by John Threlfall | Jun 12, 2025 | Alumni, Award, Theatre, Undergraduate
El Newell receives the Spirit of the Phoenix Award from professor Peter McGuire (photo: Sadie Kupery) With over 200 students graduating from Fine Arts on June 12, we’re not able to profile everyone but Theatre student El Newell is an outstanding representative...
by John Threlfall | Feb 3, 2023 | Graduate, Theatre
Cast photos by Megan Farrell When is a witch not a witch? That was the question facing famed British playwright Caryl Churchill back in 1976 when she penned Vinegar Tom, a scathing feminist satire that re-examines the social motives behind the accusation and...
by John Threlfall | Aug 9, 2022 | Events, Theatre
While UVic’s Phoenix Theatre is well known for offering top-quality mainstage productions each year, these shows also serve as an integral part of the academic requirements of students enrolled the Department of Theatre’s BFA and MFA degrees. When you attend the...
by John Threlfall | Nov 15, 2021 | Alumni, Events, Faculty, Graduate, indigenous, Theatre, Writing
If you’ve ever attended a play in the Phoenix Building, odds are good you’ve been inside the Chief Dan George Theatre. Named for the actor and chief of the Tsleil-Waututh Nation whose talent took him beyond North Vancouver to become an Oscar-nominated actor, the...
by John Threlfall | Jul 2, 2021 | Alumni, Theatre, Undergraduate, Writing
If the COVID era has shown us anything, it’s that the future of theatre continues to be written. When the pandemic forced the shuttering of performance venues, stages around the world suddenly realized they would have to adapt to survive. Enter the age of mainstage...
