Author:sean

Horseshoes & Hand Grenades has several announcements to come soon. News about exciting new projects and accomplishments. News about future opportunities for some of our recent shows. Lots of good stuff. And if that weren’t enough…we’ve got world-altering, game-changing, prototype-breaking, seismic news…soon. Big changes coming. Exciting times.

This Stays in the Room, the show affectionately abbreviated as TSITR, is now wrapped up and thrown into storage. The items that need to be returned are almost all returned, the accounting is almost complete, the venue has been restored to its normal state, the production / creative team has returned to their normal lives and schedules, and the keg is empty. It was an amazing project, and a fantastic experience. For the audience we’re so grateful to, for the […]

Vancouver’s audiences and critics saw this show for what it really was: a ground-breaking and innovative piece of theatre, which impacted our community as much for its humility as its resonant intimacy. What follows is a sampling of our critical reviews.  “This Stays in the Room is simultaneously one of the humblest and most ambitious shows of the season. It is also one of the very best.”  Colin Thomas – Georgia Straight “This is raw, in-your-face, reality theatre. It resonates.” […]

Guilt over the death of a parent…Ostracization over your sexuality…Sexual abuse…Sexual addiction…Parental abuse…………..REDEMPTION.  Get ready for what will certainly be our most revealing, intimate and courageous work yet. After three years of creation and exploration, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades Theatre is set to present the world premiere of This Stay In The Room,  an original collective creation. Based entirely on the true stories of shame and forgiveness as experienced by our creative team,  This Stays in the Room invites the audience […]

HHG Theatre Co-Artistic Director Sean Devine talks about the ongoing creation process for his newest work Daisy. Bill Bernbach, known in the advertising world as the father of “the creative revolution” is so revered in his industry that a book of Bernabch quotes is required reading. One of his better known quotes goes: “The truth isn’t the truth until people believe you, and they can’t believe you if they don’t know what you’re saying, and they can’t know what you’re saying […]

HHG Theatre Co-Artistic Director Sean Devine talks about the ongoing creation process for his newest work Daisy. I’ve always had trouble coming up with character names. I envy playwrights who can come up with the most interesting and ingenious names right off the cuff. I’m not one of them. It takes me about 15 attempts to come up with a name that doesn’t sound phony. Even as a young man, if and when the situation presented itself where I could […]