Upintheair Theatre
4096 Commercial St V5N 4G3 Vancouver, BC, Canada

rEvolver Festival 2020 Cancelled - NEW e-Volver Festival Announced - Applications now OPEN!- https://mailchi.mp//revolverfestival2020cancellednewfestiv

We would like to express our sadness upon hearing of the passing of the brilliant artist Taran J. Kootenhayoo and offer our deepest condolences to Taran's family and all who knew him. We were lucky enough to have the opportunity to work with him just a few months ago. Here is a shot from the piece Taran wrote and performed with the Hunters, Tricksters and Mystics team: Raven John, Nyla Carpentier and David Geary.

Happy Holidays and check out our Winter Fundraiser - https://mailchi.mp/ec72b93d44/happyholidayswinterfundraiser

Today is the day! Deadline to submit to the 2021 rEvolver Festival is tonight, Friday December 18 at 11:59pm (pst). https://www.upintheairtheatre.com/revolver-festival-submiss

You have 3 days left to submit to the 2021 rEvolver Festival! Submission deadline Friday December 18 at 11:59 pm (pst). - https://mailchi.mp//3dayslefttosubmittothe2021revolverfest

You have 3 days left to submit to the 2021 rEvolver Festival! Visit our website or click the link in our bio for more information. #revolverfest #revolverfestival #2021 #vanarts #yvrtheatre #yvrartarts #theatre Images of rEvolver Festival Covers:... Adam Lazarus in The Art of Building a Bunker, photo: Bronwen Sharp June Fukumura in Perfect Strangers photo by Dan O’Shea 12 Minute Madness photo by Chris Randle Mis Papás photo by Travis Jeffers, Point Blank Photo See more

The deadline to submit is coming up on December 18 at 11:59pm pst.

Today is your first chance to chat with rEvolver Festival Curators and ask them questions about the 2021 rEvolver Festival! Zoom Webinar today at 4:30pm (pst) - Registration Required here. https://us02web.zoom.us//tZUrd--oqzojHtIKERYjN1cFz4_v6a6_m

rEvolver 2021 Applicants or potential applicants. Join our Zoom Town-Hall meeting this Thursday November 19 at 4:30pm (pst) to ask the festival curators questions and hear more about the festival! https://us02web.zoom.us//tZUrd--oqzojHtIKERYjN1cFz4_v6a6_m

See you today at 4:30pm PST for the rEvolver Festival Townhall. rEvolver Festival deadline is December 18, 2020 - 11:59 pst. Registration required. https://us02web.zoom.us//tZElc-CsrzIuGtciPoSuyttm0biToheBk

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS 2021 rEvolver Festival NEW WORK IN DEVELOPMENT AND SUPPORT FOR ARTISTS’ PRACTICE : APPLY ONLINE NOW Upintheair Theatre is now accepting applications for the 2021 rEvolver Festival. rEvolver will take place in May and June 2021. ... THIS IS NOT A NORMAL REVOLVER FESTIVAL (visit our website to find out more.) https://www.upintheairtheatre.com/revolver-festival-submiss

The Array: First Contact Artist Feature of the Day Hunters, Tricksters, and Mystics present Snagged in the Loop by Nyla Carpentier, David Geary, Raven John, and Taran J. Kootenhayoo Streaming December 3 - 5 at 7:30pm ONLY! Ticket link in our bio.... Snagged in the Loop is about Indigenous perspectives on doom scrolling and online dating. Don't miss it! #upintheairtheatre #thearray #firstcontact #hunterstrickstersmystics #nylacarpentier #ravenjohn #Davidgeary #taranjkootenhayoo #yvrarts #yvrtheatre

ARTISTS! We have a question! When filling out an application form, do you prefer it as a Google Form or do you prefer to be given guidelines and create a PDF yourself? Thank you! Please write in the comments or feel free to DM us.

20 in 2020 Anniversary 2009: Wagabondi Ho! Uptown, Downtown, how you gonna get around Eastside, Westside, come on y'all it's free to ride....... It's been cropping up the last few years: taking us to Calgary, Montano, Idaho, and Wyoming, as well as serving as a mobile office for fundraisers, set mover, and more. In 2009, The Wagabondi got its own show, Wagabondi Ho! at the Vancouver Fringe. A hymn to a one-of-a-kind, steadfast and loyal white and green 1973 Dodge Camperized Van. Audiences of 4 were invited into the van for a cup of tea and one of 3 short performance pieces. It was probably the best reviewed show in our company's history, including this nice line from Colin Thomas - "Theatre is all about communion and storytelling. Wagabondi Ho! has those elements in spades." Sadly, there was no way to make the piece economically viable for longer runs, and those that didn't make it at the Fringe missed out forever. The van doesn't run anymore, but keep an eye out for our 21st Anniversary bash next year, where there are plans for it to make a guest appearance..... #20in2020 #20thanniversary #anniversary #yvrtheatre #yvrarts #upintheairtheatre #theatre

