This ain’t a sob story about war crimes, dementia, nor getting old. It’s a sprint down the memory lane of a butt-kickin’, bar-spittin’, tough grandma who escapes the care home to be with her family. When our favorite Filipino grandma Lola Basyang goes missing, it’s up to her grandchildren Nika and Jun-jun to bring her back to safety. Using their lola’s unfinished memoir, they find clues to her whereabouts, her full-of-beans origin story and the historical turmoils of their motherland. Reminiscent of their immigration stories, they reflect on what it means to maintain family ties in a Western society.
Content Warning:
. Coarse Language
. Brief Mentions and References to Sexual Assault
. Mentions of War
Shadbolt Centre for the Arts showtimes:
Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025, at 7:30 pm
Friday, Feb. 7, 2025, at 7:30 pm
Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025, at 2 pm
Saturday, Feb 8, 2025, at 7:30 pm
Presentation House Theatre showtimes:
Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025, at 7:30 pm
Friday, Feb. 14, 2025, at 7:30 pm
Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025, at 2 pm
Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025, at 7:30 pm
Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025, at 2 pm
Shadbolt Centre for the Arts
6450 Deer Lake Ave, Burnaby
Box Office Hours
Tuesday-Friday: 12-5 pm
Saturday: 12-4 pm
Sunday and Monday: Closed
Box office opens 1 hour 30 minutes prior to scheduled performances.
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Note: Visa and Mastercard debit not accepted.
Presentation House Theatre Box Office:
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Please call our Box Office at 1-604-990-3474
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Our Box Office is open from 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM, Tuesday to Friday, and one hour before show time. Show dates, times and ticket prices vary.
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Grandma. Gangsta. Guerrilla.
by Abi Padilla
Director: Leslie Dos Remedios
Featuring:
Yorlene Bernido
Evelyn Chew
Abigail Padilla
Raugi Yu
Vince Sendrijas
Terrence Zhou
Kevin Nguyen
Set Design: Kimira Reddy
Lighting Design: Jonathan Kim
Projection Design: Andie Lloyd
Sound Design: Riley Hardwick
Musical Director: Argel Monte de Ramos
Fight Directors and Intimacy Choreographers: Nathania Bernabe and Jackie T. Hanlin, Affair of Honor
Props Design: Heidi Wilkinson
Costume Design: Sarah Sosick
TD/PM: Nico Dicecco
Stage Manager: Jennifer Wilson
Assistant Stage Manager: Vicki Santos
phone: 604-764-1817
our address:
1398 Cartwright Street
2nd floor
Vancouver, BC
V6H 3R8
EMAIL: info@rubyslippers.ca
RST acknowledges that we are uninvited guests on the stolen lands of the Coast Salish People, the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwxwú7mesh (Squamish) and səl̓ílwətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) First Nations. We are committed to working in solidarity with people who identify as Black, Indigenous, and person of colour as accomplices in transforming the white colonial patriarchy into something more compassionate and equitable.
We at RST acknowledge the findings of the TRC and support their 94 calls to action.