Story Theatre Company

Discipline: Theatre
Homebase: Victoria
Regions Available: Lower Mainland, Fraser Valley &, Howe Sound, Vancouver Island Lower, Vancouver Island Mid, Vancouver Island North, Interior, North, Remote, Kootenays, Virtual
Languages: English
Themes: Mental Health, LGBTQ2SIA+, Disability, Anti-Bullying, Climate Change and/or Environmentalism
Grant Eligibility: Eligible for 70% AIE

Story Theatre is a theatre for young audiences (TYA) company that has been igniting imaginations and encouraging literacy for over 40 years. Our mandate is to create and tour theatre productions that enhance and complement young people’s learning experiences. ACCESS: We tour our work to schools and public spaces in order to provide high-quality arts experiences in a format that is accessible for a wide-range of children. Engagement with the arts is intrinsic to a quality education, so our organization works hard to make sure kids across BC have equitable access to the same artistic opportunities, regardless of where they live. EDUCATION: Story Theatre’s style showcases narrative-based storytelling forms and improvisation techniques in hand-crafted original productions. We commission the creation of new plays written by emerging Canadian playwrights and artists with vibrant perspectives who share our value for empowering the next generation as leaders of change. PARTICIPATION: Audience paticipation and building skills together plays part in all of our programming at Story Theatre because we understand that children learn through movement, play, and hands-on engagement. Story is part of each of us and we are all a part of the show! Whether you are interested in our workshops, digital productions, or staged plays - Let us help you find your own story! You can do it, too!

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Performance(s)

The Great Bloom by Sydney Marino

School Year: 24-25
Discipline: Theatre, Storytelling
Offered Languages: English
Grade Suitability: K - 5
Duration: 50 mins
Capacity: 500
Available Formats: In Person

Dawn is a forest spirit, a magical species who are in charge of protecting the forest. In an annual journey known as The Great Bloom, young forest spirits follow tradition to get matched up with the plants that they will be tasked with protecting for the rest of their lives. Dawn goes because she believes she must do what her peers are doing, but something doesn't feel right, and her best efforts to protect the forest result in a comedic disaster. Can Dawn help save the forest ecosystem while staying true to herself? The Great Bloom is a brand-new Canadian comedy that explores themes of fitting in, standing out, and practicing self acceptance. Laugh along as Dawn and her friends discover through difficulty the value we can add to the world around us. Even, or especially, when our path looks different from others! The production features physical theatre, puppetry & eco-conscious costume and set design. Best suited for youth ages 5-12!

Workshop(s)

Find Your Own Story - An Oral Storytelling Workshop

School Year: 24-25
Discipline: Theatre, Storytelling, Spoken Word
Offered Languages: English
Grade Suitability: K - 5
Duration: 1hr
Capacity: 30
Available Formats: In Person, Virtual

Being a community means learning how to share our stories with one another! Let us help your class tell their own stories out loud in a fun classroom visit full of humour, creativity, and compassion. Story Theatre employs professional artists who specialize in drama and theatre education and who work in a devising process to empower children to create and share their own theatrical work. We all have a story to tell and there are lots of skills that can help make telling our own stories more fun to do. Using a variety of improvisation techniques, theatre games, and world-building devising exercises - let our team of highly experienced teaching artists uplift your classrooms to hand-craft their own stories with care. Workshops for local schools are priced individually, and discounts may be requested by schools who request more than 6 workshops. Local schools within the CRD are welcomed to request an individual storytelling workshop for a class, or a series of workshops in order to reach a wider group, up to and including your whole school. Teachers are welcomed to work with us to craft a thematic approach for the workshop if that is helpful to your lesson planning. Start crafting your special storytelling workshop today! 3 workshops per day per school max!

Classroom Residency(ies)

Contact Me: 250-220-0407, Email, Web

Find Your Own Story - Artist Residency

School Year: 24-25

Story Theatre employs professional artists who specialize in drama and theatre education and who work in a devising process to empower children to create and share their own theatrical work. We all have a story to tell and there are lots of skills that can help make telling our own stories easy and fun to do. Using a variety of improvisation techniques, theatre games, and world-building devising exercises - let our team of highly experienced teaching artists uplift your classrooms to hand-craft their own stories with care. Individual 1 hour workshops begin at $200 (for two teaching artists). Local schools are welcomed to request on-off storytelling workshops, whereas BC-wide schools may build a series of workshops that creates a residency focused towards a specific topic. Unique residency themes such as Inclusion and Belonging, Empathy, Anti-Racism, Improvisation, Oral Storytelling, Literacy, Play-Building, and Future-Building are themes our artists have experience exploring with grade k-7. Please reach out to craft a unique residency based on your school community's needs!

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Testimonials & Reviews

I like Story Theatre because they make you disappear from you life and enter the story. It feels like you are experiencing everything they're telling you first hand. VERY creative.VERY fun. Ruby, Age 10, Victoria

Wow! What a performance and what a powerful message! Rave reviews for your physicality, intensity and the way you brought home the point of your performance! Teacher, Terrace, BC

We LOVED the play, the songs, the interactions with the audience. I wanted to commend you on such a superb job! Lorene, A Grateful Mom, Invermere

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