Advance Theatre -The Baking Show Show: The Play
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Thursday January 30 2025
Approximate running time: 1 hour
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Ruby Slippers Theatre in association with The Shadbolt Centre for the Arts and Playwrights Guild of Canada present The Advance Theatre Festival: Advancing the Radically Inclusive Stage. Five Staged Readings over Five Days
The Baking Show Show: The Play
Playwright: Faly Mevamanana
*READING OF PLAY ONLY*
Sugar. Salt. Sabotage.
Grace lives the perfect life, but something is missing. When her first attempt to claim the title of Great Canadian Baker fails, she spirals into obsession. Soon enough, she’s trapped in a pit of her own deception and turns to the one thing she has left…sabotage.
This satirical story examines what it is to have a ‘white whale’ in the era of social media and reality TV. It explores the price we pay for chasing idyllic dreams into obsession, and the harsh reality that the hardest worker is not always successful.
BIO: Faly is an award-nominated actor, singer, and writer. Since graduating from the Randolph College for the Performing Arts, she has performed in seven provinces across Canada and been nominated for a Dora Mavor Moore Award for individual performance. Some of her favourite theatre credits include The Dreamcatchers at The Charlottetown Festival, playing the title role in Alice In Pantoland at Neptune Theatre, Grease with Western Canada Theatre, and starring as Juno in Juno's Reward at the Grand Theatre. Offstage, she was a writing shadow on This Hour Has 22 Minutes and served as the Program Associate for Write From the Hip with Nightwood Theatre. In 2023, she participated in a year-long comedy writing mentorship with Allana Reoch (Strays, Kim’s Convenience). She was the Shorts Programmer for the 2024 Gender Equity in Media Festival, and is a programmer with the Vancouver Asian Film Festival. As a queer mixed-race creator, Faly is passionate about telling stories which showcase marginalized voices in a joyful way. She is particularly interested in female driven comedy stories, centering on the power of chosen family.
Location: Room 103
All tickets $15.00
SUBSCRIPTIONS
Purchase 3 different “Shadbolt Presents” shows for the same Patron and receive a special subscription price of $5.00 off per ticket . Available by phone only. Arts Club on Tour, Jazz @ the Bolt and shows $25 and under can be included as one of the three required for subscription however they will not receive the $5.00 discount. Not included: Arts Club on Tour and Jazz @ the Bolt
Please contact the Box Office if you require accessible seating or have ticketing or subscription questions. 604.205.3000
No refunds on tickets. 2.00 fee per ticket for exchanges
The Baking Show Show: The Play
Playwright: Faly Mevamanana
*READING OF PLAY ONLY*
Sugar. Salt. Sabotage.
Grace lives the perfect life, but something is missing. When her first attempt to claim the title of Great Canadian Baker fails, she spirals into obsession. Soon enough, she’s trapped in a pit of her own deception and turns to the one thing she has left…sabotage.
This satirical story examines what it is to have a ‘white whale’ in the era of social media and reality TV. It explores the price we pay for chasing idyllic dreams into obsession, and the harsh reality that the hardest worker is not always successful.
BIO: Faly is an award-nominated actor, singer, and writer. Since graduating from the Randolph College for the Performing Arts, she has performed in seven provinces across Canada and been nominated for a Dora Mavor Moore Award for individual performance. Some of her favourite theatre credits include The Dreamcatchers at The Charlottetown Festival, playing the title role in Alice In Pantoland at Neptune Theatre, Grease with Western Canada Theatre, and starring as Juno in Juno's Reward at the Grand Theatre. Offstage, she was a writing shadow on This Hour Has 22 Minutes and served as the Program Associate for Write From the Hip with Nightwood Theatre. In 2023, she participated in a year-long comedy writing mentorship with Allana Reoch (Strays, Kim’s Convenience). She was the Shorts Programmer for the 2024 Gender Equity in Media Festival, and is a programmer with the Vancouver Asian Film Festival. As a queer mixed-race creator, Faly is passionate about telling stories which showcase marginalized voices in a joyful way. She is particularly interested in female driven comedy stories, centering on the power of chosen family.
Location: Room 103
All tickets $15.00
SUBSCRIPTIONS
Purchase 3 different “Shadbolt Presents” shows for the same Patron and receive a special subscription price of $5.00 off per ticket . Available by phone only. Arts Club on Tour, Jazz @ the Bolt and shows $25 and under can be included as one of the three required for subscription however they will not receive the $5.00 discount. Not included: Arts Club on Tour and Jazz @ the Bolt
Please contact the Box Office if you require accessible seating or have ticketing or subscription questions. 604.205.3000
No refunds on tickets. 2.00 fee per ticket for exchanges