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Essential Theatre from Canada/Turtle Island Former Artistic Directors have included Gordon McCall, John Cooper and Roy Surette.

Most of Touchstone's activities have fallen into one of the following three categories: premiere productions of plays by local playwrights, second productions of important plays premiered in other regions of Canada, and innovative collective creations developed within the company. Within each category Touchstone has explored a wide variety of styles and always stayed true to the exploratory and celebratory spirit of the company.

06/10/2026

This past weekend, Touchstone was proud to support a workshop for Termite Collective's developing project, Termite, through the City of Vancouver's CASC (Community and Artists Shifting Culture) grant program.

The workshop was an exhilarating and fruitful exploration of music & movement with Anju and Arno expanding the creative elements of Meghna Haldar's new script. We're excited to have played a small part in the creative process and look forward to seeing where this project goes next.

05/15/2026

🎭 Touchstone Theatre’s biggest annual fundraiser — The Lawyer Show — is less than 2 weeks away, and our Silent Auction launches TODAY!

Beginning May 15, bid on an incredible lineup of getaways, restaurants, experiences, and more — all in support of Touchstone Theatre’s award-winning programming, community outreach, and the incredible Canadian & Turtle Island theatre artists we champion.

Auction highlights include:
✈️ A trip to the Yukon
🧖 Luxurious spa packages
🎁 Curated gift baskets
🎟 Arts & culture experiences
🍽 Gift cards to fantastic local restaurants

🗓 Auction Opens: May 15 ⏰ Auction Closes: May 30

BID NOW: https://www.32auctions.com/lawyershow2026

04/28/2026

🎭 PLAYS WE LOVE: Earworm
By Mohammad Yaghoubi

💬 “I was once again taken in by the Playwrights Guild of Canada table at the PACT conference. My suitcase is now mostly comprised of plays.

One of the ones I picked up was "Earworm" by Mohammad Yaghoubi. Never judge a book (or play) by it's cover— but in this case the gorgeous cover is an excellent portent of what's inside. "Earworm" is a story about trauma, loss, parenting, love, and immigration. This piece packs a punch; nuanced political theatre created in solidarity with the Woman, Life, Freedom movement in Iran. It is, at times, utterly hair-raising, and illuminates the ways in which Canada is not always a refuge for refugees."
— Libby

📖 Script available through the Canadian Play Outlet
https://www.canadianplayoutlet.com/products/earworm-by-mohammad-yaghoubi

04/10/2026

✨ Thank you to Manon Beaudoin for leading an incredible Jeu-Clown workshop last month.

Over three days, this amazing group dove into play, impulse, and connection — exploring rhythm, movement, and the art of embracing flaws as sources of comedy. Plenty of laughter, courage, and discovery in the room.

Grateful to everyone who showed up ready to take risks. The power of the ensemble was truly felt!

Thank you also to our presentation partners &

Until next time… ❤️

03/23/2026

What a night! 💜 Thank you to everyone who came out to support the Early-Career Playwrights Cohort Open Mic, hosted by our dear !

To the artists who shared their work, and the audience whose presence and care shaped the space — thank you.

And big 🙏s to for the delicious baking (not pictured here because it was devoured before photo evidence could be procured 🍪)

03/19/2026

⚡Early-Career Playwrights & Devisors! The Flying Start Program CALL FOR PROPOSALS is now OPEN.

Flying Start is designed to support an underrepresented, early-career playwright or devisor(s) through a rigorous dramaturgical development process, culminating in a FULL-SCALE mainstage production with Touchstone Theatre.

We are prioritizing marginalized voices across the full spectrum of diversity. This call is open to artists who self-identify as: Indigenous (First Nations, Métis, Inuit), Black, and/or people of colour, D/deaf, Hard of Hearing, living with a disability, neurodiverse, 2SLGBTQIA+, and anyone who identifies as underrepresented.

