PRODUCTIONS
Touchstone Theatre Unveils 50th Anniversary 2025/2026 Season
Today, Touchstone Theatre revealed its 2025/26 season – a dynamic slate of four works by Canadian/Turtle Island creators, headlined by the acclaimed revival of Frances Končan’s Women of the Fur Trade, a hilarious historical satire that upends colonial, male-centric histories by spotlighting the women who lived through the era of Louis Riel. The season continues with Gertrude & Alice by Evalyn Parry and Anna Chatterton with Karin Randoja, the 2018 Governor General award-nominated portrait of literary icons and life partners Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas. 2021 by Cole Lewis, Patrick Blenkarn, and Sam Ferguson follows with an immersive blend of theatre, video games, and AI, placing the audience at the heart of a deeply human story about memory and loss. Closing the season is Danceboy by Munish Sharma, a dance-filled solo performance that dives into questions on masculinity, culture, and love.
(Various Vancouver venues, 2025/2026 Season)
Pacific Theatre announces 2026/27 season
Pacific Theatre announces its 2026/27 season featuring three works presented between September 2026 and April 2027 across BC and Ontario. After relocating from its long-time home of more than 30 years, the company launches its first season from Granville Island with an all-Canadian program. The season includes a national tour of Ins Choi’s Son of a Preacherman, the return of Christmas Presence, and the world premiere of Mental by Vancouver playwright Jill Daum. Single tickets for Vancouver and Toronto start at $30.
(Revue Stage on Granville Island, Vancouver, Sept. – Apr. 2026)
A Curated Exit
A Curated Exit is a two-actor dark comedy about grief, technology, love, and the stories people tell themselves to make sense of the incomprehensible. Zoe is a funeral director whose career is built around technology that replaces the physical realities of death with a sanitized, carefully designed experience. When her husband Steve dies unexpectedly, Zoe is forced to confront the very thing her technology was meant to erase: his body. Fresh from performances at the Winnipeg and Edmonton Fringe Festivals, A Curated Exit comes to Vancouver for four performances at The NEST on Granville Island.
(The NEST Theatre, 1398 Cartwright St., Third Floor, Vancouver, BC, Sept. 24–27)
Dial 1 for UK
Fresh from a hit run at the Edinburgh Fringe, West End performer Mohit Mathur delivers a charming, high-energy performance that beautifully balances laugh-out-loud comedy with a poignant reality check. Every night in New Delhi, tech-helpline worker Uday Kumar answers customer calls while filling his YouTube channel with glossy visions of the British life he dreams of living. When a chance opportunity lets him trade his headset for a boarding pass, he leaps at the adventure.
(Presentation House Theatre, 333 Chesterfield Ave, Sep. 24 - 27)
Have a Senior Moment Festival & ANNIVERSARY
Western Gold Theatre’s Have a Senior Moment Festival offers 10 days of theatre, works in development, film, music, creative workshops, artist salons, a Métis Kitchen Party and Feast, and more—celebrating the idea that Creativity Has No Expiry Date! The festival headliner is an On Our Feet! (OOF!) staged reading of ANNIVERSARY by Carol Shields and Dave Williamson (Sep. 25-27). Workshops include improv, Métis sash finger weaving, playwriting, cedar bracelet making, and other engaging activities.
(Western Gold Theatre, PAL Studio Theatre, 8th Floor, 581 Cardero Street, Vancouver, BC, Sep. 25 - Oct. 4, 2026)
Murder for Two
Murder for Two; September & October 2026; Book by Kellen Blair and Joe Kinosian; Lyrics by Kellen Blair; Music by Joe Kinosian. It takes two to tango and two to pull off a wild musical murder comedy! Murder for Two is the story of a disastrous surprise birthday party for novelist Arthur Whitney. The big surprise was that one of the guests murdered the novelist because he had the habit of revealing his friends’ darkest, naughtiest secrets in his novels. First on the scene is small-town cop Marcus Moscowicz, who dreams of becoming a big-city detective, and solving this case in record time could be his ticket to the big time. There are 13 suspects, and they all have good reason to want Whitney dead and buried, so Moscowicz has his job cut out for him. Duration: 90 minutes. No intermission.
(Surrey Arts Centre, 13750 88 Ave, Surrey, BC V3W 3L1 | Anvil Theatre, 777 Columbia St, New Westminster, BC V3M 1B6, Surrey: Sep. 25-27 | New Westminster: Oct. 2-4)
JOB
Jane, an employee at the big tech company (you know the one), has been placed on leave after becoming the subject of a viral video. She arrives in the office of a crisis therapist – Loyd – determined to be reinstated to the job that gives her life meaning. A psychological thriller, JOB zooms in on two careerists of different generations, genders, and political paradigms to examine what it means to be a citizen of the internet and our obligation to help the people who need it most.
