Arts & Culture
Catch a Show at The ACT Arts Centre
Thirty live shows a year in a 486-seat suburban theatre that makes a proper night out cost less than you'd spend on regret.
Haney Place, downtown Maple Ridge
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Thirty live shows a year in a 486-seat suburban theatre that makes a proper night out cost less than you'd spend on regret.
Haney Place, downtown Maple Ridge
More infoThe ACT is Maple Ridge's answer to 'nothing to do in the suburbs,' and a good one. The building near Memorial Peace Park stacks a 486-seat theatre, an intimate studio, and a free art gallery under one tidy roof. The ACT Presents season runs around 30 shows a year, and the prices make a real night out feel almost responsible. Wander the gallery, then take your seats.
Browse the ACT Presents season online and book ahead, the good shows in the main 486-seat house sell out, and the smaller studio-theatre acts are more intimate but have fewer seats to go around. The room is small enough that there are genuinely no bad sightlines, so don't overpay for the front block; mid-house is the sweet spot. Arrive 30 minutes early to walk the free art gallery first, it's the move locals use to turn a single ticket into a full outing, and it gives you something to actually talk about over a drink after. Don't miss pairing the show with a bite two minutes away on the Lougheed strip or a plate at the Black Sheep, since the centre sits right in walkable downtown by Memorial Peace Park. Timing trick: gallery and box-office hours shift by season and show date, so confirm both when you buy tickets rather than showing up and hoping.
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