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Vancouver Playhouse

Vancouver, BC V6B 5N6

Vancouver Playhouse is a theatre in Vancouver, BC.

Upcoming Shows

The Little Match Girl

Nov 13 – Nov 14, 2026

David Lang's Pulitzer Prize-winning choral composition is presented with choreography by Kevin O'Day, featuring 10 Belle Spirale dancers alongside the 16 singers of the Vancouver Chamber Choir, led by Kari Turunen, performing live on stage. The production reinterprets Hans...

Program 2: Classical Masters

Feb 11 – Feb 13, 2027

Classical Masters brings together the Vancouver premiere of Joshua Beamish's Romeo and Juliet Balcony Pas de Deux, set to Prokofiev, and the Canadian premiere of Self Portrait by Taiwanese choreographer Tsai Hsi Hung, set to Schubert. The program also features the world premiere...

@giselle

May 13 – May 15, 2027

@giselle, choreographed by Ballet Vancouver Artistic Director Joshua Beamish, returns to Vancouver for the first time since its world premiere in 2019. This technology-driven reimagining of one of ballet's most beloved Romantic classics features Principal dancers from American...

Articles

Review: Bruno Mars Gives Vancouver a Night to Remember on THE ROMANTIC TOUR

Review: Bruno Mars Gives Vancouver a Night to Remember on THE ROMANTIC TOUR

by Alyson Eng · October 19, 2026

On Wednesday, October 14, Mars kicked off the first of five Vancouver concerts on THE ROMANTIC TOUR, bringing his latest stadium production to BC Place. Joined by RAYE and longtime collaborator Anderson .Paak, who opened the evening as DJ Pee .Wee before returning for a Silk Sonic reunion, Mars trea…

Review: Doja Cat Does Things Her Way on TOUR MA VIE in Vancouver

Review: Doja Cat Does Things Her Way on TOUR MA VIE in Vancouver

by Alyson Eng · October 18, 2026

Doja Cat has never been an artist who follows expectations, whether through her music, fashion, or the personality she shares with the world. On Tuesday, October 13, the Grammy-winning rapper and singer brought that same individuality to Vancouver's Rogers Arena for a stop on her TOUR MA VIE World T…

Review: Sting Brings Decades of Music to Vancouver with STING 3.0

Review: Sting Brings Decades of Music to Vancouver with STING 3.0

by Alyson Eng · October 10, 2026

On October 6, the 17-time GRAMMY Award winner, Sting, performed at Vancouver's Queen Elizabeth Theatre for the second of two consecutive shows, marking the opening of the fall leg of his North American STING 3.0 Tour. Joined by longtime guitarist Dominic Miller and drummer Chris Maas, Sting revisite…

Review: & JULIET Breaks Free From Shakespeare’s Ending in Vancouver

Review: & JULIET Breaks Free From Shakespeare’s Ending in Vancouver

by Alyson Eng · October 4, 2026

Before & JULIET even officially began, the Queen Elizabeth Theatre already felt like it was getting ready for a pop concert. A glowing pink sign sat at the centre of the stage while instrumental versions of songs that would soon make their way into the show played in the background. For one of Broad…

Review: Role Model Brings the Chuck Timely Era to Life in Vancouver

Review: Role Model Brings the Chuck Timely Era to Life in Vancouver

by Alyson Eng · September 15, 2026

On September 12, Tucker Pillsbury, better known as Role Model, brought CHUCK ON TOUR to the Freedom Mobile Arch. Joined by singer-songwriter Samia as the opener, Role Model performed a 20-song set that drew heavily from his latest album, Chuck Timely & The Hourglass.…

Review: BINI Continues to Evolve on the SIGNALS WORLD TOUR in Vancouver

Review: BINI Continues to Evolve on the SIGNALS WORLD TOUR in Vancouver

by Alyson Eng · August 22, 2026

BINI has become a familiar presence in Vancouver over the past few years, but each visit has arrived at a different point in the group’s continued growth. After performing at The Centre in 2024 and the Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre in 2025, the eight-member Filipino girl group returned o…

