Design by Ricky Castanedo Laredo. rickycastanedo.com
Live at Studio 58
October 2-12, 2025
“Is humankind advancing at all? Or will we just destroy ourselves in the end?”
Based on the classic science fiction novel by H. G. Wells, the world premiere of The Time Machine is a riveting voyage through time to the year 802,701. The Traveler, joined by his eccentric assistant Filby and their dinner party guests, travels to a post-apocalyptic world populated by Eloi and Morlocks. When the Traveler meets Weena, a lonely Eloi who longs for connection, social divides become impossible to ignore.
Creative Team
Playwright – Amiel Gladstone | Director – Ming Hudson* | Stage Manager – Katie Schram | Set and Props Design – Ryan Cormack | Costume Design – CS Fergusson-Vaux | Assistant Costume Design – Lou Marshall | Lighting Design – Jamie Sweeney | Sound Design – Kate De Lorme
Content advisories: Use of haze and fog
Run Time: Approximately 90 minutes, no intermission
Seating: Please note that plastic seats with no cushioning will be used for this production. The seats are 15.5" deep and 15.5" wide.
The Time Machine is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com. The Time Machine was originally commissioned by Concord Theatricals.
*The participation of this Artist is arranged by permission of Canadian Actors’ Equity Association under the provisions of the Dance•Opera•Theatre Policy.
Creative Team
Amiel is a playwright and director who has worked across Canada for companies of all sizes, working on everything from classics to contemporary, with a passion for new work. He is published by Samuel French/Concord Theatricals, Playwrights Canada Press and Coachhouse. Since 2023 he has been the Director of Theatre Arts at Banff Centre. This adaptation of The Time Machine was commissioned by Concord and he's very excited to see it premiere here at Studio 58.
Ming is a Vancouver-based artist who pays rent on the lands stolen from the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Nations. For over 20 years, she has worked as a freelance performer, devised theatre creator, collaborative director, independent producer and teaching artist locally, across Canada and abroad. Her specializations are in physical theatre and the creation of new work as a collective ensemble. A graduate of the Advanced Devising Practice program at LISPA (now arthaus.berlin), she also holds a MA in Ensemble Theatre (Rose Bruford) and a BFA in Acting (UVic). Ming has worked as a director (in various capacities) for: Bard on the Beach, UVic, Two Planks and a Passion, Chemainus Theatre, Gwaandak Theatre, Studio 58 and Green Thumb Theatre. minghudson.com
Katie Schram is a theatre artist, screenwriter and actor from Stó:lō territory. Select theatre credits as an actor include Reflections on Crooked Walking (Firehall), Vampire Ball (Vancouver Dinner Theatre), The Consent Club (Ruby Slippers Advance Fest.) and The Tempest (Studio 58). On screen highlights include playing a stand-up comedian, a dead girlfriend and a handful of crying therapy patients. Two of her screenplays are currently in pre-production. Katie is a graduate of Studio 58.
Ryan is a graduate of Queen’s University and studied set and costume design at The National Theatre School of Canada. Past design credits include: FourPlay (Studio 58), The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) [Revised] [Again], The Dark Lady, The Comedy of Errors, Measure for Measure (Bard on the Beach); Jersey Boys (Arts Club); Oliver! (Gateway); Parade (Raincity); The Last Wife (United Players); OZ (Carousel); Yaga, Mamma Mia! (Touchstone); Heroes of the Fourth Turning (Mitch and Murray); and Mr. Burns: A Post Electric Play (DSDM). Assistant Designer: Done/Undone, Romeo and Juliet, As You Like It, Julius Caesar (Bard on the Beach); Kinky Boots, Forgiveness (Arts Club); The Jungle Book (ATP); and Actually, The Great Divide (Harold Green/Obsidian).
CS Fergusson-Vaux (she/they) - a theatrical and visual artist with a fervent belief in decolonizing our community, encouraging and aiding in bold cultural endeavours, and constructing an ethical and inclusive artistic legacy. It has been their honour to work with the wonderful students and artists at Studio 58 for the first time. Recent works include projects with Persephone Theatre, Arts Club Theatre, Zee Zee Theatre, The Search Party and The Stratford Festival. Fergie gratefully stands in resolute solidarity with her kin and stewards of the unceded, occupied lands and waters of the Halkomelem speaking peoples to refute the Doctrine of Discovery and uphold the commitments of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. csfergusson.wixsite.com/website
Lou Marshall is proud to have graduated from Studio 58’s Production Program in December 024 alongside a group of fantastically talented emerging actors and designers.
They’re thrilled to have been asked to return less than a year later to assist the incomparable C.S. Fergusson-Vaux on their costume work for this production of The Time Machine. Lou has spent the last year working as a stage manager all over Vancouver on productions such as Metamorphoses (United Players of Vancouver), The Addams Family (Touchstone Theatre), The Forests Wild (Arts Umbrella) and many more. Lou's next undertaking will be right here at Studio 58, as the stage manager for their next show in the season, Romeo & Juliet!
Jamie Sweeney is a Canadian, Vancouver-based theatre collaborator. She is a lighting designer, technical director, performer, deviser and artist. She has a BFA in theatre production and design from Simon Fraser University. Some companies she has worked with include Vancouver Opera, Ballet BC, Bard on the Beach, Arts Club, Rice & Beans Theatre, vAct and Neworld Theatre. Further credits can be found on her website: jamiesweeney.ca
Kate De Lorme is a sound artist currently living on the traditional territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh and səlil̓wətaʔɬ peoples, aka Vancouver, BC.
Kate’s work integrates immersive spatial sound landscapes, technology and sound healing. She graduated from UBC in 2015 with a BFA, majoring in Theatre Design and Production and has a certification in Audio Engineering. Kate has been working in sound design since the age of 16, highly involved and interested in sound’s effect on an audience. As a professional sound designer, her work has been primarily in live performance with a large focus on contemporary dance and theatre. Kate’s designs are inclusive of high caliber recording and editing, composition, programming, live mixing and interactivity. In 2018, Kate was an Artist in Residence at The Spatial Sound Institute in Budapest, Hungary for two months, where she created her debut solo work Sta/g-mos. In 2020, Kate Co-Founded North America’s first 4DSOUND studio, Lobe Spatial Sound Studio, in Vancouver.
Kate is a proud mum to Alec, born Dec 2024.