Join GISS and SIMS in the improv invitational show of the season, The Magic of Christmas. The evening will feature mystery guests and promises to be a lot of fun!
GISS’s Second Story Theater presents The Canterbury Tales, a play adapted from the works of Geoffrey Chaucer. The piece begins at the beginning of time, or rather, some time after that, where seven wanderers of this world are brought together by their separate dreams. To keep the peace as they gather round the fire, a […]
Gotta Serve Somebody is an original play, written, designed, produced and performed by the grades 11 & 12 acting class at G.I.S.S. Drawing all inspiration from the legendary singer-songwriter, Bob Dylan, we follow the protagonist as he journeys from his hometown, through the carnival to the city, acquainting himself with many characters along the way. […]
Gulf Islands Secondary School’s 2nd Story Theatre presents Journey to the West. This Chinese classic was written in the early fifteenth century, and is adapted and performed by the GISS Grades 11 & 12 acting class. The play is set in Ancient China and later in Ancient India. The audience will see Buddhist temples, small […]
GISS Improv and guests present Home for the Holidays Improv Spectacular. Join GISS Improv for a festive night of laughs and holiday delights. The evening will be filled with surprise gifts and improvised comedy, stories, characters and scenes. It’s lovely weather for an improv show together with you!
The Gulf Island Secondary School Senior Improv Team is heading to Ottawa to compete at the Canadian Improv Games! To fundraise for their exciting national competition, they perform at ArtSpring on April 11th. Attend their ArtSpring performance and help the GISS Senior Improv Team compete at the National Arts Centre in our nation’s capital, work […]
Play, on Words – the Gulf Islands Secondary School theatre students’ final production - is like no show you’ve ever seen. Being an absurdist theatre production, this will surely be a mind bender. From second long love stories to some impossible allusions to popular culture, you’ll be on the edge of your seat trying to […]
Embark on a magical adventure with The Phantom Tollbooth, adapted for the stage by Gulf Islands Secondary School 11/12 acting students. The Phantom Tollbooth is a story about a boy named Milo, who can never work out what to do with himself. One day, a magical tollbooth suddenly appears in his bedroom and transports him into a land much […]
It is so exciting for these six improvisors from Mayne, Pender and Salt Spring Islands (grades 9-12) to be going to the Canadian Improv Games national finals in Ottawa, our nation’s capital. Having won the Vancouver Island Region, they have earned a spot among the top twenty teams from across Canada. It’s a story of […]
Running Jan 10 - 12 @ 7:30 pm GISS Theatre's production of Peter and the Starcatcher: Before Wendy, Tinker Bell or Captain Hook - there was the Neverland, a slow ship (and long in the poop), on its way to the magical kingdom of Rundoon. Aboard is 13 year old Molly Aster, three filthy orphans […]
GISS jr and Sr improv, plus special guests, a silent auction and more. We are going to nationals in Ottawa and we need your help to get there.
BUY TICKETS GISS and Ladysmith, junior and senior, Improv teams will perform Theatresports and Canadian Improv Games events in this spectacular show. Both Ladysmith & GISS Sr teams will perform and record their submission for the CIG Online Wildcard tournament.
This event has been cancelled. The box office will contact ticket holders directly. The Addams Family, a comical feast that embraces the wackiness in every family, features an original story and it’s every father’s nightmare: Wednesday Addams, the ultimate princess of darkness, has grown up and fallen in love with a sweet, smart young man […]
BUY TICKETS GISS's Theatre 11/12 class presents the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm. These classic stories are turned on their heads in this fast-paced, rollicking ride as we attempt to combine all 209 stories ranging from classics like Snow White, Cinderella, and Hansel and Gretel to more bizarre, obscure stories like The Devil's Grandmother. […]
MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS This mysterious and thrilling production of “Murder on the Orient Express” is designed and produced entirely by GISS students, and they have created a highly entertaining production from beginning to end. To set the stage, we find ourselves in 1930s. Poirot, the famous detective, is aboard the well-known Orient Express. […]
Don’t miss GISS Theatre Company 10-12’s production of Alice in Wonderland. This seventy minute trip down the rabbit hole was entirely designed and adapted by these students. Come through the Tulgey Woods with us and meet the Tweedles, Humpty, the Cheshire Cat, Caterpillar, the Mad Hatter and more as Alice finds her way past […]
Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson, and adapted by Bryony Lavery has been developed and produced by GISS Theatre's 10-12 class. It's a dark, stormy night. The stars are out. Jim, the innkeeper's granddaughter, opens the door to a terrifying stranger. At the old sailor's feet sits a huge sea-chest, full of secrets. Jim invites […]