Vancouver 
A list of few of the performing arts events happening in Vancouver during November 2019.
Concord Pacific Place, 88 Pacific Boulevard, Vancouver
October 3, 2019 To December 29, 2019
$54 & up
LUZIA premiered in April 2016 and is Cirque du Soleil’s 38th original production since 1984. LUZIA takes you to an imaginary mexico, like in a waking dream, where ... »
Various Venues, Metro Vancouver
October 3, 2019 To November 2, 2019
Varies
A CHARMING COMEDY ABOUT BEING OUT AND FINDING HOME When Brett inherits a family estate, he and his partner, Drew, move to a quiet little tourist town ... »
BMO Theatre Centre, 162 West 1st Avenue, Vancouver
October 10, 2019 To November 3, 2019
$29 & up
IMPACTFUL DRAMA CONNECTING FOUR LIVES What does it mean to give care? A shave, a helping hand, and forgiveness in the face of faults. This 2018 Pulitzer Prize–... »
Pacific Theatre, 1440 W 12th Ave, Vancouver
October 18, 2019 To November 2, 2019
$20.00 to $36.50
Experience Mary Shelley’s haunting fable of hubris and loss re-interpreted as an immersive audio drama. Victor Frankenstein and his monster weave a sonic spell over the ... »
The Cultch, 1895 Venables Street, Vancouver
October 18, 2019 To November 2, 2019
$25 to $50
Compelling, powerful, and undeniably moving, Hold These Truths is a story that stands the test of time. This critically-acclaimed play stars Joel de la Fuente (Man In ... »
Various Venues, Vancouver
October 24, 2019 To November 24, 2019
$24 & up
Chutzpah! The Lisa Nemetz International Jewish Performing Arts Festival is the Lower Mainland’s winter music, dance, comedy and theatre festival presenting international, national and local artists. ... »
Various Venues, Vancouver
October 30, 2019 To November 10, 2019
Free & Ticketed events
Annual Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival and twelve days of music, stories, theatre, poetry, cultural celebrations, films, dance, readings, forums, workshops, discussions, gallery exhibits, mixed ... »
Culture Lab, 1895 Venables Street, Vancouver
October 31, 2019 To November 16, 2019
$20 to $35
Comedian and certified insane person Jan Derbyshire turns the audience into a mental health review board to help determine her current state of sanity. Join this irreverent ... »
Queen Elizabeth Theatre, 600 Block Hamilton St., Vancouver
October 31, 2019 To November 2, 2019
$33.25 - $112.25+charges
Ballet BC presents Program 1, an invitation to surrender to the sublime experience of living. Aszure Barton opens the evening with the Ballet BC premiere of BUSK, showcasing ... »
PAL Studio Theatre, 581 Cardero Street - 8th floor, Vancouver
November 1, 2019 To November 17, 2019
$27+charges
Caryl Churchill’s magnificent new play unleashes an intricate, elliptical, acutely female view of the apocalypse. This is fantasy intricately wired into current politics. It is intimate ... »
Vancouver Playhouse Theatre,600 Hamilton St, Vancouver
November 1, 2019 To November 2, 2019
604-721-4869
$40-$56
Experience the friendships, romances and adventures of a group of high school kids in the 1950s. Welcome to Karen Flamenco’s presentation of “Grease,” in collaboration with ... »
Surrey Arts Centre, 13750 88 Avenue, Surrey
November 2, 2019
604-501-5566
$15 (four pack $45)
All the way from New Zealand, award-winning storytellers and traveling theatre company, Trick of the Light are coming to the Surrey Arts Centre with their spellbinding show ... »
The Havana Theatre, 1212 Commercial Drive, Vancouver
November 5, 2019 To November 10, 2019
604-417-0714
$22.50
8 short plays selected from a hundred submitted from around the world. Each night all plays directed by 8 local directors will showcase their skills and that of their ... »
Studio 16, 1555 W. 7th Avenue, Vancouver
November 6, 2019 To November 10, 2019
$17 to $25
Based on the provocative tale of suspense and horror by Henry James, comes a terrifying adaption that will keep you on the edge of your seat. A ... »
Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage, Granville Street, Vancouver
November 7, 2019 To January 5, 2020
$39 & up
