Bema Productions 2016-2017 season Bema Productions was founded by Zelda Dean, a recent transplant to Victoria with a long history of theatre in Calgary, as part of Congregation Emanu-El’s 2013 arts festival. B?ma has strong ties to the local Jewish community, producing many of their shows in the Congregation Emanu-El community hall cum black-box theatre. In a relatively short period of time Bema has garnered critical acclaim for their work … [Read more...]
Greater Victoria Shakespeare Festival 2017 season
January 1, 2017 By Leave a Comment
Greater Victoria Shakespeare Festival 2017 season A mainstay in summer performance in Victoria, the Greater Victoria Shakespeare Festival celebrates its 27th season with Macbeth directed by Kate Rubin and Karen Lee Pickett and Love's Labour's Lost directed by Janet Munsil, and announces a new collaboration in partnership with the Township Community Arts Council (Esquimalt). There is simply something magical about being outdoors, in the … [Read more...]
Theatre Inconnu announces their 2017 season
January 1, 2017 By Leave a Comment
Theatre Inconnu announces their 2017 season Founded in the late 1970s by Clayton Jevne and Katya Aho-Kearn, Theatre Inconnu is Victoria's longest running alternative theatre company, producing high quality and innovative work from the Paul Phillips Hall (Little Fernwood Hall) in an intimate 70 seat venue. I've been a fan since the fall of 2004 when I saw a production of The Ecstasy of Rita Joe performed in the round that was as impactful as … [Read more...]
Paper Street Theatre announces their 2016-2017 season.
September 14, 2016 By Leave a Comment
Paper Street Theatre announces their 2016-2017 season. Paper Street Theatre - Season 6! After a busy summer that saw Paper Street Theatre perform a remount of their improvised Margaret Atwood at the Gabriola Theatre Festival and An Improvised Quentin Tarantino 2: The Playful 8 at the Victoria Fringe Theatre Festival (winning Pick of the Fringe for Favourite Ensemble too!) the company settles in for a sixth season with three … [Read more...]
Dance Victoria presents their 2016-2017 20th anniversary season. Media release.
September 14, 2016 By Leave a Comment
Dance Victoria presents their 2016-2017 20th anniversary season. Media release. Dance Victoria is celebrating its 20th Anniversary with a vibrant season showcasing friends, old and new, from its 20 years of programming. New York City-based Jessica Lang Dance (JLD) opens the season on November 18 and 19, 2016 with five contemporary ballet works: Lines Cubed, Among the Stars, Mendelssohn/ Incomplete, The Calling, and Thousand Yard Stare. … [Read more...]
Theatre SKAM 2016-2017 season
August 4, 2016 By Leave a Comment
Theatre SKAM 2016-2017 season Theatre SKAM was formed in 1995 by four emerging artists (Sarah Donald, Karen Turner, Amiel Gladstone, and Matthew Payne) as a means for the creation and production of new work. Since that time they have served as a hub for other emerging artists, particularly with the advent of Bike Ride (now SKAMPEDE)--a mobile feast of theatre along the Galloping Goose--in 2009. Fashion Machine at George Jay April 30th, … [Read more...]
St Luke’s Players 2016-2017 season
August 4, 2016 By Leave a Comment
St Luke's Players 2016-2017 season. Long before the introduction of professional theatre companies to Victoria, all theatre was community based. One of the oldest troupes is St Luke’s Players. The upcoming season represents the 68th for this stalwart band of thespians. Last year, members answered a few questions for me which will provide more background on the troupe's mission statement and philosophy. The pantomime, a more recent … [Read more...]
Kaleidoscope Theatre for Young People. 2016-2017 Season.
August 4, 2016 By Leave a Comment
Kaleidoscope Theatre for Young People. 2016-2017 Season. Founded in 1974, Kaleidoscope Theatre for Young People is only one of five professional theatres for young audiences in BC, and the only Theatre for Young Audience Company located on Vancouver Island that provides in-house theatre to Vancouver Island audiences. In addition to producing a season of theatre, Kaleidoscope also offers classes and workshops. Look for the annual … [Read more...]
Langham Court Theatre 2016-2017 season
August 4, 2016 By Leave a Comment
Langham Court Theatre 2016-2017 Season Langham Court Theatre enters its 88th season with the tag-line, “Driven by Passion. Fuelled by Community”. Production Chairs Roger Carr and Keith Digby, assisted by the Play Selection Committee, have compiled a season of award winners and classics for theatre goers. Next To Normal September 28, 2016 to October 15, 2016 Book and Lyrics by Brian Yorkey, music by Tom Kitt Directed by Gregg … [Read more...]
UVic Phoenix Theatre 2016-2017 season
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UVic Phoenix Theatre 2016-2017 season The University of Victoria Phoenix Theatre celebrates 50 years of educating theatre artists this season, beginning in October with a three week 50th Anniversary Alumni Festival featuring TJ Dawe in Slipknot, Charlie Ross with a One Man Marathon--Lord of the Rings, Star Wars Trilogy and Dark Knight: A Batman Parody--, and Shannan Calcutt in Burnt Tongue and continuing with an Anniversary Alumni Reunion … [Read more...]
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