Dramatic Imaginations

Overview

When you go to the theatre, you often seen it in two specific modes. First, it's a blank canvas waiting to come alive. Then, it's a place where absolutely anything could happen (and does).

You watch, you're entertained — and then the curtain closes, and the venue seemingly goes back to normal. It's a bit of magic happening right before your eyes, but what about all of the bits and pieces that help contribute to the theatrical wonder?

Dramatic Imaginations shines a spotlight not only on the process of staging a performance, but on the sketches, notes, set models, costume designs and finished outfits needed too. Alongside production photographs of the finished words, as well as other objects drawn from both the QPAC Museum collection and private collections, the three-month-long exhibition highlights the ingenuity, resourcefulness, skill and creativity (and yes, that's just another word for imagination) behind making great theatre.