February 3, March 6 – 9, 2008
Clark and I Somewhere in Connecticut uses fact, fiction, video, interviews, a rabbit suit and anything else required to make sense of the found materials
Tremors: Legoland
March 18 – 22, 2008
“An offbeat charmer not to be missed.” – Vancouver Courier Legoland is the story of the infamous Lamb siblings, extradited to Canada after a brutal attack on one of America’s most beloved pop stars. In this award-winning production, the duo gives a presentation of the harrowing odyssey at their high school. A contemporary Vaudeville routine with … Read more Tremors: Legoland
Tremors: Tiny Apocalypse
April 1 – 5, 2008
Tiny Apocalypse follows the rise and fall of Rita, an obsessively organized office worker who finds herself caught in a daily repetitive loop.
Tremors: Penny Dreadful: A Tale of Devilish Infamy
March 25 – 29, 2008
The two servants become the fascination of their employer’s wayward son, home with stories of travels in strange lands.
after the quake
November 19 – December 5, 2009
A journey where magic and realism collide in an exploration of disrupted reality.
Blackbird
March 11 – 29, 2009
As tensions rise, we are left to question: where is the line between love and abuse? And can we ever break free from the shackles of the past?
Cozy Catastrophe (Summerworks)
August 7 – 9 & 14 – 17, 2009
A dark comedy about ordinary folks bound together by extraordinary circumstance.
after the quake (remount)
October 13–23, 2010
“Wildly original and warm without ever lapsing into sentimentality, after the quake is both a great ride and a testament to the healing powers of imagination…It’s the stuff of dreams.” – The Georgia Straight “I’ve never seen anything like it. And I loved every minute of it.” – Vancouver Courier Haruki Murakami is the West’s … Read more after the quake (remount)
Clark and I Somewhere in Connecticut (tour)
Clark and I uses fact, fiction, video, interviews, a rabbit suit and anything else required to make sense of these found materials and the many lives interrupted along the way.
Hive 3
March 11 – 14 and 17 – 20, 2010
Twelve of Vancouver’s most adventurous theatre companies create short installations in a party atmosphere.
