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April 6 – 10, 2010
“This show made me laugh, it made me cry and it made me think. I’m So Close…is filled with controlled chaos, wonderful physicality, clever comedy, emotional poignancy and a sense of reality and grounding that only comes from experienced and talented performers. Brilliant.” – Plank Winner of the Spotlight Award at the Summerworks Theatre Festival Steve … Read more Tremors: I’m So Close…
April 13 – 17, 2010
Four artists set out across Canada to interview one hundred people, ages 1 through 100, about their experiences and beliefs around fate and destiny.
Nov 4 – 19, 2011
When Jude discovers the body of a prehistoric boy frozen in the glacier, everyone finds their lives beginning to shift and thaw in unexpected ways.
June 1 – 4, 2011
One part cooking show, one part biography and one part dinner party, this theatrical feast celebrated the one thing that unites us all – food.
October 22 – November 4, 2012
Horrific events are overwhelming the entirety of human civilization. Four strangers must decide what to do with what could be their final hours. Should they pray? Fight back? Repopulate the earth? Or just get to know each other a little better?
January 18 – February 4, 2012
Attacks Lab was a curated series of events aimed at established and emerging theatre directors and practitioners. Over the course of the Festival, there was a series of investigations, contemplations and workshops with some of the most daring voices in contemporary theatre. Local and international directors engaged in a rigorous dialogue about the craft of directing … Read more Attacks Lab
December 12th – 22nd, 2012
Everything is Terribly Nice Here by David van Belle – produced by Ghost River Theatre in association with Rumble, was a politically charged play inspired by the murder of Danish film maker Theo van Gogh by Muslim extremist Mohammed Bouyeri. Three years in the making, Everything is Terribly Nice Here is viscerally intelligent theatre that challenges and unsettles assumptions about … Read more Everything Is Terribly Nice Here
April 10 – 21, 2012
Halfway between Heaven and Hell, in a place called Hope, history’s most infamous sinner stands trial. In a court room that’s as much ghetto as gospel, the witnesses are called – Mother Teresa, Pontius Pilate, Sigmund Freud, a foul-mouthed Saint Monica, a high school football coach, a handful of Jesus’ disciples – to decide questions … Read more Tremors: The Last Days of Judas Iscariot
April 17 – 21
Russel is a terminally shy young man who’s had one imaginary friend all his life. Unfortunately, that imaginary friend is a Giant Invisible Robot programmed to destroy.
April 24 – 28, 8PM (Matinee – April 28, 2PM)
An intimate multimedia performance
February 25 to March 1, 2013
Directors’ Lab is a development initiative for Vancouver-based professional directors who want to get rigorous with the foundations of their craft, unhindered by production and scenographic considerations. Using an established text as a working model, the Lab focuses on the director’s preparation process, early stages of rehearsal and assessment and critique of the work. This … Read more Director’s Lab 2013
June 8, 2013
Obstructions is a radical initiative intended to rattle the cage of local theatre makers. Inspired in part by the film The Five Obstructions, by Jørgen Leth and Lars Von Trier, Obstructions is the latest project from the group of theatre companies known as Progress Lab, producers of the wildly popular and innovative HIVE series. Over a one-year … Read more Obstructions
Enda Walsh’s riveting, savage and wildly funny take on the classic Greek myth.
January 23 - February 2, 2014
Rumble Theatre was thrilled to be one of the companies participating in Theatre Yes’s National Elevator Project, which featured short plays written for and performed in working elevators.
March 10 to 14, 2014
The 2014 Directors’ Lab was geared specifically towards Vancouver-based emerging directors who want to get rigorous with the foundations of their craft
June 27th, 2023
Come to the launch of the Rumble Sound System Project with the debut of live works by sound artists, and live performances by Mad Riddim, Anju Singh, the Rumble Sound System Band.
May 22nd - 26th, 2023
As part of Tremors, check out this showcase exploring how abolition and transformative justice can impact the theatre-making process.
May 18-20, 2023
Join us for Rumble’s 2023 Tremors Festival showcasing new visions of live performance, presenting 5 works from across Canada
