March was "World Theatre Month" in Victoria BC!

World Theatre Day is March 27^th. I hereby declare, that in Victoria, March is World Theatre Month.

I remember asking Janet Munsil, artistic director of Intrepid Theatre, why there was no celebration of World Theatre Day in Victoria, and she said that local theatre companies were too busy in March to organize an event.

Now I know why. Thanks to the many productions, regular seasons, and festivals, I will have attended 13 (thirteen) shows in March (without counting six excellent mini-plays at SPARK). And, I missed a few!

The Crackwalker by Theatre Inconnu
Rabbit Hole by Langham Court
The Wyf of Bath, the YOU Show at Intrepid Theatre Club, coming soon to the Victoria Fringe Festival
Digital Sunshine by Atomic Vaudeville and CCPA
Joséphina, La Chaliwaté Company, as part of Intrepid Theatre’s presenting series
An Improvised Film Noir by Paper Street Theatre

SPARK Festival at the Belfry Theatre

The Book of Eve (play reading)

Goodness

Kitt and Jane

My Memory’s Not So Good by Theatre SKAM (play reading)

Shane Koyzcan When I Was a Kid

Fish Eyes

Home is a Beautiful Word (verbatim theatre project commissioned by the Belfry)

The mini-plays:

SnArk
The Shill (Puente Theatre)
The Lesson
An Appointment with Danger (Paper Street Theatre)
Similkameen O’Rourke is Jimmy 1977 (Graham McDonald, associate, Theatre Inconnu)
The King of the World (Justin Carter)

I missed, regretfully:

This is Twisted Theatre (check them out the first Sundays of the month at the Victoria Event Centre)
Sin City live improvised soap opera every Tuesday at the Victoria Event Centre. Season ends April 17^th.
Script Tease at theCanadianCollege of Performing Arts
The Marowitz Hamlet at UVic’s Phoenix Theatre
In Transit by VIRCS Enable Theatre Project (but will see the show April 14^th)
L’Orchestre d’Hommes-Orchestres performs Tom Waits, the 2^nd show in Intrepid Theatre’s 2012 presenting series
CCPA performs with the Victoria Symphony

Thank you to the many theatre companies and individuals working in theatre in Victoria for constantly raising the bar, and contributing massively to the cultural fabric of our city.

Work was produced and/or presented in March by the following local companies:

Atomic Vaudeville

Belfry Theatre

Broad Theatrics (Sin City)

Canadian College of Performing Arts

Intrepid Theatre

Langham Court Theatre

Paper Street Theatre Co

Puente Theatre

Snafu Dance Theatre

Scrumpy Productions (the Wyf ofBath)

Theatre Inconnu