General Information

The Gabriola Theatre Festival is a curated festival of live, in-person theatre performances that will take place at the Gabriola Theatre Festival from August 26-30, 2025. The Gabriola Theatre Centre is situated near Silva Bay, on a small acreage with farm animals (goats, chickens, ducks). This year’s festival will be curated to offer a variety of different theatre performances for Gabriola audiences.
 

We welcome recently performed, finished work, 45-60 minutes in length, including shows that are performing at Fringe Festivals this summer. We are seeking shows which have ‘light’ production requirements and can be performed in a tight festival repertory schedule (shows with large sets, casts of more than 3 people or complex technical needs are likely not be possible due to the size of the GTC’s small black box theatre and internal capacity).
 

We encourage applications from Local, BC, Canadian and International applications. We are especially committed to platforming the stories of BC artists, and artists who identify as being from marginalized communities.

 

We are seeking applications for small-scale performances that can play in a small black box theatre (50 seat capacity). These can be traditional theatre performances, cabaret, musical, comedy, spoken word, etcetera.

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What to Expect

1. Successful applicants will receive one or two scheduled in-person live performances with festival technical, promotion and box office support. 

2. A technical rehearsal (max three hours) will be scheduled with a professional technician, who will run your show. You are not required to bring a stage manager. The stage is elevated, with a playing space of 8’x16’.

3. We supply accommodation for out of town artists performing in the festival (either in 1 of 2 suites at the theatre, or local billeting on Gabriola). 

4.  Artist Groups selected to perform will receive $600 per performance (per group). Number of performances that each will be determined by the Artistic Director through the curation process.

5. Applicants must be able to perform in person and commit to following the Canadian Code of Conduct for the Performing Arts and Gabriola Theatre Centre’s Safer Spaces Policy.

Please provide the following information by April 30, 2025 for consideration, along with a $40 application fee. Any questions, please email Jasmine Howes, Artistic Director. We look forward to hearing from you!