(The Cultch, Historic Theatre, 1895 Venables St., Vancouver, BC V5L 2H6, Sep. 29 - Oct. 11, 2026)
The Effect
Connie and Tristan sign up for a clinical trial testing a new dopamine-regulating antidepressant. As doses increase, so does their attraction. But as desire intensifies and side effects ripple through the study, one unsettling question emerges: is this love…or just chemistry? Provocative and darkly funny, The Effect asks: are we anything more than our brain chemistry? And if you can’t trust your heart or your mind…what’s left?
(The Cultch, Historic Theatre, 1895 Venables St., Vancouver, BC V5L 2H6, Oct. 15-25, 2026)
Yupi! Latin American Arts Family Festival
Get ready for a weekend full of music, movement, and colour! The Yupi! Latin American Arts Family Festival is taking over Presentation House Theatre this October. Explore the richness of Latin American culture with incredible performances, hands-on workshops, and creative activities for the whole family. Dance, drum, laugh, and learn for three joyful days, culminating in a traditional Carnaval Ball to close the weekend! (All activities are in English with Spanish and Portuguese woven throughout.)
A Neworld Theatre, Vancouver Latin American Cultural Centre, and La Libélula Production.
(Presentation House Theatre, 333 Chesterfield Ave., North Vancouver, BC, Oct. 16—18)
Bury the Hatchet
Presented by Anvil Theatre. An Out of the Forest Theatre production. Andrew Borden and his wife Abby are found dead in Fall River, Massachusetts, August 1892. Their daughter Lizzie is the main suspect. Tried but acquitted of the crime, the story goes that she wielded the axe that killed them. Overnight, she becomes America’s original “mad, bad and dangerous to know” icon. Set to bluegrass music and murder ballads, Bury The Hatchet fuses gallows humour with vaudevillian horror to re-examine one of history’s most infamous murder cases. Out Of The Forest Theatre is a UK-based, multi-award-winning ensemble-based company. They take misremembered or forgotten stories from history, set them to folk music, and use them as a lens to better understand today. Irreverently presented, knee-slapping, historical theatre with a modern revisionist twist. The 2026/2027 Anvil Theatre Presents series features award-winning artists from near and far. Innovative. Captivating. Awe-inspiring. This season, discover something new…something classic…something for everyone. The Anvil Theatre is the place to be.
★★★★ “Bury the Hatchet doesn’t just tell the tale, it turns it inside out, stitches it back together, and hands you the needle. Genuinely gripping.” — Edinburgh Reviews
(Anvil Theatre, 777 Columbia St, New Westminster, BC V3M 1B6, Oct. 17, 2026, 7:30 PM)
Jack and the Beanstalk
Jack and the Beanstalk; December 18, 20, 22-23, 26-27, 2026 / January 2-3, 2027; Written by Crystal Weltzin. Traditional British Panto at its rambunctious best! Sparkling, magical, family fun awaits! Come and sing along with toe-tapping music, groan at corny jokes, cheer the good guys, and boo the bad guys in another hilariously funny show with sparkling sets and colourful costumes. A perfect holiday treat for the whole family! Follow Jack Trott and his family as they battle the evil forces in Witt’s End. Can they find enough funds to buy back their farm? How far will they go to save their village from bankruptcy? Silly gags, popular songs, and heroes to cheer on make this Pantomime a must-see! The show runs for 2 hours with a 15-minute intermission.
(Surrey Arts Centre, 13750 88 Ave, Surrey, BC V3W 3L1 | Massey Theatre, 735 8th Ave, New Westminster, BC V3M 2R2, Surrey: Dec. 18, 20, 22-23, 26-27 | New Westminster: Jan. 2-3)
The Reluctant Princess & Her Extraordinary Band of Pirates
The Reluctant Princess & Her Extraordinary Band of Pirates; March 2027; Written by Patricia Johnson-Brooke. How hard do you need to work to fulfill your dreams? This brand-new youth theatre production is written by New Westminster local Patricia Johnson-Brooke. In 2025, RCTC produced We Don’t Talk About Book Club and is excited for this next adventure together! Join the princess on her pirate adventure across the seven seas, followed by her band of pirates and a sarcastic unicorn. Duration: 2 hours with a 15-minute intermission.
(Surrey Arts Centre, 13750 88 Ave, Surrey, BC V3W 3L1 | Anvil Theatre, 777 Columbia St, New Westminster, BC V3M 1B6, Surrey: Mar. 12-14 | New Westminster: Mar. 19-21)
