QUEEN MAEVE by Judith Thompson
February 19 @ 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM
$7.00Tickets for Queen Maeve will go on sale online Jan 20
To purchase online tickets, scroll to the bottom of the page
This new play by Governor General Award winner Judith Thompson is a searing, often hilarious tale, featuring an ordinary woman in a drab nursing home who – when triggered – transforms into Queen Maeve: Irish Warrior Queen; confronting her cherished grandson, and her complicated, dramatic daughter. The play asks the questions: Is forgiveness ever impossible? Will we know when we need to make amends? Is it ever too late to find true empowerment? This is the Western Canadian premiere of this new work.
“profoundly moving… serves to reconcile us with our own mortality.” Ontario Stage
Judith Thompson is Canadian theatre “royalty”. Apart from her two Governor General Awards, she is also the recipient of the Order of Canada, the Walter Carsen Performing Arts Award, the Toronto Arts Award, the Dora, the Chalmers, the Susan Smith Blackburn Award (a global competition for the best play written by a woman in the English Language) and the Amnesty International Freedom of Expression Award, (both for Palace of the End). She has received honorary doctorates from Thorneloe University and Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. Judith teaches playwriting at Guelph University.
Directed by Diana Budiachenko
Cast (alphabetically): Nolan Fidyk, Karmen McNamara, Gloria Snider, Deirdre Tipping
Stage Manager: Andrea Eggenberger
Choreographer/Movement Advisor: David Rolan
Props Design & Creation: Petra London
Cape Creation: Linda MacNaughton
Sound Design: Kevin Stinson
Composer: John Vaszregi
Projection Design: Jason King
Set Design: Diana Budiachenko & Clayton Jevne
Lighting Design: Clayton Jevne
Dialect Coach: Dean Farrell
Dates & Times
8 pm: Feb 19 (preview), 20, 21, 22, 25, 26, 27 & Mar 1, 5, 6, 7, 8
2pm: Feb 22 & Mar 1, 8
Reservations and Ticket Sales
Ticket Prices:
$16 regular (adults), $12 seniors (60+) /students/unwaged
Wed, Feb 19 is half-price ($7) preview
Tues, Feb 25 is Pay-What-You-Wish admission if you pay at the door
You can also reserve directly through THEATRE INCONNU without prepayment:
phone: (250) 360-0234
email: mail@theatreinconnu.com
If reserving by phone or email, you will pay when you come to see the show (we take all forms of payment at the door).
For more detailed ticket purchase information CLICK HERE
The show is about two hours long, including one intermission.
Theatre Inconnu is located in the Paul Phillips Hall at 1923 Fernwood Road (across the street from the Belfry Theatre).
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We are wheelchair accessible – but you need to contact us beforehand so we can make accommodation.
Content Warnings
This production contains references to dementia and suicide. If you would like to speak to a member of our team about specific themes or concerns, please email : mail@theatreinconnu.com
Theatre Inconnu is located on the traditional lands of the Lekwungen peoples, also known as the Esquimalt and Songhees Nations.