Greystone Theatre
We present three to four plays a year as part of our Greystone Mainstage season, showcasing the work of our student actors and technicians, both onstage and behind the scenes. Whether classical or cutting-edge and contemporary, every season offers a diverse mix of plays chosen to challenge our students and to entrance our audiences: a matter that is as true today as it was in 1946, when Greystone Mainstage Productions premiered on campus at the U of S.
Greystone Theatre, one of the oldest theatres in the province, was started in 1946 by the first drama department in Canada and the Commonwealth. Check out ticket information and upcoming performance info below!
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Doctor Faustus and the Disco Inferno Cabaret
Curated by Ken MacKenzie
October 24th & 31st, 2025
The return of the wildly successful, student-created masterwork, Doctor Faustus and the Disco Inferno Cabaret. Started as an opportunity for students to perform self-generated work, this marks the 3rd iteration of this unpredictable and slightly chaotic evening of performance that includes, music, dance, drama, comedy and other unclassifiable spectacles.
Hamletmachine
By Heiner Müller
Directed by Deneh'Cho Thompson
November 19-29, 2025
This production of Hamletmachine presents multiple reimaginings of the classic play. We engage with neo-technocracy, technofascism, and the decay of familiar political systems. We bear witness to the invasive nature of contemporary media and mediation. We speak to the gods and scream into the abyss. To resist the bleak nature of our world, we pay homage to burlesque, our parents, our beds, and Godzilla.
We invite you to join us, play the game, or be played by it. (100min. runtime)
Translations
By Brian Friel
Directed by Fraser Stevens
February 10-14, 2026
Set in late August 1833, “Translations” unfolds at a hedge-school in Baile Beag, County Donegal. The play introduces a diverse group of students, from a semi-literate farmer to an elderly autodidact. Nearby, a detachment of Royal Engineers is tasked with mapping the area through the first Ordnance Survey. They must record local Gaelic place names and replace them with English equivalents. The action’s administrative nature transforms into a deeply personal issue. This collision of cultures brings forth far-reaching consequences that impact the community profoundly.
80th Anniversary Showcase
Directed by Skye Brandon
March 18-28, 2026
For 80 years, the University of Saskatchewan’s Drama Department has been at the heart of Canadian theatre—geographically, historically, and artistically. As the first university drama program in the Commonwealth, it has shaped generations of theatre artists, influencing both local and global performance landscapes. For our 80th anniversary, we will engage with this legacy and its evolving future through the creation of one-act plays that explore theatre in Saskatoon as a central node in a vast network of artistic creation.
