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The spring is sprung, the grass is riz, and The Fictionals are back at the Rio Theatre on April 18 for Improv Against Humanity: Spring Fling! We’re sprucing up the #IAHatRIO deck, giving out sweet swag, and welcoming two special guests to the show! Plus the crowd will help crown the next Most Horrible Person in Vancouver! … Read more

The Very Best of HUMP! 2008 to 2017: This year we are touring a few cities with the very best of HUMP! We have selected some of our (and audience) favorites from 2008 through 2017. We reached out to the filmmakers and were able to have them resubmit their films to us for this very … Read more

Cherry OnTop + Portia Favro present: LUST Take a glimpse into our world of indulgence, passion, freedom, revelry, decadence, and of course…lust. This is an exotic cabaret experience like none you’ve experienced – this is more than just a stage show. Leave your inhibitions outside and step into our house as we weave a story … Read more

On Sunday, April 1, Vancouver comedians Eric Fell and Patrick Maliha will be your co-hosts for an amazing, old-school style 30-hour #SaveTheRioTelethon fundraising event at the Rio Theatre. Over the course of 30 hours, Fell and Maliha will co-host a cavalcade of some of the greatest stars/future-stars/all-around-cool people that have ever graced the Rio Theatre’s stage. Get ready for an … Read more

The sun will come out tomorrow… Put on a happy face for BROADWAY BURLESQUE: A Tribute to Musicals at the The Rio Theatre! On Friday, April 27, Vancouver’s biggest and brightest burlesque stars will take to the Rio stage paying homage to their favourite musicals. Top hats and tap shoes! Razzle dazzle and movie magic! … Read more

Erotic City: A Live Band Burlesque Tribute to PRINCE! Sometimes it snows in April…. It is with great reverence that Kitty Nights presents a re-mount of their Live Band Burlesque tribute to the one and only PRINCE to commemorate the day after his death, April 21st. Last staged for the Rio Theatre in 2017, we’re … Read more

The Warrior For Reason – Matt Dillahunty embarks on his first world tour! Magic & Skepticism will be the key focus of his lectures, which will include a lengthy Q&A and lobby hangout after each event. Matt has recently shared the stage with world renown authors Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris and Lawrence Krauss. He is currently finishing his first book, which … Read more

Doug Stanhope May 26th  Doors 630pm/ Show 730pm 19+ FULLY SEATED VENUE   Advanced tickets available through https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3347488 No refunds or exchanges. No Groupons or Rio passes accepted for this event Doug Stanhope is a stand-up comic. Has been since 1990. His material ranges from true-life graphic perversion to volatile social criticism. Doug is vulgar, opinionated, … Read more

Dalaras Tribute performing Greek Music made popular by George Dalaras March 18th Doors 7:00pm Performance 8:00pm-10:00pm. We have meticulously re-recorded and arranged these songs using the most advanced virtual instruments (including exotic middle Eastern instruments like the oud, kanoun, santuri, lyra, Turkish clarinet, Greek bouzouki, tzoura, baglama, and various metallic and wood percussion instruments). We … Read more

Geekenders presents: The Lust Jedi: A Sci-Fi Burlesque Adventure A brand new installment in the smash-hit Geekenders burlesque saga! May 4, 5, 6, 2018  DOORS AT 7:00PM. SHOW PROMPTLY AT 8PM. 18+ only with ID $20 advance| $25 at the door. Advance tickets to May 4th are now SOLD OUT. (Ltd rush seating at the door … Read more