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Review: MAMMA MIA! Brings ABBA’s Timeless Hits Back to Vancouver

Review: MAMMA MIA! Brings ABBA’s Timeless Hits Back to Vancouver

by Alyson Eng · May 30, 2026

Some musicals fade with time, but more than 25 years after its London premiere, MAMMA MIA! seems determined to do the opposite. The musical continues to fill theatres around the world, introducing new audiences to the story while giving longtime fans another reason to revisit the songs they already …

Review: SHREK THE MUSICAL Turns the Swamp into a Spectacle at Massey Theatre

Review: SHREK THE MUSICAL Turns the Swamp into a Spectacle at Massey Theatre

by Alyson Eng · April 27, 2026

“Ogres are like onions.” It’s one of the most quoted lines from Shrek, and it captures the heart of the story better than any traditional fairy tale opening. This spring, Royal City Musical Theatre brings SHREK THE MUSICAL to the stage from April 17 to May 3 at the Massey Theatre, where the st…

Review: Arts Club Theatre Company’s KIMBERLY AKIMBO Leaves a Lasting Impression

Review: Arts Club Theatre Company’s KIMBERLY AKIMBO Leaves a Lasting Impression

by Alyson Eng · April 14, 2026

A teenager with a dysfunctional family, a first crush, and a body that refuses to follow the rules of time. It’s an unusual combination, and one that has helped set KIMBERLY AKIMBO apart from other coming-of-age stories. At the Stanley BFL Canada Stage in Vancouver, BC, the Arts Club Theatre Compa…

Review: Arts Club’s DIAL M FOR MURDER Delivers Sharp Suspense

Review: Arts Club’s DIAL M FOR MURDER Delivers Sharp Suspense

by Alyson Eng · February 14, 2026

A telephone, a key, and a carefully timed call. DIAL M FOR MURDER wastes no time laying out its stakes. At the Stanley BFL Canada Stage, the Arts Club Theatre Company presents Jeffrey Hatcher’s adaptation of the classic thriller, directed by Jillian Keiley and running February 5 to March 8. In par…

Review: MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL Delivers Bold Visuals and Pop Powered Romance

Review: MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL Delivers Bold Visuals and Pop Powered Romance

by Alyson Eng · January 24, 2026

There is nothing that signals MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL faster than the words, “Voulez-vous coucher avec moi ce soir?” From the show's opening moments, the production strongly announced its arrival in Vancouver, BC with confidence and attitude. This week, Broadway Across Canada brought the 10…

Review: K-pop Group TWICE Returns to Vancouver for “THIS IS FOR” World Tour

Review: K-pop Group TWICE Returns to Vancouver for “THIS IS FOR” World Tour

by Alyson Eng · January 13, 2026

Nine years after last setting foot in Vancouver, BC, the K-pop girl group, TWICE, returned to the city for a long-awaited homecoming. The group last visited in 2017 while filming the music video for their hit song, “Likey,” a moment many fans still associate with the city. On January 9 and 10, 2…

Past Shows

Pacific Theatre Announces Fall 2025 Season

Pacific Theatre Announces Fall 2025 Season

Sep 12 – Dec 31, 2025

Pacific Theatre (PT) announces its scaled-down 2025 season of engaging interdisciplinary offerings, on stage at the company’s beloved alley-style theatre at the Chalmers Heritage Building...

The Comedy Weekend at PT

The Comedy Weekend at PT

Sep 12 – Nov 15, 2025

Kick your fall off right with a night of laughter. Join award-winning comedians Charlie Demers, Jacob Samuel, and special guests! - for an evening of...

Hamlet

Hamlet

Jun 11 – Jun 14, 2025

Stone's Throw Productions, in association with Pacific Theatre, brings you a fresh take on Hamlet, Shakespeare's classic tragedy.  25 years ago, the queen of Denmark gave birth to...

Meeting

Meeting

May 16 – Jun 7, 2025

Welcome to Co-Dependents and Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous.

Oh Pray Tell

Oh Pray Tell

Apr 26

Oh Pray Tell, led by Shayna Jones, Sally Titasey and Betty Supple, weaves elements of folk storytelling, spoken word and performance art into three-part, soulful...

Things I Hide From Dad

Things I Hide From Dad

Mar 5 – Mar 8, 2025

There’s a war going on inside twelve-year-old Travis Abels. Trying to obey his dad, a preacher in a fundamentalist sect, he believes the mere thought...

