Current Shows & Events

Rishi & d Douen

February 4 – 28, 2021

The show brings Caribbean folklore to the West Coast of Canada to share a story filled with adventure and discovery.

Pathetic Fallacy

November 25-29, 2020

An original collision of DIY cinematography, action film, choreography, a gallery talk, and weather forecasting.

Tremors 2020

October 28 - 31, 2020

Intersections of art and performance.

Good Things to Do

April 16 – 18, April 24 – 26, April 30 – May 2, and May 9 & 10, 2020

A meditation on goodness, generosity, and the struggle to stay tender in a world that asks us to be hard.

B

May 21 – 24, 2020

A darkly comic dive into the absurdity of reality, B examines cross-generational tension in the mobilization of resistance and interrogates the role of violence in revolution.

Director’s Lab 2020

February 24 – 28, 2020

Led by Siminovitch Prize-winning director Maiko Yamamoto, Directors’ Lab 2020, “Directing from the Inside > Out”, focused on adapting autobiographical material and found texts into performance. 

Sound of the Beast

February 19 - 23, 2020

Stories of coming up in Toronto’s hip-hop scene, the intersections between conscious rap and political activism, and the sacrifices we make for the things we believe in.

Blank

April 30 – May 4, 2019

Iranian playwright Nassim Soleimanpour’s intimate and experimental play, BLANK, reverses the typical theatre experience: A script riddled with blanks leaves the audience in charge of how the story will unfold.

Medea (In Development)

August 12- 15, 2019

Euripides’ Greek tragedy to Vancouver’s Little Saigon in the 1980s, into the heart of the Vietnamese diaspora.

Take d Milk, Nah?

Oct 16 – 26, 2019

A refreshingly candid and delightfully funny look at race, religion, and nationalism(s): what divides us. Oh, and there’s a cow.

Director’s Lab 2018

February 27 – March 3, 2018

Directors’ Lab is an integral component of Rumble’s Mentorship Program.

Tremors 2018

August 16-25, 2018

The 2018 edition of Tremors, our festival of emerging talent, featured a talented young company of 38 emerging theatre artists.

The Wolves

October 19 – November 10, 2018

About the Show A pack of teenage girls prepares for battle on the soccer field. In the exhilaration of adolescence, they grapple with everything from pop culture to politics, discovering their identities as individuals and as a team. Who will come out on top? This debut script from playwright Sarah DeLappe was a finalist for … Read more The Wolves

Director’s Lab 2016

February 15 – 19th, 2016

Using an established text as a working model, the 2016 Director’s Lab focused on the director’s preparation process, early stages of rehearsal and assessment and critique of the work.

Tremors 2016

August 11 – 20, 2016

Our festival of emerging talent.

Indian Arm

April 8 – 18, 2015

A ruthless exploration of what it means to live together, to lose everything, and to survive unimaginable grief. Based on Little Eyolf by Henrik Ibsen.

Cock

Oct 29 – Nov 8, 2015

Winner of the 2010 Laurence Olivier Award, Cock brilliantly questions the dual nature of sexuality and the complexities of love in the modern world.

Tremors 2014

November 12 – 15, 2014

Mingle in the lounge, grab a snack at a food truck and take in performances by some of Vancouver’s hottest burlesque, spoken word artists and musical acts.