Past Guest Artists
Belfry@UVic: Sia Foryoh & Nathan D. Simmons
Thursday, December 2 at 12:45pm
Serving Elizabeth Cast Members Sia Foryoh and Nathan D. Simmons speak to our theatre students in our next instalment of the Belfry@UVic series.
Orion Lecture Series: Marcia Johnson
Friday, November 26 at 12:45pm
Playwright Marcia Johnson talks about turning anger into theatre and her 30 years of theatre experience.
Friday Afternoons at the Phoenix Fire: Episode One
Friday Afternoons at the Phoenix Fire: Episode One
Exploring “Journey to Mapu” with Syrah & Kaelan
Staging Equality: Kamloopa
Saturday, November 20 @7pm: A staged reading of Kim Senklip Harvey’s Governor General Award-winning play “Kamloopa.”
Staging Equality: Journey to Mapu
A staged reading of “Journey to Mapu,” a new play in development by Lina de Guevara, founder of Puente Theatre.
Orion Lecture Series: Drew Hayden Taylor
Thursday, April 1 at 12:30pm
Playwright, novelist, filmmaker, journalist Drew Hayden Taylor talks about the changing face of Indigenous literature, its origins, its trajectory, and his unexpected journey through it.
Orion Lecture Series: Gary Farmer
Tuesday March 23 at 12:30pm
Actor, filmmaker, musician and activist Gary Farmer discusses his freedom to explore his cultural identity.
Belfry@UVic: Shawn Kerwin
Monday, March 22 at 3:30pm
Award winning designer, Shawn Kerwin, speaks to our theatre students in our next instalment of the Belfry@UVic series.
Orion Lecture Series: Soheil Parsa
Thursday March 18 at 12:30pm
Artistic Director, Soheil Parsa discusses his theatrical aesthetic and the beliefs, core values and philosophy of Modern Times Stage Company.
Orion Lecture Series: Ravi Jain
Monday, March 8 at 12:30pm
Ravi Jain shares how Why Not Theatre grew into a national institution through innovative art, community building and provoking systems change.
Orion Lecture Series: Diane Roberts
Tuesday, March 2 at 12:30pm
Artist practitioner and scholar Diane Roberts has collaborated to create the Arrivals Legacy Process that encourages African and Indigenous ways of knowing as a stepping stone to creative expression.
Orion Lecture Series: Rachel Hann
Tuesday, February 23 at 12:30pm
Dr. Hann, a cultural scenographer and lecturer in Performance & Design at Northumbria University (UK), discusses โatmosphericsโ.