Medicine by Enda Walsh
Directed by Richard Wolfe
June 14 - 23, 2024
The Vancity Culture Lab - 1895 Venables street, Vancouver
Smart, funny, and absurd. If that sounds right up your alley, join us for the Canadian premiere of Medicine by Enda Walsh, June 14 - 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.
Written by multi-award-winning Irish playwright Enda Walsh (Once; Lazarus) and directed by Pi Theatre’s Richard Wolfe, Medicine is smart, funny, and absurd.
“I am beyond excited to offer Vancouver the opportunity to experience the Canadian premiere of Enda Walsh’s extraordinary play,” says Wolfe. “Highly theatrical in its style, Medicine is thought-provoking, hilarious, and terrifying. Walsh shows us that other people can be both the poison that harms us, and the medicine we need to live in the world.” - Richard Wolfe
TICKETS
Available through the Cultch's box office, click HERE to grab yours!
$38 regular admission
$15 accessible tickets (20 available for each show), use the code PI15 at checkout.
BRING A FRIEND! Tuesday nights are bring a friend night, 2 tickets for the price of one! Use the code ILOVEPI at checkout.
SHOW TIMES
8pm evening shows Tuesday - Saturday
4pm Saturday matinees (June 15 + 22)
2pm Sunday matinees (June 16 + 23)
Approximate run time: 90 minutes, no intermission
ARTISTIC TEAM
Performed by Jay Clift, Genevieve Fleming, Nyiri Karakas, and Stephen Lyons
Directed by Richard Wolfe
Produced by Libby Willoughby
Stage Manager: Jasmin Sandhu
Apprentice Stage Manager & Props Designer: Kayleigh Sandomirsky
Lighting Designer: Victoria Bell
Sound Designer: Alex Mah
Costume Designer: Donnie Tejani
Set Designer: David Roberts
Production Manager: Alex Forsyth
