How Tempus Got Here:

In 2005, five actors - Anna Hagan, Anthony F. Ingram, Bert Steinmanis, Valerie Sing Turner and T Weir - were brought together as part of the cast of Caryl Churchill's groundbreaking work, Cloud 9, which became both an audience and critcal success. Challenged by the complexity of the play and inspired by each other's talent, ideas and passions, we sought a way to continue working together on scripts that challenged actor and audience both artistically and intellectually.

Thus, a new theatre company was born in Vancouver: Tempus Theatre

For almost two years, we met monthly; reading plays, debating theatre esthetics, and planning the debut of Tempus Theatre. With the wide variety of training and experience in the room, the debating was always heated and the goal always to communicate ideals and dreams clearly and passionately.

After reading and arguing our way through countless scripts, we discovered Edward Albee's gem of a play A Delicate Balance. After one reading, the decision was instantly unanimous that this was a play that met with our collective ideals, provided each member with a challenge, and was the perfect vehicle with which to launch Tempus Theatre in March 2007.

A Delicate Balance became, like Cloud 9 before it, a success with both audience and critics.

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What Tempus Stands For:

We are convinced of the power of language and lament the movement towards a "bite-size culture".

We believe that the actor's performance is the heart of theatre.

We believe that theatre should reflect all members of its community.

Celebrating the ephemeral essence of theatre – the unrepeatable moment of performance – Tempus is committed to creating, fostering, developing and producing strong, text-based work that provokes consideration of the past that has shaped us, the present we live in and the possible futures we may encounter.

By choosing to call our company Tempus, we are recognizing and honouring those unique moments of performance that make theatre so vital. We also recognize that by living in one of the most diverse communities in the world that we must reflect, define and describe the cultural richness of the community in which we live and work.