In My Day Phoenix Theatre Saturday matinee –
Verbatim Theatre from the stories of those who went through the early days of HIV and AIDS.
It is playing from March 12-21. Reply YES to this invitation only if you would like to join a group of VG4A members attending the March 14th matinee performance. Feel free to buy your own ticket for another date! We're sending the invitation out early because we've discovered that some performances are selling out already. Phoenix Box Office is 250 721 8000.
Ticket prices are $18-$34 (Cheaper on Tuesdays). Buy tickets soon if you want to come.
Author - Rick Waines
In My Day is a verbatim work of contemporary drama that exists at the cross section of disability and memorial arts. Centred around HIV’s impact on Vancouver and Victoria, it is a story of a pandemic response with extraordinary victories and heartbreaking failures.
This work is inspired by a community-based oral history research project from 2017, titled HIV In My Day. It was initiated by researchers at the University of Victoria interviewing long-term survivors and caregivers who lived through the first 15 years of the HIV pandemic in British Columbia. The collected stories and reflections honour the voices of men, women, people of colour, Indigenous folks, trans, people who use[d] injection drugs, and others, alongside those of cisgender and gay men.
After show “talk backs” allow you to question actors, the author and research participants.
https://finearts.uvic.ca/theatre/mainstage/2025-2026-mainstage-season/in-my-day/
And after after show there will likely be a group heading to 5th Street Grill for a debrief. :)
