We get to listen in on some great perspectives on how 4 of our first years are dealing with transitioning out of covid times, out of comfort zones and out of high school. Daleal Monjazeb, Maren Symington, Lexi Barudin & Curt Magas take us on journey about their points of views.

Exploring the path from VIU to Drama Therapist.  Professor Leon Potter reunites with VIU alumni Jonathan Greenway, discussing how he made his way from playing Romeo in the Malaspina Theatre production of Romeo and Juliet in 2011, all the way across Canada, working and studying and finally obtaining a Masters in drama therapy.  We discuss the different applications used in his work, his recent move back to the Island and of course his current position working with Theatre One.  Tune in for a half hour of discussion, laughter and the exploration of all sorts of ideas.

Starting a new year with in person classes, first year host Melissa Pendlebury interviews guest Ross Desprez. Instructor and director, on some spectral sightings spotted around the theatre in this Halloween special.

From Avatar to Bowling to Christmas Sweaters. VIU Students Henry, Olivia, Julia, Kyla and Brookner have a lot to discuss on a wide variety of topics. Tune into a half hour that will make you laugh, roll your eyes and maybe even spark some insightful discussion amongst you and your friends. So buckle in for debates on Ryans, fronts of people and hand written prescriptions as this episode flips from idea to idea with lightning speed.

Today we're hoping to learn a little bit about the history of the program through Ross and Leon. We're continuing the experiment and along the way we get to talk about some of the choices that brought them to the program and Leon defends against some Shakespeare conspiracy.

An elf, a human and a dwarf walk into a bar …. A gender and race based discussion from the perspective of D&D characters.

Chapter 2 of Emily's audiobook reading.

In our previous episode we introduced a discussion about Emily's audio book "Blessed with Beauty and Rage" and today we present the first chapter called "Sacrifice". We will present the first 2 chapters on our podcast and encourage people to download Emily's latest work as she develops it.

Many of our students have written plays and created projects for the department but we have never had the opportunity to bring to life a novel written by one of our own. We start with a discussion about a fantasy novel that Emily's has been working on and fine tuning in her creative writing class. This episode talks about the process and development of the project and Episodes 4 & 5 are the first two chapters.

Malaspina Theatre Podcast presents "The Interplanetary adventures of Flash Gordon and Dale Arden". We join flash traveling high above the clouds seeking a solution to the giant new planet that is currently hurtling towards the earth.