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Creativity has no expiry date! ™

Western Gold Theatre is the premier company in the country focused on sharing and celebrating the talents of senior professional theatre artists (age 55+). Western Gold also mentors emerging professional artists as they share the boards with us. We are a vibrant creative gathering place for artists and audiences, young and old.

Theatre is not a “job” where you punch a clock daily and then collect a gold watch on your 65th birthday— theatre people do not retire! Like good wine or a robust stew, we get better with age. As we simmer, our flavour deepens, we are more nuanced, more capable of being brave, better able to face challenging work. And one thing is for sure, older people are the best storytellers ever! We celebrate this.

Tanja Dixon-Warren – Artistic Director

HAPPY WORLD THEATRE DAY 2024!

Happy World Theatre Day to all theatre professionals, theatre lovers, volunteers, audiences . . . everyone enthralled by the magic of theatre! This year, the author of the World Theatre Day message is renowned Norwegian writer Jon Fosse. We’ve put together a short video of Fosse’s message, read in multiple languages by members of our beloved theatre community. Take a look!

CALL FOR ARTISTIC CONTENT CREATORS

Western Gold Theatre in partnership with the University of British Columbia is seeking ARTISTIC CONTENT CREATORS who identify as Seniors / Elders to work in collaboration with young people (aged 16 to 25) to create a series of short videos (10-20 seconds) which celebrate older individuals (55+) actively engaging in creative and joyous activities. Click the button below for more information and details on how to get involved!

2024 Season

CONNECT & CELEBRATE WITH US!

Our 2024 season is all about connection! Looking backwards in order to look forward; celebrating classic tales, embracing new stories and leaning into the “rabbit hole.” It’s about the threads of laughter, whimsy, experience and the conundrum that comes with living life!

March 15 – 17, 2024

She Stoops to Conquer

by Oliver Goldsmith

Goldsmith’s comic masterpiece is where the phrase, “Ask me no questions and I’ll tell you no lies,” had its debut! Join us for a lighthearted romp in this celebrated masterpiece.

OOF! (On Our Feet) Staged Reading

May 10 – 12, 2024

Hilda’s Yard

by Norm Foster

This delightful heartwarming and relatable family comedy proves that there will always be significant weight in an empty nest.

OOF! (On Our Feet) Staged Reading

June 6 – 23, 2024

Super Seniors

by Kathryn Shaw

Ever wonder what it would be like to be alive and kicking at 105? Kathryn Shaw’s new comedy brings insight and humour to the conundrum of extreme old age.

Mainstage Production

 

 

November 7 – 24, 2024

Alice in Wonderland: The Manhattan Project

Created and originally directed by Andre Gregory

Revisit this beloved classic – revamped! Follow Alice as she dives headlong down the rabbit hole where shadows linger around every bend, and madness waits at the end of every path. Don’t miss this exuberant, funny piece of pure theatre, full of truth and an uncanny pertinence to our own topsy-turvy times.

Main Stage Production

Vancouver Theatre Companies

Contact Us

Phone: 604-363-5734

Email: [email protected]

Mailing Address:

PO Box 93513,
Vancouver RPO Nelson Park, BC V6E 4L7

Supported By

Live Plays Vancouver
Live Plays Vancouver
plays in Vancouver
Vancouver theatre companies
The Humber Foundation

The McGrane-Pearson Endowment Fund,
held at Vancouver Foundation

Stewart Fund,
held at Vancouver Foundation

McLean Foundation

Community Partners

We gratefully acknowledge that we are on the traditional and unceded territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam),Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) First Nations. We deeply thank them for so generously allowing us to live, work, and play on their beautiful lands.

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