Chelsea Hotel: The Songs of Leonard Cohen

A crowd favourite when it premiered here at The Firehall in 2012 followed by a successful Canadian tour, Chelsea Hotel: The Songs of Leonard Cohen returns February 3 to Sunday, March 3, 2024 — and you can enter to win a pair of tickets!

Chelsea Hotel: The Songs of Leonard Cohen

• Dates: February 3 – March 3, 2024
• Address: Firehall Arts Centre (280 E. Cordova St, Vancouver)
• Tickets: From $30, available online now or by calling (604) 689-0926

Haunted by memories of his tumultuous love life, a writer checks into New York’s infamous Chelsea Hotel desperate to find the words and inspiration for his next song. Wading through past relationships, he reluctantly comes face to face with the love of the present – a love he wishes he could not only forget, but erase from memory.

Leonard Cohen’s powerful and inspirational music is the heartbeat for Chelsea Hotel. Through Cohen’s transcendent songs and the honesty of his lyrics, audiences will be transfixed by this eclectic cabaret of loves won and lost and become witness in the search for the words to cure love’s pain.

Directed by Tracey Power, with musical arrangements by Steve Charles, and produced by The Firehall’s Donna Spencer, Chelsea Hotel: The Songs of Leonard Cohen is an inventive fusion of music, dance, and theatre that invites its audience into the hotel room of a creative mind and takes them on a poetic musical journey. Featuring performances by Adrian Glynn McMorran, Jack Garton, Marlene Ginader, Michelle Bouey, Steve Charles, and Tracey Power.

Special Dates

To toast Mr. Cohen’s legacy and their 342 performances of Chelsea Hotel, The Firehall is holding a special pre-show reception on Friday, February 23. There will be post-show talkbacks February 8, 15, 22, and 29. Pay What You Can performances on Tuesday at 7:30pm and Wednesday at 1:00pm.

The production premiered in February of 2012 and was nicknamed ‘the make out show’ as patrons were often caught kissing outside the theatre after the show. It was remounted by popular demand in autumn of that same year and went on tour to Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Calgary, Edmonton, Victoria, and Toronto.

Enter to Win Tickets

You can enter to win a pair of tickets to the performance on February 7th at 7:30pm. Here’s how:

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