We are excited to announce that 2026 brings a new opportunity for LML to engage young people in meaningful theatrical creation…
The currently titled “Youth Climate Change Theatre Project” will feature workshops, a rehearsal process and the presentation of a new piece exploring a class of local grade four students’ experience of growing up in a state of climate emergency. We are partnering with Lord Roberts Elementary School in the heart of downtown Vancouver and the incredible local theatre talent Mind of a Snail Co. to bring students a series of 10 workshops offering skills to make their own theatrical multimedia presentation.
Lord Roberts Elementary School, honoured to be learning and unlearning on the ancestral and unceded lands of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwxwú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation) & səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh Nation), is situated in part of the downtown core of the Vancouver known as the West End. With 650 students at the school, it is one of the largest Elementary schools in Vancouver.
This project will feature a public performance at the beautiful ANNEX Theatre in downtown Vancouver on May 15th, 2026. Mark your calendars and check back here soon for more info about ticket reservations.
The “Youth Climate Change Theatre Project” is devised and facilitated by Little Mountain Lion’s passionate and creative producer Ariel Martz-Oberlander. Ariel is a theatre artist, writer and facilitator living on Sḵwx̱wú7mesh and Shíshálh territory. She specializes in culturally specific disability and Mad arts creation methodologies. Ariel was a past producer of the IGNITE! Youth Arts Festival, Western Canada’s largest youth-run festival. Recent work includes The Narrow Bridge, a multimedia adaptation of The Dybbuk, presented at Chutzpah! Festival. Ariel is a recipient of the Vancouver Mayor’s Arts Award for emerging community artist.
Stay tuned for more info about Ariel and exciting updates about the Lord Roberts Youth Climate Change Theatre Project!
Should you wish to contribute funding directly to this project please simply click this link.
