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Welcome to the Belfry’s 51st season, and to my first season as Artistic Director! I’m looking forward to continuing the legacy of bringing you the greatest contemporary theatre. Harold Pinter’s Betrayal is a delicious and searing story of a marriage and an affair told backwards. We witness the deceit and deception and find ourselves almost complicit in the lies these three characters are tangled in. Pinter is a masterful playwright, and I’m so happy that we’re able to bring you one of the best plays in the contemporary canon, by some of the best artists in Canada. Enjoy the ride!!
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I remember being introduced to Pinter while studying literature in Chennai, going through an obsessive phase of reading his work, and then performing in one of his plays as a first-year student. I have remained enamoured of his work since then.
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On the first day of rehearsal, the actors traditionally read the script for the first time together, and designers share their inspirations, ideas, and ‘final’ drawings. I was blown away by that first read, and the way the design images seemed to mesh so beautifully. I was struck by how fortunate we were to bring such a talented cast, director, and design team to Victoria, and that we can share this amazing work with you, in our beautiful Heritage home!
THE BELFRY THEATRE PRESENTS
by Harold Pinter Cast Matthew MacFadzean
Jerry
Yanna McIntosh
Emma
Jonathan Watton
Robert
Angelo Rosso*
Waiter
This performance runs 75 minutes with no intermission. This production of Betrayal is supported in part by a generous gift from John & Suzanne Stewart.
Betrayal IS GENEROUSLY SPONSORED BY
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Creative Team Tawiah M’Carthy
Director
Jawon Kang
Set Designer
Arianna Lilith Moodie
Costume Designer
Nic Vincent
Lighting Designer
Tobin Stokes
Sound Designer
Treena Stubel
Intimacy Director
Jasmin Sandhu
Stage Manager
R. Davey
Apprentice Stage Manager
*with the generous support of Canadian Actors’ Equity Association Music in this production uses the latest AI software developed by Suno, which ensures copyright holders (publishers, creators, and rights holders) are properly compensated. Lyrics draw from the poetry of W.B.Yeats, which is in the public domain. Betrayal is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Dramatists Play Service. www.concordtheatricals.com
The Belfry Theatre is on the land of the Lək̓ʷəŋən People, known today as the Songhees and Kosapsum Nations. The Lək̓ʷəŋən people have been keepers of this land for millennia, and we offer our respect and gratitude for our presence on this territory. The Belfry Theatre is a member of the Professional Association of Canadian Theatres and engages professional artists who are members of Canadian Actors’ Equity Association under the terms of the jointly negotiated Canadian Theatre Agreement.
CAST Matthew MacFadzean Jerry Matthew MacFadzean is an actor, writer, and producer in theatre and television. He has acted on most stages across Canada, including the Arts Club, Soulpepper, Stratford Festival, and Shaw Festival. Recent television credits include roles on Ginny and Georgia, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Law and Order: Toronto, and The Hardy Boys. He has a degree in literature from McGill University and certificates in acting from the National Theatre School of Canada, and in television writing from the Canadian Film Centre. He is part of Industry, a non-profit arts organization in Hamilton, where he lives with his family and a dog.
Yanna McIntosh Emma Yanna returns to the Belfry—with her first Pinter play—after debuting here in Speaking in Tongues. Her acclaimed theatre career includes performances in Jack Thorne’s Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (Train Times), Michael Healey’s The Masterplan (Crow’s), Lynn Nottage’s Ruined (Obsidian/Nightwood), Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler (Volcano), Hare’s Skylight, and Fugard’s Valley Song (Tarragon). She has revelled in the Greeks (Medea, Elektra, Helen), and treasures her hard-won Shakespeares: Cleopatra, Lady Macbeth, Titania, Petruchio, Hermione and, most recently, Paulina (Stratford). Noteworthy Film/TV: This is Wonderland (CBC), Suits (USA), Doomstown (CTV) and most recently Slasher (PRIME/Hollywood Suite – CSA nomination.)
