

Arts & Culture
A 440-seat professional theatre on Granville Island where the recently redone lobby bar looks directly at False Creek.
The Arts Club's Granville Island Stage is 440 seats of professional theatre where there is barely a bad view of the stage, plus a recently spruced-up upper lobby bar that looks out at False Creek, which is a genuinely nice thing to have between you and curtain time. The programming leans toward crowd-pleasing comedies and the occasional musical, so this is a safe yes even for the person in your life who has been meaning to see more theatre for about seven years. Make it a full Granville Island evening: browse the Public Market, find a pre-show bite, then settle into a couple of hours with your phones nowhere to be found. Book ahead, and ask about student or rush rates if you are counting. Turns out undistracted time together is actually a luxury.