Tremors: Tiny Apocalypse
April 1 – 5, 2008
Tiny Apocalypse follows the rise and fall of Rita, an obsessively organized office worker who finds herself caught in a daily repetitive loop.
Current Shows & Events
Tremors: Penny Dreadful: A Tale of Devilish Infamy
March 25 – 29, 2008
The two servants become the fascination of their employer’s wayward son, home with stories of travels in strange lands.
after the quake
November 19 – December 5, 2009
A journey where magic and realism collide in an exploration of disrupted reality.
Blackbird
March 11 – 29, 2009
As tensions rise, we are left to question: where is the line between love and abuse? And can we ever break free from the shackles of the past?
Cozy Catastrophe (Summerworks)
August 7 – 9 & 14 – 17, 2009
A dark comedy about ordinary folks bound together by extraordinary circumstance.
after the quake (remount)
October 13–23, 2010
“Wildly original and warm without ever lapsing into sentimentality, after the quake is both a great ride and a testament to the healing powers of imagination…It’s the stuff of dreams.” – The Georgia Straight “I’ve never seen anything like it. And I loved every minute of it.” – Vancouver Courier Haruki Murakami is the West’s … Read more after the quake (remount)
Clark and I Somewhere in Connecticut (tour)
Clark and I uses fact, fiction, video, interviews, a rabbit suit and anything else required to make sense of these found materials and the many lives interrupted along the way.
Hive 3
March 11 – 14 and 17 – 20, 2010
Twelve of Vancouver’s most adventurous theatre companies create short installations in a party atmosphere.
Tremors: Cozy Catastrophe
April 6 – 10 and 13 – 17, 2010
A dark comedy about ordinary folks bound together by extraordinary circumstance.
Tremors: I’m So Close…
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…
Tremors: KISMET one to one hundred
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.
Snowman
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.
Community Dinner
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.
Cozy Catastrophe
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?
Attacks Lab
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
Everything Is Terribly Nice Here
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
Tremors: The Last Days of Judas Iscariot
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
Tremors: Giant Invisible Robot
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.
Tremors: A Last Resort
April 24 – 28, 8PM (Matinee – April 28, 2PM)
An intimate multimedia performance
