THEATRE PREVIEW

DECEMBER 2025 | Volume 258

 

The Baking ShowShow: The Playby Faly Mevamanana
A Ruby Slippers Theatre premiere production 

Grace spirals into obsession and sabotage while striving to win Canada's most elite baking competition. This dark comedy examines what it means to have a ‘white whale’ in the era of social media and reality TV. It unravels our cultural obsession with competition, and the personal cost of perfection. 

Presented in association with the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts and Presentation House Theatrehttps://www.rubyslippers.ca/

Sugar. Salt. Sabotage.

When Grace’s first attempt to win Canada’s most elite baking competition fails, she spirals into obsession. Soon enough, she’s trapped in a pit of her own deception and turns to the one thing she has left… sabotage.

This sharp, satirical comedy by Faly Mevamanana takes a knife to the glossy world of reality TV, exposing the personal cost of chasing perfection and the dangers of external expectations.

LISTING INFORMATION

The Baking ShowShow: The Play, A Ruby Slippers Theatre Premiere Production
Written by Faly Mevamanana | Directed by Jasmine Chen
Venues:  Presentation House Theatre (North Vancouver), Shadbolt Centre for the Arts (Burnaby)
Showtimes:
Shadbolt Centre for the Arts: Feb. 5-7at 7:30pm and Feb 7 matinee at 2pm
               Feb 6: Post-show talkback with facilitator Arthi Chandra
Presentation House Theatre: Feb 12-14 at 7:30pm and Feb 14 & 15 matinees at 2pm Feb 13: Post-show talkback with facilitator Raugi Yu

Presented in Association with the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts and Presentation House Theatre.

Running Time:Approx70 minutes (no intermission)

Boxoffice: Shadbolt Centre for the Arts: https://tickets.shadboltcentre.com/TheatreManager/1/tmEvent/tmEvent1818.html
604-205-3000
boxoffice@burnaby.ca

Box Office: Presentation House Theatre:
https://www.phtheatre.org/box-office/
https://www.phtheatre.org/the-baking-show-show-the-play-feb-2026/
604-990-3474

For More Info:https://www.rubyslippers.ca/

CAST & CREATIVE TEAM
Faly Mevamanana, playwright
Faly Mevamanana, Sharon Crandall, Andy Marie, cast
Jasmine Chen, director
Arthi Chandra & Katerina Bakolias, dramaturgy
Maria Zarillo, stage manager
Anna Brew, apprentice stage manager
Nico Dicecco, production manager & technical director
Julia Kim, set designer
Jonathan Kim, lighting designer
Alaia Hamer, costume design
Sapphire Haze (Aysha Dulong & Cindy Kao), sound designer & original score
Vanka Salim, projection designer
Mike Kovac, fight choreographer
Jodi Smith, JLS Entertainment, publicist
Anna Brew, apprentice stage manager

About Faly Mevamanana, playwright:
Faly is an award-nominated actor and writer. She has performed leading roles in seven provinces across Canada and been nominated for a Dora Mavor Moore Award for individual performance. Some of her favourite theatre credits include playing the title role in Alice In Pantoland at NeptuneTheatre, Greasewith Western Canada Theatre, and starring as Juno in Juno's Reward at the Grand Theatre. Offstage, she was a writing shadow on This Hour Has 22 Minutes, the Program Associate for Write from the Hip with Nightwood Theatre, and participated in a year-long comedy writing mentorship with Allana Reoch (Strays, Kim’s Convenience). Her first play was workshopped with the LEAP program at The Arts Club, and she is currently writing a new comedy series for Bell Fibe TV1. As a queer mixed-race creator, Faly is passionate about telling stories which showcase marginalized voices in a joyful way. She is particularly interested in female driven comedy stories, centering on the power of chosen family.

About Ruby Slippers Theatre: 
For three decades, critically heralded Ruby Slippers Theatre has given voice to under-represented artists, garnering over sixty awards, three national tours, and the creation of five original full length works. We are the premiere purveyors of Québec works in English translation within our region, translations that we at RST often commission, and have a reputation for smart social satire that is infectiously entertaining. RST’s annual Advance Theatre Festival provides development and showcase opportunities to female identifying and gender non-conforming playwrights and directors who also identify as Indigenous, Black, or Person of Colour. Our two annual main stage offerings and Artist in Residency program also reflect our values and commitment to advance the radically inclusive stage. RST’s Artistic Director Diane Brown is a recipient of the prestigious Bra D’Or from Playwrights Guild of Canada, a national award in recognition of her many years championing and furthering equity deserving voices.

About Shadbolt Centre for the Arts: 
 The Shadbolt Centre for the Arts is an award-winning, multi-purpose community arts facility located in Burnaby's picturesque Deer Lake Park. The Centre programs a year-round schedule of arts classes, performances, festivals, exhibitions and special events. The Shadbolt has a strong history of supporting emerging and established artists.

About Presentation House Theatre: 
Nestled in the heart of North Vancouver’s Lower Lonsdale, Presentation House Theatre has become a neighbourhood creative hub, providing the community with a dynamic mix of professional theatre, music, and dance productions — all just a Seabus away from downtown Vancouver. We are the North Shore’s professional theatre company. For more than 40 years, we’ve entertained audiences with innovative programming and quality professional productions in our wonderfully welcoming space. We are committed to presenting and producing shows of the highest standard, and appealing to the diversity of North Shore audiences. We proudly offer programming for children and youth, adults young and old.

 

 

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