Roger Bishop, the Chair of the Department of English, had a vision of developing a theatre program under English. Bishop approached Carl Hare, a young English professor with an interest in theatre, and shared his idea of creating a fully-realized theatre program. The initial plan was that Hare would teach many of the theatre classes as well as direct and perform in some of the early productions.
Instructor and Professor
Head of the English Department
Volunteers, faculty, and students are mobilized to start work on what would become a tiny eighty-seat theatre in UVic's new Gordon Head campus. The entire processes is spearheaded by Carl Hare. Over the next few years, theatre classes, workshops, and productions would be take place in the huts and the old campus' Lansdowne Theatre.
Victoria College becomes the University of Victoria and offers a single theatre course.
A Midsummer Night's Dream
The Dockbrief ; The Lesson
The Birds ; The Alchemist
The Department of English begins producing plays through a “town and gown” initiative called the Campus Players, which brings students, faculty and local actors together to stage productions.
Assistant Professor
A Midsummer Night's Dream ; The Alchemist ; Richard III
Working with Carl Hare, Roger Bishop offers four theatre classes as part of the Department of English in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
A Phoenix Too Frequent ; The Gamblers ; The Wild Duck ; The Player Queen ; On Baile's Strand
The Phoenix Theatre was fashioned by erecting a concrete building to fit between two long huts. As well as the department’s performance space, the resulting building served as a multi-purpose classroom. The department’s offices and scene shops operated out of one of the huts while classes were held in another. Students would have to run back and forth between them – from “L” Hut to “M” Hut to “R” Hut, going as far as crossing over McKenzie Avenue – many times a day.
Once Inside the Alien ; Dog in a Car
A Man for All Seasons ; Twelfth Night
The Division of Theatre is created within UVic's Department of English.
A View from the Bridge ; Venus Observed ; The Changeling ; Rhinoceros
Time Remembered
State of Siege
The university offers the option to general or major in Theatre, permitting students to graduate with Bachelors of Arts degrees in Theatre. This is offered within the Division of Theatre within the Department of English.
The Braggart Warrior ; Caucasian Chalk Circle
A lighting designer with an illustrious national and international career, worked as the resident lighting designer at the Stratford Festival for 25 years.
Assistant Professor
The Caucasian Chalk Circle
The Potter's Field ; Endgame ; Waiting for Godot ; Long Day's Journey Into Night ; Romeo and Juliet
The Division of Theatre becomes a part of UVic's new School of Fine Arts and is able to grant its graduates Bachelors of Fine Arts in Theatre.
The Bacchae ; Long Day's Journey Into Night
Visiting Lecturer
Associate Professor and Chair
Associate Professor
Romeo and Juliet
Measure for Measure ; Playboy of the Western World
Tartuffe
The School of Fine Arts becomes the Faculty of Fine Arts, upgrading each of its divisions into Departments. The Department of Theatre offer begins offering BFA, MA & MFA programs with 4 specializations.
Assistant Professor
Associate Professor
Hamlet ; Merchant of Venice
The new Faculty of Fine Arts quickly established itself as a leader in the local arts community by launching Victoria Fair, an adventurous, Victoria-wide cultural event that was rich with theatre, music, lectures, and art exhibitions.
The Father
Turcaret ; Duchess of Malfi ; Androcles & the Lion
Indians ; Trojan Women ; Justice Not Revenge
Writer, director and founder of the Story Theatre Company, which going strong after 30 years of touring children's theatre.
Lecturer
Trip Abroad ; Oh What a Lovely War ; Room Service
Associate Professor
Associate Professor
Professor, Chair, and Visiting Professor
Assistant Professor
No Exit ; Pigeons ; Ecstasy of Rita Joe ; One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest ; Everyman
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