Summer 2025 Lineup
SHENANIGANS
Location: Main Space, Rising Tide
A feast of mischief, music, and merriment.
You will be entertained by many of the magnificent musicians, singers, and actors in our company as they sing and play their way through the traditional songs of our culture. Music, recitations, and comedy. All ages welcome.
Note: This show is available with or without dinner.
You will be entertained by many of the magnificent musicians, singers, and actors in our company as they sing and play their way through the traditional songs of our culture. Music, recitations, and comedy. All ages welcome.
Note: This show is available with or without dinner.
ABANDON HOPE MABEL DOROTHY BY WAYNE MACPHAIL
Location: Parish Hall, Trinity
Abandon Hope Mabel Dorothy is a story of family, belonging, and a journey for love.
A man in his mid 30s, adopted as a baby and taken from Newfoundland, returns to a small resettled community near the town of Grand Bank in search of a family he believes rejected him when his father was lost at sea and his mother died. The journalist in him investigates the mystery of how his father’s ship disappeared.
Meanwhile the embittered and troubled soul in him searches for a sense of who he came from and for a place he barely knows. It is a play about discovery, yearning, and redemption. It is, above all, a beautiful and uplifting tale of confronting the pain of regret and separation, and embracing the future with understanding and forgiveness.
A man in his mid 30s, adopted as a baby and taken from Newfoundland, returns to a small resettled community near the town of Grand Bank in search of a family he believes rejected him when his father was lost at sea and his mother died. The journalist in him investigates the mystery of how his father’s ship disappeared.
Meanwhile the embittered and troubled soul in him searches for a sense of who he came from and for a place he barely knows. It is a play about discovery, yearning, and redemption. It is, above all, a beautiful and uplifting tale of confronting the pain of regret and separation, and embracing the future with understanding and forgiveness.
THIS MARVELLOUS TERRIBLE PLACE
Adapted by Petrina Bromley from the book by Yva Momatiuk and John Eastcott – Commissioned by Rising Tide Theatre
Petrina Bromley has skillfully adapted this magnificent book of photographs and monologues gathered from around outport Newfoundland. This blend of traditional Newfoundland songs and stories capture an outport way of life disappearing before our eyes. Trinity’s landscape is the perfect set on which to present this feast of sights and sounds.
Petrina Bromley has skillfully adapted this magnificent book of photographs and monologues gathered from around outport Newfoundland. This blend of traditional Newfoundland songs and stories capture an outport way of life disappearing before our eyes. Trinity’s landscape is the perfect set on which to present this feast of sights and sounds.
TERESE'S CREED BY MICHAEL COOK
Location: Parish Hall, Trinity
Terese’s Creed is a tribute to the women of Newfoundland and Labrador who, through hard work, humour and indomitable spirit, survived the good times and the bad in small outports in the early 1960’s.
Find Terese at her old wringer washer and eavesdrop as she talks to herself about her fisherman husband, her kids and a time passed but much missed. She’ll make you laugh and she’ll make you cry-she might even make you wring out the laundry.
Find Terese at her old wringer washer and eavesdrop as she talks to herself about her fisherman husband, her kids and a time passed but much missed. She’ll make you laugh and she’ll make you cry-she might even make you wring out the laundry.
THE THIN PLACE BY COLE HAYLEY
Main Space - Rising Tide
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DIRECTED BY LUKE ROWE
The damage of resettlement to rural Newfoundland has been well documented, but the trauma felt within family units of those who had to go through the process, and the generational strain since, has not been as openly discussed.
The Thin Place exists squarely in the latter, as Terra and her family are lost at sea in their saltbox house, where their one-hour trek across the bay has turned into a lazy river through purgatory.
Winner of the 2023 Emerging Playwrights Award from the Playwrights Guild of Canada, and winner of the 2022 Arts & Letters Award.
The damage of resettlement to rural Newfoundland has been well documented, but the trauma felt within family units of those who had to go through the process, and the generational strain since, has not been as openly discussed.
The Thin Place exists squarely in the latter, as Terra and her family are lost at sea in their saltbox house, where their one-hour trek across the bay has turned into a lazy river through purgatory.
Winner of the 2023 Emerging Playwrights Award from the Playwrights Guild of Canada, and winner of the 2022 Arts & Letters Award.
HEDDA GABLER BY HENRIK IBSEN
Location: Main Space, Rising Tide
ADAPTED BY MALLORY CLARKE
Hedda is caught in a loveless marriage and finds herself pushing the boundaries of societal norms by manipulating those around her—from an ex-lover with a troubled past to old friends who become entangled in her schemes. This Newfoundland specific adaptation of Ibsen’s iconic modern drama highlights the play's twists and turns, with the stark geographical landscape mirroring Hedda's inner turmoil. Join us for an evening of raw ambition and personal rebellion and let us pull you into a classic story that’s as gripping as it is unforgettable.
Hedda is caught in a loveless marriage and finds herself pushing the boundaries of societal norms by manipulating those around her—from an ex-lover with a troubled past to old friends who become entangled in her schemes. This Newfoundland specific adaptation of Ibsen’s iconic modern drama highlights the play's twists and turns, with the stark geographical landscape mirroring Hedda's inner turmoil. Join us for an evening of raw ambition and personal rebellion and let us pull you into a classic story that’s as gripping as it is unforgettable.
BINGO LADIES BY GRANT TILLY
Location: Main Space, Rising Tide
Lucky charms, big dreams, and a troll named Thor. It’s Friday night at the Bingo Hall and the gloves are off! Carol needs to pay off her debts. Sandi’s hot for Lou, the rock n’ roll Bingo caller. And then there’s octogenarian Irene, oxygen tank in tow, who always wins. When Carol steals Irene’s lucky spot it sets off a course of events none of them could have predicted. A new musical about friendship, gambling, and just how far we’ll go for the big win.