Evans Theatre, McKenzie Building
March 2018
A Woman’s Strength: Stories of life in the Canadian Forces
Join a panel of local service women and learn about all the Canadian Forces have to offer as a rewarding and exciting career!
Find out more »Pizza and a Movie at the Evans Theatre
Come enjoy pizza and the movie Finding Dawn at the Evans Theatre. Also, come check out the Indigenous Awareness Display in the IPC. Part of Indigenous Awareness Week. For more information, please contact: Tina Cook-Martin, Indigenous Student Success Officer at CookmartinT@BrandonU.ca Chris Lagimodiere, Director, Indigenous Peoples’ Centre at LagimodiereC@BrandonU.ca
Find out more »June 2018
In the Archives — premiere screening
In the Archives is a series of five short documentaries concerned with the power of archival materials – photographs, text, and oral history – to evoke historical memory and a sense of place and time. The series is a joint effort between former BU Archivist Tom Mitchell and the BellMTS Stories From Home service. A premiere screening of the series, open to the general public, will take place at the Evans Theatre, Brandon University on Saturday June 2, 2018.
Find out more »Beneath the Land: Indigenous stories of land and colonization
An evening of film and reflection with Indigenous stories of land and colonization. Presented by Brandon Urban Aboriginal Peoples’ Council and the Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba for National Indigenous Peoples Week. The Violence of a Civilization without Secrets, Zack Khalil and Adam Shingwak Khalil, 2017 Just Dandy, Thirza Cuthand, 2013 ôtênaw, Conor McNally, 2017 Colonization Road, Michelle St. John, 2016
Find out more »October 2018
Powerhouse on the Prairies
At the tail end of the 1980s, the Brandon University Bobcats men’s basketball team was one of the dominant sports forces in Canada. The BU Bobcats won the national title three years in a row. Craig Cesmystruk, a Web Content Editor at BU, looks back at their legacy in Powerhouse on the Prairies, a documentary done in cooperation with BellMTS TV that combines thrilling game footage with interviews with key Bobcat figures. There is limited seating in the Evans Theatre…
Find out more »‘The Lego Movie’ with cereal bar
Cartoons on the big screen. It's something for the young, and the young at heart! Join us in the Evans Theatre as we screen The Lego Movie for Saturday morning — but with a twist! Instead of popcorn, we’re serving a variety of cereal and milk to satisfy your morning munchies. Doors open at 9:15 a.m. Screening starts at 10:00 a.m. Please note: There is no charge for this event, however there is limited seating in the Evans Theatre and…
Find out more »The Seat Next to the King – Play Script Launch
Steven Elliot Jackson’s play The Seat Next to the King will receive its hometown launch in the Evans Theatre at Brandon University.
Find out more »November 2018
Movie ’n S’mores
We're lighting the screen, we're lighting a cheery fire, and we're lighting the tree! Join us for an enjoyable family afternoon at the Brandon University campus. We'll start with a free screening of 'Elf' at the Evans Theatre, courtesy the Westman Chapter of the BU Alumni Association. Doors open at 2:15 pm, and the movie starts at 3 pm (there is limited seating so come early). Concessions are available for purchase. Non-perishable food donations for the BUSU food bank are…
Find out more »May 2019
📽 selfless
selfless opens the conversation to the ever growing epidemic with selfies, social media, and technology and its impact on each of us body, mind and soul. Depression and anxiety rates are at an all time high as we live in an age where young people have never had so much freedom at their fingertips - yet are so confined - with parents and teachers seemingly helpless. selfless is not an anti-technology film, but rather a reflection on our devices and ultimately asks the question “What are we reaching for?” In the earliest days of…
Find out more »June 2019
Songs in the Key of Cree: Lynx Lamour Goes to Nashville
Lynx Lamour Goes to Nashville is a new country and western musical written and composed by acclaimed Cree playwright Tomson Highway. The show is about Lynx Lamour, a young Cree woman from sub-Arctic Manitoba, who goes out into the world to sing her heart out. Against all odds, she achieves her dreams. The world falls in love and will never been the same. This project is being developed over the course of three years (2018-2020) through a series of theatre residencies, First Nations community engagements, and artistic and…
Find out more »October 2019
📽 Menteur
In this Canadian comedy, directed by Émile Gaudreault and released in 2019, Simon is a man who is confronted by his family about his lifelong habit of being a compulsive liar, and denies it. However, he then wakes up the next day in an alternate reality in which all of his past lies have become the truth, forcing him to correct all of his lies with the help of his brother Phil in order to reset everything back to normal.…
Find out more »Cartoon Morning and Cereal Bar: Despicable Me 2
It's time for more Minion madness! Join us in the Evans Theatre for the Saturday morning attraction, Despicable Me 2. Snacks will include a variety of cereal and milk to enjoy during the movie. Admission and snacks are FREE! Now that Gru (Steve Carell) has forsaken a life of crime to raise Margo, Agnes and Edith, he's trying to figure out how to provide for his new family. As he struggles with his responsibilities as a father, the Anti-Villain League…
Find out more »December 2019
📽 Polytechnique
Polytechnique tells the story of the 1989 murder of 14 women at l’École Polytechnique in Montreal as recalled by two students who witnessed the shootings.
