Vancouver Civic Theatres presents David Suzuki and Tara Cullis in What You Won’t Do For Love, February 13 to 17

Just in time for Valentine’s Day, renowned environmentalists and longtime couple mark their theatrical debut in a celebration of love, partnership, and the planet

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What You Won’t Do For Love. Photo by Dahlia Katz

Experience a special live evening with David Suzuki and Tara Cullis as they make their acting debut in the unique play What You Won’t Do For Love at the Vancouver Playhouse from February 13 to 17 at 7:30 pm.

This intimate theatre experience shines new light on Suzuki and Cullis’s 50-year relationship as partners and environmental activists, and asks whether the love we have for each other can save the planet. The play first premiered to sold-out audiences at Luminato Festival in 2022, and Vancouver Civic Theatres is now presenting its West Coast premiere in Suzuki and Cullis’s hometown.

Actors and real-life couple Miriam Fernandes and Sturla Alvsvaag navigate a poetic and playful dialogue on stage with Suzuki and Cullis as they share stories and insights. The play also spotlights Cullis’s tireless behind-the-scenes work, which has made tangible impacts to the Canadian climate movement and helped Suzuki become the globally renowned figure he is today. Cullis has been a driving force behind the David Suzuki Foundation, and her remarkable contributions include founding the Coastal First Nations Great Bear Initiative, a project to safeguard the ecology of B.C.’s Great Bear Rainforest.

What You Won’t Do For Love. Photo courtesy of Why Not Theatre

What You Won’t Do For Love is a Why Not Theatre production, directed by company founder and co-artistic director Ravi Jain (Mahabharata, Prince Hamlet, Sea Sick) with dramaturgy by Broadleaf artistic director Kevin Matthew Wong (The Chemical Valley Project). The Toronto-based company is known for creating innovative and cutting-edge theatre, and fostering inventive cross-cultural collaborations.

Vancouver Civic Theatres’s myriad of performance spaces—including the Orpheum, Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Vancouver Playhouse, Annex, and šxʷƛ̓exən Xwtl’a7shn (formerly the QET Plaza)—regularly host award-winning performances and independent productions from across the globe. What You Won’t Do For Love is the latest in their growing roster of original VCT Presents offerings, which also include Silent Movie Mondays, National Geographic Live, and an array of free and low-barrier community programming.

Following each performance of What You Won’t Do For Love, audiences are invited to stay for an informal Q&A with Suzuki, Cullis, Fernandes, and Alvsvaag.

For tickets and more information, visit Vancouver Civic Theatres.

Post sponsored by Vancouver Civic Theatres.