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10.01.25
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Halloween 2025 in Victoria; What’s Howling Best This Year in Live Theatre!

Spooky Theatre Victoria Halloween 2025 Halloween 2025 in Victoria, BC is shaping up to be terrifyingly good. The shows that are being performed this year promise chills, thrills and perhaps more! This year’s lineup spans immersive cabaret, dance tributes to classic monsters, sketch comedy, and even site-specific shows. From werewolves to phantoms, and from haunting elegance to campy chaos, there’s something for every spooky season fan.

Atomic Vaudeville Doppelgänger Show PosterDOPPELGÄNGER

Oct 23–Nov 2, 2025
(selected evenings)
Victoria Event Centre
1415 Broad St

Atomic Vaudeville’s 90th Cabaret mines uncanny doubles, surreal sketches and live music in a feverish, comedic horror romp. Sliding scale tickets $20–60; VIP tables available. Equal parts laugh and goosebump — a late-October must for fans of weird, wild cabaret.
This season, the show moves to a more intimate venue to heighten its eerie energy and bring audiences closer to the action.

Beetlejuice Jr. Musical Title ArtBEETLEJUICE JR!

Oct 24–26, 2025, 7:00 PM
Belmont Secondary
3041 Langford Lake Rd

“It’s showtime!” Get ready for a delightfully dark and wildly entertaining ride with Beetlejuice Jr. A musical comedy packed with heart, humour, and a whole lot of haunting fun. This junior adaptation of the Broadway hit brings the outrageous world of the afterlife to the stage in a high-energy production that’s perfect for all ages.

Dance with the Devil Cabaret PosterDANCE WITH THE DEVIL

Oct 17–18, 2025,
7:30 PM Metro Theatre
1411 Quadra St

Presented by Pandora’s Box Cabaret, this immersive burlesque descends through all nine circles of Hell with drag, pole, and contemporary dance. Ages 19+; dress code: macabre elegance (black & red).

Bring your most decadent dark finery — this is theatre with a bite. The piece explores themes of guilt, temptation and redemption through provocative choreography and visual metaphors.

High Moon Werewolf Western Theatre PosterHIGH MOON

Oct 15 onward, evening Heritage Acres
7321 Lochside Dr

A tense, character-driven piece set late in the Civil War where two brothers face impossible choices. Choices will have to be made. A curse must be faced. Who is right? In this a moody, intimate theatrical experience, many will find out!

For an interview, see this feature. Period atmosphere and close-quarters drama — perfect if you prefer your Halloween with grit, not gore. Expect ambient soundscapes and subtle stage illusions to amplify the sense of dread.

Haunted Market SquareHaunted Histories: An Improvised Ghost Tour

Oct 23, 2025,
4:00 PM & 6:00 PM
Market Square
Main Gate

560 Johnson St

This isn’t your typical ghost walk. Join D’Arcy Briggs and guest performers for an improvised, audience-inspired ghost tour blending local folklore, eerie legends, and spontaneous storytelling. Tours last about an hour; tickets $20.

Part ghostly history, part improv comedy — a one-of-a-kind haunted experience shaped by you. The route may shift at a moment’s notice based on audience suggestions, making every tour unique.

Rocky Horror LipsRocky Horror Picture Show (All-Drag Cast)

Oct 23–26, 2025 (four nights)
McPherson Playhouse
3 Centennial Square

A riotous drag-cast revival of the cult classic. 19+ only; theatre-approved prop kits required; costumes encouraged. Seating is GA or VIP tables. High camp, big energy, and the ultimate Halloween weekend tradition — don’t dream it, be it.
Expect audience participation cues and surprise callbacks to original film moments.

Sketch Night LiveSketch Night Live

Oct 31, 2025, 8:00 PM
Metro Theatre
1411 Quadra St

Victoria’s sketch troupe serves a Halloween-themed evening of original comedy sketches and improv. Expect quick jolts, crowd riffs, and costume callbacks. Light on horror, heavy on laughs — ideal for a fun, late-night Halloween outing.

Universal MonstersUniversal Horrors

Oct 10–11, 2025
Metro Studio Theatre
1411 Quadra St

Broken Rhythms reanimates monster-era cinema through rhythmical contemporary dance, inspired by early gothic films like The Phantom of the Opera. Duration ~50 minutes; all ages welcome. A nostalgic, physically inventive tribute to the original screen terrors.

Witch Perfect at the RoyalWitCH PERFECT

Oct 11, 2025, 8:00 PM
McPherson Playhouse
3 Centennial Square

The hysterical award-winning spooktacular, Witch Perfect, is a live-singing, comedy parody of Disney’s Hocus Pocus. Starring RuPaul’s Drag Race alumni Tina Burner, Scarlet Envy, and Alexis Michelle. Campy, musical, and unapologetically fun — the Sanderson sisters like you’ve never seen them before.
Tickets start at about $49.25, and the show runs approximately 90 minutes with one intermission. 

10.26.19
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A Victorian Theatrical Halloween Guide 2019

Looking for some last minute things to do in the days leading up to Halloween? Ed published his guide on our sister site: otakunoculture.com and it’s republished here for your convenience.

Ed Sum's avatarOtaku no Culture

nullBy Ed Sum
(The Vintage Tempest)

Halloween has become synonymous with humanity’s once in the year obsession with all things occult. Whether that’s with ghosts, the macabre or fantastic beasts, folks celebrate it in myriad ways as part of this season’s tradition.