A Doll's House, Part 2

A Doll's House, Part 2

Feb 5 – Feb 23, 2025

Fifteen years after Nora Helmer slammed the door on her stifling domestic life, a knock at that same door. Nora has returned – but why?...

Infinitus

Infinitus

Oct 19

With a repertoire featuring classical standards and original jazz/hip-hop arrangements and compositions, Infinitus is quickly becoming one of North America’s premiere chamber groups....

Bob Marley: How Reggae Changed The World

Bob Marley: How Reggae Changed The World

Oct 12

Toronto-based singer-songwriter, Duane Forrest, presents his captivating live music show, "Bob Marley: How Reggae Changed the World," Combining his own personal connection to Jamaican roots...

Middletown

Middletown

Sep 18 – Oct 6, 2024

Mary Swanson arrives in Middletown ready to start her family in a normal suburb. But her new neighbours see the surreal in the status quo...

A Case For The Existence Of God

A Case For The Existence Of God

May 16 – Jun 9, 2024

By Samuel D. HunterTwo young fathers — a mortgage broker, and a plant worker desperate to buy a piece of land — meet to discuss...

The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe

The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe

Nov 23 – Dec 23, 2023

RETURN TO THE MAGIC OF NARNIA WITH PACIFIC THEATRETHE LION, THE WITCH, AND THE WARDROBE, adapted from C.S. Lewis’s novel by Ron Reed Nov 24...

Christmas Presence

Christmas Presence

Dec 10 – Dec 19, 2023

Pacific Theatre’s favourite Christmas tradition. With poems and prose that range from the heartfelt to the hilarious mixed in with songs both old and new,...

Wolves Are Coming For You

Wolves Are Coming For You

Jun 23 – Jun 26, 2022

Someone has seen a wolf...or did they? Set in the 24 hours after a wolf is spotted on the edge of a calm and civilized...

The Mountaintop

The Mountaintop

May 20 – Jun 11, 2022

THE MOUNTAINTOP by Katori Hall April 3, 1968. Doctor Martin Luther King Jr. retires to the Lorraine Motel, desperate for a pack of smokes and...

How The World Began

How The World Began

Mar 25 – Apr 16, 2022

HOW THE WORLD BEGAN by Catherine TrieschmannSusan Pierce is a transplant in her rural portable-turned-classroom, teaching science to high schoolers. But when conflict over an...

Wakey, Wakey

Wakey, Wakey

Oct 1 – Oct 23, 2021

Guy thought there would be more time. But theres enough for him to remind us of a few things. As the worlds minutiae flicker to...

Suitcase Stories

Suitcase Stories

Oct 15 – Oct 25, 2020

Pacific Theatre presents Maki Yis SUITCASE STORIES. With only her chatty suitcase in tow, Maki leaves her home in South Korea for Canada and the...

Best of Enemies

FeaturedBest of Enemies

Feb 28 – Mar 21, 2020

Civil rights activist Ann Atwater is fighting a pitched battle for her daughters education. C.P. Ellis is the Exalted Cyclops of the local KKK chapter....

Tolkien

Tolkien

May 11 – Jun 9, 2018

Legends in wait, the worlds of Narnia and Middle Earth may never have come to be were it not for an unlikely friendship between J.R.R....

Bar Mitzvah Boy

Bar Mitzvah Boy

Mar 23 – Apr 14, 2018

Joey is a successful lawyer who is used to things going his way. When he suddenly decides he needs a bar mitzvah he doesn’t expect...

Ruined

Ruined

Jan 26 – Feb 17, 2018

Mama Nadi’s bar both protects and profits off the bodies of the women who have become casualties of a long and brutal civil war in...

Christmas Presence

Christmas Presence

Dec 19 – Dec 23, 2017

Pacific Theatre’s favourite holiday tradition: an all-you-can-eat feast of music and stories for the holidays featuring our favourite local musicians....

The Lonesome West

The Lonesome West

Oct 20 – Nov 11, 2017

Brothers Coleman and Valene can’t seem to co-exist without sudden outbreaks of violence over the pettiest concerns. When their doubt-ridden parish priest attempts to bring...

The Christians

The Christians

Sep 15 – Oct 7, 2017

With one sentence Paul overturns one of the most sacred tenets of his church’s beliefs, sending his congregation reeling towards schism. As they grapple with...

Dogfight

Dogfight

Mar 16 – Mar 19, 2016

The Pasek and Paul musical is returning to Vancouver for only 5 performances directed by Chris Lam. It runs March 16-19 at Pacific Theatre....

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