Category: Events

Brian Markinson and Gregor Craigie / Photo by Don Craig

B4PLAY (In-person + Online)
Saturday, February 3 at 11 am
BMO Studio, 1291 Gladstone Avenue

Our live talk show hosted by CBC Radio’s Gregor Craigie and featuring artists from the upcoming show, along with experts from the community, has been designed to provide insight into each Mainstage production.

Our panelists include Christine Quintana (playwright), Camellia Koo (set designer) and community experts Barbara Hawkins (Professor in the Centre for Forest Biology at UVic), and Bernie Pauly (Professor in Nursing at the University of Victoria and prominent substance use researcher).

Each event is held the Saturday before Opening, is free to attend, live streamed on Facebook, and is available as a podcast on our website.

B4Play is ASL Interpreted.

To reserve your free tickets, please call our Box Office 250-385-6815.

Biographies – Community Experts

Dr. Barbara Hawkins

I am fascinated by how trees withstand environmental stress over centuries, or even millennia. In Canada’s forests, the stresses of low nutrient availability and winter cold are common, yet trees survive and thrive across much of our landscape. I study how trees take up and allocate nutrients, particularly nitrogen, often with the help of mycorrhizal partners; and how they alter their physiology to tolerate freezing temperatures. I am particularly interested in co-adaptation of conifers and their mycorrhizal partners, and in variation among tree populations in stress tolerance.

My work ranges from lab experiments using ion-selective microelectrodes to measure net flux of nutrient ions in mycorrhizal roots, to field work assessing nutrient stoichiometry of foliage, fungi and soil.

Dr. Bernie Pauly

Dr. Bernie Pauly is a professor in the UVic School of Nursing, a scientist with the Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research (formerly CARBC), a member of the Renewal of Public Health Services Research Team, and a priority lead for the Canadian Observatory on Homelessness. The primary focus of her research is reducing health inequities associated with substance use, poverty, and homelessness.

B4Play with Michael Shamata and Gregor Craigie / Photos by Don Craig

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28 AT 11 AM
BMO Studio Theatre, 1291 Gladstone Avenue
(In-person + Online)

Our live talk show hosted by CBC Radio’s Gregor Craigie and featuring artists from the upcoming show, along with experts from the community, has been designed to provide insight into each Mainstage production.

Panelists include Actor and Musical Director Anton Lipovetsky, Co-creator and Director Michael Shamata, and Rebecca Halliday from UVic’s Department of English..

Each event is held the Saturday before Opening, is free to attend, live streamed on Facebook, and is available as a podcast on our website.

B4Play is ASL Interpreted.

To reserve your free tickets, please call our Box Office 250-385-6815.

Biography
Rebecca Halliday is an Assistant Teaching Professor and Professional Communication Adviser in the Department of English at the University of Victoria. She relocated to Victoria from Toronto last year, after teaching for five years in the Creative School at Toronto Metropolitan University. She was raised on the Canadian prairies as a lover of theatre, music and fashion and has spent her careers in arts and culture and in academia considering how audiences interact with creative and artistic content and how media can be used to form intimate experiences while also fostering consumer desire. She holds a PhD in Communication and Culture from York University and is the author of the book The Fashion Show Goes Live: Exclusive and Mediatized Performance.

Our round-up of events happening at the theatre over the next four weeks.

B4PLAY (IN-PERSON + ONLINE)
BMO Studio, 1291 Gladstone Avenue
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28 AT 11 AM

Our live talk show hosted by CBC Radio’s Gregor Craigie and featuring artists from the upcoming show, along with experts from the community, has been designed to provide insight into each production.

Panelists include include Actor and Musical Director Anton Lipovetsky and Co-creator and Director Michael Shamata.

Each event is held the Saturday before Opening, is free to attend, live streamed on Facebook, and is available as a podcast on our website.

B4Play is ASL Interpreted.

To reserve your free tickets, please call our Box Office – 250-385-6815.

TALKBACK THURSDAY (In Person)
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16 FOLLOWING THE PERFORMANCE

On the third Thursday performance during the run of each show, most (usually all) of the actors return to the stage to answer your questions and provide insight into the play you have just experienced. These Q & A sessions last approximately 20 minutes.

COMMUNITY THEATRE NIGHTS
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17, AND FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24 AT 8 PM

The community theatre night is an opportunity to celebrate diversity, inclusion, and accessibility by doing what we like to do most, enjoying theatre!

If you would like to participate in or attend a Community Theatre Night, please contact matilde.cervantes@belfry.bc.ca

AFTERPLAY
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17, AND FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24

The opportunity to discuss a piece of theatre after you have seen it can enhance your experience of the play.

A community facilitator hosts Afterplay, but they are not there to answer questions or to offer expert information. The goal of Afterplay – and the thrill of it – is that the conversation is audience-to-audience.

VOCALEYE
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 19 AT 2 PM (IN PERSON EVENT
WITH TOUCH TOUR & SOCIAL AFTER)

For patrons with low or no vision, we offer one VocalEye performance during most Mainstage productions. Trained Audio Describers provide descriptions of the visual elements of the show, allowing people with low vision to enjoy the theatrical experience without missing any of the details. More information at the Box Office.

Steven Charles & Grego Craigie at B4Play – Chelsea Hotel – The Songs of Leonard Cohen / Photos by Don Craig

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9 AT 11 AM

BMO Studio Theatre, 1291 Gladstone Avenue

Our live talk show hosted by CBC Radio’s Gregor Craigie and featuring artists from the upcoming show, along with experts from the community, has been designed to provide insight into each Mainstage production.

Panelists include members of the cast and creative team of Yaga and community experts Megan Swift (Professor of Russian Studies at the University of Victoria), and Nicole Mandrik (a multidisciplinary artist of Anishinaabe Irish and Ukrainian descent).

Each event is held the Saturday before Opening, is free to attend, livestreamed on Facebook, and is available as a podcast on our website.

B4Play is ASL Interpreted.

To reserve your free tickets, please call our Box Office 250-385-6815.

B4Play – Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story

SATURDAY, APRIL 15 AT 11 AM – IN-PERSON + ONLINE

Our live talk show hosted by CBC Radio’s Gregor Craigie and featuring artists from the upcoming show and experts from the community have been designed to provide insight into each Mainstage production.

Panelists include Ben Caplan (Creator & Performer), Christian Barry (Director & Creator), and Zelda Dean (Managing Artistic Director, Bema Productions).

Live streamed on Facebook and available as a podcast on our website.

B4Play is ASL Interpreted.

To reserve your free tickets, please call our Box Office at 250-385-6815.

Anita Rochon and Gregor Craigie at B4Play / Photo by Don Craig

Our round-up of events that are happening at the theatre over the next four weeks. 

B4Play – Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story

SATURDAY, APRIL 15 AT 11 AM – IN-PERSON + ONLINE

Our live talk show hosted by CBC Radio’s Gregor Craigie and featuring artists from the upcoming show and experts from the community have been designed to provide insight into each Mainstage production.

Panelists include Ben Caplan (Creator & Performer), Christian Barry (Director & Creator), and Zelda Dean (Managing Artistic Director, Bema Productions).

Live streamed on Facebook and available as a podcast on our website.

B4Play is ASL Interpreted.

To reserve your free tickets, please call our Box Office at 250-385-6815.

TALKBACK THURSDAY (On Stage + Online / Hybrid)
Thursday, May 4 following the performance

On the third Thursday performance during the run of each show, most (usually all) of the actors return to the stage to answer your questions and provide insight into the play you have just experienced. These Q & A sessions last approximately 20 minutes.

VocalEye – OLD STOCK: A REFUGEE LOVE STORY
Sunday, May 7 at 2 pm (in-person event with Touch Tour & Social After)

For patrons with low or no vision, we offer one VocalEye performance during most Mainstage productions. Trained Audio Describers provide descriptions of the visual elements of the show, allowing people with low vision to enjoy the theatrical experience without missing any of the details.

More information at the Box Office.

To ensure your comfort and take care of the details, we ask that you book your tickets by phone – 250-385-6815. Please call us if you have any questions.

VocalEye – Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story
Sunday, May 7 at 2 pm (in-person event with Touch Tour and Social After) 

For patrons with low or no vision, we offer one VocalEye performance during most Mainstage productions. Trained Audio Describers provide descriptions of the visual elements of the show, allowing people with low vision to enjoy the theatrical experience without missing any of the details.

Please visit the Box Office for details.  

Wheelchair Access

Except for our Balcony, the Belfry is fully wheelchair accessible. As space within the theatre is limited, we ask you to book wheelchair seating in advance (250-385-6815). Please let us know if you have a companion with whom you wish to sit.

Wheelchair seating is provided on the Main Floor of the theatre in rows B and C. Companion seating is adjacent to those wheelchair positions.

The wheelchair ramp is located on the west side of the building, off Gladstone Avenue and there are two designated parking spots on Gladstone Avenue, close to the wheelchair ramp.

Our wheelchair-accessible washroom (1.7 m x 2.05 m) is located in the southeast corner of the lobby.

Hearing Assist

For patrons who are hard of hearing, the theatre is equipped with an infra-red hearing assist system and neck loop system. We have twelve devices of each of the two systems available through the Box Office.

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ANITA ROCHON AND GREGOR CRAIGIE AT B4PLAY / PHOTO BY DON CRAIG

B4PLAY (In-person + Online)
Saturday, February 4 at 11 am
BMO Studio, 1291 Gladstone Avenue

Our live talk show hosted by CBC Radio’s Gregor Craigie and featuring artists from the upcoming show, along with experts from the community, has been designed to provide insight into each Mainstage production.

Panellists include Reneltta Arluk (Director), Marsha Knight (Elena), Brendan Dacontie (Ursa Creative, an Indigenous technology company on the traditional territories of the Lekwungen people, the Esquimalt and Songhees nations) and Melina Laboucan-Massimo (Founder of Sacred Earth Solar, co-founder and Senior Director at Indigenous Climate Action and Host of a new TV series, Power to the People).

Each event is held the Saturday before Opening, is free to attend, live-streamed on Facebook, and is available as a podcast on our website.

B4Play will have ASL Interpretation.

To reserve your free tickets, please call our Box Office at 250-385-6815.