Angelo Rosso Waiter Angelo Rosso is an actor, writer, and director based in the Gulf Islands. He trained at Circle in the Square Theatre School in NYC and has worked in theatre, film and TV. Angelo has worked with LAByrinth Theater, The Public Theater and is very happy to be returning to the Belfry. Acting highlights include Joe Mitchell in Waiting for Lefty (Circle in the Square), Perry in Knives and Other Sharp Objects (The Public Theater) and Henry V in Shakespeare’s Wake (ArtSpring). Angelo is a founding member of Our/Theatre and his play MID PLAY recently ran at The Tank in NYC, October 2026.
Jonathan Watton Robert Jonathan is an actor, writer, and director from Corner Brook, Newfoundland. His 25-year career spans theatre, film, television, and voice. He has worked on many of Canada’s stages and with leading theatre companies, including the Shaw Festival and Soulpepper. Most recently, he starred in the UK premiere of North by Northwest, followed by its engagement at Mirvish’s Royal Alexandra Theatre. His recent screen credits include four seasons of The Handmaid’s Tale, as well as appearances in Mayor of Kingstown, Invasion, and Sharp Corner. He is grateful to be joining the Belfry’s vibrant community and for his family’s ongoing support.
CREATIVE TEAM Harold Pinter Playwright Harold Pinter was born in the London borough of Hackney in 1930. During World War II, Pinter and his family escaped the Blitzkrieg by moving to Cornwall and Reading, which had a profound impact on him. In 1948 Pinter entered the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, but after two years he dropped out. The Room, Pinter’s first play, was written in 1957 and was performed as a student production and the University of Bristol. Pinter’s second play, and one of his best known, The Birthday Party (1957), was initially ill-received by the critics, but with The Caretaker (1960) Pinter secured his theatrical status. Some of Pinter’s most celebrated theatrical works include Landscape (1968), The Homecoming (1964), Betrayal (1978), and The Go-Between (1980). In 2005, the Swedish Academy awarded Pinter the Nobel Prize in Literature stating that “in his plays [he] uncovers the precipice under everyday prattle and forces entry into oppression’s closed rooms.”
Tawiah M’Carthy Director Tawiah Ben M’Carthy is a Ghanaian born, Toronto based theatre practitioner, director, performer/creator, and playwright. Tawiah’s directing credits include Wake (Persephone Theatre / Western Canada Theatre), The Begging Brown Bitch Plays (Buddies in Bad Times), Here Lies Henry (Factory Theatre), Topdog/Underdog (Canadian Stage), Fairview (Obsidian Theatre), Death and the King’s Horseman (Stratford Festival). Performing credits include Kwame in Maanomaa, My Brother (Belfry Theatre), Emeka/Archie in Feast (Tarragon Theatre), Larry in Fat Ham (Canadian Stage), Onyinyechukwu in Three Sisters (after Chekhov) (Soulpepper), Sizwe in Sizwe Banzi Is Dead (Soulpepper Theatre). Playwright credits also include Maanomaa, My Brother; Yɛn Ara Asaase Ni; Black Boys; and Obaaberima. Tawiah is co-artistic director of Blue Bird Theatre Collective and was the 2024 Pauline McGibbon Award Recipient for Directing. Upcoming projects include The Fishermen (Obsidian Theatre / Crow’s Theatre).
