Category: Live Events

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

B4Play – Yaga

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 decent).

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.

AFTERPLAY

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29 AND FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2023.

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

As the Belfry produces engaging theatre that often grapples with significant issues, audience members often want to ask each other what they thought about certain ideas or a character’s reaction to a challenging situation.

Afterplay is hosted by a community facilitator, 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.

Note: For the 2023-2024 Season, Afterplay will be taking place during Community Theatre Night.

TALKBACK THURSDAY (In Person)

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 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

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 1

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.

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

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 250-385-6815 or click here.

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The Flame: Storytelling Event 
Monday, February 13 at 7 pm 

Award-winning actor and one of the creators of Mom’s the Word, Deborah Williams, is bringing the hit storytelling event, The Flame, back to the Belfry.  

The Flame is a storytelling series that features real people, sharing their personal true stories in front of a live audience.  

Tickets for this event are PAY WHAT YOU CAN. Online prices are suggestions only. For more pricing options, call the box office (250-385-6815). A $2.00 CIF + GST will be added to the price of each ticket. 

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TALKBACK THURSDAY (On Stage + Online / Hybrid) 
Thursday, February 23 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. 

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VocalEye – The Unplugging 
Wednesday, March 1 

For patrons with low or no vision, this season we will offer online VocalEye performances. 

For The Unplugging, the virtual lobby opens at 6:30 pm for socializing, the official welcome at 6:45 with an intro to the show and then the show starts at 7:00 pm. Afterwards, we have a Q and A and a prize draw. 

During VocalEye performances, 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.  

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Live Streaming Performances – The Unplugging 
February 21 – 26 

All our performances of The Unplugging during the week of February 21 – 26 will be live-streamed. 

We are offering Pay What You Want live streams this season. 

B4PLAY (In-person + Online)
Saturday, November 12 at 11 am
BMO Studio, 129 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 Glynis Leyshon (Director), Ken MacDonald (Set and Costume Designer) and Cheryl Chalifour (Executive Director, Parkwood Place).

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.

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

B4PLAY (In-person + Online)
Saturday, November 12 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, have been designed to provide insight into each Mainstage production.

Panellists include Anton Lipovetsky (Kemp), Glynis Leyshon (Director), and Cheryl Chalifour (Executive Director, Parkwood Place).

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.

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

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Belfry @UVic
Friday, November 25 from 12:45 – 1:45 PM
Chief Dan George Theatre, Phoenix Theatre Building, University of Victoria

In conversation with Glynis Leyshon, Director of Morris Panych’s Vigil. No registration is required. Open to the public.

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TALKBACK THURSDAY (On Stage + Online / Hybrid)
Thursday, December 1 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.

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VocalEye – Vigil
Wednesday, December 7

For patrons with low or no vision, this season we will offer two online VocalEye performances (Vigil and The Unplugging).

For Vigil, the virtual lobby opens at 6:30 pm for socializing, the official welcome at 6:45 with an intro to the show and then the show starts at 7:00 pm. Afterwards, we have a Q and A and a prize draw.

During VocalEye performances, 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. 

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Live Streaming Performances – Vigil
November 29 – December 4, 2022

All of our performances of Vigil during the week of November 29 – December 4 will be live-streamed.

We are offering Pay What You Want live streams this season.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 AT 11 AM

BMO Studio Theatre, 1291 Gladstone Avenue

Free Event. 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 for Intimate Apparel include Lucinda Davis (Mrs. Dickson), Denyse Karn (Set & Costume Designer), Dr. Rachel Cleves (History Professor at the University of Victoria), and Yamila Franco (Social Entrepreneur, advancing inclusion for the BIPOC community).

B4Play is supported by Disability Alliance BC.

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

B4Play with Gregor Craigie

Saturday, September 17 at 11 am

Our live talk show is hosted by CBC Radio’s Gregor Craigie.

Panelists for Intimate Apparel include Lucinda Davis(who plays Mrs. Dickson), Denyse Karn (Set & Costume Designer), Dr. Rachel Cleves (History Professor at the University of Victoria), and Yamila Franco (Social Entrepreneur, advancing inclusion for the BIPOC community).

B4Play is supported by Disability Alliance BC

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Live Streaming Performances – Intimate Apparel

October 8 – 14, 2022

All of our performances of Intimate Apparel during the week of October 8 – 14 will be live streamed.

