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The Cultch and Diwali Fest have partnered to present Piya Behrupiya (Twelfth Night) from Today, October 11 to Saturday, October 22 at the York Theatre.

The Diwali Celebration Society is pleased to produce and present Diwali Fest from Today, October 11 to Wednesday, November 30, 2016 at various venues throughout the Lower Mainland.

The Concierge of Vancouver is the world premiere of a play satirizing the Vancouver housing crisis and looks at the consequences of skyrocketing real estate prices and living costs.

The Concierge of Vancouver is the world premiere of a play satirizing the Vancouver housing crisis and looks at the consequences of skyrocketing real estate prices and living costs.

The Chan Centre for the Performing Arts at the University of British Columbia (UBC) presents Brain, a hilarious and heartbreaking monologue about the mind, mental illness, and friendship on November 17 at 7:30pm in the Telus Studio Theatre as part of the Beyond Words series.

The Cultch and Diwali Fest have partnered to present the Canadian premiere of the award-winning The Elephant Wrestler from Tuesday, November 1st to Saturday, November 5 at The Historic Theatre.

The Museum of Anthropology (MOA) at UBC is pleased to present the return of the playful and insightfulTaiwanese Puppet Festival, November 3-8, 2016.

Celebrated artists James & Jamesy reach new heights of hilarity and depths of profundity with their newest production James & Jamesy in the Dark, October 5 - 16, 2016 at the Waterfront Theatre.

Canada-China Cultural Development Association (CCCDA) presents Beijing People's Art Theatre in Lao She'sTeahouse - an epic drama of Chinese culture, history, and politics, November 10 & 11 at The Centre in Vancouver for Performing Arts (777 Homer Street).

After a wildly successful 2015 run, Motherload returns to The Cultch from Today, October 4 to Saturday, October 15, 2016.

Returning after a wildly successful performance run, which sold out in advance of its world premiere, and a sold out extended run, The Cultch is thrilled to once again present Empire of the Son at the Vancity Culture Lab from Tuesday, November 1st to Sunday, November 13, 2016.

Theatre la Seizieme is pleased to welcome back internationally-renowned, Montreal-based theatre company Les 7 Doigts (The 7 Fingers) for six performances of Cuisine & Confessions from Wednesday, January 25 to Sunday, January 29, 2017 at the Vancouver Playhouse.

Turning Point Ensemble launches its season with a performance by EMC+ ensemble contemporain de Montreal featuring a generation of new composers on Oct.

A cross-national tale of survival and self-discovery.

Set in post World War II Berlin, Frankenstein, 1945 explores the world of Victor Frankenstein, a young doctor who has recently severed ties to the Nazi medical experiments, and Elizabeth, a young Jewish engineer returning home to Germany.

Three dazzling new opera productions are at the core of the inaugural Vancouver Opera Festival, April 28 to May 13, 2017.

Artistic Producer, Donna Spencer is pleased to announce the Firehall Arts Centre has been named a recipient of the 2016 International Centre for Women Playwrights (ICWP) 50/50 Applause Award.

The Canadian Music Centre in British Columbia (CMC BC) proudly reveals its renovated home, the Vancouver Creative Hub (837 Davie Street) with 40-seat black box theatre, the Murray Adaskin Salon, an urban cultural hotspot for Canadian music & the local arts community.

ITSAZOO presents the bone-chilling, site-specific horror event Hidden, October 22 - November 13, 2016at UBC Botanical Garden.

The Cultch is proud to present The Pianist: A Concert Catastrophe from Tuesday, October 25 to Sunday, November 6, 2016.

Vancouver International Dance Festival (VIDF) announces two captivating highlight presentations as part of the 2017 line up: San Francisco's Alonzo King LINES Ballet (March 3 & 4, 2017) and Japan's Dairakudakan (March 10 & 11, 2017), at the Vancouver Playhouse.

This September local theatre company Reality Curve Theatre is staging six performances of 'Bug' by Pulitzer-prize winning author Tracy Letts (August: Osage County).

Show One Productions proudly presents Russia's unequaled piano virtuoso, Denis Matsuev, in his hotly anticipated return to the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts at UBC, October 20, 2016 at 8pm.

The Firehall Arts Centre is pleased to present Nicolle Nattrass' brilliant one-woman show Mamahood: turn and face the strange from Tuesday, October 18 to Saturday, October 29, 2016.

Lutalica Theatre presents: Grounded- the story of an ace fighter pilot whose career in the sky is ended early due to an unexpected pregnancy.