Six Vancouver plays worth seeing in November, from Elf to Where the Blood Mixes
Electric Company's Epigone, Ins Choi's Son of a Preacherman, Kevin Loring's Where the Blood Mixes and more.
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November is a busy month for Vancouver theatre, with the first holiday musicals, the Chutzpah! Festival and returning favourites all on the calendar. The a reporter six shows, and the list below follows the same selection.
Electric Company Theatre opens Epigone at Russian Hall from Nov. 4 to 15. Kevin Kerr's script is a modern myth set in a time of plague, inspired by Sophocles. Jonathon Young directs Colleen Wheeler, Lily Beaudoin, Kevin MacDonald and Tom McBeath. Tickets run free to $54 at electriccompanytheatre.com/tickets. The show is part of the Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival.
Ins Choi's solo show Son of a Preacherman plays the Revue Stage on Granville Island from Nov. 10 to 14. Pacific Theatre is staging the show after its church-basement venue at 12th and Granville closed last year. Choi, who wrote Kim's Convenience, tells the story of growing up a Korean-Canadian preacher's kid in Toronto, with musical accompaniment. Kaitlin Williams directs. Tickets are $30 to $50 at pacifictheatre.org.
The Arts Club's Elf: The Musical runs at the Stanley BFL Canada Stage from Nov. 12 to Dec. 27. Based on the Will Ferrell film, it was a hit for the company in 2023, and Oliver Kadar replaces Andrew McNee as Buddy in this remount. Tickets start at $39 at artsclub.com.
Kevin Loring's Where the Blood Mixes runs at the Firehall Arts Centre from Nov. 14 to Dec. 6. The play won the Governor General's Award in 2010 when it first played at the Firehall. Set on the Lytton First Nation before the fire, it traces residential school histories across generations as a father tries to reconcile with his estranged daughter. Loring directs a First Nations cast. Tickets start at $30 at firehallartscentre.ca.
Theatre Replacement's East Van Panto: Hercules plays York Theatre from Nov. 18 to Jan. 10 and has already been extended by a week. Jacob Woike plays Hercules, with music by Veda Hille, and writers Pedro Chamale and Marcus Youssef return from last year with director Chelsea Haberlin. Tickets start at $55 at thecultch.com.
Broadway Across Canada brings Disney's Beauty and the Beast to the Queen Elizabeth Theatre from Nov. 24 to 29. Tickets start at $160 at vancouver.broadway.com.
