Theatre

From the delightful children's books comes an award-winning play, featuring Todd Talbot as Frog and Allan Zinyk as Toad.  This an especially great production for the little ones under five years of age.  Lots of great costumes, colours and wonderful cookies! 
It's a story about life and friendships, and some of the scarier things that can happen as we move through the year. 
Catchy music and a deft directorial hand make this a winner. 
 
www.carouseltheatre.ca
 

At a dinner party, a guest makes a chance remark that ignites a series of devastating revelations leading to a tangle of infidelities, dark secrets and possibly murder. What secrets does the musical cigarette-box hold? J.B. Priestley's thought-provoking play will keep you spell-bound -- for an evening and probably longer. 
"Telling the truth is about as healthy as skidding around a corner at sixty."
 
www.playhousetheatre.com
 

 The award-winning hit musical by Stephen Schwartz and John-Michael Tebelak comes to Vancouver in a special presentation by Pacific Theatre. It's the Gospel According to Saint Matthew as you’ve never seen it before! Pacific Theatre celebrates the greatest story ever told with one of the most popular musicals ever staged – a sparkling new “Revised Version” that brings all the heart and hilarity of the original with glorious new musical arrangements.
 
Directed by Sarah Rodgers, with musical direction by Nelson Boschmann.  
 
www.pacifictheatre.com
 

Anosh Irani first delighted Vancouver audiences with his hit show "The Matka King."  It showed us a side of Mumbai (Bombay) we had only heard about.  
Irani returns with another funny, insightful and "Hallmark moment" slice of life introduction to a remarkable family.  There's a hypochondriac son (Shaker Paleja), taking up residence in a Vancouver hospital; his whiskey-swilling "Granny" (Balinder Johal) who arrives from Bombay armed only with a whiskey bottle and the desire to "save" her grandson.  Mix in a couple of very dysfunctional parents, played by Veena Sood and David Adams and you have the ingredients for a very entertaining evening of theatre.