Not on this list are the traditional staples–ghostly walks, haunted fun houses and public ghost hunts–and I’m going for unique one offs. Included are theatre productions that are not rinse and repeat. Yes, while we all love to get our Rocky Picture Show on, and Atomic Vaudeville deserves special mention for putting on two different productions.

The call is out there for theatre groups or organizations with an event they wish to have listed that is not on here. Please check the contact us section to email or reply with your event!

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10.26.18
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Paper Street Theatre’s Halloween Treats!

Runs Oct 24th-27th at the Intrepid Theatre
Address: 1609 Blanshard St, Victoria, BC V8W 2J5

Victoria, British Columbia’s Paper Street Theatre knows their pop culture. As an improv group, they enjoy getting audiences to laugh. Some might arrive already in giggles because they enjoy their shows far too much. Their performances take place throughout the year and are themed. That is, they are spiced with a little bit of every literary or oral tradition out there. This themed night had fog machines and ambient lighting room straight out of The Exorcist to get everyone into the mood for supernatural delights!

During this weekend leading up to Halloween, the team has supernatural campfire stories to tell. Some have the taste of urban legend spread all over it and others are truly creepy, Twilight Zone style. Ideas for story titles are taken from a community bucket, and the more bizarre they sound, the more challenging it is to put into a coherent narrative. With improv, the performers do not have time to consult with one another to decide on how the story can go, and everyone has to think quickly as they are under many peering eyes. Under the dimming light, not every glance will glow red.

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11.01.17
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The Post-Halloween Blues? Thoughts on RBCM’s Night Shift Series and Nov 3 & 4th in #YYJ

IMG_20171028_201614920Post-Halloween, I’m not sure what I want to do next. Thankfully, the season is not over with Last Chance Productions bringing Evil Dead the Musical to town November 3rd and 4th to the Metro Theatre! You can click here to buy tickets. I mentioned them in an article last year about them finally coming to town, and this show is worth revisiting since it’s bloodier than Rocky Horror. As with live theatre, there will always be refinement. It’s not often audiences get sprayed than toss stuff in celebration of a scene in the latter.

Honestly, I should not have to leave my hometown of Victoria, BC to have some spooky fun. Usually, I’m tempted to go to Vancouver so I can enjoy Fright Nights at Playland. With this island community, a few events are more or less going to be the same year-after-year. Sadly, Rocky Horror Show fits under this bill as with slightly different Corn Mazes and variations of the Haunted House to navigate through. To get the route you want on Ghostly Walks requires getting a specific tour guide. What I want to experience are the special one-off’s. This garden city is home to an annual theatre production at Craigdarroch Castle which Launch Pad Theatre Company is doing a great job.

About four years ago, the Royal BC Museum (RBCM) experimented with the idea of making a Night at the Museum style fun and having a party like none other — perhaps inspired the film of the same name. Other museums around the world offer something similar, and they are usually geared for the whole family than adults to enjoy. There are even a few which get a touch academic. The articles I read online about these events often makes me think I should travel to check these other options but I always hold back, hoping my town’s museum can offer something similar. In what I’ve experienced at RBCM’s Night Shift, the organizers do a great job. They also touch up a few of their permanent exhibits to get into the spirit.

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10.18.17
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Stay Awhile… Stay for The Red Death & Other Stories From Edgar Allen Poe

22218503_1729800080394782_765507268006924604_oTickets available via www.thecastle.ca
or call 250-592-5323 to book

Show times:
October 17, 18, 19, 24,
25, 26, 30, 31 at 8:00pm
October 20, 21, 27, 28
at 7:00pm and 9:00pm

With Performances by:
David Radford, Christina Patterson, Jared Gowen, Trevor Hinton, Diana Nielsen

When mid-October arrives, the Halloween season is in full swing and the terror can arrive in many a form. This week has Red Death & Other Stories From Edgar Allen Poe (Launch Pad Theatre) and Rocky Horror Show (Atomic Vaudeville) opening for residents of Victoria, BC to enjoy. Those unable to get a ticket for the former (it’s nearly sold out) can wait for next year. The latter will always be around because it’s become a staple ever since it debuted on stage with thanks to Kaleidoscope Theatre.

Pardoning the cliché, to experience Poe’s works performed on a dark and stormy night at Craigdarroch Castle is a must. I’ve been a fan of interactive theater for a long time, and to choose between which show to go to get my pre-Halloween funk on was tough. Audiences either get to be part of the show or they are watching it with a slight wall between realities. With this season, the veil is best broken at the edifice upon a hill.

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09.12.17
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[Victoria, BC] Launch Pad Theatre to Turn Poe Over His Head!

Tickets are on now sale for this year’s Halloween shindig at Craigdarroch Castle. Some may say it’s the end of the world and the last days of disco!

Show times:
October 17, 18, 19,
24, 25, 26, 30, 31 at 8:00pm
October 20, 21, 27, 28 at 7:00pm and 9:00pm 

The gothic and the groovy will jibe with this dramatic new staging of some of the most unsettling stories of Edgar Allan Poe set in a 1970’s B-movie horror milieu and amplified with the disco sounds from the era. This show promises to be different than Launch Pad Theatre‘s past works. Kept in is the exploration of this historic venue (more rooms will be opened up) as this play moves from chamber to chamber (yes, a lot of stair climbing will be involved). Different is in the fact several stories will unfold than one!

In order to get the full experience, theatre-goers will have to return. Who knows, maybe you will have a chance encounter with this place’s real ghosts!

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