Find out more »February 2020
📽 Martha of the North
Free popcorn and drinks. Documentary discussion following the film (held in the Indigenous Peoples' Centre). In the mid-1950s, lured by false promises of a better life, Inuit families were displaced by the Canadian government and left to their own devices in the Far North. In this icy desert realm, Martha Flaherty and her family lived through one of Canadian history’s most sombre and little-known episodes.
Find out more »‘Short Shots’ — four short plays
The Brandon University Theatre is proud to present ‘Short Shots’ — a series of four 10-minute plays with something for every audience — at the end of February. They four short plays are: a peek behind the scenes at a political ad being made; an anxious young man spurned in love finds salvation in an odd encounter on a window ledge; a couple saves every note they ever left for each other; and finally three hired killers channel Reservoir Dogs.…
Find out more »December 2022
Polytechnique screening
On the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence against Women, the Brandon University Status of Women Review Committee is sponsoring a screening of Polytechnique, a film recounting the 1989 massacre of 14 innocent women at École Polytechnique.
Find out more »Polytechnique screening
On the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence against Women, the Brandon University Status of Women Review Committee is sponsoring a screening of Polytechnique, a film recounting the 1989 massacre of 14 innocent women at École Polytechnique.
Find out more »📽 Whispers in the Wheat
Whispers in the Wheat is a crime thriller follows a young man’s journey to finish the heist his father died trying to complete. Brought to life by local talent, our dedicated cast and crew came together during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic to collaborate on this rural production. Key creatives include Brandon’s own Writer/Director Alec Chambers; Miles S Crossman, local producer and co-founder of Brandon based The Grand Illusion Film Company; and Winnipeg producer and editor Rowan McCabe. Starring…
Find out more »📽 Whispers in the Wheat
Whispers in the Wheat is a crime thriller follows a young man’s journey to finish the heist his father died trying to complete. Brought to life by local talent, our dedicated cast and crew came together during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic to collaborate on this rural production. Key creatives include Brandon’s own Writer/Director Alec Chambers; Miles S Crossman, local producer and co-founder of Brandon based The Grand Illusion Film Company; and Winnipeg producer and editor Rowan McCabe. Starring…
Find out more »📽 Whispers in the Wheat
Whispers in the Wheat is a crime thriller follows a young man’s journey to finish the heist his father died trying to complete. Brought to life by local talent, our dedicated cast and crew came together during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic to collaborate on this rural production. Key creatives include Brandon’s own Writer/Director Alec Chambers; Miles S Crossman, local producer and co-founder of Brandon based The Grand Illusion Film Company; and Winnipeg producer and editor Rowan McCabe. Starring…
Find out more »January 2023
May 2023
Screening and discussion of ‘Turning Red’ — Asian Heritage Month
May is Asian Heritage Month in Canada. It is a time to come together as community, family, and friends to reflect on and celebrate the contributions that Canadians of Asian descent have made and continue to make to the growth and prosperity of Canada. This year, Brandon University will host a screening of the Disney Pixar film “Turning Red,” featuring a question-and-answer period with BU professor Dr. Alison Marshall, who was a cultural contributor to the film. “Turning Red” is…
Find out more »June 2023
World Refugee Day 2023
Community Connects in Brandon is hosting a special event for World Refugee Day. The presentation and panel discussion will be hosted at the Evans Theatre on Tuesday after work. Registration is required, but there is no charge: www.tinyurl.com/busu-wis