The hills are alive! One of the most powerful and romantic musicals of all time, The Sound of Music brims with beloved tunes such as “My Favorite ... »
Frederic Wood Theatre, 6354 Crescent Rd, Vancouver
November 7, 2019 To November 23, 2019
$5 - $24.50
Adapted for the stage in 2007 by Dennis Garnhum (MFA Directing, 1993), Timothy Findley’s The Wars, his 1977 novel that won the Governor General’s Award for English Language ... »
Metro Theatre, 1370 S.W. Marine Drive, Vancouver
November 8, 2019 To November 23, 2019
604 266 7191
$25 to $28
Metro Theatre is excited to present the Vancouver premiere of A BUNCH OF AMATEURS written by Ian Hislop & Nick Newman and directed by Catherine Morrison. Jefferson ... »
West Point Grey Community Centre, 4397 W 2nd Ave, Vancouver
November 8, 2019
Free
Join West Point Grey Community Centre for an informal performance featuring Mexican-Canadian dance artist, Ana Sosa; professional choreographer and dancer Desirée Dunbar; and the West Point ... »
Queen Elizabeth Theatre, 600 Block Hamilton St., Vancouver
November 9, 2019
$60 to $100+charges
Direct from Russia, the classic Great Russian Nutcracker will entertain the whole family this Christmas. Experience the exceptional dancing of a company of almost 40, a 60-foot growing ... »
Queen Elizabeth Theatre, 600 Block Hamilton St., Vancouver
November 12, 2019 To November 17, 2019
$30 - $145+charges
Broadway Across Canada presents Waitress Brought to life by a groundbreaking all-female creative team, this irresistible new hit features original music and lyrics by 6-time Grammy nominee ... »
Performance Works on Granville Island, 1218 Cartwright St, Vancouver
November 13, 2019 To November 15, 2019
$25
Jessie Award winning Fringe vet and solo show meister TJ Dawe (Burn Job, Medicine, Marathon, The Slipknot) (he’s been touring since 1994) returns with a monologue about ... »
The Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, 6450 Deer Lake Avenue, Burnaby
November 13, 2019 To November 16, 2019
$15.00 - $36.00
A show that has been a decade in the making. Ten years ago, four artists in their late 20’s and early 30’s travelled across the country to ... »
Studio 58, 100 West 49th Avenue, Vancouver
November 14, 2019 To December 1, 2019
$12.50 to $25.00
Acclaimed director, writer, actor, and graduate, Carmen Aguirre returns to Studio 58 to direct Anon(ymous), a timely and imaginative retelling of Homer’s epic poem The Odyssey. ... »
Scotiabank Dance Centre, 677 Davie Street, Vancouver
November 14, 2019
604 606 6400
$13-$22
The November edition of The Dance Centre’s popular Discover Dance! series features the accomplished and entertaining dancers of the Vancouver Tap Dance Society. Introduced by Artistic ... »
The BlueShore Centre for the Performing Arts at CapU,2055 Purcell Way, North Vancouver
November 14, 2019 To November 23, 2019
604-990-7810
$22, $15, $11
Imagine if something wicked to the wizarding world comes…. Widely considered Shakespeare’s greatest tragedy, this innovative production of Macbeth promises to be bold, bloody, resolute – and ... »
H.R. MacMillan Space Centre, 1100 Chestnut Street, Vancouver
November 14, 2019
$15.00
Join us as Indigenous storyteller Dallas Yellowfly brings the scary story of “Qwalena: The Wild Woman Who Steals Children” to life in the planetarium star theatre. In ... »
St. Faith's Anglican Church, 7284 Cypress Street, Vancouver
November 15, 2019 To November 23, 2019
604-836-0893
$18-$28
Opera Mariposa presents one of the funniest operas of all time, about a greedy family that enlists a clever rogue to help them inherit a fortune. Don’... »
York Theatre, Commercial Drive, Vancouver
November 20, 2019 To January 5, 2020
$26 to $79
When a lonely old ice-cream seller named Gelato is given a puppet by the mysterious Beckwoman of Commercial Drive, his dreams of having a child suddenly come ... »
Historic Theatre, 1895 Venables Street, Vancouver
November 20, 2019 To November 24, 2019
$26.00 - $59.00
Dancers of Damelahamid (Vancouver); Co-commissioned by The Cultch. An innovative multimedia dance work about rebirth and transformation. Integrating narrative, movement, song, and projections, Mînowin connects coastal ... »
