Firehall Arts Centre

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 So, what’s up at Firehall next season – A LOT! The season will open with a presentation of Stranger to Hard Work, written and performed by Cathy Jones, one of the funniest people on television (This Hour Has Twenty-Two Minutes). Familiar and beloved faces from the past season will return with Tracey Power’s Miss Shakespeare […]

  How to Survive an Apocalypse by Jordan Hall A Flying Start Play – Giving a Stage to New Professional Playwrights June 2 – 11, 2016              Produced by Touchstone Theatre in Association with PTC and the Firehall Arts Centre A young and successful urban couple becomes convinced that their lifestyle is coming to an end. […]

BC Buds: Spring Arts Festival May 4 – 7, 2016 Join us for the 12th annual festival of inventive, original site-specific works and new play readings by BC artists in and around the Firehall’s heritage building. Showcasing the exciting and innovative, BC Buds provides a platform for genre bending and multi disciplinary emerging and established […]

Where do you see yourself in five years? That groan-worthy, cliché interview question that begs for an equally gag inducing answer painting an ‘everything is peaches, roses and unicorns’ picture to mask the stink of desperation. Perhaps, ‘is this where you saw yourself five years ago?’ being the more appropriate question. George F. Walker’s play Dead […]

The Out Vigil is in the end of its first week here at the Firehall and has been impressing audiences and critics alike, with its unique musical score and compelling story. Here are some highlights from the recent reviews. “The Out Vigil sings with passion and humour” “Stephanie Izsak makes an impressively passionate, funny and […]

This show has been a remarkable and intense experience, one of staggering honesty and undeniable human connection. We are proud of the bravery of our amazing audience members who put themselves out there, wearing their hearts on their sleeves and offering words of advice, understanding and candour. Here are some of the messages that audience members […]

The online movement of PostSecret has provided an anonymous platform for the public to release their secrets, ranging from deep heartbreaking burdens to silly and bizarre transgressions. Through sharing these secrets the hope is we can feel relief and a sense of connection, that we are not alone. Audience members are encouraged to share their secrets […]

From TJ Dawe: I’ve been involved in this show in various capacities for close to six years now. I’ve read and heard thousands of secrets. Certain impressions have been coalescing from it all. Here’s what I’ve learned: -Anxiety and depression are very common, and might be a big part of the inner experience of anyone […]

You can tell a lot about a play by the conversation in the lobby after the show.  Alley Theatre’s production of Hannah Moscovitch’s Little One (on till Sat, Feb 13) has folks asking questions; recapping its many twists and turns; and marveling at how this dark thriller had them laughing out loud. After touring to […]