1939 at The Belfry Theatre
Pay-What-You-Can
1939
By Jani Lauzon and Kaitlyn Riordan
Oct 29 – Nov 24 2024
“A gripping tale of heart and humanity… a stunning success.” – stratfordtoday.ca
It’s 1939, the year of King George’s first Royal Tour of Canada, and rumour has it that a Residential School in Northern Ontario is on the itinerary. As the Welsh English-teacher rehearses her students for a performance of All’s Well That Ends Well for the King, the Indigenous actors discover surprising parallels between their various cultures and Shakespeare’s script—and set out to make his bittersweet comedy their own.
1939 runs October 29 – November 24 with Pay What You Can tickets available for all performances.
Destination Greater Victoria is honoured to be based on the traditional territory of the Lekwungen-speaking peoples of the Songhees Nation and Xwsepsum Nation, whose historical relationships with the land continue to this day.