Find out more »📽️ ‘Sniper: The White Raven’ — Ukrainian film fundraiser
The Ukrainian community of Brandon, including the UCA “Tryzub” group, invites everyone to a movie night fundraiser event on Sunday, June 25 at the Evens Theatre at the BU. "Sniper: The White Raven" is an action war adventure movie, based on a true story of heroic Ukrainian warriors who are defending their homeland since Russian’s invasion in 2014. The film will be presented here by the executive producer, who has came to Brandon seeking the safe life for his family.…
Find out more »October 2023
BSD Candidates Forum
Locals will have the chance to learn more about those vying to be the next members of the Brandon School Division’s board of trustees when candidates assemble at Brandon University for a forum on Wednesday. Ten candidates are currently vying for two positions left vacant by resignations earlier this year, one in the school division’s urban Ward 1 — comprising the City of Brandon — and another in the rural Ward 2 — comprising all communities in the school division…
Find out more »November 2023
Film screening and Q&A: “The Floating Man”
A new film directed by an award-winning Canadian writer and artist will be screened on the Brandon University campus this month, providing audiences with a timely and provocative look at gender identity. Michael V. Smith. Photo credit: Jessica Zais Photography. Director Michael V. Smith will be in attendance, and will also take part in an audience Q&A. His film, “The Floating Man,” blends DIY documentary, road trip, performance art, and videopoem into an intimate self-portrait that examines a lifetime of…
Find out more »December 2023
‘Polytechnique’ screening — National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women
For the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women on Dec. 6, 2023, the Evans Theatre at Brandon University will host a ceremony and viewing of the film 'Polytechnique' (77 min. 14A) starting at 4:15 p.m. There will also be a performance by the Brandon University Chorale, directed by Dr. Andrée Dagenais. Open to the public Free admission Donations accepted for the Women's Resource Centre. English-language subtitles will enabled. BU's Status of Women Review Committee is organizing…
Find out more »February 2024
‘Uncharitable’ screening
If you work in, donate to or volunteer for the charitable sector, you will want to see this movie. The movie is about how the charitable sector is operating under certain limiting mindsets that are based on thinking and structures that were put in place over 400 years ago. If we can free charities from their traditional constraints and introduce a radical new way of thinking, we can truly change the world. The film will be screened at the JRC…
Find out more »April 2024
BU Drama: Salt-Water Moon
David French’s comedic drama, Salt-Water Moon opens at the Evans Theatre at Brandon University (BU) for four performances. The cast and production crew are made up entirely of BU students.
Find out more »September 2024
It happened to me, and it is not okay: Sharing Stories of Sexual Violence
“It happened to me, and it’s not okay: Sharing Stories of Sexual Violence” is a graphic novel created with the composite narratives of 10 individuals that experienced sexual violence in post-secondary education. This event will showcase the graphic novel in a public presentation at the Evans Theatre, followed by a reception with local community resources, food, and drink in the Library Gathering Space. Just a warning, the graphic novel may be triggering for some viewers, if anyone requires support at…
Find out more »October 2024
‘Owl Calling’ staged reading
The call of an owl becomes an omen for Eddie, a former residential school student in Brandon University professors Darrell Racine and Dale Lakevold’s new play Owl Calling. But what kind of an omen will it be for a man who has just opened up about his residential school experience? The play premieres in Winnipeg September 25 — with a staged reading in Brandon at BU's Evans Theatre on Oct. 3 as part of the university's Truth and Reconciliation Week.…
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