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4 THE TRESPASSERS
6 THE LIFE INSIDE
8 THE CRYPTOGRAM
10 SPARK FESTIVAL 2011
12 2 PIANOS 4 HANDS
14 THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING
On Tour
16 Season Playwrights
18 Season Calendar
20 Tickets
22 Audience Services
24 Getting Here
Magical thinking.
26 Inside the Belfry Flights of the imagination.
28 Community Outreach Stories of young people – which are stories of us all.
Our hopes, our dreams, our introduction to the world.
31 New Play Development
32 Support Us An exciting new season, with a new Canadian play
34 Season Sponsors from the fertile mind of Morris Panych, a Canadian classic
filled with music and comedy, an intriguing story
from American master David Mamet, and a piece of music
theatre commissioned by the Belfry and created
Box Office / Information 250-385-6815 especially for you, our audience.
1291 Gladstone Avenue, Victoria, BC, Canada, V8T 1G5
Administration 250-385-6835 Fax 250-385-6336 Join us as we continue down our creative
hello@belfry.bc.ca www.belfry.bc.ca and imaginative path.
The Belfry Theatre is a registered not-for-profit professional theatre company operating Mary Desprez Michael Shamata
within the Canadian Theatre Agreement in association with Canadian Actors’ Equity General Manager Artistic Director
Association, and is an active member of the Professional Association of Canadian Theatres
(PACT), and the Professional Arts Alliance of Greater Victoria (ProArt).
THE portrait of life, death, love and family.” Waterloo Region Record
“It’s bittersweet but not terribly so, and Panych’s meaty dialogue
is smoothly handled.” Associated Press
TRESPASSERS
BY MORRIS PANYCH
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Mainstage Two
November 16 – December 19, 2010
INSIDE
BY JAMES FAGAN TAIT &
Actors
Kyle Cameron JOELYSA PANKANEA
Jeremy Crittenden
Lina de Guevara
Sarah Donald
Elizabeth Duncan
Deanna Guttierrez Based on Maurice Maeterlinck’s 1895 play, Intérieur,
Mark Hellman The Life Inside is a unique piece of music theatre
Michaela Holmes created specifically for the Belfry and the largest
Richard Hurst production in our history.
Clayton Jevne
Laura McCarthy Like their celebrated adaptation of Crime and
Richard Newman Punishment, Tait and composer Pankanea have
Similkameen O'Rourke crafted a highly stylized, yet cinematically
Barbara Poggemiller performed piece that engages both the heart
Katie Schoenberg and the mind. Peasants on a country estate
Jan Wood must deliver tragic news regarding a young girl
to the members of her family, whom we see
Director through the windows of their home.
James Fagan Tait The tensions between life and death, happiness About Crime and Punishment –
and profound sadness, blissful ignorance
Musical Director and painful knowledge give The Life Inside “Crime and Punishment is elegiac: profound in its themes, huge
Joelysa Pankanea a bittersweet, aching quality, and a connection in its spectacle, and restrained in its aesthetic. The simple power
to a universal wisdom as old as man. of it all is enough to make you weep.” The Georgia Straight
Designers
Bryan Pollock “... this wholly local production deserves an international spotlight.
Mara Gottler All in all it’s an experience that’s not to be missed.” Vancouver Sun
Itai Erdal
Cathy Stubington “ Utterly remarkable.” Vancouver Courier
Stage Manager
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Mainstage Three
“First rate... spooky, elliptical, full of wit... Not in any stage January 25 – February 27, 2011
literature that I know has childhood been as movingly evoked
as it is in The Cryptogram.” New York Times
BY DAVID MAMET
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March 7– 20, 2011
Our highly successful SPARK Festival features
free mini plays, free play readings,
Belfry101 Live, professional development
FESTIVAL
2011
Week One Week Two
March 7–13 March 14 –20
Staged Reading Mainstage
MY RABBI THE MIDDLE PLACE BELFRY 101 LIVE
BY JOEL BERNBAUM & BY ANDREW KUSHNIR Belfry 101 Live is an exciting theatre event, collectively
KAYVON KHOSHKAM Directed by created by the remarkable high school students
Directed by Alan Dilworth of Belfry 101 Onstage. Themes and images from the
Michael Shamata Project Humanity, Toronto plays in the Belfry’s current season mix together with
the students’ own ideas and concerns, generating
Mainstage Studio an original, surprising, and always entertaining piece
SIGN LANGUAGE KISMET of theatre.
