Pi Provocateurs Presents
Rat Academy
Written & Created by Dayna Lea Hoffmann & Katie Yoner
December 5 – 7 in East Vancouver
Opening Night: Thursday, December 5 at 8:00pm
2nd Show: Friday, December 6 at 8:00pm
3rd Show: Saturday, December 7 at 4:00pm
4th & final show: Saturday, December 7 at 8:00pm
Ticket Prices: $25 at www.pitheatre.com
*Venue: A secret site-responsive venue in East Vancouver
*(exact address will be given to ticket-holders 3 days before the event)
(Vancouver, B.C.) — Pi Theatre launches this year’s Pi Provocateurs Performance Series with Rat Academy by Edmonton, Alberta’s Batrabbit Collective from Thursday, December 5 to Saturday, December 7, 2024.
Do you like rats? Good. Come along with the two last Albertan rats as they teach you the ways of the rodent. Fingers, a curmudgeonly street rat with a heart of gold, is completely alone. Or so he thinks, until he discovers Shrimp, an escaped happy-go-lucky lab rat. Eager to preserve his legacy, Fingers creates the Rat Academy to train Shrimp in the ways of the cold, hard, street rat.
On the syllabus: Cheese-ology, the Art of Scaring Magpies; Stealing 101; and Advanced Tails. But their dark alleys are far from predictable, and as the unlikely duo tries to exist in a world that hates them, they learn that survival is nothing without love.
Inspired by Alberta’s famous 1950s anti-rat propaganda and mentored by Mump and Smoot, this physical comedy duo will have you clutching your tail.
“I am tickled to offer Vancouver the chance to revisit the Rats,” says Pi Theatre’s Artistic & Producing Director, Richard Wolfe. “Rat Academy has been touring the country to sold-out houses and enthusiastic audiences. We thought we’d add a little extra fun to an already joyful show by putting audiences into a secret, non-traditional space in East Van. Rat Academy is a great night of entertainment and we’re looking forward to welcoming them back to Vancouver!”
Credits for Rat Academy:
Written & created by: Dayna Lea Hoffmann & Katie Yoner
Performances by: Dayna Lea Hoffmann (Fingers the Street Rat) & Katie Yoner (Shrimp the Lab Rat)
Directed by: Joseph McManus
Set & Props Design by: Claire Sonmore
Costume Design by: Meegan Sweet
About Pi Theatre:
Now celebrating its 40th season, Pi was Founded in 1984 as Pink Ink Theatre Productions. Currently under the leadership of Artistic and Producing Director Richard Wolfe, Pi produces and presents theatre and performance that’s intellectually alive and emotionally charged with a vision to build an empathetic and connected world through theatre. Since its inception, the company has produced over 100 shows and events, has received 34 Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards, and 116 Jessie Richardson Theatre Award nominations.