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Wednesday, March 11 Doors 6:30/Show 7:00pm $7 advance HERE/ $10 door www.riotheatretickets.ca Join the Gentlemen Hecklers as they tell you everything you need to know about the brilliantly bad ROAD HOUSE, starring Patrick Swayze as “a tough bouncer hired to tame a dirty bar.” Yes, please! Also starring Kelly Lynch, Sam Elliott, and …. Jeff … Read more

The Gentlemen Hecklers present M. Night Shyamalan’s THE HAPPENING. Doors 6:30pm / Show 7:00pm. Tickets $6 advance / $9 door. **19+ only with bar service. Please bring 2 pieces of ID. The Gentlemen Hecklers return to The Rio Theatre on Wednesday August 13, to provide live, hilarious commentary for the best bad movies! Eric Fell, … Read more

“Great Scott!” Hop in your Delorean and join Canadian “cult sensation” the Geekenders on a musical journey through the space-time continuum in How I Met My Mother: A Back to the Future Parody Musical! With a full 1.21 gigawatts of song parodies, hilarity, dance, “The Power of Love,” and a surprising amount of pathos, this … Read more

“Been looking for love in Alderaan places?” We invite you to join us a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away with acclaimed fandom theatre troupe Geekenders, who are concentrating their usual pop culture theatre, comedy and burlesque into a glittering, playfully sensual two-act reboot of a sci-fi classic with an out-of-this world, … Read more

A long time ago… in a galaxy far, far away… there were The Geekenders! TOO HOTH TO HANDLE celebrates the stories and Star Wars characters you know and love (and secretly Google sexy fan art of in your spare time) with energetic dancing, comedy, and cheeky satire created by artists as nerdy as you are. … Read more

On June 16, 1973, director Jim Sharman debuted a musical that would warp time, space, and sweet transvestites for ever… THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW. Written for the stage by Richard O’Brien (who would later play Riff Raff in the sensational cult-movie adaptation, THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW), the original live stage version of THE ROCKY … Read more

A long time ago… in a galaxy far, far away… There were The Geekenders! Ready to bring the nerds of Vancouver some sexiness, “Star Wars Holiday Special Burlesque” is a popular nerdy cabaret that combines the irreverence of the Muppets and the polish and showmanship of a Vegas showgirl revue. Some of Vancouver’s silliest and … Read more

Vancouver’s favourite “nerdlesque” troupe the Geekenders return to the Rio Theatre on Friday, August 24 with their most requested, most zany, most off-the-wall variety show yet… He is not a demon. He is a lizard, a shark, a heat-seeking panther. He wants to be Bob Denver on acid playing the accordion. He is Nicolas Cage. … Read more

And now for something completely different. It’s… Naughty Python’s Flying Burlesque Circus! The Geekenders invite you to enjoy 25 of Vancouver’s silliest “nerdlesque” superstars as they return to the Rio Theatre‘s stage to flaunt their huge… Tracts o’land. All other shows Palin comparison! Saturday, January 26 Doors 7:00 pm | Show 8:00 pm Advance tickets … Read more

While history’s most infamous killer stalks the streets of Whitechapel, a remarkable trio of women must take matters into their own hands and learn to find, fight, and destroy a murderer. Featuring over-the-top fight sequences, acrobatics, evocative sets, and sumptuous period costumes, this production of KILL THE RIPPER is a darkly comic feast for the … Read more