Photo by Stephie Bright
SKAMpede: Theatre SKAM’s family-friendly
live performance festival in Victoria
A dozen theatre companies from Victoria perform ten-minute shows in various spaces around the Galloping Goose trail, Songhees Park, and Songhees Walkway.
SHOWS ON THE CENTRAL TOUR:
Site 1 – 5 Stages Theatre Company’s “Fairy-trail Victoria”:
A little girl searches the woods for Grandma’s house--
A house of hay, sticks, and bricks--
A beanstalk soars, tickling giants’ toes--
Which story will you uncover? Join us on this magical trail for a whimsical family-friendly Victoria mash-up of your favourite fairy tales.
Site 2 – SNAFU Society of Unexpected Spectacles’ “The Great Triscuit Heist”: On a grassy knoll, the audience gathers. A clown emerges from below a large blue swath of fabric … the bird pond and coaxes a flock of wild bird-like creatures to enter with dedicated theme music. With help form the audience and a box of treats, the water begins to ripple. The flock begins to dance. The dance becomes more elaborate, more complex, more absurd as the birds play for Triscuit treats.
Site 3 – Cowboy’s “Fast Bus”: Toot toot! Beep beep! Honk honk! Fast Bus invites you (yes, you) to grab a seat and join us on an improvised musical road trip. Don’t forget to pack suggestions and sound effects to inspire our story.
Wait, what is this show about? Where is this bus going?! Who’s even on board this thing?!? We need YOU to help us find out! Like all good road trips, Fast Bus is about the journey.
Site 4 – timetheft theatre’s “Whale Fall”: As a whale dies, and falls deeper and deeper into the ocean, its corpse forms a new ecosystem at the bottom of the ocean. Sea creatures of all kinds come to snack on what’s left, and in the process their interactions and cohabitation make this dead whale a home. Using live music, dance, and the ocean itself, Whale Fall is a piece that artistically represents both the process of an actual whale fall, and the deeper woven meaning of the process of community unity and growth after loss.
“[SNAFU] will forever change the way you see theatre and its possibilities…as each audience member truly feels like an important part of the narrative.” – Montreal Theatre Hub
“A true pleasure that I would recommend to anyone who has become a little too familiar with reality.” – The Charlebois Post
Site 1 – 5 Stages Theatre Company’s “Fairy-trail Victoria”:
A little girl searches the woods for Grandma’s house--
A house of hay, sticks, and bricks--
A beanstalk soars, tickling giants’ toes--
Which story will you uncover? Join us on this magical trail for a whimsical family-friendly Victoria mash-up of your favourite fairy tales.
Site 2 – SNAFU Society of Unexpected Spectacles’ “The Great Triscuit Heist”: On a grassy knoll, the audience gathers. A clown emerges from below a large blue swath of fabric … the bird pond and coaxes a flock of wild bird-like creatures to enter with dedicated theme music. With help form the audience and a box of treats, the water begins to ripple. The flock begins to dance. The dance becomes more elaborate, more complex, more absurd as the birds play for Triscuit treats.
Site 3 – Cowboy’s “Fast Bus”: Toot toot! Beep beep! Honk honk! Fast Bus invites you (yes, you) to grab a seat and join us on an improvised musical road trip. Don’t forget to pack suggestions and sound effects to inspire our story.
Wait, what is this show about? Where is this bus going?! Who’s even on board this thing?!? We need YOU to help us find out! Like all good road trips, Fast Bus is about the journey.
Site 4 – timetheft theatre’s “Whale Fall”: As a whale dies, and falls deeper and deeper into the ocean, its corpse forms a new ecosystem at the bottom of the ocean. Sea creatures of all kinds come to snack on what’s left, and in the process their interactions and cohabitation make this dead whale a home. Using live music, dance, and the ocean itself, Whale Fall is a piece that artistically represents both the process of an actual whale fall, and the deeper woven meaning of the process of community unity and growth after loss.
“[SNAFU] will forever change the way you see theatre and its possibilities…as each audience member truly feels like an important part of the narrative.” – Montreal Theatre Hub
“A true pleasure that I would recommend to anyone who has become a little too familiar with reality.” – The Charlebois Post
