Festival Dionysia!
With the chill of winter coming in close there’s nothing better than an outrageous mix of comedy, tragedy, blood, coffee, paranoia, soul searching and rap battles to warm you up. The UBC Players Club Dionysia Short Performance and one Act Festival is coming soon!
Nero and Claudius of Rome discuss religion and write silly love poems in “A Roman Workday.”
A Christian TV host has the two worst interviewees of her career: a wingnut pontificates about devil worship and a girl sees God in a belfry – or does she? Find out in Don Nigro’s comedy ‘God’s Spies’.
“Price of Coffee” follows a young ‘writer’ on her quest to function as a basic human being. Being a twenty-something artist is tough, especially when you are in a new marriage with a guy who just doesn’t seem to get it. “As a writer, I’ll tell you right now, metaphors belong in fiction, not reality.” But the real world can sneak up and punch you in the face you if you aren’t paying attention; your whole world can crumble like a cheap dry scone over a simple cup of coffee.
Adult Superstitions is a musical representation of the imagination. The first scene is a love song between a woman and a photograph of her husband. The second scene is a rap battle between God and the embodiment of love.
A couple in 1930 Germany spirals into paranoia when their small son leaves unannounced in Brecht’s “The Informer”. When spying is encouraged by the government, who can you trust? Your neighbors? Friends? What about your own children? In 1930s Germany, when denunciations are rampant, a German couple spirals into paranoia when their son leaves unannounced. Where has he gone? And most importantly, what is he saying?
Oscar Wilde’s “A Florentine Tragedy” closes the show with a cuckolded merchant’s unfortunate return home. Simone, a florentine merchant, arrives home to find his wife Bianca in the arms of a local prince, Guido.
Featuring 7 short performances by Don Nigro, Oscar Wilde, Bertolt Brecht as well as original works and talent of over 40 local and UBC young artists ;The Festival Dionysia literally bursts with talent and will not be something to pass up (or down or out!). Running at the UBC Dorothy Somerset Studios from November 9th to 13th
Artistic Directed by Ryan Caron, featuring the writing talents of Matthew Willis, Emily Tyler and Christopher Pugh, with Directors Elisabeth Astwood, Ryan Caron, Emly Griffiths, Andrew Lynch, Chloe Packer and Christopher Pugh, and Stage Managed by Tasha Robinson.
Dorothy Somerset Studio | 6361 University Boulevard, Vancouver, BC | Nov 9-12 7pm| Nov 13 2pm| Tickets: members $5/Non-members $10|Please reserve tickets at dionysiafestival@ubcplayersclub.com or call 778-870-0200| More info at www.ubcplayersclub.com
Media contact: Nassreen Noorizadeh-Kollou | 778-870-0200 | nassreen92@gmail.com