SOUND THE ALARM:
music/theatre
The Theatre of Music and Sound
Black Voices
A Concert or Racial Pride
Led by the artistic curation and programming of Brandon Thornhill, this concert will celebrate our local Black singers and will feature opera, musical theatre, jazz, and roots repertoire of Black composers.
Details to come.
Theatre
for the Ears!
Audio Dramas
Theatre for the Ears is a series of fictional audio-dramas that
'sound an alarm' on our environmental and sociological challenges
and their effects on human experience.
Each episode will be an independent story created through the diverse lenses of our cultural landscape and will be unique immersive audio experiences for the listener.
Now Available
Angel's Bone
2022
2017 Pulizer Prize
winning opera
by composer Du Yun &
Canadian librettist Royce Vavrek
Helping to address Human Trafficking and the exploitation of youth in our communities.
Making its
Canadian debut
Nov 25 - 27, 2022!
Vancouver - The Annex Theatre/
Co-Producers:
Sound the Alarm: Music/Theatre re:Naissance Opera
Loose Tea Music Theatre
Arraymusic
Turning Point Ensemble
Image by Shahzia Sikander;
Uprooted Order Series 3 no 1, 1997
Pilgrimage to Bach
A Reclamation of Spirit
A exciting collaboration with Early Music Vancouver and Baritone Jonathon Adams in our theatrical look at two of Bach's greatest cantata's - BWV 82 "Ich Habe Genug" and BWV 56 "Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen"
Alarm: Mental Health
Berlin:
The Last Cabaret
Produced by City Opera Vancouver
in association with Sound the Alarm: Music/Theatre
Presented at the
2020
PuSh
International Performing Arts Festival
This cabaret celebrates the subversive power of art and offers a warning to those who would take freedom for granted.
1934: As Nazism tightens its grip on Germany, a satirical cabaret troupe faces physical danger and a moral crisis. Members have disappeared under suspicious circumstances; the five that remain have to decide whether to bend to intimidation or perform their work uncensored. With death looming in the air, the risks couldn’t be higher—and yet the desperate need for expression is still there...
Vancouver, 2020.
Light Killed
the Beasts
A new commission by Chinese Canadian playwright, Gary Mok.
This new text and sound theatre hybrid is set in a speculative present where electronic lights have vanished, leaving behind six billion souls trying to find their way in the dark. It is set in a small, fictional BC town that experiences a catastrophic event that threatens everyone’s livelihood. The youth of the town take it upon themselves to seek out the truth and bring justice to light. This project is inspired by various works of science fiction, speculative fiction, and magic realism that deal with questions of the natural and unnatural. It also explores our individual comfort levels with certainty versus uncertainty, and how these themes may impact the ongoing efforts to combat the climate crisis.
Production planned for 2023/24
Supported by BC Arts Council
Acis + Galatea, 2017
Named "Vancouver's Best Opera"
"...this retelling of Handel’s story was refreshing, making perfect sense of music and libretto, doing a fine job of presenting them, and introducing a concept of the opera more dramatically compelling than the original."
Webley aWaits, 2012
"Comedy walked - OK, staggered at times - arm in
arm with tragedy... The front seat? That was Kris Ruston driving the energy from behind the grille of an '80s Ford pickup, part of a junk-strewn set
that included a kitchen-utensil rhythm section.
Dragging Piaf, 2016
"On its own, ninety minutes of Frederik Robert’s singing could’ve been interesting and fully entertaining … I was excited to see if the silent film could use the urgency and intensity of Robert’s live voice to spin a powerful narrative… And it did."
Satie de Paris, 2009
"Satie de Paris was poetry on stage!"
We would like to thank our supporters!
It is with great honour that we have received funding support
from the following organizations.
Canada Council for the Arts
Digital Now
Explore & Create
In Support of
Theatre for the Ears ('21)
Pilgrimage to Bach ('21)
Province
of BC
Community Gaming
In support of
Annual Performance Programming
City of Vancouver
CASC Grant
In Support of
Black Voices Concert ('23)
Theatre for the Ears ('21)