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Malaspina Theatre @Vancouver Island University is a ‘living classroom’ where students completing diploma and degree requirements learn, develop skills, and gain hands-on experience; it also functions as a rental venue for both university and community events to help develop campus and community culture located on Vancouver Island in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada.

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Malaspina Theatre @Vancouver Island University is a ‘living classroom’ where students completing diploma and degree requirements learn, develop skills, and gain hands-on experience; it also functions as a rental venue for both university and community events to help develop campus and community culture located on Vancouver Island in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada.

    A Christmas Carol - A live lobby recording.

    A Christmas Carol - A live lobby recording.

    This years Christmas Reading is a live recording we hosted in our lobby where we invited guest to enjoy a free live event with hot chocolate , good cheer and cookies. We took the opportunity to create a space for people to donate to "Loaves and Fishes" Nanaimo's community food bank and for our students to work with some great talent from our community. A special that you to Dean Chadwick, Alex Bhargava, Sophie, Jim & Fynn Maher.

    What we love and what keeps us coming back ?

    What we love and what keeps us coming back ?

    Our very own Rowan O'Callaghan and Alex Bhargava talk with the new executive director of The Port Theatre - David Warburton along with Mya Wilson - Booking Coordinator. Rowan delves into how artistic programming has changed in the community post covid and asks about what drew them all into the arts and what keeps us coming back..

    Pride is for everyone !

    Pride is for everyone !

    Our second annual celebration of Pride month !!! We have Alex Bhargava bringing us a diverse discussion about growing up and watching how the media is adapting the conversation about LGBTQ+ representation and what that means to students and various perspective from different generations. Alex is joined by our very own Dean of Arts and Humanities - Dr. Marni Stanley along side Chris Yeast , chair of VIU Positive space alliance and Rowan O’Callaghan currently enrolled in VIU’s Theatre Department.

    Engagement !... The community kind.

    Engagement !... The community kind.

    Leon Potter Welcomes Bryony Dixon, Tamara McCarthy from Pacific Coast Stage (Producers of The Nanaimo Fringe Festival) and they talk with Emily Dunigan , one of our unofficial 3rd year students, to talk about some of the community engagement that are happening in town.

    A creative writing and a theatre student walk into a bar ...

    A creative writing and a theatre student walk into a bar ...

    We are collaborating with the creative writing department for the first time ! Leon Potter 's THEA 205 acting class & Craig Taylors Crew 241 - Script writing for the Stage come together for 3 combined classes that filled our lobby with a crazy combination of stories about Creepy first dates, what happens if you are abducted by a UFO ??? and who goes to a funeral to find a date ... Thank you to everyone involved !

    Arts and Activism

    Arts and Activism

    We are throwing 2 of our new first years (Kat Kohut & Rowan O'Callaghan) into the conversation about what are some fo the relationships between artists and social advocacy. VIU's very own Sonnet L'Abbe from the english departments helps us unpack this conversation along side Nicolle Nattrass, Kat & Rowan.

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