Take a look at what we have
coming up, in development, and all our past successes.

Explore Our Three Programming Pillars

Amplified Concerts

Ebony Roots
OUT Loud
Vox Femina

Throughout history, music has given voice to movements, united communities, challenged injustice, and inspired hope. Amplified Concerts exists to celebrate that extraordinary legacy.

Alarmed
Productions

HOLOCENE
Angel's Bone
Theatre for the Ears
and more...

Alarmed Productions is Sound the Alarm's creative laboratory for original theatrical productions that explore the expressive power of music and sound as the foundation of storytelling. Blending music, theatre, movement, and immersive design, each multi-genre production is created to illuminate a pressing social alarm, inviting audiences into powerful shared experiences that inspire awareness, reflection, and conversation. 

National Resonance Tours

A Whole New World
Music of the Night

This is Sound the Alarm's national touring program dedicated to bringing exceptional live music experiences to communities across Canada. Guided by the belief that geography should never be a barrier to world-class performance, the program develops and tours large-scale concert productions that foster connection, create shared cultural experiences, and strengthen the social fabric of communities of every size.

A Timeline of Past Performances

Sound the Alarm:  Music Theatre (formerly known as BC Living Arts) has created a vast array of performances that span multi-genres and have mainly been based in music as the common language.   This list does not contain the more than 150 non-performance based events produced by BCLA.

2026

Music of the Night: The Concert Tour

Our Final Leg of this Production
Spring: Through 17 Southern Ontario and 4 Maritime Communities

2026

Ebony Roots

Visiting 8 BC Communities through February 2026 in honour of Black History Month.

2025

A Whole New World

The world premiere of this concert production visited 24 BC cities from May 17to June 20, 2025.

2024 (Spring & Fall)

Music of the Night: The Concert Tour

Spring: Through 17 Northern/Eastern Ontario and Quebec communities.
Fall:  a return to 18 BC cities.

2024

Phillipa Po:  Mind Changer

The Pilot epsidoe to this new fictional digital series

2024

Angel's Bone:  Toronto

Toronto Premiere of this Pulitzer Prize winning opera.
Co-Produced with Array Music, Turning Point Ensemble, and Loose Tea Music Theatre
Listed as Top 3 Toronto Operas of 2024

2023/24

Ebony Roots

A musical journey through Black music that musically narrates the evolving emancipation of the Black community from the North American perspective.

2023 (Spring and Fall)

Music of the Night: The Concert Tour

Spring: Through 16 Southern Ontario communities.
Fall:  Through Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba

2022

Angel's Bone

Canadian Premiere of this Pulitzer Prize winning opera.

2022

Music of the Night:
The Concert Tour

Through 17 BC communities.  A celebration of Andrew Lloyd Webber's 75 years of theatre in music.

2021/2022

Theatre for the Ears

Digital series of
audio-dramas + conversations.
Starman
Lost Soul Animal Rescue
Winner of multiple International Awards.

2021

Pilgrimage to Bach

A theatrical look at Bach's Cantata's BWV 82 & 56 in collaboration with Early Music Vancouver.

2020

Berlin:  
The Last Cabaret

Presented at the 2020 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival and produced by City Opera Vancouver in association with Sound the Alarm

2019

Music of the Night:
The Concert Tour

A celebration of Andrew Lloyd Webber's 70 years of theatre in music

2018

Side by Side by Sondheim

BC Two-City Tour

2014-2018

Brownstone Interactive Themed Dinner Series 

2017

Acis + Galatea:  Handel 

co-production with re:Naissance Opera

2016

Bad Date:
A Cautionary Tale

A workshop performance of a new Musical

2016

Dragging Piaf
by Alan Corbishley 

Vancouver Queer Arts Festival

2015

Love, L. Cohen
by Alan Corbishley

A Celebration of Leonard Cohen

2015, 2012, 2010

Choral Parade

2015

The Yoga Rave 

a musical and visual stretching experience

2015

The Sketch Salon

a theatrical, sound and drawing experience

2015 & 2014

Music in the Park:  Hijacked 

a two day outdoor free music and arts event

2014

Silent Chap
by Alan Corbishley

a silent play produced by Western Canada Theatre 

2013

Kamloops THRiVE Festival 

a multi-disciplinary Arts and Living Festival

2012

Webley aWaits
by Alan Corbishley

a theatrical concert on the repertoire of Tom Waits and Jason Webley

2012

Marry Me a Little 

Musical by Sondheim

2011

Popera'liscious

a concert/dinner experience

2011

George, Noel & Cole

A concert salon game

2010

September Songs
by Alan Corbishley

A theatrical concert on songs of Kurt Weill

2008 - 2010

Canadian Cabaret:
I, II, & III

Cabaret of Canadian Music Icons

2009 & 2007

Satie de Paris
by Alan Corbishley

a circus inspired theatrical concert

2008

Metaxu 

A contemporary dance commission

Past Performances and Productions

Berlin:  The Last Cabaret

Music of the Night:  
The Concert Tour

Webley aWaits

Satie de Paris

Marry Me a Little

Sign & Flow

Yoga Rave