Backbone Theatre Collective
The Havana 1212 Commercial Drive V5L3X4 Vancouver, BC, Canada

Wishing all the Breaking of Legs to our amazing set designer Ariel Slack. They are performing in Third and Oak: The Laundromat, at Pacific Theatre tonight!!!

Backbone Theatre Collective on Opening Night of Spine. We are missing the lovely Zoe Bellis.

"SPINE is well worth a trip to The Drive to catch Besworth as an angry teenager." Jo Ledingham Thanks Jo for your kind words about Spine!

"This is an excellent production of a well-crafted and topical contemporary play and you should get tickets immediately." A lovely review by Britt MacCleod https://www.ubcplayersclub.com/review-backbone-collectives/

Thanks to Robin Toma for coming to our tech run and taking these shots! Have you got your tickets yet? https://www.showpass.com/s/events/surrey,-bc,-canada/spine/

Working with Sandra Medeiros on this project has been a dream. Sandra has been an amazingly supportive and creative assistant director! She has also done a phenomenal job on our publicity. Sandra is thrilled to be working with this stellar team and is excited to be back in the assistant director's chair after assistant directing The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, winner of the Joey award for Best Theatre Ensemble. Recently, Sandra was seen on stage in Dancing Lessons (Naked Goddess Productions). She is currently having a lot of fun co-creating on the comedy pilot project Tia Maria's Cafe (Portuguese Buns Productions) based on the hit Fringe play FESTA!.

Robin Toma came into rehearsal the other night and took some great shots! Here are a few teasers. Have you got your tickets yet? https://www.showpass.com/s/events/surrey,-bc,-canada/spine/

Thanks DailyHive for including Spine as one of the shows to check out in February! https://www.showpass.com/s/ev/vancouver,-bc,-canada/spine/

White Rock Audience Loved Spine! "Four of us were very fortunate to see the evening production of Spine in White rock. All of us enjoyed the one woman show immensely. We were in awe of this young actors ability to portray so many roles and convey and trigger so much emotion. This play should sell out at every show as it is well worth seeing!"

Meet Vancouver-based theatre artist Kate Besworth who next appears in the Backbone Theatre Collective production of Spine at the Havana Theatre (Jan 29-Feb 8).

Thanks Vancouver Presents! Twenty Questions with Kate Besworth! https://www.vancouverpresents.com/twenty-que/kate-besworth/

Thank you Dana Gee from the Province Newspaper for this great preview!

Delighted to have Celeste English creating our lighting design for Spine. Celeste English is a lighting designer born and raised in Vancouver, BC. Select design credits include; Michif Medicines (Vni Dansi), The Virtual Full Light of Day (Electric Theatre Company), OW, Zaum (Mascall Dance), The Sea (Slamming Door Collective), Still Life Continuum (RedShift Music Society), Sex with Strangers, Body Awareness (Mitch & Murray Productions), The Double Axe Murderers (Rusticate Thea...tre), A Beautiful View, The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (Naked Goddess Productions), Books, Romeo + Juliet, Topophilia (SFU SCA) and The Nutcracker (Ravens Cry Theatre). Assistant Design credits include; Taming of the Shrew, Shakespeare in Love (Bard on the Beach), Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley (Arts Club), Kleptocracy (Arena Stage) and The Enemy (Firehall). Celeste is a graduate of SFUs School for the Contemporary Arts See more

Kate Besworth using Whelan Technique at rehearsal.

We are loving working with the Havana Theatre. When you come to see our show we highly recommend you plan to have dinner at the Havana, the food is amazing!

https://www.burnabynow.com//catch-this-one-woman-play-onst

Thanks to Sandra Medeiros our assistant director who created a website for us! https://vancouvertheatre.wixsite.com/spinetheplay

Absolutely LOVING the sound design that Nico is creating for Spine. Nico Dicecco is a stage manager, writer, and sound designer based in Richmond, BC. Some of his recent sound design work includes Dancing Lessons, A Beautiful View, The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (Naked Goddess Productions) and Dissection of a Mixed Heritage Woman (Nyla Carpentier). He is also the co-creator and star of the Stuart McLean tribute/parody show 50 Shades of Vinyl.

Very excited to be working with the lovely and talented Ariel Slack. Ariel has our designed our set to include a lending library. How cool is that?! Ariel Slack is a non-binary theatre artist working as both a set/props designer and an actor in both film and theatre. A graduate of Studio 58, their recent theatre design credits include: Set/Scenic Paint/Props, Cariboo Magi (Far From The Tree Productions); Set/Scenic Paint, Dancing Lessons (Naked Goddess Productions); Set, Ali...ce in Glitterland (Geekenders); Props/Puppet builder, Mx (Lili Robinson, Fringe); Set/Scenic Paint, Superior Donuts (Ensemble Theatre Company); Props, Gramma, Mother of the Maid, The Cake, Jesus Freak (Pacific Theatre); Set/Scenic Paint, Avenue Q (St. Johns School); Set and Props, Tiny Replicas (Tremors festival/Rumble Theatre). Find Ariels portfolio link (and other stuff) at Ariel Slack See more

Third rehearsal and we are in the space with the lighting designer and the sound designer! Collaborating, creating and having fun. Nico Dicceco, Celeste English, Zoe Bellis, Sandra Medeiros, Catherine McClaren, Kate Besworth, Wendy Bollard

When you come to see Spine don't forget to bring a book. Our set is a lending library!