We are offering Pay What You Want live streams this season.

B4PLAY (In-person + Online)
Saturday, May 14 at 11 am

Our live talk show is hosted by CBC Radio’s Gregor Craigie and will feature interviews with Lauren Taylor (Director), Stephen Lobo (Actor), and community experts Chivonne Graff and Alfredo Garcia.

This is a free event but if you wish to join us in person, please click the button below.

B4Play will be streaming live to our Facebook page too.

Chivonne Graff (she/her, they/them) is a Fairfield resident who has lived as an uninvited occupier on the lands of the Lekwungen peoples for 30 years. She is grateful to be part of an intentionally relational blended family. Chivonne has spent her career working in the early years’ field in a variety of capacities, currently working as a community Pedagogist with the Early Childhood Pedagogy Network. She deeply values belonging and is concerned with living in a good way with all our relations – human and non-human and creating the conditions for a just and equitable world. 

Alfredo Garcia (he/him) is a Latinx Ph.D. student at the University of Victoria in the Department of Political Science. He is the son of Salvadoran refugees and a first-generation Canadian. Today, he focuses on the mental health of men and the interplay of patriarchy and masculinity in our contemporary world. His dissertation currently entitled “The Dialectics of Masculinity, Empathy and Vulnerability as Liberatory Pedagogical Praxis” examines the importance of men’s vulnerability. When he is not studying or working, he enjoys playing guitar, exercising, and making videos on Instagram. 

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

B4PLAY (In-person + Online)
Saturday, May 14 at 11 am

Our live talk show is hosted by CBC Radio’s Gregor Craigie and will feature interviews with Lauren Taylor (Director), Stephen Lobo (Actor), and community experts Chivonne Graff and Alfredo Garcia.

We will be hosting this live event at 50% capacity. To attend in person please register below. We will be streaming live to Facebook too. 

Chivonne Graff (she/her, they/them) is a Fairfield resident who has lived as an uninvited occupier on the lands of the Lekwungen peoples for 30 years. She is grateful to be part of an intentionally relational blended family. Chivonne has spent her career working in the early years’ field in a variety of capacities, currently working as a community Pedagogist with the Early Childhood Pedagogy Network. She deeply values belonging and is concerned with living in a good way with all our relations – human and non-human and creating the conditions for a just and equitable world. 

Alfredo Garcia (he/him) is a Latinx Ph.D. student at the University of Victoria in the Department of Political Science. He is the son of Salvadoran refugees and a first-generation Canadian. Today, he focuses on the mental health of men and the interplay of patriarchy and masculinity in our contemporary world. His dissertation currently entitled “The Dialectics of Masculinity, Empathy and Vulnerability as Liberatory Pedagogical Praxis” examines the importance of men’s vulnerability. When he is not studying or working, he enjoys playing guitar, exercising, and making videos on Instagram. 

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TALKBACK THURSDAY (On Stage + Online / Hybrid)

Thursday, June 2nd, 2022 Time: 15 minutes after the play.

Join actors Medina Hahn, Stephen Lobo, Andrew McNee, Celine Stubel and director Lauren Taylor for a Q & A session – hop in and they’ll answer your questions about creating Kindred.

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VOCALEYE (ONLINE)

Almost Live Event Matinee (1:30 pm)
Sunday, June 5 at 1:30 pm

Experience Kindred online with VocalEye audio description on Sunday, June 5. The virtual Zoom lobby opens at 1:30 pm for community socializing with host Amy Amantea followed by a pre-show introduction at 1:45 pm.

The feature presentation begins at 2 pm. You’re invited to stay for the post-show chat with special guests and a prize draw. This event is designed to be accessible for people who are blind and partially sighted and is free to attend.

This VocalEye performance will take place over Zoom.

Supported by

Photo – Gregor Craigie at B4Play / Photo by Don Craig

B4PLAY
Saturday, March 26 at 11 am

Our live talk show hosted by CBC Radio’s Gregor Craigie and featuring interviews with:

* Michael Shamata, Artistic Director

* Vincent Gale (Jon) Actor

* Dr. Alexandra Sasha Kovacs, Assistant Professor at the Department of Theatre, University of Victoria.

* Reem Girgrah, Sexualized Violence Education and Prevention Officer with the Equity and Human Rights Office at the University of Victoria.