Rumble Theatre Presents TREMORS, Now thru Nov 15

Rumble Theatre presents Tremors: a one of a kind festival featuring emerging directors, stage managers, designers, technicians and actors under the guidance of local theatre professionals. Each night, three shows (Trainspotting, This is War, and The 4th Graders Present an Unnamed Love-Suicide) are performed simultaneously in different spaces in the Russian Hall. When the shows are over, everyone sticks around for a big after-show party with the artists which will include (depending on the night) slam poetry, a drag show, burlesque or live music. It's the Fringe meets HIVE - with a twist, and three bars. Tremors runs tonight, November 12 through the 15th, 2014.

This new model for Tremors is a natural progression of Rumble's commitment to emerging talent. In 2007, Rumble created the Tremors Festival, originally a 2-week run of plays created by emerging companies. The new evolution of Tremors focuses on providing mentorship to individual emerging artists rather than emerging companies, and throwing a great party. Rumble selects the scripts, recruits emerging artists as actors, directors, designers, stage managers and technicians, and then assigns them discipline-specific mentors from the professional theatre community to offer them guidance and advice through the process. This way, young-in-craft artists are given the freedom to create and practice their craft, without the burden of producing their own work. The professional mentors for Tremors this year include Carmen Alatorre, Sasa Brown, Lois Dawson, Stephen Drover, Bob Frazer, Troy Slocum, Jovanni Sy, Conor Moore, and Heidi Wilkinson.

This year, Tremors will see three exciting BC premieres. This is War by Hannah Moscovitch (very recently nominated for the Sminiovitch Prize in Theatre, the country's largest theatre award) is about four young Canadian soldiers and their experiences in Afghanistan. The play won the Trillium Book Award in June, the first time it has ever been given to a piece of dramatic literature.

Trainspotting by Harry Gibson is adapted from the celebrated novel by Irvine Welsh and made popular by the 1996 film starring Ewan McGregor. The play brings us to the underground world of a group of twentysomethings in Edinburgh. It's a fast-paced, gritty, filthy-poetic and darkly-hilarious look at the underbelly of youthful dreams gone awry.

The 4th Graders present an Unnamed Love-Suicide by the Chicago playwright and director, Sean Graney. Johnny's friends are honouring his death by putting on a production of his play. His strange autobiographical work concerns adolescent turmoil, bullies, eating disorders and alienation. What follows is a story of love, betrayal, and revenge worthy of the Greeks.

Rumble produces contemporary plays from the Canadian and world repertoire, commissions & produces new Canadian adaptations of outstanding stories and fosters meaningful interactions between emerging and established artists. For over two decades Rumble Theatre has served as a vital member of the Vancouver theatre community and presented or produced shows such as Clark and I Somewhere in Connecticut, Snowman, Blackbird and The Last Days of Judas Iscariot. The company has produced over 30 critically acclaimed shows, including 20 world premieres, and received numerous honours, including 41 Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards nominations.