Perchance still dreaming (and sword fighting and tempting and flying)

August 2025

Their summer 2025 season runs through the end of August, with productions of Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet), by Ann-Marie MacDonald; Tempting Providence, by Robert Chafe; and The Flying Doctor (adapted by Evan Mercer from the Molière original) scheduled for matinee and 6pm stagings – plus presentations of Every Brilliant Thing and The Open Sky Series.
Perchance consistently hits theatrical high notes, even as it weathers site changes, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the odd reluctance of banks to lend mortgages to theatre companies. Here’s an interview with Irvine, and you can get your Perchance tickets here.

Images from Goodnight Desdemona: Una Hill-McMullin and Aiden Flynn sword fighting while Diane Flacks (Constance) works on her thesis; Diane Flacks (Constance) and Zoe Cleland (Juliet); Una Hill-McMullin (Desdemona) smothers Diane Flacks (Constance); courtesy Perchance Theatre.

Happy International Women’s Day!

The suffragette-inspired celebration dates back to 1909, although marking it on this date came about in 1917. IWD is a national holiday in many countries, and has generally picked up…