This free public event is not to be missed!
Performance Location: Drill Hall (620 Beatty Street, Vancouver, BC) – with kind permission from Major Doug Evans, Commanding Officer of The British Columbia Regiment.
December 11
7:00 – 8:00 PM
Doors open at 6:30 PM
December 12
4:00 – 5:00 PM
Doors open at 3:30 PM
December 11
7:00 – 8:00 PM
Doors open at 6:30 PM
December 12
4:00 – 5:00 PM
Doors open at 3:30 PM
RSVP Now! (Seats are limited)
Military veterans’ stories are vividly brought to life in Contact! Unload, a theatre piece that provides a unique window into the real trauma that soldiers face during battle.
Prince Henry of Wales greets Contact! Unload performers/veterans in London, England. (November, 2015)
This theatre production emerged from drama-based workshops led by group counselling researchers for military veterans. The collective process involved various community members including theatre educators. Contact! Unload has become an expressive vehicle for military men to publicly reinterpret their struggles and experiences of transitioning from active service overseas to civilian life in ways that build resilience.
The Veterans Transition Program is at the heart of this project, in that the goal of this work is about men (veterans) helping men to successfully transition to civilian life, or alternatively transition to being fit for continued military service.
Note that there is some strong language in the piece.
Preview a clip of a previous Contact! Unload performance. (May, 2015)
Refreshments will be available.
In collaboration with: Dr. John Oliffe, School of Nursing, Dr. Marvin Westwood, Department of Educational & Counselling Psychology, and Special Education, and Dr. George Belliveau, Department of Language and Literacy Education.