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Media Releases Archive
2025-2026

 

Feb 17, 2026 In My Day
Jan 22, 2026 A Sudden Violent Burst of Rain
Oct 9, 2025 Our Town
Sept 11, 2025 The Salty Scent of Home

2024-2025
2023-2024
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Jan 17, 2020 Comic Potential
Oct 16, 2019 Othello
Sept 11, 2019 Weaksauce & Other Stories
Sept 05, 2019 Faculty Announcement

 

Feb 20, 2019 7 Stories
Jan 17, 2019 Trojan Women
Oct 15, 2018 Drowsy Chaperone
Sept 17, 2018 Mamahood: Bursting into the Light
July 18, 2018 Faculty Announcement

 

Feb 15, 2018 William Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors
Jan 18, 2018 Beth Henley’s Crimes of the Heart
Oct. 17, 2017 Jean Giraudoux’s The Madwoman of Chaillot
Sept 18, 2017 Spotlight on Alumni Presentation of West

Feb 24, 2017 The Orion Project
Feb 15, 2017 Nikolay Gogol’s The Inspector
Jan 17, 2017 Sarah Daniel’s Gut Girls
Oct. 19, 2016 Christopher Hampton’s Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Sept 20, 2016 The Alumni Festival
June 29, 2016 Phoenix Theatre’s 50th Anniversary

Feb 17, 2016 Tennessee William’s Summer and Smoke
Jan 21, 2016 Anton Chekhov’s Wild Honey
Oct. 19, 2015 Bertolt Brecht’s The Threepenny Opera
Sept 21, 2015 The Wonderhead’s LOON

Feb 20, 2015 Peter Shaffer’s Amadeus
Jan 20, 2015 Judith Thompson’s Lion in the Streets
Oct. 21, 2014 Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Sept 22, 2014 The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe

Feb 20, 2014 Kevin Kerr’s Unity 1918
Jan 23, 2014 William Inge’s Picnic
Oct. 22, 2013 Thorton Wilder’s The Skin Of Our Teeth
Sept 25, 2013 Kitt and Jane

Feb 19, 2013 You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown
Jan 27, 2013 Neil LaBute’s Reasons to Be Pretty
Oct. 22, 2012 Bertolt Brecht’s Good Person of Setzuan
Sept 21, 2012 Peter N’ Chris and The Mystery of the Hungry Heart Motel

Feb 21, 2012 The Marowitz Hamlet
Jan. 24, 2012 Eurydice immerses audience in kinetic sculptural world
Oct. 18, 2011 Kinghorn rediscovers the “simple and pure” humour of Rookery Nook
Sept 26, 2011 Theatre Inconnu’s Love Kills

Feb. 28, 2011 Acclaimed theatre vetrans collaborate with students for Daniel MacIvor’s new play Inside.
Feb. 3, 2011 Phoenix Theatre’s groovy take on Shakespeare’s classic gender-bending comedy Twelfth Night
Oct. 22, 2010 Department Chair makes Phoenix debut with Spanish classic play Yerma
Sept 27, 2010 Alumni not clowning around in Death of a Clown
Sept 13, 2010 Theatre Department celebrates the life of Eva Markvoort
Mar. 25, 2010 Phoenix presents Daniel MacIvor World Premier as part of 2010/11 season

Mar. 29, 2010 Orion Lecture: Film veteran and acclaimed casting director discusses
the changing nature of acting
Feb. 26, 2010 Phoenix Theatre tackles Wreckage – a film noir-styled mystery set in 1920s Vancouver
Feb. 18, 2010 UVic student writers collaborate with directors in FIND Studio Series
Jan. 28, 2010 Guest Director Michael Shamata mentors UVic students in Problem Child
Oct. 22, 2009 Romeo & Juliet’s tragic love story brought to the Holy Land
Sept 29, 2009 UVic alumni return to Alma Mater for The Josephine Knot
Sept 29, 2009 UVic creates new play, Moons of Jupiter, for International Year of Astronomy
May 14, 2009 UVic welcomes one of the greatest teachers of our time – Dorothy Heathcote
April 29, 2009 Exploring Family Ties – UVic Department of Theatre announces 2009/10 season

March 3, 2009 Love, betrayal, revenge…tragedy. What would you sacrifice for revenge? Medea
Feb 20, 2009 Five new plays and emerging artists at FIND Studio Series
Feb 18, 2009 Passion, power and seduction: La Ronde explores psychological dance of relationships.
Jan 7, 2009 Department of Theatre opens its doors to prospective students
Oct 21, 2008 Eagles soar and witches fly – under the Dark of the Moon
Sept 23, 2008 Atomic Vaudeville bring award-winning Legoland & alumni home
March 19, 2008 Phoenix Theatre Announces 2008/09 Season.

Feb. 29, 2008 Dish the dirt, as The School for Scandal goes to Hollywood.
Feb. 12, 2008 FIND Studio Series presents 8 new plays from emerging artists
Jan. 28, 2008 Lionel, The Miracle Man: Phoenix presents premiere of new play
Jan. 14 2008 Phoenix announces programming change for final play of 2007/08 season
Oct. 24, 2007 Wind in the Willows: Phoenix Theatre sets the stage for Ratty, Mole, Toad & Badger
Sept. 21, 2007 The Ugly Duchess: Phoenix Theatre launches season with all-alumni show
March 15, 2007 2007 – 2008 Phoenix Theatre Season Announced