Firehall Arts Centre Theatre

Located in a 1906 heritage fire station in Vancouver’s Downtown East Side, the Firehall Arts Centre hosts theatre, dance and other performing arts shows.

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Where is the Firehall Arts Centre | The 2023/2024 Season | Other Information

Firehall Arts Centre

The Firehall Arts Centre is a community arts facility that features a 136- to 174-seat studio theatre. The venue hosts dozens of eclectic performances each month as well as a range of visual arts exhibitions in its small gallery/lounge.

The heritage building itself is a restored turn-of-the-century fire station that was once the first motorized fire hall on the continent.

The tiny theatre is a bit rustic and simple, but also comfortable and charming in its own way. With only seven rows of seating, you are guaranteed a fabulous view of the stage!

Where is the Firehall Arts Centre

The Firehall Arts Centre’s address is 280 East Cordova Street which is just a couple of blocks north of Vancouver’s historic Chinatown and next door to the Vancouver Police Museum. It’s also just a few steps away from Sunrise Market which, at 300 Powell Street, is one of Vancouver’s most affordable fruit stands.

The 2023/2024 Season

There are seven shows taking the stage at Firehall for the 2023/2024 season. They are as follows:

Reflections on Crooked Walking (December 2nd to 24th, 2023): this Juno Award-nominated family musical tells the story of four people who are the only ones left awake in a town of sleeping people. Their journey in search of a cure for the mysterious sleeping sickness leads them down a surprising path of deeper self-awareness.
Pants (January 17th to 20th, 2024): Pants takes a deep dive into the shallow end of binary conceptions of gender through its alarming comedy and personal storytelling as told by Tara Cheyenne Friedenberg.
Chelsea Hotel: The Songs of Leonard Cohen (February 3rd to March 3rd, 2024): celebrating the life and work of the late great Leonard Cohen, Chelsea Hotel follows a writer with a tumultuous love life haunted by the memories of the past.
MOI: Momentum of Isolation (March 6th to 9th, 2024): this performance bases its themes around loneliness and isolation to show how social bonds and connections are essential to our humanity.
This is How We Got Here (April 13th to 28th, 2024): this performance follows a close-knit family still dealing with the lingering trauma of an unexpected loss. The storyline is both heartbreaking and heartwarming.
Eunoia (May 8th to 11th, 2024): Denise Fujiwara’s stage adaptation of Christian Bok’s bestselling book of conceptual poetry, Eunoia is a multi-sensory media experience.
Paddle Song (May 24th to June 2nd, 2024): this performance reflects the proud legacy of trailblazing Mohawk poet Pauline Johnson in an energetic and humorous one-woman musical.