The Belfry Theatre's 2025 SPARK Festival opens on March 8.

Victoria, BC...From March 8 to 23, 2025, the Belfry Theatre will present its annual SPARK Festival. Highlights include:

Crosstown, written and performed by Anand Rajaram (Qadir Bhai in Behind the Moon), is a Toronto Fringe 2024 hit solo show addressing class, abortion, ambition, and faulty memory. https://www.belfry.bc.ca/event/crosstown/

The Climate Play, Co-Written & Co-Directed by Joel Bernbaum & Yvette Nolan. For the past two years, Joel and Yvette have been working with theatres in cities across the country on this verbatim theatre project about climate change. (Play Reading of the Victoria edition). https://www.belfry.bc.ca/event/the-climate-play/

New Age Attitudes: Live in Concert, Created, Crafted & Performed by Amanda Sum. Theatre-maker and JUNO-nominated musician Amanda Sum de-digitizes her identity-drenched indie-pop album into a handmade book. Each audience member is given a personalized book to read together and discover a new way of listening and receiving. https://www.belfry.bc.ca/event/new-age-attitudes/

The Festival will also feature play readings, The Flame workshop and storytelling event, and a performance created and performed by high school students in our Belfry B101 program. Oh, and one miniplay, The Funeral Plot, in a secret theatre within the Belfry.

Seating is very limited, especially for Crosstown and New Age Attitudes: Live in Concert.

Amanda Sum in New Age Attitudes: Live in Concert / Photo by Reagan Jade / Directed by Maiko Yamamoto / Installation Design - Cindy Mochizuki / Lighting Design - Alexandra Caprara/ Producer – Theatre Replacement, VancouverAmanda Sum in New Age Attitudes: Live in Concert / Photo by Reagan Jade / Directed by Maiko Yamamoto / Installation Design - Cindy Mochizuki / Lighting Design - Alexandra Caprara/ Producer – Theatre Replacement, VancouverAmanda Sum in New Age Attitudes: Live in Concert / Photo by Reagan Jade / Directed by Maiko Yamamoto / Installation Design - Cindy Mochizuki / Lighting Design - Alexandra Caprara/ Producer – Theatre Replacement, VancouverCrosstown

Amanda Sum in New Age Attitudes: Live in Concert / Photo by Reagan Jade / Directed by Maiko Yamamoto / Installation Design - Cindy Mochizuki / Lighting Design - Alexandra Caprara/ Producer – Theatre Replacement, VancouverAmanda Sum in New Age Attitudes: Live in Concert / Photo by Reagan Jade / Directed by Maiko Yamamoto / Installation Design - Cindy Mochizuki / Lighting Design - Alexandra Caprara/ Producer – Theatre Replacement, VancouverAmanda SumAnand RajaramYvette NolanJoel Bernbaum

Performance Schedule

Ticket Information

We are offering Pay What You Want tickets for all performances this season. Tickets are available at 250-385-6815 or online at tickets.belfry.bc.ca. 

Show Sponsors

The 2025 SPARK Festival is generously supported by Caffe Fantastico, Urban Grocer, CD Specialty Cleaning and the Government of Canada.

Season Sponsors

The Belfry is generously supported by The Times Colonist, Helijet, and Splashes Bath & Kitchen.

 Public Funders

The Belfry is funded by the Canada Council for the Arts, the Province of BC, the BC Arts Council, CRD Arts Development, and the City of Victoria.