Skip to main content Skip to main navigation Skip to page-level navigation Go to the Disability Resource Centre Website Go to the DRC Booking Accommodation Portal Go to the Inclusive Technology Lab Website
The University of British Columbia
UBC - A Place of Mind
The University of British Columbia Okanagan campus
UBC Okanagan News
  • Research
  • People
    • Student Profile
    • Faculty Profile
    • Alumni Spotlight
  • Campus Life
    • Campus News
    • Student Life
    • Teaching & Learning
  • Community Engagement
  • About the Collection
    • Stories for Media
  • UBCO Events
  • Search All Stories
Home / 2012 / October / 30 / University Theatre’s debut gets royal treatment
Arts & Humanities

University Theatre’s debut gets royal treatment

October 30, 2012

Repurposed UBC venue to stage theatrical performances

Tara Travis, in her many roles in Til Death Do Us Part

Tara Travis, in her many roles in Til Death Do Us Part

Show: Til Death Do We Part: The Six Wives of Henry VIII, A One-Woman Play

Venue: University Theatre (ADM026) at UBC’s Okanagan campus

When: Saturday, Nov. 3 and Sunday, Nov. 4. Doors at 7:30 p.m. Show starts at 8 p.m.

Tickets: $10 for students, $20 for non-students. For advance tickets, email melissa.mchugh@ubc.ca or call 250-807-9648.

The first dedicated live-theatre space at UBC’s Okanagan campus will be inaugurated by Henry VIII and his coterie of ex-wives.

Staged at the newly crowned University Theatre, Til Death Do We Part is a critically acclaimed comedy billed as “Six Queens. Six Love Stories. Six Deaths. One Actress!”

Presented by the Vancouver troupe Monster Theatre, the Saturday Nov. 3 play marks the venue’s debut, followed by a wine-and-cheese reception. A second performance is set for Sunday, Nov. 4.

The refurbished and renamed University Theatre seats up to 200 people and is housed in the former ADM026 Lecture Theatre in the Administration Building, adjacent to the bus stop.

Til Death Do We Part, written and directed by Ryan Gladstone, was a “Pick of the Fringe” at the 2012 Vancouver Fringe Festival.

The one-woman comedy stars Tara Travis in a virtuosic performance. One by one, King Henry VIII’s motley mix of exes file into a purgatory of sorts, much to the dismay of each previous wife. It culminates in a heated catfight, visited by the King of England.

Tickets are $10 for students, $20 for non-students. For advance tickets, email melissa.mchugh@ubc.ca or call 250-807-9648.

The inaugural event, sponsored by the Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies, will be followed by regular programming and weekly events at University Theatre.

— 30 —

Media Contact

Patty Wellborn
Media Relations Strategist
University Relations

The University of British Columbia
Okanagan campus
Tel: 250 317 0293
E-mail: patty.wellborn@ubc.ca

Content type: Media Advisory
More content from: Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies

Trending Stories

  • Opening doors for international student research
  • UBCO honours this year’s most outstanding researchers
  • Why don’t we eat turkey eggs?
  • Cutting breakfast carbs can benefit people with Type 2 ...
  • Arts and science fiction connect: UBCO student designs the ...
All Stories
Contact Media Relations

About UBC Okanagan

UBC’s Okanagan campus is an innovative hub for research and learning founded in partnership with local Indigenous peoples, the Syilx Okanagan Nation, in whose traditional, ancestral and unceded territory the campus resides. The most established and influential global rankings all consistently place UBC in the top five per cent of universities in the world, and among the top three Canadian universities.

The Okanagan campus combines a globally recognized UBC education with a tight-knit and entrepreneurial community that welcomes students and faculty from around the world in British Columbia’s stunning Okanagan Valley. For more visit ok.ubc.ca.

Discover more about UBC Okanagan

Find a Program Admissions Book a Tour UBCO Facts
UBC Okanagan Campus News, University Relations

Innovation Precinct Annexation 1 (IA1)
3505 Spectrum Court
Kelowna, BC Canada V1V 2Z1

We respectfully acknowledge the Syilx Okanagan Nation and their peoples, in whose traditional, ancestral, unceded territory UBC Okanagan is situated.

 

Search all stories

Subscribe to receive news by email

Visit UBC's Vancouver news room

Global and Admin Messages

News

Okanagan Campus

TikTok icon Linkedin icon

UBC Okanagan News
Okanagan Campus
3333 University Way
Kelowna, BC Canada V1V 1V7
Find us on
  
Back to top
The University of British Columbia
  • Emergency Procedures |
  • Terms of Use |
  • Copyright |
  • Accessibility