Arts Club Theatre Company

The Arts Club Theatre on Granville Island is one of my favourite locations to go to get my theatre fix. Not only do you get visit Granville Island and surround yourself with all that FOOD, you also get that wonderful intimate experience that only a smaller theatre can give you. It doesn’t really matter where you sit because all the seats are close enough that you’ll get to really enjoy the production and fully immerse yourself in the story.
Don’t just come here for the well known shows, their lesser known productions are just as amazing here and there is something for everyone.
I can’t wait till my next show here!
The ticket prices are also super reasonable for some very high production value shows!

Great little local theatre. My wife & I in town for the wknd and ordered tickets online. Great seats great price. The cost for the production are fabulous. We are from the states and support our local arts thought we’d check it out definitely impressed highly recommend. See you next time grandville island arts theatre.

I recently saw The Mountaintop and Sister Judy here at the Arts Club. I don’t usually go to see live shows, so it was a nice change to see actual people perform instead of watching Hollywood movies on screen. The power of live performance is amazing! — don’t think that just because there are only 2 – 3 performers and the environment is always the same that it will be dull — quite the opposite!
Great performances, friendly staff, nice size of theatre — not to mention pretty decent with good seats. Great location since you can check out the island with friends prior or after the show. Almost impossible to find parking though.
A girl in our row took photos inside, even when the show hadn’t started, and the usher asked to her to delete them. Don’t think by saying ‘yes’ that you’re off the hook. They will watch you and make sure you actually delete it off your phone, lol. Sorry, no pics for my blog this time…

Came here to watch Avenue Q since my boyfriend’s coworkers had recently seen it and a part of him was wanting to check it out as well. I had never been to the Arts Club but was intrigued to check out the live shows here.
It’s a smaller theatre but they do host some great shows. I chose to buy the cheaper tickets (they tend to be closer to the front) and was nervous to do so since the price was a decent amount cheaper. I was pleasantly surprised when I realized that the seats weren’t bad at all! They are off to the side a bit but you can still see the show perfectly fine!
I’ll be going back next year to check out Les Mis (the good thing about buying tickets once here is that they really get you to come back by sending you mail/​e-​mails on discounted tickets for other shows in the future. which is why I’ll probably be going here more often!)
The service was pretty good although some of the ushers looked veryyyyy bored and uninterested in their job (not judging at all since their nights can be pretty long). Aside from that, we had an awesome experience here!

I’ve seen a few productions here and love the layout, good sight lines, very good acoustics and of course friendly staff. It is in between intimate and large but not too large. Prices for productions is/​are very reasonable.

iI Saw Avenue Q. I loved the production. The theatre was very nice. The sets looked top notch.
The cheaper seats looked like they had good views for the 29bucks.
I’d go again to another show.

Avenue Q was a super amazing performance. The theatre is small and welcoming. Seats are comfortable and the overall experience was absolutely fabulous! Great to see Vancouver theatre is alive and thriving.

Went to see «Avenue Q» after Canada Day. Top-​notch production. Acting was very good, and the singing was spot-​on. It’s one of my favorite musicals, and my wife and I really enjoyed the performance. We had fairly good seats, but the theatre is small enough that even the back rows would have been fine.

I love this place, perfect venue, no seat is bad, and the size is PERFECT-​O for Vancouver Theatre. Not much else to say, I wouldn’t rate the venue based on performances, that wouldn’t be fair!
If you have an opportunity to attend a performance here, do IT!

The smaller theatre makes it more intimate…
The last time I came to anything at the Arts Club was about seven years ago to watch theatre sports… the Backstage Lounge across the way is more my speed.
We saw the Santaland Diaries. Besides being hilarious, I like the smaller venue because it was a one man show. Any bigger and «Litte Elf» would have been totally lost. I like the fact that I could still make out that he had a face and that I didn’t have to strain to hear every joke.
Since Avenue Q will be here in the summer, I think Imma gonna see that. Also, if you read the playbill they hand out, it has a coupon for Cats Social House for a free appy.

Came here for a show.
Parking is available around Granville Island, but you have be assertive when spot-​hunting.
The inside lobby is actually pretty cramped. Washrooms are shared with the Backstage Lounge next door.
Inside, the accoustics are actually surprisingly decent. It’s a small stage for sure, with maybe 500 or so seats.
There is a bar upstairs too, and the prices are reasonable. During intermissions though, this entire area fills up pretty badly. I’d hang at the Backstage instead.

Arts Club Theatre — specifically the Review Stage (as that’s where I was) was awesome. It was a great size for the show I saw (Ride the Cyclone) the staff were super friendly and the theatre was great. There were some issues with sound feedback through the system throughout the play but other than that it was fabulous. I’d see more shows there for sure.

The Arts Club puts on great performances and it has an awesome location (it is very easy to grab drinks or dinner after the show). The seats are comfy and the prices are decent.

Season ticket holders are we… the departure date of our annual vacation happened to coincide with tickets to see 39 Steps. Tickets were exchanged for a more suitable date in the same great seats.
…so, husband out of town — daughter and I planned dinner followed by the play. Late afternoon of the play date, daughter required non life threatening ambulance delivery to hospital and long wait for treatment. No play… no dinner!
Next morning I called the Arts Club, explained the circumstances, selected a new date (again) and they graciously provided new tickets AT NO CHARGE. Love that Arts Club!