WHY APPLY:
🔹 $6000 commission/royalty
🔹 Research & development process + workshops with professional artists
🔹 Dramaturgical support + mentorship with Artistic Associate Daniela Atiencia (with consultation from Artistic Director Lois Anderson)
🔹 A full professional mainstage production of your work!

Ready to take the leap?
🔗 https://touchstonetheatre.com/flying-start-call-for-proposals-2

🗓️ Deadline: May 17, 2026 at 11:59PMi

03/18/2026

🔥 Danceboy is almost here! Step into Munish Sharma’s genre-bending performance—where dance, shadow puppetry, poetry, and live DJ beats collide in one electrifying experience.

Hilarious, heartfelt, and sharply observant, Danceboy dives into manhood, cultural stereotypes, and the glittering myths of Bollywood romance.

📍 March 19–22
📍 Vines Den, 825 E Hastings St

A Theatre Conspiracy production, co-presented by Pi Theatre & Touchstone Theatre

🎟 Tickets & info: https://www.pitheatre.com/shows/danceboy

03/10/2026

On April 2, Touchstone Theatre & present a special reading of El Terremoto by Dora Award–winning playwright Christine Quintana, directed by Daniela Atiencia, at the .

ABOUT THE PLAY: Twenty years have passed since the three Jurado sisters lost their parents, and life just seems to continue on in their East Vancouver home. A birthday party, a failed proposal, and a missed connection fill the days and months until an earthquake nearly destroys the city, and brings forward a shocking turn of events that splits their world wide open.

Join us for a full play reading followed by a Q&A with Christine Quintana and Touchstone Artistic Director Lois Anderson.

📅 Thurs, April 2 | 6PM - 8:15PM
📍 Central Library, Alice MacKay Room
🔗 RSVP: https://vpl.bibliocommons.com/events/696037b791e4576f847b8594

03/05/2026

🎭 PLAYS WE LOVE: A chance to spotlight our 'staff picks' of new Canadian/Turtle Island plays!

KAT'S PICK: "Everything I Couldn't Tell You" by Jeff D'Hondt

💬 After emerging from a coma caused by a traumatic event, Megan awakens altered, her injuries leaving her capable of sudden violence. Her physician, Cassandra, recruits Alison, an Indigenous clinician, who introduces a technologically enhanced expressive arts therapy and Lenape, their nearly extinct shared language. As language unlocks memory and identity, it also unleashes grief.

Jeff D’Hondt’s play offers a heartrending meditation on this grief — not as a single emotion, but as a force with many faces: rage, disconnection, terror, hopelessness, longing. Each character experiences their own version of this grief. The play refuses to simplify or sentimentalize healing, locating recovery in the volatile space between body and memory, and as something relational, culturally-rooted, and hard-won. Here, Indigenous language becomes a site of rehabilitative power, yet reconnection is anything but simple, being both medicine and trigger. A complex and thought-provoking work.”

📖 Script available through Playwrights Canada Press.
https://www.playwrightscanada.com/Books/E/Everything-I-Couldn-t-Tell-You

03/04/2026

🔥Introducing the amazing team behind Danceboy — Munish Sharma’s genre-bending performance fusing dance, shadow puppetry, poetry, and live DJ beats into one electrifying experience!

A hilarious and heartfelt journey through manhood, cultural stereotypes, and the glittering myths of Bollywood romance. Running March 19–22 at the Vines Den.

THE TEAM
Written & Performed by Munish Sharma
Featuring DJ Zenia
Directed by Gavan Cheema
Produced by David Mesiha
Sound Design – Ruby Singh
Projection Design – Andie Lloyd
Visual Art – Sandeep Johal
Lighting Design – Victoria Bell
Costume Design – elika mojtabaei
Stage Management – Elsa Orme

A Theatre Conspiracy production co-presented by Pi Theatre & Touchstone Theatre

GET TICKETS: https://www.pitheatre.com/shows/danceboy

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110/750 Hamilton Street
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V6H3R7

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http://www.touchstonetheatre.com/

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