Perchance Theatre at Cupids

Led by artistic director Danielle Irvine, Perchance Theatre produces and presents classical theatre with a focus on Shakespeare each summer in Cupids, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

A breathtaking community on Newfoundland’s east coast, Cupids (pop. 790) is the oldest English colony in Canada.  The town was established by Englishman John Guy in 1610 and turned 400 years old in 2010.

As part of the Cupids 400 celebrations, a beautiful performance space was built that was modelled after Shakespeare’s famous open air Globe theatre in London – a theatre with which the English colonists coming to the New World may have been intimately familiar.

Perchance Theatre features some of the province’s best stage actors and captures stories reminiscent of John Guy’s England, particularly what the settlers might have seen, heard, or written about in 1610.

Perchance Theatre  continues to provide established and emerging artists an environment for ensemble creation and professional development, and create unique experiences for audiences, inspired by open-air Elizabethan playhouses.

Our History

Founded as New World Theatre Project in 2010 by Geoff Adams, Aiden Flynn and Brad Hodder as part of the Cupids 400 celebrations, the inaugural season of New World Theatre Project focused on the cultural landscape of 1610.

Marking the founding of the first English settlement in North America, the company approached these celebrations with an imagined narrative of John Guy and his 39 settlers, who brought with them not only their ambition and daring sense of adventure, but also their stories and songs. Some of these stories would have played out on the stages of theatres like The Globe, The Rose and The Curtain.

These shared cultural experiences had a direct effect on those who first settled in Newfoundland and continue to have a significant impact on those who live here today.

In 2014, the company re-branded as Perchance Theatre.

Performance History

2018
A Midsummer Night's Dream, directed by Danielle Irvine
The Seagull, directed by Thomas Moschopoulos
Our Eliza, directed by Lois Brown

​2017
Richard III, directed by Danielle Irvine 
The Taming of the Shrew, directed Andy Jones
Our Eliza, directed by Lois Brown

2016
Twelfth Night, directed by Danielle Irvine
Romeo & Juliet, directed by Michael Waller

2015
Macbeth, directed by Danielle Irvine
Much Ado About Nothing, directed by Jeannette Lambermont-Morey

2014
The Merry Wives of Windsor, directed by Greg Malone
Henry V, directed by Danielle Irvine

2013
Othello, directed by Alan Dilworth
Richard III, directed by Jeannette Lambermont-Morey

2012
The Tempest, directed by Jeannette Lambermont-Morey
Tartuffe, directed by Jillian Keiley

2011
The Merchant of Venice, directed by Jeannette Lambermont-Morey

2010
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Julius Caesar, directed by Brad Hodder

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