SKAMPEDE
Where: Galloping Goose Regional Trail (860 Central Spur Rd.) and Songhees Park Plaza, Victoria
When: Friday to Sunday, July 12-14
Tickets: Pay What You Can ($10 suggested donation; $20 for families)
Information: skam.ca
Theatre SKAM’s annual summer festival returns Friday for the first of three days of mobile outdoor programming.
Tours launch from two locations in Vic West and are accessible to attendees by walking or biking. Patrons will be greeted by performers from eight companies, all but one of which are from Greater Victoria.
Site-specific performances in a variety of venues along the Galloping Goose Regional Trail, Songhees Park and Songhees Walkway run an hour in length, and encompass spoken word, dance, comedy, puppetry, storytelling and other idioms.
Now in its 16th year, SKAMpede has undergone changes in recent years, primarily due to the pandemic. In 2021, SKAMpede was adjusted so that guests could travel as a group by bike or on foot to their respective performances.
For its upcoming edition, patrons will meet at the respective venue and travel afterward back to a central hub in Songhees Park Plaza, where further performances are staged.
The Songhees Tour (which launches from Songhees Park Plaza), includes performances of Isabelle Kirouac and Collaborators’ Meta/fauna, Embrace Arts Foundation’s Treasure?, Tamarack Neurodivergent Theatre’s Defending the Planet, and Theatre on Earth Collective’s Crossroads Challenge.
The Central Tour (which launches from 860 Central Spur Rd. off the Galloping Goose Regional Trail) includes 5 Stages Theatre Company’s Fairy-trail Victoria, SNAFU Society of Unexpected Spectacles’ The Great Triscuit Heist, Cowboy Improv Theatre’s Fast Bus, and timetheft theatre’s Whale Fall.
Admission to the tour is offered on a pay-what-you-can basis, with a suggested price of $10 for individuals or $20 for a family.
Ticket sales for each day will close an hour before the tour begins. Walk-up tickets may be available at launch points, but organizers recommend that spots be booked in advance.