Are you a BIPOC Female, Trans, and/or Non-Binary theatre artist looking to get to the next stage of your career? Applications are now open for Why Not Theatre’s ThisGen 2021 Fellowship, a national initiative that helps theatre practitioners get to the next stage in their careers through training, mentorship, guided self-study, and peer-to-peer connection. Deadline to apply is December 4th. Learn more at: https://whynot.theatre/thisgen-2021-call-for-applications/

We highly recommend you check out: A VIRTUAL WORKSHOP FOR JULIA CAMERON'S 'THE ARTIST'S WAY' FACILITATED BY EDDY VAN WYK: https://www.facebook.com/lofispectacleclub/posts/101877615052679

Here we go! Our 20 in 2020 Anniversary campaign continues with... 2008: The Johnny Grant Creation Tour Sometimes the creation process is better than the show, and that was the case with Johnny Grant: A Rollicking Adventure Story. Based on the life of Dan's great-great-great grandfather, the show, which was part of the 2009 See-Seven series, never quite achieved what we wanted it to. But the creation and devising process was something else. The highlight was a 10-day road-trip... in the Wagabondi to Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming, and a follow-up trip to Winnipeg. There was archival research, site exploration, interviews with all sorts of interesting folx, camping, great food, craft beer, and a number of those incredibly sketchy moments that get better the farther away they are... With much thanks to the one and only Heidi Taylor, director and dramaturge. #20in2020 #20thanniversary #anniversary #yvrtheatre #yvrarts #upintheairtheatre #theatre

20 in 2020 Anniversary Campaign: 2007: 120 bpm Written by Dan, Dave, and Aiden Maxted, 120bpm felt like something special: one of those moments when you are able to bring everything you've gone through, learned, been working towards, to some sort of culmination. The highs and terrible losses of our party days, physical theatre training with the CORE group, 5 years of community-collaborative creation models, and a decade of personal growth came together in this show. We expres...sed our love for the scene that had brought us together, and we said goodbye to it and to a phase of our lives. We also learnt a powerful lesson about who we made art for: critics either deeply disliked the show or were confused by it. But 120bpm sold out 10 of its 11 performances, and received standing ovations for its final 9 shows from crowds of ex-ravers who recognised themselves and the story on stage. 120bpm marked Dan and Dave's directorial debut. It was stage managed by Noa Anatot, and starred Sara Bynoe, David Patrick Flemming, Chris Frary, Caitlin Fulton, Miranda Huba, Jamie James, Kyle Jesperson, Frano Marsic, and Daniel Errey. Live DJ duties were shared by Luke Martin and DJ Flye. The closing night party was epic. If you'd like to learn more, donate or engage please visit our website https://www.upintheairtheatre.com/ #20in2020 #20thanniversary #anniversary #yvrtheatre #yvrarts #theatre #upintheairtheatre

20 in 2020 Anniversary Campaign In 2006 we returned to The Fringe for the first time since Wedgie, and undertook the second and final out-of-province tour in our history, driving the team over the Rockies in a certain 1973 Dodge campervan (The Wagabondi!) that would go on to star in our final Fringe show in 2009. The project was a remount of our site specific Walkingfish year one fundraiser version of another Jason Rothery script, Moxie, a dark comedy about cannibalism, the ...prison-industrial complex, and the shittiness of Fringe star ratings. The team was packed with good friends and long time collaborators: directed by perhaps the loveliest man in theatre, Thrasso Petras, stage managed by our now-board member Maria Denholme, and featuring Dan and Dave along with Darren Boquist - who along with lighting design, rehearsed all three parts in the play, and performed Dan and Dave's roles once each in an epic demonstration of line-and-blocking retention with no real purpose except to increase the craziness and fun of the journey.