WRITTEN & PERFORMED BY ONE TO ONE HUNDRED Led by actor/teacher Kate Rubin, these students
DENISE CLARK CREATED & PERFORMED BY have been immersed in all things theatrical –
One Yellow Rabbit, Calgary EMELIA SYMINGTON FEDY meeting actors, attending performances, asking
SPARK Festival pass
DARYL KING questions and sharing their reactions. Now it’s their
For only $72 (+ HST)
Studio – Workshop Production ANITA ROCHON turn! Don’t miss this unique component of the
you can get four vouchers
HAZEL VENZON Belfry’s SPARK Festival.
DO YOU WANT WHAT (valid for any show
Directed by or performance)
I HAVE GOT? Anita Rochon to see these outstanding
A CRAIGSLIST CANTATA The Chop Theatre, Vancouver new works.
BY VEDA HILLE &
BILL RICHARDSON
Directed by
Ami Gladstone
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Mainstage Four
April 12 – May 15, 2011
2 PIANOS
4 HANDS
BY TED DYKSTRA &
RICHARD GREENBLATT
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On Tour
Toronto November 2 – December 12, 2010
Ottawa January 16 – 29, 2011
THE YEAR
OF MAGICAL
THINKING
BY JOAN DIDION
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Season
Playwrights
Ted Dykstra
Richard
James Fagan Tait Joelysa Pankanea Greenblatt
David Mamet
Emelia
Symington Fedy
Daryl King
Anita Rochon
Hazel Venzon
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Tickets Season Ticket Prices Mainstage Single Ticket Prices Student Discounts
High school students get half
Our flexible season ticket packages To ameliorate the new
Season tickets are on sale now. include four tickets, one for each Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) price tickets and post-secondary
of our four Mainstage productions. on theatre tickets, we have students receive a 25% discount
Single tickets, for all
dropped our single ticket prices for any Belfry production
of our productions, Or you can pick and choose
for the 2010 – 2011 Season. (excluding Fridays and Saturdays
go on sale September 7. with our Six Pack Vouchers. at 8 pm and Opening Nights).
For a detailed season ticket order Seniors’ prices are listed second. Students need only show valid ID
Reserved Seating Performances –
form, call us at 250-385-6815. to claim their discount.
You choose your seats
If you have received this guide Reserved Seating Performances – in advance.
in the mail, an order form You choose your seats in advance. Ticket Exchanges
is enclosed. Fridays & Saturdays at 8 pm Tickets may be exchanged
Fridays & Saturdays at 8 pm $ 37 for another performance
$132 / $128 (within that production/subject
Saturdays at 4 pm
Saturdays at 4 pm $ 32 to availability) providing they
Sold Out are received at the Box Office
How to Buy Tickets Wednesdays & Thursdays at 8 pm (in person, by mail, fax or email)
Wednesdays & Thursdays at 8 pm $ 32 at least 48 hours prior to the
By Telephone 250-385-6815 $112 / $108
Wednesday Matinees at 1pm performance for which they
Calls are answered in sequence. Wednesday Matinees at 1pm $ 27 were issued. Exchanges are
Please have your credit card $100 / $ 96 $1 per ticket (free for season
ready, as well as the date Sunday Matinees at 2 pm
Sunday Matinees at 2 pm ticket holders). If exchanging for
and time of the performance $ 27
$100 / $ 96 a higher-priced ticket, you will
you wish to attend. be asked to pay the difference.
Open Seating Performances –
Open Seating Performances – You choose your seats
In Person Service Charges
You choose your seats when you arrive at the theatre.
Drop by our Box Office – We don’t really have any.
when you arrive at the theatre.
see page18 for Box Office hours. Previews at 8 pm If you would like us to mail your
Previews & Tuesdays at 8 pm $ 22 single tickets to you in advance,
Via Fax $ 83 we will charge you $1 to cover
Tuesdays at 8 pm
Fax your order to 250-385-6336. postage and the cost of the
Attend Anytime – $ 22
Please include your name, envelope. That’s all.
address, phone number, the date You choose the day you would
and time of the performance like to attend. All ticket sales are non-refundable.
SPARK Festival Ticket prices are subject
you wish to attend and Strollers Single Ticket Prices to change without notice.
the best time for us to call you $132 / $128
to confirm your reservation. All performances HST (Harmonized Sales Tax)
Six Pack Vouchers $ 20 is not included.
Via Web $198 / $192
Visit our website at
www.belfry.bc.ca, and complete SPARK Festival –
our online ticket request form. You can add a Four Show
SPARK Festival pass
We accept Visa, Mastercard, to your season ticket order.
American Express, Debit Card, Four Show SPARK Festival pass
Cheques, and, of course, Cash. $ 72
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The Benefits of Season Tickets
Each year thousands of people
buy season tickets to the Belfry.
