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VIU’s Theatre Department presents the dramatic comedy She Kills Monsters
February 15, 2023
What: She Kills Monsters by Qui Nguyen – presented by VIU’s Theatre Department When: March 2 to 11 Where: VIU’s Malaspina Theatre (Building 310), Nanaimo campus Vancouver Island University’s (VIU’s) Theatre Department presents the hysterical dramatic comedy She Kills Monsters by Qui Nguyen as this year’s spring production. The play tells the story of Agnes Evans as she comes to terms with the... Read more
VIU’s Theatre Department presents A Good Person
October 24, 2022
WHAT: A Good Person by Ross Desprez – a play by VIU’s Theatre Department WHEN: October 27 to November 5 WHERE: VIU’s Malaspina Theatre (Building 310), Nanaimo campus Vancouver Island University’s (VIU’s) Theatre Department presents A Good Person by Ross Desprez, which is a comedic adaptation of Brecht’s The Good Women of Szechwan. In A Good Person, God comes to Earth in search of one good person... Read more
VIU’s Theatre Department Presents an Adaptation of Durrenmatt’s Play – The Visitor
February 22, 2022
WHAT: The Visitor – a play by VIU’s Theatre Department WHEN: March 2-5 at 7:30 pm WHERE: VIU’s Malaspina Theatre (Building 310) What would you do for a billion dollars? Can ridiculous amounts of money buy the scruples of an entire population? Join Vancouver Island University’s (VIU’s) Theatre Department to explore these questions and more in the new adaptation of Friedrich Durrenmatt’s classic... Read more
Colloquium Series Shines Light on the Importance of Arts and Humanities in Today’s World
September 21, 2021
Lectures return to the stage at VIU’s Malaspina Theatre this fall. Vancouver Island University’s (VIU’s) Arts and Humanities Colloquium Series returns this fall with an engaging lineup that explores women’s contributions within the avant-garde movement, gender roles and expectations of strong female characters and how the T. Eaton Company’s marketing strategies commodified youth culture. The... Read more
Zombies and Shakespeare Collide in VIU Theatre Department's Spring Play
March 3, 2020
Theatre Department presents William Shakespeare’s Land of the Dead as its spring production, which opens March 5. To be, or not to be … a zombie? Zombies shuffle through the streets of medieval London as historical characters deal with their own human schemes and woes while trying to avoid becoming one of the undead during the Vancouver Island University (VIU) Theatre Department’s production of ... Read more
VIU Satyr Players Club Presents Six Shows During One-Act Play Festival
January 20, 2020
Student theatre club premieres never before seen plays during annual festival. The Satyr Players one-act play festival runs the gambit of emotions this year, offering satirical comedy, high-energy slapstick and some serious moments. “There is something for everyone in this year’s one acts. All the plays are very different,” says Ariel Pretty, President of VIU’s Satyr Players Theatre Club. “We... Read more
Events
Please join us to honour the children who survived Indian Residential Schools and to remember those who didn't make it home. The ceremony will start with an opening ceremony in the Quad and then move into our Malaspina Theatre. Orange t-shirts are on sale in the Campus Store.
Come Join us Oct 6th at 7:30 for an open mic night of 5 Minute or less.Do you have a short story you want to try out on a crowd ? Do you have a piece of art that you want to tell us about. Maybe you’re a singer songwriter, poet or comedian looking for a friendly crowd or maybe you just want to hang out and watch what people come up with.Tickets are free but there will be an opportunity to donate...