Awaken Festival 2020
Gwaandak Theatre is pleased to present its first annual Awaken Festival. This festival will feature workshops, and digital performances for our Indigi/Queer Cabaret and Creators Lab. Awaken Festival centers marginalized artists to showcase their creativity, to share a story, but most importantly we hope to offer connection and community as both artists and audience reorient […]
Gwaandak Theatre 20th Season Celebration
As Gwaandak Theatre enters its third decade, we invite you to join us in celebrating the last 20 years and welcome incoming Artistic Director Colin Wolf!
ūtszan (to make something better)
ūtszan (to make something better)
An endearing story about first language homecoming…ūtszan is a language reclamation.
Ndoo Tr’eedyaa Gogwaandak (Forward Together)
Listen LIVE With CBC Ideas’ Paul Kennedy and special guests from Old Crow, Yukon and further afield, and interviews with Vuntut Gwitchin language and culture champions.
Creators Lab 2019
Welcome to Creators Lab 2019-2020
We’re heading into the second season of our Indigenous and Northern Theatre Creators Lab Unit. Gwaandak Theatre is proud to support these promising creators and projects.
Bystander
Drink. Fight. Survive.
How would you play the game?
While Having Soup / Le Temps d’une Soupe
Enjoy soup and inspired discussions
Ndoo Tr’eedyaa Gogwaandak (Forward Together): Vuntut Gwitchin Stories
Long Ago and contemporary stories in Gwich’in and English
Indigenous Summer Play Readings
Be inspired. Be moved. – Join us!
June 11 & June 13, 2019 | 7PM | Whitehorse | The Old Firehall in Whitehorse
Paradise
May 3-5, presented by Pat the Dog Theatre Creation
Tour to Sudbury – What if we could just fly away…?
Yukon Playwrights Conference
Join the Playwrights Guild of Canada and Gwaandak Theatre at the Yukon Playwrights Conference on April 14th, 2018 at the Old Firehall in Whitehorse
Spring Thaw Play Readings
The entire Yukon community is invited to experience four short play readings by guest and local playwrights.
Hidden Memories
By Lillian Nakamura Maguire
The daughter of Japanese immigrants sifts through her parents’ memorabilia, piecing together their early BC life and forced relocation.
Map of the Land, Map of the Stars
Follow our trail. Our newest show will be showcased at IMPACT 17 in Kitchener, Ontario and Talking Stick Festival in 2018.
Paradise
February 8-9, presented by Azimuth Theatre
Tour to Edmonton – What if we could just fly away…?
Playful Playwriting
With David Geary
A hands-on exploration of essential building blocks for theatre storytelling.
Lighting & Video Design
With Bruno Matte
Learn practical ways to realize your vision in lighting and projection.
The Unplugging
By Yvette Nolan - Directed by Reneltta Arluk
Could an old woman’s wisdom save the world?
Map of the Land, Map of the Stars
Premiere in Whitehorse and Yukon Tour