Vancity Culture Lab, 1895 Venables St, Vancouver
November 20, 2019 To November 30, 2019
$20 to $40
André can’t remember where he put his watch, or why strangers keep appearing in his house and wonders who keeps moving the furniture? Anne, desperately tries ... »
The Improv Centre, Granville Island, 1502 Duranleau Street, Vancouver
November 20, 2019 To December 24, 2019
$10.75 & up
Join us for seasonal mirth and merriment from Wednesday, November 20 through Tuesday, December 24 as the ‘VTS Channel’ presents Merry Kissmas – A Royal Romance. This is the time ... »
Various Venues, BC
November 20, 2019 To December 15, 2019
$19-$44
Off-Broadway Comedians and 3-time IMPRESARIO Award-Winners (London) James & Jamesy present their outrageously funny and brilliantly inventive Christmas comedy classic O Christmas Tea; an astonishing show that ... »
Scotiabank Dance Centre, 677 Davie St, Vancouver
November 20, 2019 To November 24, 2019
604 606 6400
$25-$34
The Dance Centre presents the 12th biennial Dance In Vancouver, a unique opportunity to experience the ideas and creativity of dance generated by a diverse community of ... »
BMO Theatre Centre, 162 West 1st Avenue, Vancouver
November 21, 2019 To December 22, 2019
$29 & up
The holidays are all about loved ones. But what happens when your parents get divorced, your kid brother is best friends with a stick bug named Ralphie, ... »
Firehall Arts Centre, 280 East Cordova Street, Vancouver
November 21, 2019 To December 14, 2019
$14 to $40
Acclaimed Portuguese-Canadian playwright Elaine Ávila’s new play, FADO, is a tale of love and ghosts set in the back alleys and brothels of old Lisbon. Part ... »
Deep Cove Shaw Theatre, 4360 Gallant Avenue, North Vancouver
November 21, 2019 To December 7, 2019
6049299456
$23 - $25
SCREAMINGLY FUNNY! • ENTIRELY ENCHANTING! • UTTERLY ENTERTAINING! A quartet of male singers takes a detour to heaven on the way to their first big concert. They posthumously take ... »
Celebrities Nightclub, 1022 Davie Street, Vancouver
November 23, 2019 To November 30, 2019
$20.00 - $50.00
SCROOGED by Luminesque Dance is a 19+ heels dance show featuring an original storyline, spectacular choreography and 200+ fabulous dancers! Prepare for a visit from the ghosts of music ... »
Various Venues, Metro Vancouver
November 24, 2019 To December 22, 2019
$29 & up
Featuring a cast of 70+ dedicated and enthusiastic dancers under the artistic direction of Camilla Fishwick-Kellogg. There are magical soldiers, dueling mice, a Sugar Plum Fairy, along with ... »
Surrey Arts Centre, 13750 88 Avenue, Surrey
November 27, 2019 To December 8, 2019
$12 to $28
FVGSS, the 2018 Audience Choice Award winner returns with this year’s Christmas Panto, Cinderella. Yes, it’s the classic rags-to-riches (kitchen to palace) tale all set to ... »
Evergreen Cultural Centre, 1205 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam
November 28, 2019
$10 to $20
Penny-pinching miser Ebenezer Scrooge is well-known across Victorian London for being far more interested in making money than friends. Above all else, he hates Christmas time and ... »
Pacific Theatre, 1440 W 12th Ave, Vancouver
November 29, 2019 To December 21, 2019
$15.95 to $38.35
It’s Christmas Eve and Ebenezer Scrooge is drifting off to sleep . . . but he cannot imagine what the night has in store for him. Told with humour ... »
Norman Rothstein Theatre, 950 West 41st Avenue, Vancouver
November 29, 2019 To December 7, 2019
$18.00 - $48.00 +charges
Broadway’s timeless classic musical whisks you away to a place where dreams are born and no one ever grows up! Peter and his mischievous fairy sidekick, ... »
Bernie Legge Theatre, Queens Park, New Westminster
November 29, 2019 To December 15, 2019
604-521-0412
$12 - $17
Vagabond Players and Capricorn Theatre Present Once Upon a Fairytale which runs from Nov. 29 – Dec. 15, 2019 at The Bernie Legge Theatre, Queen’s Park, New Westminster. Performances are ... »
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