Upcoming Shows

The Unplugging by Yvette NolanMay 23 – June 2, 2024 The Refinery in SaskatoonSaskatchewan PremiereWhen all the world’s technology ceases to function, it is time to find a new way of living—or an old way. Two women—exiled for being too old to bear children, trudge across the desolate winter prairie, clinging to traditional wisdom for

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Breathe by Sienna HoldenWe’ve been developing this new musical that explores recovery from opioid addiction within a family and asks, does one moment define a life? Look for an invitation to the first public reading so you can join the workshop process and help us bring this show to life! This new musical is a challenging

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“We all have baggage, mine just has a ‘Honk if you love Jesus’ bumper sticker on it.”My Little Plastic Jesus by Tim Bratton Buy Tickets & See Venues Click here for the Digital Program In this one-man living room show, Tim Bratton finds hilarity and heartache as he unpacks his upbringing in evangelical pop culture, examining

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Ongoing Projects

Digital audio plays from a diverse group of artists exploring the question, “What does it mean to embrace all our relations?”

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A series of digital audio plays embrace the challenges of marriage, with original stories that are at turns funny, gritty and inspiring. Listen together with your beloved and make a date out of it! Enhance your experience by listening with a loved one.

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EVERY BRILLIANT THING by Duncan Macmillan, with Jonny Donahoefeaturing Sarah Robertson September 6-17, 2023The Bez Arts Hub, Langley, BC “You’re seven years old. Mum’s in hospital. Dad says she’s ‘done something stupid’. She finds it hard to be happy. You start a list of everything brilliant about the world. Everything worth living for. Ice Cream.

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Past Shows

Christmas Presence 2023 Cancelled Due to unexpected illness among our performers, we’re sadly cancelling our Dec. 16th Christmas Presence performance this year. As much as we would love to celebrate the season with all of you, we need to take a break to let everyone recuperate, and bring it back next December! Thank you to

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“Am I just the trial at the end of your wilderness?” Evergreen – the enthralling new play by Krista Marushy During the late shift at this rural diner, an inquisitive customer divines information far too close to home for the man behind the counter. Two strangers wrestle with coincidences that urge them to choose between

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New Blood: A Story Of Reconciliation A Burnt Thicket Theatre presentation in partnership with Persephone Theatre and Gordon Tootoosis Nīkānīwin Theatre Trailer from the New Blood performance at Rosebud Theatre View the New Blood Program We’re bringing this acclaimed theatre production that blends poetry, song, and dance to Saskatchewan for the first time. The music

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When Holland falls to the Nazis in 1940, Machiel and Sophia contend with impossible decisions: to choose between defiance and surrender, their quiet faith and unthinkable violence.

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In solitary confinement behind the Iron Curtain of post-war Romania, Elsie’s only companions are two other prisoners she cannot touch or see, tortured like her for their beliefs. They tap out messages in Morse code, triggering memories from Elsie’s former life, especially her love affair before the war. Past and present collide as Elsie is

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Solo Joe is the story of a church custodian, Joe, who for 23 years has longed to realize a moment that he dreamt of when he was 17.  All those years ago he dreamt that the curtains opened, that he stepped into the spotlight and heard the applause of heaven.  Now, quite miraculously, in the midst

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Haunted by anguished voices, a lawyer poses as a john to build a legal case against a brothel trafficking girls into Bangkok. Can Jason win the trust of a young prostitute known only as Number 18 and convince her to risk her life to testify for the sake of justice? In February and March 2011,

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During the 2011 Christmas season, Burnt Thicket Theatre began redefining Home Theatre with: TWINKLE: An Interactive, Intergalactic Adventure Two feuding brothers are revisiting the story that ruined their family Christmas but they need your help. So clear away a space in the corner of your living room, invite some friends over and dust off your spacesuit. Featuring James Popoff

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Burnt Thicket Theatre‘s inaugural production by James Popoff & Stephen Waldschmidt The painfully funny story of one man’s turbulent return to the game his father loved. Bobskates before he could walk, daily drills on the backyard rink with dad—Todd Williams has hockey in his blood.  But he craves a transfusion. “Born the moment of Paul Henderson’s

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