1675 Discovery Street,
Vancouver, B.C. V6R 4K5
Friends of Jericho Arts Centre
Board of Directors
Chairman: Adam Henderson
778 883 2241
in the park by the beach
1675 Discovery Street,
Vancouver, B.C. V6R 4K5
Friends of Jericho Arts Centre
Board of Directors
Chairman: Adam Henderson
778 883 2241
Below is the 2024-2025 season at JAC. Click on the “full details” link for more information on any particular show.
CHICKENS by Lucia Frangione
September 6, 2024 – September 29, 2024
Pal escapes from his woes of bankruptcy and immerses himself in the world of raising exotic chickens while his wife, Liza, tries to keep the family farm afloat. Meanwhile, in the chicken coop, two roosters and two hens parallel the couple’s life and get down and dirty with the pressures of egg fertilization, the country poultry fair and the question of flying. A musical.
MAKE OVER ME
October 2, 2024 – October 6, 2024
Makeover Me. Kenneth Scott staged play reading
Jessica is on a quest to learn what it would be like if a shy introvert tried living life as an extrovert.
She puts herself in social situations that she’d normally avoid and commits to new adventures.
Ultimately she discovers that being a little bit brave is what it takes to makeover her self.
BILLY BISHOP GOES TO WAR
October 24, 2024 – November 2, 2024
Billy Bishop Goes to War by John Gray with Eric Peterson
Directed by Gerry Mackay
One of Canada’s most popular and internationally renowned musicals, Billy Bishop Goes to War, by John Gray with Eric Peterson is a heart-warming, funny and moving narrative based on a true story about Canada’s World War I flying ace, Billy Bishop.
FROM NOW TO THEN
November 6, 2024 – November 12, 2024
WHAT IN THE WORLD IS THIS PLAY ABOUT?… Well, with just the proper amounts of existential conundrums mixed with healthy doses of belly laughing ruckus – three eternal companions find themselves in a distant realm likened to a cosmic birdcage orbiting deep space.
Their gradual awakening from disturbing dream cycles of scarcity and eternal work culminate to realize the prison door is wide open, and that the ancient eroded map pointing the way toward transformation is imminent.
IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE: ON THE AIR
November 29, 2024 – December 22, 2024
It’s a Wonderful Life: On the Air by Peter Church
The feel-good story of It’s a Wonderful Life follows George Bailey, a small town Building and Loan clerk who, on a cold Christmas Eve in 1946, believes the world would have been better if he had never been born. Salvation comes in the form of a dotty angel-in-waiting. The play is given an exciting twist by being told in the evocative setting of a radio studio with songs, charming old-fashioned radio commercials and period jingles.
THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM
January 17, 2025 – February 9, 2025
The Height of the Storm by Florian Zeller, translated by Christopher Hampton
André and Madeleine have been in love for over fifty years. This weekend, as their daughters visit, something feels unusual. A bunch of flowers arrives, but who sent it? A woman from the past turns up, but who is she? And why does André feel like he isn’t there at all?
CLEMENCY
February 13, 2025 – February 16, 2025
Play script by Kenneth Scott
Direction by Sebastien Archibald
Music performed by Steve Britten
…Within a Justice system that prosecutes and sentences a person who commits the most heinous crime of murder, is there a reason for leniency?
This is subject matter that probes moral conscience about the principles of right and wrong behaviour and the goodness or badness of human character in a One act play that centres on the moral principles that govern a person’s and group’s behaviour in Judeo-Christian terms.
HIGHWAY OF TEARS
February 24, 2025 – March 2, 2025
4th Man Productions presents…
“Highway of Tears”
Written and Directed by Lee Jay Bamberry
A hidden and untold tale of addiction, abduction, and the violation of sex trafficking on the human spirit.
Nestled amid the haunting beauty of British Columbia’s wilderness, the sleepy town of St. Wares has long carried a dark legacy.
Jazzy risks everything to expose a predator, and seek justice for the countless lives stolen along the infamous Highway of Tears.
HOME DELIVERIES
March 21, 2025 – April 13, 2025
Home Deliveries by Catherine Léger translated by Leanna Brodie, in association with Ruby Slippers Theatre
Violette is on mat leave. Florence is on sick leave. Both of them are moms, tied to their young children by invisible wires of steel… while their spouses barely notice they’re alive. These two bored, abandoned and dissatisfied women join forces to fight back in the most hilarious way possible: by going on a mission to seduce a string of lovers… all without walking out the front door.
THE WATSONS
May 2, 2025 – May 18, 2025
Vital Spark – The Watsons
Austen adrift and awry!
by Laura Wade
directed by Joan Bryans
Emma Watson is 19 and new in town. She’s been cut off by her rich aunt and dumped back in the family home. Emma and her sisters must marry, fast. If not, they face poverty, spinsterhood, or worse: an eternity with their boorish brother and his awful wife. Luckily there are plenty of potential suitors to dance with, from flirtatious Tom Musgrave to castle-owning Lord Osborne, who’s as awkward as he is rich. So far so familiar. But there’s a problem: Jane Austen didn’t finish the story. Who will write Emma’s happy ending now?
AN IDEAL HUSBAND
May 30, 2025 – June 22, 2025
An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde, directed by Moya O’Connell with Amber Lewis
A powerful political figure, Sir Robert Chiltern, M.P., is threatened with destruction by a secret past. Lady Chiltern believes that her husband is a paragon of morality and virtue until she finds out about his secret past and blackmail is threatened. Wilde at his wittiest best.
CHANCES ARE…
June 16, 2025 – June 18, 2025
‘Chances are…’ Ken Scott reading
There are many chances in life a couple wish for and deciding to start a family is one of them.
The fabric of relationship weaves He and She together with the narrow thoughts and wide open feelings about becoming parents.
Ultimately destiny determines what they are…
LEAVING
June 24, 2025
A life in words and music.
“With song, wit, and courage, Barbara Williams has crafted a riveting journey through her unusual and challenging life that had me laughing and crying – sometimes at the same time” – Jane Fonda.
Barbara Williams journeys from the rugged rainforests of BC to the red carpet of Hollywood in story and song.