20 in 2020 Anniversary Campaign 2005: Brenda Matthews and Mary Simmonds 2005 had some stuff going on. Walking Fish really hit its stride in year 3, and we started work on 120bpm. But we want to take this moment to recognise two exceptional women who were integral to our growth as a company at that time: long time board members Mary Simmonds (President) and Brenda Matthews (Treasurer). ... Brenda and Mary both joined our board when we were little more than an idea with a couple of fringe productions behind us, and stuck with us through the decade. It is no exaggeration to say that the two of them were the board. During that time and since, we have often wondered at our fortune to have two such smart, good-hearted, generous, resourceful, and all-round fantastic people commit so much time and energy to our company. They were integral to our growth, and to the creation of the culture of hospitality, integrity, collaboration and fun that continues to define Upintheair. Thank you Brenda and Mary. We love you, and you always have a place with us. #20in2020 #20thanniversary #anniversary #yvrtheatre #yvrarts #theatre #upintheairtheatre

20 in 2020 Anniversary Post 2004: Men of the World Our first truly independent work produced outside The Fringe, Men of the World was the result of a fantastic collaboration with husband and wife playwrights David Geary and Deborah Wilton, and a community-engagement workshop process that would become a model for our future creations for many years. A fast, smart, and funny piece on love in the new millennium, it spawned the best line we received from a reviewer in our first ...decade: "If shows in town were even half as entertaining as the ones that Upintheair Theatre Society put on, we would have no problem replenishing season subscriber lists with younger audience members." The Boards The run's highlight was undoubtedly a raucous sold-out performance on Dan's 30th Birthday followed by a late late night of french beer and poutine. If you’d like to know more, engage or donate visit our website https://www.upintheairtheatre.com/* #20in2020 #20thanniversary #anniversary #theatre #yvrtheatre #yvrarts #upintheairtheatre

It's our 20th Anniversary! Follow our 20 in 2020 Anniversary Campaign.- https://mailchi.mp//20in2020upintheairtheatrecelebrates20y

20 in 2020 Anniversary Post 2003: The Fish Walks In late 2002 we had the most fateful beer in our history, when Jason Rothery presented us with a scrap of paper on which he had written an idea for a festival featuring new short work by emerging artists. The festival was Walking Fish, and would launch us on the path of presenters that would eventually lead to rEvolver and mark our most singular and lasting contribution to our community. It read, in part:... Taking it’s concept from Darwin’s revered rung on the evolutionary ladder the fish walking out of the sea the walking fish is a potent and distinct symbol of the bold progressive step within the evolutionary process. All artists involved in this festival are dedicated theatre craftspeople that are forging through the most difficult but most important step on the theatrical evolutionary path. Among the artists who responded to that first call out were Tanya Marquardt, Chris Gatchalian, Heidi Taylor, Thrasso Petras, John Jack Paterson, Heather Doerksen, Victor Ustare, Nita Bowerman and more who would go on to become valued colleagues and collaborators. We thought it was a good idea. We had no idea where it would lead. #20in2020 #20thanniversary #anniversary #yvrtheatre #yvrarts #upintheairtheatre #theatre

WE ARE 20 in 2020! UpintheAir Theatre Celebrates it's 20th Anniversary! It’s our 20th Anniversary!... We were going to be throwing a big bash this fall to celebrate our 20th Anniversary. Sadly, that obviously isn't going to happen. But having never celebrated an anniversary before, we don't want to give up on this one entirely. So, over the next 20-something days, we are going to be celebrating each year of our existence by recognizing an achievement or an artist we worked with from that year. We hope you will join us on a fun journey through our history. In the meantime, if you want to know what our plans are for the present, you can check them out on our website (link in bio). The Array is back this year, we have a new project The Updrafts Collaborative Commission in the works and we are already planning the 2021 rEvolver Festival. If you want to support us in this work, you can do so on our website donation page https://www.upintheairtheatre.com/donate Thank you to all the artists and audience who have joined us these past 20 years. Here is to 20 more!

20 in 2020 Anniversary : Year 2002. Any guesses on the title of the next show? You guessed it! This is a promo image from our 2002 show WEDGIE. What happens when you combine the invasion of Iraq with the death of Jim Henson? You get Wedgie, a whirlwind exploration of propaganda, puberty, and the politics of revenge. The show marked the beginning of a long and fruitful collaboration between the company and Jason Patrick Rothery, and was created through a collaborative worksho...p process with Steve Handlesman, Nicole Leroux, Daniel Martin, David Mott, Melissa Robertson and Jason Rothery. The 2002 Fringe production, directed by Dawn Milman, included one particularly incredible late-night show at Performance works with audience members literally packed to the rafters (with some sitting in them) cheering every t-shirt change the cast made. Wedgie was remounted in 2003 at Presentation House in a production directed by Steven Drover, designed by Francesca Albertazzi. . ***IF you’d like to know more, engage or donate visit our website*** www.upintheairtheatre.com . #20in2020 #upintheairtheatre #yvrtheatre #yvrarts #anniversary #20thanniversary #theatre #throwback