Jawon Kang Set Designer Jawon is a Korean Canadian Set and Costume designer based in Toronto. selected credits : Set design: Prophetess, Come Home – The
Legend of Daddy Hall, Redbone Coonhound (Tarragon); Educating Rita (Persephone); Never Walk Alone (Buddies in Bad Times Theatre and Fu-Gen); There’s nothing you can do (LSPU Hall); Trident Moon (Crow’s and NAC); Little Women (RMTC); This Is How We Got Here (Persephone); Fairview (Canadian Stage and Obsidian); Set and Costume Design: Through the Eyes of God (Theatre Passe Muraille); cicadas (NAC and Tarragon); The Piano Teacher: A Healing Key; Doubt: A Parable (Thousand Islands Playhouse). upcoming : Set Design: It’s a Wonderful Life (The Globe) awards : She studied set and costume design at the National
Theatre School of Canada, and she’s a recipient of the Montreal English Theatre Award (META) and was nominated for Dora Mavor Moore Award 2023, and Virginia Myrtle Cooper Award 2026. jawonkang.myportfolio.com
Arianna Lilith Moodie Costume Designer Arianna Lilith Moodie is a Costume Designer and Textile Artist based in Toronto. Her theatre credits include Costume Designer on Clyde’s (Canadian Stage), a profoundly… (Obsidian and Tarragon), Ella & Louis (Shaw Festival), Karma (Pleiades Theatre), Associate Costume Designer on Table for Two (Soulpepper), and Assistant Costume Designer on One Man, Two Guvnors and The House That Will Not Stand (Shaw Festival). Through her textile work she marries her background in fashion design with her love for storytelling through works that often centre on Black Femmehood.
Nic Vincent Lighting Designer Based out of Toronto and NYC, Nic has designed award-winning productions Off-Broadway and regionally across North America. canada : Coal Mine Theatre, Citadel + Cie, Talk is Free Theatre,
Shaw Festival, among others. off - broadway nyc : Lincoln Center Theater, Roundabout
Theatre Company, Atlantic Theater Company, The Apollo, Carnegie Hall, Theatre Row, 59E59, Mabou Mines, among others. regional : The Guthrie, Woolly Mammoth, Geva, Alabama
Shakespeare, Yale Rep, Indiana Rep, Dallas Theater Center, Studio Theatre DC, People’s Light, Arkansas Rep, Portland Opera, Sacramento Opera. additionally : Sasha Velour’s NightGowns (Quibi). mfa : Yale School of Drama member : ADC 659 and USA 829
nicvincent.com @nicjvincent
Tobin Stokes Sound Designer Since the late 80s Tobin has been returning to the Belfry as a performer, arranger, musical director, composer or sound designer for a multitude of productions. He’s even had a couple short plays premiere at the annual Spark Festival. Being on the design team for Betrayal, supported by such great people here at the Belfry, has been a complete joy. When not collaborating on theatre projects, Tobin composes music for opera, orchestra and choir, and more.
Treena Stubel Intimacy Director Treena Stubel is a movement specialist for the theatre and has worked as a dancer, actor, choreographer, intimacy director and director. Intimacy Direction includes: As Above, Yaga, Kindred, Intimate Apparel, Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes (Belfry Theatre), Rigoletto (Pacific Opera Victoria) and Betrayal (Blue Bridge Repertory). She has choreographed for Bard on the Beach, Caravan Farm Theatre, the Belfry Theatre, Blue Bridge Repertory, and is the original choreographer of the Dora award winning hit musical Ride the Cyclone. Her directing credits include: The Song of the Swan (Runaway Moon Theatre), I, Claudia (Blue Bridge Repertory), and The Secret in the Wings (University of Saskatchewan). She holds an MFA in Lecoq Physical Theatre from LISPA in London, UK.
Jasmin Sandhu Stage Manager Jasmin is a stage manager working and living with gratitude and recognition that she is an uninvited settler on the unceded and sovereign territories of the Coast Salish peoples of the sə̓lílwətaʔɬ, xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Nations. She is a fat, queer, 1st generation immigrant POC theatre collaborator, book collector and mother. Jasmin’s artistic practices prioritize radical empathy, intention, and decolonization. Her work branches from technical devised theatre and new Canadian works to musicals and contemporary dance. Select credits: Sister Act (TUTS), Behind The Moon, Yaga (Touchstone), Fat Joke, Eyes of the Beast: Climate Disaster Survivor Stories (Neworld), Medicine (Pi), and Teenage Dick (ACTC). She is currently working as the Associate Producing Intern for Touchstone Theatre.
