Current Shows & Events

Tremors: Cozy Catastrophe

April 6 – 10 and 13 – 17, 2010

A dark comedy about ordinary folks bound together by extraordinary circumstance.

“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: Endgame

April 18 – 28, 2012

The play by Samuel Beckett

Tremors: A Last Resort

April 24 – 28, 8PM (Matinee – April 28, 2PM)

An intimate multimedia performance

Director’s Lab 2013

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

Obstructions

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