Review: Disney's THE LITTLE MERMAID Strengthens a Beloved Classic

Review: Disney's THE LITTLE MERMAID Strengthens a Beloved Classic

by Alyson Eng · July 14, 2026

More than 35 years after Disney's THE LITTLE MERMAID premiered in theatres, the beloved animated classic continues to capture the imagination of audiences across generations. Following the success of the 1989 film, the story made the leap to Broadway in 2008, where it found new life as a stage music…

Review: THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG Turns Chaos Into Comedy

Review: THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG Turns Chaos Into Comedy

by Alyson Eng · June 27, 2026

The Arts Club Theatre Company’s 2025-2026 season comes to a close with THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG, now playing at the Granville Island Stage through August 16. Written by Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer, and Henry Shields of Mischief Theatre, the international comedy transforms one disastrous opening ni…

Past Shows

24 total · showing 1–10

ODE

ODE

Oct 23 – Oct 24, 2026

DanceHouse opens its 2026/27 season with the Vancouver premiere of Compagnie Catherine Gaudet’s latest contemporary dance work, ODE, on stage October 23 & 24 at 8pm at the Vancouver Playhouse. Choreographed by the company’s Artistic Director, Catherine Gaudet, the hour-long...

Balanchine's Apollo & Other Works

Sep 11 – Sep 12, 2026

Ballet Vancouver opens its inaugural season with a triple bill featuring Balanchine's Apollo, the Black Swan Pas de Deux from Swan Lake, and the Canadian premiere of Jorma Elo's Slice to Sharp. The program stars Principal dancers Heather Ogden of The National Ballet of Canada...

Program 1: Balanchine's Apollo & Other Works

Sep 11 – Sep 12, 2026

Program 1: Balanchine's Apollo & Other Works opens Ballet Vancouver's debut season with a triple bill featuring guest principal dancers Heather Ogden of The National Ballet of Canada, Frances Chung of San Francisco Ballet, and Francesco Gabriele Frola of San Francisco Ballet...

Sacred Sounds, New Worlds: Rashmeet Kaur

Jul 11

Punjabi singer and composer Rashmeet Kaur makes her Vancouver debut with a genre-blurring performance that fuses folk, Sufi, hip-hop, and R&B influences. Opening the evening, Asad Khan's Sammah Project offers an immersive, electronically inflected exploration of devotional and...

Opening Night!: Vidura Bandara Rajapaksa – Paradise Gothic Tour

Jul 9

The festival opens with a night of comedy and music headlined by Vidura Bandara Rajapaksa, making his Vancouver debut as part of his international Paradise Gothic Tour. Known for sharp, darkly funny takes on immigration, spirituality, and late-stage capitalism, Rajapaksa brings...

After the Rain & Other Works

After the Rain & Other Works

Apr 23 – Apr 25, 2026

Ballet Vancouver, the city's newest professional ballet company, presents its inaugural program After the Rain & Other Works, on stage April 23–25, 2026 at the Vancouver Playhouse. Featuring dancers from American Ballet Theatre alongside some of Canada's finest artists, the...

Hamlet, Prince of Denmark

Hamlet, Prince of Denmark

Feb 18 – Mar 21, 2026

DanceHouse, alongside community partners Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival and Théâtre la Seizième, present the BC premiere of Ex Machina & Côté Danse’s thrilling reinterpretation of William Shakespeare’s timeless tragedy, Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, on stage March 18-21...

PuSh International Performing Arts Festival

PuSh International Performing Arts Festival

Jan 22 – Feb 8, 2026

For two and a half weeks across Vancouver, PuSh Festival invites audiences to discover creative theatrical works by local and Canadian artists alongside international collaborators and Indigenous creators. For more than two decades, PuSh has been the city’s midwinter anchor—a...

Recirquel’s Paradisum

Recirquel’s Paradisum

Jan 21 – Jan 24, 2026

DanceHouse and The Cultch present the North American premiere of Recirquel’s haunting Paradisum , on stage January 21-24 at the Vancouver Playhouse. Directed and choreographed by Recirquel’s Artistic Director, Bence Vági, the daring, full-length work fuses circus, contemporary...

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