Get ready for a millennial take on Cyrano de Bergerac as the Arts Club Theatre Company presents Someone Like You, on tour across the Lower Mainland from January 9 to February 9, 2025.

This charming new comedy dives into 21st-century Vancouver with mistaken identities, millennial manifestos, dating apps, and the quest for self-love in this Arts Club Silver Commission written by Christine Quintana.

Best friends Isabelle (Steffanie Davis), verbose and open-hearted, and Kirsten (Ivy Charles), vulnerable and loyal, have been through thick and thin since university. When Isabelle takes her “wingman” duties for Kirsten’s rebound romance with Harjit (Praneet Akilla) a bit too far, feelings and friendships are fraught with complications.

Playwright Christine Quintana said, “Audiences can expect a very fun night at the theatre! The core of Someone Like You is a female friendship—something so foundational to so many people’s lives, but so rarely represented authentically on stage. All the joy of your favourite vintage rom-coms but without the fatphobia, racism, and homophobia that come with the period. Our creative team has filled the stage with fashion and iconography from East Van and recognizable characters from our daily lives.”

The Arts Club Theatre Company’s Artistic Director, Ashlie Corcoran, added, “Right from the first time I met Chrstine, I knew I wanted to offer her a Silver Commission and had just the adaptation that I felt she’d bring an interesting perspective to. For me, it was having Christine create a modern adaptation of Cyrano de Bergerac set in Vancouver. We are thrilled to present this funny, fierce, political, and theatrical play on tour across the Lower Mainland.”