Medicine by Enda Walsh
Date/Time
June 13, 2024 - June 23, 2024
8:00 pm
Event Registration Link
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Location
Vancity Culture Lab
1895 Venables St,
Vancouver
Smart, funny, and absurd. If that sounds right up your alley, join Pi Theatre for the Canadian premiere of Medicine by multi-award-winning Irish playwright Enda Walsh (Discopigs, The Walworth Farce), on stage from June 13 – 23 at the Vancity Culture Lab!
Medicine is a heartbreaking, yet hugely energizing and thrilling journey through one man’s troubled past. It’s a devastatingly funny and moving meditation on how, for decades, we have treated those we have called ‘mentally ill’.
John lives in an institution. Every year, a couple of struggling local actors are hired to do “drama therapy” with John, re-enacting bits and pieces of his life and trauma. Chaos ensues, secrets come to light, and John grapples with the question of whether anyone is even watching.
PLEASE NOTE: Medicine contains content that may be distressing to some viewers. Please see their website if you’d like to learn more.
TICKETS:
$38 regular admission. Discount for Irish in BC followers:
- Use code PI10OFF at checkout for a $10 discount ($28 tickets instead of $38)
- 2-for-1 Tuesday on June 18th, performance is followed by a talkback with the cast and crew. Use code ILOVEPI at checkout which will make tickets $19/each on an order of 2 tickets.
Available through the Cultch’s box office, click HERE to grab yours!
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS:
These events are thoughtfully curated to help deepen your engagement with the themes of the show. They are free of charge, and open to everyone, whether you saw the show that day or not!
Sunday, June 16th, 2024, following our 2pm matinee: Panel discussion on mental health care in Vancouver with Community Partner The Kettle Society.
Join to hear from folks who work locally in mental health care as well as community members who engage with local services. Be sure to bring your curiosity and your questions!
Tuesday, June 18th, 2024 following our 8pm evening show: Cast and crew talkback!
This is your chance to hear from the actors and the folks behind the scenes about how they made the show happen.