Audience
Here’s why:
Services
Save up to 16 %
Become a season ticket holder and
save up to 16% off single tickets.
If you have any other questions
Best Seats in the House please give us
Our reserved seating packages a call at 250-385-6815
guarantee you the same seat or email us at
on your night for all four shows. boxoffice@belfry.bc.ca.
If you would like to change your
seats next season, you will be
given priority.
C 250-388-4222
B and your car will be towed. Walking time / 1minute
GLADSTONE AVE. GLADSTONE AVE. Please use the street parking
Lucy’s in the Square
STANLEY AVE.
B indicated on the map.
Belfry 1296 Gladstone Avenue
CALEDONIA AVE. Theatre
B 778-430-5829
CHAMBERS ST.
Bus Service
B Walking time / 1minute
FERNWOOD RD.
VINING ST. The Belfry is serviced directly by
VIC the 22 Haultain / Burnside Bus.
HIGH Stir It Up
Routes 1, 2,10, 24, 25, 27 & 28 1284 Gladstone Avenue
GRANT ST. GRANT ST. all stop within three blocks of 250-590-6694
the theatre. Routes 11 & 14 stop Walking time / 1minute
within five blocks of the theatre.
Cornerstone Café
Bicycles 1301 Gladstone Avenue
B 250-381-1884
There are a number of bike
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Outreach continued themes of humanity and larger SPARK Festival. During their Each reading is followed by
social issues, while gaining Spring Vacation, these students a casual discussion of the play,
Belfry 101 an understanding of professional spend one week at the Belfry often with the playwright
Belfry 101 is our signature theatre and the creation process. exploring, improvising, writing, and/or translator in attendance.
educational program, specially and ultimately creating their Worldplay is a compelling way
developed for students in Belfry 101 Onstage and Offstage own production based on their to discover other cultures and
Grades 11 and 12. Students apply A number of the Belfry 101 responses to themes and images approaches to theatre.
to take part in the program students move into the Belfry101 from the shows they have seen
and commit between 40 and Onstage programme, which throughout the Belfry season. Apprenticeships
100 hours over the course of the takes the creation process even Belfry 101 Offstage students have Apprenticeships are offered in
school year. Belfry 101 provides further, offering them an opportunities to learn about conjunction with the University
a safe and accepting place opportunity to collectively create stage management and other of Victoria's Theatre Department
where young people can explore their own production for the technical aspects of theatre with and the Canadian College
professionals in the field. of Performing Arts. The Belfry
Theatre offers apprenticeships
Participation in Belfry 101 is by in performance, production,
application (forms available design, stage management, and
online). The programme runs audience services.
from September to April. The
students pay only the cost of Professional Development
half-price tickets for five shows. Workshops
A feature of the SPARK Festival,
Incubator we offer a variety of stimulating
Our Incubator initiative is a workshops with leading theatre
springboard for Vancouver practitioners from across the
Island’s most exciting artists, country.
whether new on the scene, or
already established. Incubator Reading Copies
aims to help local independent Reading copies of plays from
theatre companies explore new seasons past and present are
artistic territory. If companies available in our Script Library.
have exciting ideas for expanding Whether you are looking for
their artistic reach, the Belfry will a monologue for an audition or
offer resources and mentorship would like to spend more time
to help make it happen. getting to know a play you’ve
just seen, our Script Library
Application forms for Incubator is a good resource.
2012 are available on our website.
Every year, behind the scenes, During the 2010 –2011Season, The Tina Modotti Project, by
the Belfry commits time, energy the Belfry has a number of works Carmen Aguirre, examining the
and resources to commissioning in development, including: remarkable and fascinating life
playwrights, workshopping of artist and spy Tina Modotti,
new plays, making space available Trauma Farm, an adaptation by through the eyes of a modern-day
to writers, actors and dramaturgs, Charles Tidler, of Salt Spring Island Canadian artist.
contributing to plays-in-development writer Brian Brett’s award-winning
at other theatre companies, and Trauma Farm, A Rebel History of My Rabbi, by Joel Bernbaum and
reading and responding to scripts Rural Life. Kayvon Khoshkam (to be given
from across the country. a staged reading during the
Taking It Off, a new comedy about 2011 SPARK Festival).
dieting and body image, by
Deb Williams, one of the writers And, of course, six mini plays from
and stars of Mom’s the Word and some of the most exciting artists
Mom’s the Word 2: Unhinged. and theatre companies in Victoria,
(Deb read an excerpt of this play commissioned by the Belfry,
during the 2010 SPARK Festival.) for the 2011 SPARK Festival.
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