Wonderheads

04/20/2026

Attn: theatremakers! Check out this incredible workshop opportunity with the inimitable playwright, Meg Braem. July 18-19 in Victoria 🤩

Writers are often asked, “are you a gardener or an architect?” The gardener being an artist who plants a handful of seeds and waits to see what germinates while the architect starts from a set of plans and outlines. I believe all creators are both. Artists must generate material through impulse,...

03/14/2026

Andrew is breaking out his carpentry skills to build a storage loft in our new workshop! 🛠️🪜🙌

02/09/2026

We are headed for Golden, BC to take part in Kicking Horse Culture's EmberFest and teach this 3-day workshop (Feb 14-16)! Can't wait to return to this lovely community!

A master class with WONDERHEADS focused on bringing characters to life through movement. Explore physical storytelling, mask, and embodied expression to create vivid, wordless characters.

12/30/2025

On Dec. 24th we closed our 2025 tour of A WONDERHEADS Christmas Carol, and we couldn’t be more grateful for this team of talented, dedicated, and kind humans. A huge thank you to each and every one of you for all your work and all your play.

Pictured (LtoR):
Loreto Espinoza - Assistant Stage Manager & Understudy (Player 3)
Pedro M. Siqueira - Performer (Player 2: Bob Cratchit, Mr. Fezziwig, Townsperson, The Ghost of Christmas Present, Understudy- Ebenezer Scrooge)
Chelsea MacEwan - Performer (Player 3: Undertaker, Mrs. Cratchit, Mrs. Fezziwig, Townsperson, The Ghost of Christmas Past)
Kate Braidwood – Co-creator, Assistant Director, Mask, Puppet, and Sound Designer, Performer (Ebenezer Scrooge)
Katerina Sokyrko – Stage Manager and Sound Operator
Emily Case - Performer (Player 1: Marley, Fred, Tiny Tim, Belle, Townsperson, The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come)
Andrew Phoenix – Co-creator, Director, Set and Puppet Designer
Not pictured: Jessica Hickman - Understudy (Player 1 & 2), Devising Collaborator

We also want to extend our gratitude to our last venue, The Port Theatre, and its hardworking staff and crew, as well as all the folks in Nanaimo who came out to see the show. We are so grateful! Happy holidays, and until next time!

12/21/2025

We are so very grateful for our hometown crowds in Victoria this weekend - thank you to everyone who chose to spend some of their precious holiday time with us for A WONDERHEADS Christmas Carol, and thank you to the hardworking McPherson Playhouse staff and crew for all their help in making it happen. 🙏🎄😊 Nanaimo, we’re headed your way next!

📸 Pictured:
Projection Design by Jason King
Lighting Design by Hilary Britton-Foster
Scrooge played by Pedro M. Siqueira (understudy extraordinaire) .msiqueira

12/17/2025

We closed ‘A WONDERHEADS Christmas Carol’ at the Arts Club on Sunday, and now we’re off to perform in Victoria and Nanaimo! We’re very grateful to staff and crew for all their work, and for inviting us to share our work with Vancouver audiences. The run was practically sold out before we opened, and highlights included a VocalEye touch tour and described performance, a community talkback, and even a few standing ovations! Thank you Arts Club and thank you Vancouver!

12/09/2025

Snag your tickets to our added performance (Wed Dec 10 @ 1pm) of 'A WONDERHEADS Christmas Carol' at The Arts Club Theatre while you can - the rest of the run is all but sold out! 🎩

11/29/2025

We opened A WONDERHEADS Christmas Carol last night at the Arts Club, and we are downright delighted to be able to share our show with Vancouver audiences until Dec. 14. ✨🎄 The run is all but sold out, with only a handful of tickets remaining!! A huge thanks to our amazing team of artists and crew, to staff and crew for all their hard work, and to Vancouver audiences for being keen to show up for some wonder. If you’d like to come, give the Arts Club box office a call for more details. Here we goooooo! 🙌🍾

11/13/2025

Thanks so much for the shout out, Destination Vancouver!

Experience the magic of Christmas with Santa-approved theatre shows for kids in Vancouver. Enjoy festive performances that will delight and entertain families.

11/11/2025

We are back it! This dream team is hard at work in rehearsals, preparing ‘A WONDERHEADS Christmas Carol’ for our presentation at the in Vancouver this Nov/Dec, followed by Vancouver Island performances in Victoria and Nanaimo. The days may be getting darker, but the studio lights are bright and what a gift to be doing what we love with such wonderful folks. We open in Vancouver on Nov. 28th - please join us!

In the rehearsal room (from L to R, sort of):
Katerina Sokyrko – Stage Manager and Sound Operator
Andrew Phoenix – Co-creator, Director, Set and Puppet Designer
Charlie Beans - Furry Administrative Assistant
Kate Braidwood – Co-creator, Assistant Director, Mask, Puppet, and Sound Designer, Performer (Ebenezer Scrooge)
Emily Case - Performer (Player 1: Marley, Fred, Tiny Tim, Belle, Townsperson, The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come)
Jessica Hickman - Understudy (Player 1 & 2)
Chelsea MacEwan - Performer (Player 3: Undertaker, Mrs. Cratchit, Mrs. Fezziwig, Townsperson, The Ghost of Christmas Past)
Loreto Espinoza - Assistant Stage Manager & Understudy (Player 3)
Pedro M. Siqueira - Performer (Player 2: Bob Cratchit, Mr. Fezziwig, Townsperson, The Ghost of Christmas Present, Understudy- Ebenezer Scrooge)

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09/28/2025

We had a wondrous night at the Esquimalt Lantern Festival! A huge thanks to the festival’s Artistic Producer Jessica Hickman and the TCAC for having us involved, to the team for working with us to bring the Enchanted Forest to life, to Kelby MacNayr for his spellbinding percussion, and to everyone who came out and oohed and ahhhed in wonder! .media.monsters .and.rea TCAC