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Working with our partners, community experts, and the theatre artists involved in our productions we’ve crafted some meaningful opportunities to engage with our theatre.
The Belfry is committed to equity, diversity, inclusion, and reconciliation, and seeks to engage with and amplify the voices of Indigenous, Black, People of Colour (IBPoC) and other artists and theatre practitioners who have historically experienced discrimination and marginalization.
Community Theatre Nights are an opportunity for diverse or equity-seeking community groups or organizations to play host to other members of their community at the Belfry Theatre.
Each event is tailor-made to meet the needs and desires of each individual community, while sharing certain elements, including:
Our goal is to make members of all communities feel welcome inside the Belfry.
We want to ensure that the Belfry is a safe environment for everyone.
Through Community Theatre Nights, we want a wide variety of communities to take ownership of the building.
A community theatre night is an opportunity to celebrate diversity, inclusion, belonging, and accessibility, while enjoying a great piece of theatre!
If you are interested in organizing a Community Theatre Night or for more information: Artistic Director, Michael Shamata, ad(at)belfry.bc.ca
You may also choose to contact us by phone.
B4Play—the Belfry’s live talk show—is a collaboration between the Belfry Theatre and CBC Radio. B4Play is designed to provide insight, information, and interesting details about the upcoming Mainstage production.
CBC Radio’s Gregor Craigie interviews artists from the production, as well as experts from the community who can illuminate certain aspects of the play.
B4Play facts:
From Alaska
September 14, 2024
1939
October 26, 2024
Behind the Moon
February 1, 2025
Gordon Lightfoot
April 19, 2025
To reserve your free tickets or for more information, please call 250-385-6815.
On the third Thursday of the run of each Mainstage production in our subscription series, the actors return to the stage following the performance for a Question-and-Answer session with the audience. It’s a great opportunity to learn more about the play and get a glimpse into the actors’ process.
Talkbacks last approximately 20 minutes. You don’t have to attend the performance to attend the Talkback (but each one will start at a different time, as each production is a different length).
For Talkback start times – call 250-385-6815.
From Alaska
October 3, 2024
1939
November 14, 2024
Behind the Moon
February 26, 2025
Gordon Lightfoot
May 8, 2025
We work with a range of partners to help make the Belfry more inclusive and more engaged with our community.
Through our partnership with ICA, we offer immigrant students, for whom English is a second language, tickets to a performance at the Belfry. Before the performance, a member of the Belfry staff meets with the students and gives them an introduction to the play.
As a member of Canoo, the Belfry offers free admission to new citizens during their first year in Canada.
Canoo (formerly known as the Cultural Access Pass program) is a mobile app that helps new Canadian citizens celebrate their citizenship by providing free admission to over 1,400 museums, science centres, art galleries, parks, theatres, and historic sites.
Four to six times during each season, the Belfry brings one of our guest artists to the UVic campus, to address students in the Department of Theatre. One of the Department’s professors interviews the guest (or guests), and then gives the students time to ask questions.
Recent guests include Andy Moro (Set & Lighting Designer) & Jeff Chief (Costume Designer), The Ministry of Grace; Tracey Nepinak (Actor), YAGA; Anton Lipovetsky (Actor, Singer, Musician & Musical Director), I Think I’m Fallin’: The Songs of Joni Mitchell; Christine Quintana (Playwright), As Above.
As the Belfry continues its journey towards reconciliation, and as we strive to create meaningful relationships with diverse and marginalized communities, and step aside so that others can take ownership of the space, we thank the following community partners for their help, guidance, patience, and leadership:
