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Vancouver Playhouse

Brio from Rio boosts Dance House street cred

Companhia Urbana de Dança at Vancouver Playhouse

BJM: Works by Millipied, Soto and Marshall beats flowers and chocolates for your Valentine

Accessible dance with substance featuring world class dance and dancers. Let the party begin.

New York's Cedar Lake leaps onto stage of the Vancouver Playhouse

DanceHouse launches its fifth anniversary season at the Vancouver Playhouse with two performances by red-hot New York City company, Cedar Lake, in its Vancouver debut.   Shows take place...

Hunchback rocks Hugo's tale with brilliant design and storytelling

An exciting new production explores the Hunchback story with a dark Gothic twist.

Seeing Red: a play about American painter Mark Rothko at the Vancouver Playhouse

“What do you see?” demands Rothko. “And how does it make you feel?”

Kim Collier's All the Way Home is up close and personal

Audiences will be able to see the action from seating on the stage in this unique and highly-acclaimed play.

Louise Lecavalier/Fou Glorieux takes Vancouver by Storm

Louise Lecavalier in A Few Minutes of Lock.

Artistic director Max Reimer defends city's million dollar Vancouver Playhouse bailout

"It's like they're trying to elicit a Tea Party response,"  Vancouver Playhouse artistic managing director Max Reimer said. He was referring to reactions critical of public funding for one...

La Chambre Blanche: daring, drama and spectacle

O Vertigo's most important dance work offers a compelling study of nine people in captivity, and the chaos and vulnerability that ensue.

Death of a Salesman maintains timeless message

Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman takes audiences on a journey bred from the American Dream and the lies that its believers tell themselves.