Radio Drama Re-invented

Stories in the Digital Age

Pi Theatre is examining what it means to be a Vancouverite and re-inventing theatre for our digital age with - with four short audio dramas written by Vancouver's most exciting contemporary playwrights: . In this series of new plays each writer expresses their unique vision of Vancouver .  

The plays were recorded live in October 2011 and are now available, for a limited time, for free of charge streaming or download from the Pi Theatre website:

  - Hummingbird604

- Pippa Mackie

    - CiTR Arts Report

  is the bittersweet, often funny story of Sal, a young woman struggling to find community in an anonymous downtown condo tower, written by the Artistic Producer of Neworld Theatre.

  , is the story of four people whose lives intersect on the Iron Workers Memorial Bridge. This is the first writing collaboration for Riml, the writer behind the smash hits and and her husband, actor Michael St. John Smith .

  light look at death and the future. Cory has been diagnosed with Red Tide Virus and is using new technology to speak to the dead. He desperately seeks answers from his family, his friends and the famous deceased in this quirky comedy from the writer behind and the award-winning screenplay .

  s response to the 2011 Vancouver Stanley Cup riots. This profoundly beautiful play investigates the nature of who we are as Vancouverites.  This is Loring's first play since the Governor General Award Winning .

 The Canada Reads winning author of Carmen Aguirre , Shaker Paleja, Jennifer Mawhinney and Patrick Keating . Directed by Richard Wolfe .  

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