5 Best Performing Arts Venues in Victoria, British Columbia

Housed in a former church, the Belfry Theatre has a resident company that specializes in contemporary Canadian dramas.

The Victoria Theatre Guild, one of Canada's oldest community theater groups, stages works by internationally known playwrights at this 177-seat venue near the Victoria Art Gallery.

University of Victoria theater students stage productions at this on-campus venue.

Victoria's oldest alternative theater company, housed in a venue across the street from the Belfry Theatre, offers a range of performances at affordable ticket prices.

This small and imaginative troupe stages summer shows at offbeat venues such as the Galloping Goose Bike Path (the audience pedals from one performance to the next), a workshop wearing headphones, and on the back of a pickup truck in city parks.