Medicine

Pi Theatre closes its 2023-2024 season with the Canadian premiere of Medicine from Friday, June 14 to Sunday, June 23, 2024 at the Vancity Culture Lab (1895 Venables Street).

Medicine is a heartbreaking, yet hugely energizing and thrilling journey through one man’s troubled past. It’s a devastatingly funny and moving meditation on how, for decades, we have treated those we have called ‘mentally ill’.

John lives in an institution. Every year, a couple of struggling local actors are hired to do “drama therapy” with John, re-enacting bits and pieces of his life and trauma. Chaos ensues, secrets come to light, and John grapples with the question of whether anyone is even watching.

Written by multi-award-winning Irish playwright Enda Walsh (Once; Lazarus) and directed by Pi Theatre’s Richard Wolfe, Medicine is smart, funny, and absurd.

“I am beyond excited to offer Vancouver the opportunity to experience the Canadian premiere of Enda Walsh’s extraordinary play,” says Wolfe. “Highly theatrical in its style, Medicine is thought-provoking, hilarious, and terrifying. Walsh shows us that other people can be both the poison that harms us, and the medicine we need to live in the world.”

Who is it for?

Adults

Tickets : $15-$38

Tickets: $15-$38 at pitheatre.com

How to get tickets?

Buy online

 

Date: Friday June 14, 2024 to Sunday June 23, 2024

Opening Night: Friday, June 14 at 8:00pm

Preview: Thursday, June 13 at 8:00pm

Performance Times: June 15, 18, 19, 20, 21, & 22 at 8:00pm

Matinees: June 15 & 22 at 4:00pm | June 16 & 23 at 2:00pm

90min

Venue & Address

Vancity Culture Lab, 1895 Venables Street, Vancouver

Wheelchair accessible

Free Parking

Street Parking

Accessible by Public Transport