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.
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.
On January 14, people gathered in the Frederic Wood Theatre for a reading of The Gaza Monologues organized by UBC Theatre and Film Students.
Down West Mall from the white tents, booming sound system and costumed revelry of the Calendar’s Halloween party last weekend in the black box of the Dorothy Somerset Studio, a troupe of acting students donned a different type of costume: thick paper mache masks for their latest show, The (Un)usual suspects.
The sold-out event included six one-act plays, all of which were written and directed by UBC students.
