Arts & Culture
Dec 17-20Goh Ballet's The Nutcracker at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre, December 17 to 20, 2026: five performances, seats from $28 with taxes and fees in.
Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Downtown
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For a dressed-up December date, Goh Ballet's The Nutcracker plays the Queen Elizabeth Theatre from Thursday, December 17 to Sunday, December 20, 2026: Thursday and Friday at 7pm, Saturday at 2pm and 7pm, and Sunday at 2pm. Goh's site describes more than 200 dancers, actors and gymnasts, with Tchaikovsky played live by members of the Vancouver Opera Orchestra. Vancouver Opera's ticket page for the December 18 show listed seats from $28.00 to $208.90, taxes and fees included, on November 9. The sites do not state a runtime. For an evening show, eat first. Fanny Bay Oyster Bar on Cambie or Social Corner at Homer and Smithe are both close to the theatre, and Uva on Seymour is a good glass of wine after.
Book on Vancouver Opera's ticket page (seats $28 to $209 with fees in). Dinner at Fanny Bay Oyster Bar or Social Corner, be seated for 7pm, then a nightcap at Uva on Seymour.
A full-length holiday ballet with matinees on Saturday and Sunday.
Matinees are Saturday December 19 and Sunday December 20 at 2pm; evening shows are at 7pm.
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