Whether you’re on the hunt for Halloween or just looking for a unique outfit, UBC Theatre and Film's Costume Sale is a treasure trove of creativity waiting to be explored! We’ll be offering fantastic deals on clothing, hats, shoes, and accessories featured in past performances. Cash or debit only. Don’t miss this opportunity to transform […]
Join this engaging and interactive event presented by UBC's Conflict Theatre - the final performance capstone project for the Rehearsing Conflict Summer Intensive program. This event is open to all UBC faculty and staff and promises to be a unique and thought-provoking experience. The talented troupe made up of faculty and staff will showcase their original […]
Get ready for an electrifying and immersive experience as Conflict Theatre presents the Rehearsing Conflict Summer Intensive capstone performance. Our dynamic troupe of UBC Faculty and Staff players will perform 3 to 4 original plays, animating real-life workplace conflicts encountered at UBC. But wait, there's more! As a member of the audience, you have the chance to […]
The United States is polarized like never before. Accompanied by a high degree of negative partisanship and the unchecked spread of misinformation, political violence and uncivil discourse—the use of language which is insulting, contemptuous, and which knowingly misattributes the motives of others—is on the rise. Disillusioned, many Americans wish to restore civility. But how can […]
Each year UBC Theatre's first-year MFA directing students are given the opportunity to direct one-act plays within a course titled Theatre 520. The play, chosen by the directing student, is brought to life with the help of Theatre Design and Production students and third and fourth year BFA actors. Presenting: SOME OLD FARCE April 18 […]
The United States is polarized like never before. The 2023 Phil Lind Series (Un)Civil Discourse explores some of the major factors fueling the rancor and divisiveness in American politics and asks: how can citizens and leaders find common ground across a range of political issues that divide them? Dr. Safiya Noble is a 2021 MacArthur Fellow, a recipient […]
THE PHIL LIND INITIATIVE: (UN)CIVIL DISCOURSE John Mcwhorter - Beyond Free Speech: Understanding the True Nature of What Divides Us Feb 16, 2023, 6pm. Frederic Wood Theatre The United States is polarized like never before. Accompanied by a high degree of negative partisanship and the unchecked spread of misinformation, political violence and uncivil discourse—the use […]
The 2023 Phil Lind Initiative kicks off with Masha Gessen, award-winning author of eleven books and staff writer for The New Yorker bearing insightful and searing commentary on Russia, LGBTQ2+ rights, Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump, and the rise of autocracy. The Phil Lind Initiative is an annual, donor-driven, high profile speaker series hosted by the […]
By Samuel Beckett Directed by Gerald Vanderwoude “Nothing is funnier than unhappiness.”—Nell, Endgame Gerald Vanderwoude directs BECKETT 23: Endgame featuring Theatre and Film alumni. This is the 22nd annual UBC Theatre Alumni Fundraising Event, supporting the Peter Loeffler Student Scholarship Fund. Endgame, Samuel Beckett’s tragicomic one-act play, examines the human experience in his typical absurdist way. Come for the theatre […]
By Samuel Beckett Directed by Gerald Vanderwoude “Nothing is funnier than unhappiness.”—Nell, Endgame Gerald Vanderwoude directs BECKETT 23: Endgame featuring Theatre and Film alumni. This is the 22nd annual UBC Theatre Alumni Fundraising Event, supporting the Peter Loeffler Student Scholarship Fund. Endgame, Samuel Beckett’s tragicomic one-act play, examines the human experience in his typical absurdist way. Come for the theatre […]
By Samuel Beckett Directed by Gerald Vanderwoude “Nothing is funnier than unhappiness.”—Nell, Endgame Gerald Vanderwoude directs BECKETT 23: Endgame featuring Theatre and Film alumni. This is the 22nd annual UBC Theatre Alumni Fundraising Event, supporting the Peter Loeffler Student Scholarship Fund. Endgame, Samuel Beckett’s tragicomic one-act play, examines the human experience in his typical absurdist way. Come for the theatre […]
By Samuel Beckett Directed by Gerald Vanderwoude “Nothing is funnier than unhappiness.”—Nell, Endgame Gerald Vanderwoude directs BECKETT 23: Endgame featuring Theatre and Film alumni. This is the 22nd annual UBC Theatre Alumni Fundraising Event, supporting the Peter Loeffler Student Scholarship Fund. Endgame, Samuel Beckett’s tragicomic one-act play, examines the human experience in his typical absurdist way. Come for the theatre […]
