Past Productions

The Department of Theatre @ UVic is proud to present an archive of past seasons. Our productions at the Phoenix Theatre serve the academic requirements of the Bachelor of Fine Arts and Master of Fine Arts Degrees, showcasing the work of our students and faculty as well as top visiting designers and directors. When you attend the Phoenix Theatre you not only participate in some of the city's most rewarding theatrical entertainment, you are seeing some of Canada's emerging young artists at work and making a valuable contribution to the development of the arts in this country.

2009 - 2010

• spotlight on alumni:
  The Josephine Knot
  October 15 – 24, 2009
  By Meg Braem
  Produced by Theatre BOMBUS
  
• Romeo & Juliet
  November 5 – 21, 2009
  By William Shakespeare
  Directed by Brian Richmond (Professor, UVic Theatre)
  
• Problem child
  February 18 – 27, 2010
  By George F. Walker
  Guest Director Michael Shamata (Artistic Director, Belfry Theatre)
  
• Festival of Innovative and New Drama
  2010 Studio series
  March 4, 5 & 6 , 2010
  A series of staged readings of one-act plays written by emerging playwrights from the Department of Writing and performed and directed by Theatre Students.
  
• Wreckage
  March 18 – 27, 2010
  By Sally Stubbs
  Directed by Fran Gebhard

2008 - 2009

• Spotlight on Alumni: Legoland
  October 9– 18, 2008
  By Jacob Richmond
  Produced by Atomic Vaudeville
  
• Dark of the Moon
  November 6 – 22, 2008
  By Howard Richardson & William Berney, In cooperation with The Richardson/Yale Property Trust, Elliot S. Blair, Administrator
  Directed by Brian Richmond
  
• La Ronde
  February 19 – 28, 2009
  By Arthur Schnitzler
  Directed by Conrad Alexandrowicz
• FIND 2009
  Festival of Innovative and New Drama Studio Series
  March 5-7 , 2009
  
• Medea
  March 19 – 28, 2009
  By Euripides
  Directed by Linda Hardy
  

2007 - 2008

• The Ugly Duchess
  By Janet Munsil
• Wind in the Willows
  By Alan Bennett
  adapted from the book by Kenneth Grahame
• Lionel - The Miracle Man
  By Pan Bouyoucas
• The School for Scandal
  By Richard B. Sheridan
• FIND Studio Series
  Play readings and a Coffee House in association with the Department of Writing.

2006 - 2007

• Tartuffe
  By Molière
• Richard III
  By William Shakespeare
• One-Man STAR WARS Trilogy
  Performed by Charles Ross
  One Man Star Wars Trilogy performed with permission of Lucasfilm Ltd.  All ‘Star Wars’ elements property of Lucasfilm Ltd.  All rights reserved.

FIND 2007 FESTIVAL OF INNOVATIVE & NEW DRAMA

• The Street of Crocodiles
  Adapted from the stories of Bruno Schultz
• Crackpot
  by Rachel Wyatt
• Studio Series
  Play readings and a Coffee House in association with the Department of Writing.

2005 - 2006

• Accidental Death of an Anarchist
  By Dario Fo
• Metamorphoses
  Based on the Myths of Ovid,
  written and originally directed by Mary Zimmerman
• Famous Puppet Death Scenes (Spotlight on Alumni)
  Presented by The Old Trout Puppet Workshop

2006 Festival of Innovative & New Drama

• Top Girls
  By Caryl Churchill
• Tyrants
  By Paul Ledoux and Jacob Richmond
• Studio Series
  Presented in association with the Department of Writing

2004 - 2005

• Amigo's Blue Guitar
  By Joan MacLeod
• Guys and Dolls
  A musical fable of Broadway based on a story and characters by Damon Runyon. Music and Lyrics by Frank Loesser. Book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows.
• Hippies and Bolsheviks
  By Amiel Gladstone

2005 Festival of Innovative & New Drama

• Fen
  By Caryl Churchill
• That Elusive Spark
  By Janet Munsil
• Studio Series
  Presented in association with the Department of Writing

2003 - 2004

• The Taming of the Shrew
  By William Shakespeare
• HE Who Gets Slapped
  By Leonid Andreyev.
  Translated by Daniel Stearns.
• The Fever
  By Wallace Shawn

2004 Festival Festival of Innovative & New Drama

• Wanted
  By Sally Clark
• Rodeo Star
  By Paulino Nunes
• Electra
  By Sophocles
• Studio Series
  Presented in association with the Department of Writing

2002 - 2003

• The Imaginary Invalid
  By Molière.
  Adapted by Milles Malleson.
• The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui
  A musical parable by Bertolt Brecht.
  Adapted by Jennifer Wise (Faculty).
• The Slip-Knot (Spotlight on Alumni)
  Written, Directed and Performed by T.J. Dawe
  
• Rappaccini’s Daughter
  By Charles Tidler.
  Adapted from the short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne.
• Listen to the Wind
  By James Reaney
• Circus Fire
  By Janet Munsil
• Studio Series
  Presented in association with the Department of Writing

2001-2002

• Endgame
  By Samuel Beckett
• Turandot
  By Carlo Gozzi.
  Edited and Translated by Albert Bermel and Ted Emery.
• The Monument
  By Colleen Wagner
• Peer Gynt
  By Henrik Ibsen

2000-2001

• Frogs
  By Aristophanes
• The Seagull
  By Anton Chekov
• Three Comedies
  A contemporary triptych - two Canadian playwrights reflect on life in the modern theatre.
• Two Planks and a Passion
  By Anthony Minghella

1999 - 2000

All Canadian Season

• Les Canadiens
  By Rick Salutin with an assist by Ken Dryden
  
• The Glace Bay Miners' Museum
  By Wendy Lill
  
• Farther West
  By John Murrell
  
• Colours In The Storm
  By Jim Betts