Now in its 31st year, the University of British Columbia presents the Brave New Play Rites Festival premiering twenty six short plays at Studio 1398 on Granville Island. We have 10 Full Productions and 16 Staged Readings, written by UBC Creative Writing students, and performed and presented by talent from in and around the Vancouver theatre community. Twenty-six writers, fourteen directors, thirty-five actors, three producers, and a six-member technical team create stories of profundity, chaos and hilarity.
You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you might even scream a little… but mostly you’ll laugh.
Just announced: CLASS of 2016: On Stage! is UBC’s Baccalaureate Concert re-imagined for the UBC 100 Centennial celebrations. This year the event features talented students from throughout the UBC Arts & Culture District, including three Creative Writing graduates: Clara Kumagai reading from her YA/Children’s novel, and Alison Braid and Hava Rosenberg, reading their poetry.
You’ll enjoy music, theatre, film, poetry, and prose prepared and presented by graduating students from UBC’s class of 2016.
Come early and hear a special centennial medley performed by a jazz septet made up of students and faculty of the UBC School of Music. Celebrating 100 Years of Popular Song at UBC includes tunes selected from each decade of the last 100 years woven together and arranged by Fred Stride to celebrate UBCs landmark anniversary. Historical images of UBCs creative and performing arts will be shown in the theatre during the medley. Continue reading “CLASS of 2016: On Stage!”
Now in its 31st year, the University of British Columbia presents the Brave New Play Rites Festival premiering twenty six short plays at Studio 1398 on Granville Island. We have 10 Full Productions and 16 Staged Readings, written by UBC Creative Writing students, and performed and presented by talent from in and around the Vancouver theatre community. Twenty-six writers, fourteen directors, thirty-five actors, three producers, and a six-member technical team create stories of profundity, chaos and hilarity.