The Belfry Theatre celebrates its 50th Anniversary Season this year, featuring seven uniquely new Canadian plays.
The season opens with Michael Healey’s political satire, 1979, hisa riotous take on Joe Clark’s short-lived tenure as Prime Minister. It is a riotous take, featuring your favourite (and not- so- favourite) politicians of the era.
Burning Mom is the story of playwright Mieko Ouchi’s mother, Dorothy, and the pilgrimage she makes – in a large RV and against her children’s wishes – to the Burning Man festival in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert. This is a play about letting go and reimaging your life.
Ronnie Burkett, the winner of more awards than can be listed here, including the Governor General’s Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Arts, brings Little Dickens, his campy and salaciously funny version of A Christmas Carol, Little Dickens, to the theatre in December.
Maanomaa, My Brother (My Bird, My Brother) stunned audiences in when it opened in Toronto last year. Blending styles of West African and Canadian theatre, Maanomaa, My Brother mixes myth with reality, and the past with the present.
The Belfry’s annual SPARK Festival in March features two shows, both with ties to Victoria.
Kevin Matthew Wong gets a phone call asking him to write a play about identity. His fact-finding mission leads him to Victoria and the Tam Kung Temple, Canada’s oldest Chinese Temple. Benevolence is charming and intimate story that transforms into a layered Chinese Canadian tale spanning continents and generations.
She charmed audiences at the Belfry and Theatre SKAM with her unique style of humour. Now married, Naomi Snieckus and her husband- comedian , Matt Baram tackle Big Stuff as they debate the emotional power of everyday objects.
The Belfry’s 50th Anniversary Season will close with Nick Green’s powerful play Casey and Diana. “Casey” is Casey House in Toronto—Canada’s first hospice for men dying of AIDS. “Diana” is Princess Diana—, who visited Casey House in 1991— and changed the world’s attitude towards the disease. This amazing piece is as human and as funny as life—and just as fragile.
The Belfry offers Pay-What-You-Want pricing on season packages and single tickets. For more information, visit belfry.bc.ca or call 250-385-6815.
