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SPARK Festival:
SPARKfestival 2012
SPARK is the Belfry Theatre’s annual festival of new pla...
Event Description
SPARKfestival 2012
SPARK is the Belfry Theatre’s annual festival of new plays and new ideas. Each March, in our intimate venue in Fernwood, we showcase some of Canada’s finest performing artists and companies bringing acclaimed work to the city for the first time.
For full Festival listings see: http://www.sparkfestival.ca/
Along with these presentations from across the country, we commission local artists to create and perform short new pieces throughout our space. The festival also features a new play written and created in just one week by high school students enrolled in our education program, Belfry 101.
Throughout SPARK you’ll find new play readings, works-in-progress, professional development workshops and a series of Mini-Plays including:
The Lesson - a Kwakwaka’wakw family explore their connection to the survival of the Kwak’wala language. The Lesson plays the Belfry Theatre in Victoria, BC from March March 14 - 17 / 7:20 + 7:40 pm
The Shill -
The greatest actor who ever lived gives his final performance. The Shill plays the Belfry Theatre in Victoria, BC from March 14 - 17 / 7:20 + 7:40 pm
snArK -
Emma Zabloski and Janet Walker star in snArk plays the Belfry Theatre in Victoria, BC from March 14 - 17 / 7:20 + 7:40 pm
An Appointment with Danger -
Dave Morris and Missie Peters present their take on film noir March 21 - 24 / 7:20 + 7:40 pm
The King of the World?
- Justin Carter may be the King of the World. He performs his new 10 minute miniplay March 21 - 24 / 7:20 + 7:40 pm
Similkameen O’Rourke is: Jimmy 1977 Similkameen O'Rourke stars in this free SPARK Festival miniplay from Theatre Inconnu's Graham McDonald. March 21 - 24 / 7:20 + 7:40 pm
Venue
1291 Gladstone Avenue
Open / Operational