What’s On at The Cultch This 2026-27 Season

East Vancouver’s beloved theatre The Cultch has an exciting new season starting this September. Featuring 15 productions, the season spans theatre, dance, circus and music from September 2026 through May 2027.

Founded in 1973, The Cultch has become one of Vancouver's leading non-profit arts presenters, supporting local artists while bringing innovative work from across Canada and around the world to its stages.

Local highlights in 2026-27 include the psychological thriller JOB (from the Search Party), The Effect (from Rumble Theatre and ITSAZOO Productions), Here Here: Songs We Sing for Home (from Little Chamber Music), the English premiere of Michel(le) (from Pi Theatre), Wolf Cull (from Urban Ink and Longhouse Theatre), Veda Hille and Amiel Gladstone’s world premiere musical For Frances When It's Raining , and everyone’s favourite holiday tradition, Theatre Replacement's East Van Panto: Hercules .

The national lineup features Montreal's Tentacle Tribe and Geordie Theatre with DIRT and Jordan , respectively; Toronto's Crow's Theatre with its hit show Rogers v. Rogers ; and legendary puppeteer Ronnie Burkett, who brings a brand new Daisy Theatre show, The Daisy Theatre: Back in Bloom .

International productions include Alaa Shehada’s personal tale The Horse of Jenin (from Amsterdam’s Troupe Courage and the United States’ 2b productions), Sweden's Cirkus Cirkör with a Vancouver Playhouse run of Knitting Peace (co-presented with DanceHouse and PuSh International Performing Arts Festival), Peru's Teatro La Plaza with a unique production of Hamlet performed by a cast of eight performers with Down syndrome (co-presented with PuSh International Performing Arts Festival), and British theatre maker Emma Frankland's No Apologies , which opens the 2026 Warrior Festival.

"We are proud to have a season that features so many amazing local artists and companies, as well as the work of incredible national and international talents. We hope the 2026-27 lineup will create joy and connection, spark conversation and strengthen community," said The Cultch’s executive director Heather Redfern and associate executive director Nicole McLuckie.

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