On this episode, Branden sits down with Lore Espinoza, also know as Plastik Chaskilla, to talk about her SKAMpede show: Uno, dos, trees.

Each year the return of summer means one thing: SKAMpede is just around the corner. A mainstay in the busy Victoria festival calendar, 2025 marks the 17th straight year for Victoria’s Premiere Outdoor Performing Arts Festival! This year, our smorgasbord of entertainment offers ten shows spread across our Central and Selkirk tours.

SKAMpede runs July 11-13, 2025 on the Galloping Goose. Visit skam.ca/skampede to book your tickets and learn more!

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Introducing The Strange Hour: A Brunch Variety Show. This week, ira cooper of Spec Theatre joins Branden to chat about this exciting new collaboration between Theatre SKAM, Spec Theatre, and Keith Sonic. 

The Strange Hour brings together performances and presenters from across the genres: from drag, dance, stand-up, bug experts, culinary masters… Anything and all things are possible at The Strange Hour.

The Strange Hour takes place the fourth Sunday of every month at the SKAM Satellite Studio, doors @ 10 AM, show @ 11 AM. Visit skam.ca/the-strange-hour to learn more!

@spectheatre

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This week, Branden chats with Kurt Archer (Festival Director and Board President), Taylor Guidotti (Festival Technical Producer), and Meera Matthew (Board Member) from Between Words Theatre, the organizers of the Victoria One Act Play Festival.

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The Victoria One Act Play Festival runs June 3 through 7 at the Belfry Theatre. Visit betweenwords.ca to learn more. 

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This week, Branden chats with Heliopsis Theatre Co.’s  Elijah Bell about his show, Spare Parts: A Robot Musical, which takes the stage at the Victoria One Act Play Festival June 6, 2025. 

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The Victoria One Act Play Festival runs June 3 through 7 at the Belfry Theatre. Visit betweenwords.ca to learn more. 

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This week, Branden chats with Misty Cozac (Kizuna Theatre) about her show, Genki Bear: Memoirs of a Granddaughter, which takes the stage at the Victoria One Act Play Festival June 5, 2025. 

The Victoria One Act Play Festival runs June 3 through 7 at the Belfry Theatre. Visit betweenwords.ca to learn more. 

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This week, Branden chats with Pithy Productions’ Matthew (Mia) Gordon and Molly Jamin about the show Joany, which takes the stage at the Victoria One Act Play Festival June 4, 2025. 

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The Victoria One Act Play Festival runs June 3 through 7 at the Belfry Theatre. Visit betweenwords.ca to learn more. 

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This week, Branden chats with Angelo Rosso about his show, MID PLAY, which takes the stage at the Victoria One Act Play Festival June 3, 2025. 

@angelorossowrites 

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The Victoria One Act Play Festival runs June 3 through 7 at the Belfry Theatre. Visit betweenwords.ca to learn more. 

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This week, Branden chats with Naomi Duska about Hey There, Mr. Moon, a nine-episode speculative fiction/light sci-fi podcast produced by the Periluna Collective —a group chock-full of past SKAM artists and employees— which was recorded in the SKAM podcast studio.

https://linktr.ee/heytheremrmoon

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Introducing Eco Hour! This week, Sadie Fox of The Sustainable Fox joins Branden and Logan to chat about this exciting new collaboration! Eco Hour takes place from 6-7 PM the last Wednesday of every month at Studio 846.

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Join us in conversation with Clayton Jevne, Artistic Director of Theatre Inconnu, Victoria’s longest surviving alternative theatre company, and Diana Budiachenko, Director of Queen Maeve by Judith Thompson,  running February 19 - March 8, 2025.

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