Set and performed in a modest church activity room, Meeting follows five people in a support group for codependency, particularly around sexuality, love and identity.
A writer and director realize their play isn't going as planned. But as they try to save the show, the lines between real life and theatre start to blur as the characters cross boundaries and are forced to decide how much they’re willing to sacrifice for excellence.
In a Mughlai restaurant in Toronto, three lives intertwine. As Ayub, one of its employees, is cleaning up, a mysterious cab driver walks in and shatters his peace, leaving Ayub to confront reality, the family he’s left behind and the dreams long abandoned.
The play asks how far we would go for family, questioning how the loss of a loved one can cause idolization and how our view of those closest to us can change in the light of a loss.
The novel follows Jessamyn St. Germain, a young aspiring actress with a passion for musical theatre who’s willing to sacrifice everything, including her health, dignity and sanity, for a standing ovation.
The Vancouver-based company has announced the intake for The Academy, a three-year, part-time, fully-subsidized performing arts training program.
From January 30–February 2, UBC Opera put on their version of Street Scene at the Chan Centre and unfortunately, it was a slightly underwhelming affair — save for select standout performances.
In light of Donald Trump being elected — a threat to the rights of 2SLGBTQIA+ people, BIPOC, immigrants, and women — as well as the silence of world leaders throughout the war in Gaza, The Arsonists is a scary reminder that history tends to repeat itself.
UBC is trying to raise around $1.3 million for a book that we (technically) already have a copy of sitting in the depths of the IKB basement.
This past weekend, UBC Opera performed a run of Gilbert and Sullivan’s 1878 comedy H.M.S Pinafore, directed by UBC Opera Ensemble founder Nancy Hermiston and conducted by Leslie Dala.
In this year's Vancouver Fringe Festival, Camp Goneaway follows two pre-teen campers during their last summer at their beloved camp before it shuts down due to the area becoming too polluted.
Keeping up with all the changes that come with being a teenager is hard enough. But it’s also a period where we start to realize things about ourselves that we’ll deal with our entire life.
Twelfth Night is William Shakespeare’s hilariously perplexing love triangle of three romantics navigating the woes of grief, unrequited love and the urges that fall in between.
As a wide-reaching and accessible platform for emerging theatre artists, Fringe is a great opportunity to get a taste for up-and-coming faces and works in the theatre world, so try to catch a show or two!
Bard on the Beach’s Hamlet starts as a lot of plays end — with silence.
