Name: VITALS
Start: 2026-05-02
End: 2026-05-10
Location: Factory Theatre

Events Description

VITALS by Rosamund Small is a powerful one-woman show exploring the lived experience of a Toronto paramedic. Originally performed in 2014, VITALS is reimagined for 2026 to reflect how healthcare has been profoundly reshaped over the past 12 years. Performed and embodied for the first time by a healthcare worker who lived through it, Dr. Janet McMordie.

Based on real interviews with paramedics, physicians and nurses, VITALS examines life-and-death calls, bureaucracy, burnout, and the emotional toll of frontline health care. Director Alaine Hutton (Lester Trips) brings the text to life where the body becomes the site of memory, strain, and resilience.

Prior to each performance, enjoy live music by frontline workers in the lobby of the theatre beginning 1 hour prior to curtain.

Select performances will feature post-show talkbacks exploring themes such as theatre and the health humanities (with University of Toronto faculty), improvisation and medical care, and post-pandemic mental health (with a practicing psychotherapist).

Proceeds from ticket sales will support Frontline Families Canada, a non-profit that provides support and programs for the families of fallen first responders.

Who is it for?

Content Warnings: This play contains explicit descriptions of violence, gore, sexual assault and self-harm including suicide. It is not recommended for younger audiences.

Age recommendation: 14+

HOW MUCH

Tickets : $25.00 – $55.00

Tickets: $40.00
Advocate: $55.00
Arts Worker: $25.00
Student: $25.00
Under-employed: $25.00

How to get tickets?

Buy online

Phone: 416-504-9971

Email: boxoffice@factorytheatre.ca

WHEN & WHERE

Date: Saturday May 2, 2026 to Sunday May 10, 2026

Duration: 75 minutes

Venue & Address

STUDIO THEATRE, Factory Theatre, 125 Bathurst Street, Toronto ON, M5V 2R2

Wheelchair accessible

Accessible by Public Transport