R. Davey Apprentice Stage Manager Davey is a Canadian stage manager, livestream artist, and writer from North Vancouver—located on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. She holds a BFA in Theatre from the University of Victoria. Recent backstage credits include: Maanomaa, My Brother; Belfry 101 Live! (Belfry Theatre), A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Romeo and Juliet (GVSF), and Twelfth Night (Phoenix Theatre). When they’re not in rehearsals, you can find Davey working on their play for the Belfry Creator’s Circle.
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AU D I E N C E I N F O R M AT I O N
PRE-PERFORMANCE
Smartphones, Cameras, and Recording Devices The use of cameras, smartphones or audio/visual recording equipment is prohibited. Please turn off all personal electronic devices prior to the performance. If you need to be contacted in an emergency, please leave your name and seat number with our House Manager.
B4Play Live talk shows hosted by CBC Radio’s Gregor Craigie and featuring artists from the upcoming show, along with experts from the community, have been designed to provide insight into each Mainstage production. Each event is held the Saturday prior to Opening, is free to attend and is also live streamed on Facebook. B4Play is available as a podcast on our website.
Latecomers and Re-admission The Director of each production designates moments in the show when the seating of latecomers will cause the least distraction for actors and audience members. Should you leave the theatre, our House Manager will not be able to reseat you until one of these breaks and may not be able to return you to your original seat, but you can watch the performance on the monitor in our lobby.
Podcasts Listen and download the full interviews from each B4Play, recent stories from The Flame, our storytelling series, and more at belfry.bc.ca/podcasts.
Perfume and Cologne Please refrain from using perfume and cologne when you come to the theatre. Some of our patrons are highly allergic to scents.
F O L LO W I N G T H E P E R F O R M A N C E Talkback Thursday November 12 following the performance. On the third Thursday performance during the run of each show, most (usually all) of the actors return to the stage to answer your questions and provide insight into the play you have just experienced. These Q & A sessions last approximately 20 minutes.
Food and Drinks Only food or drinks that you purchased at the concession are permitted in the theatre. Lost and Found Please check with our House Manager if you have lost an item in the theatre. Lobby Touchscreen The TV monitor in our lobby is a touchscreen device. By touching the screen, you can delve deeper into each production, learn about the artists who created the show, and much more. Babes in Arms The Belfry is proud to produce adult contemporary theatre. Most of our productions are not suitable for young children. Sorry, we do not admit babes in arms.
Upstage Magazine Our magazine provides insight into each Mainstage production, further enriching your experience. Upstage is available in the Lobby and on our website. Drop us a line at hello@belfry.bc.ca for an advance copy.
ACC E S S I B L E P E R F O R M A N C E S VocalEye – Betrayal November 15 at 2 pm (in-person event with Touch Tour & Social after). For patrons with low or no vision, we offer one VocalEye performance during most Mainstage productions. Trained Audio Describers provide descriptions of the visual elements of the show, allowing people with low vision to enjoy the theatrical experience without missing any of the details. More information at the Box Office 250-385-6815. Hearing Assist For patrons who are hard of hearing, the theatre is equipped with both an infrared hearing assist system and a neck loop system. We have twelve devices of each of the systems available through the Box Office.
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Box Office Clerk
Bonni Baynton
Producer
Alison Bendall Mark Dusseault Roberta Doylend
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FOH Manager
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Box Office Clerk
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Director of Production & Operations
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Linda Findlay
Wig Stylist
Erica Croft
Keith Houghton
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FOH Supervisor / Box Office Clerk
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Theon Winn
Lighting Crew
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Director of Finance
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Directors:
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Director of Development
Isaac Thomas
Executive Director
Deborah Williams
Associate Artist & Flame Facilitator
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Nigel Shawn Williams
Artistic Director
Golnaz Zad
Box Office Supervisor
Elena Rozenberg
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Our thanks to the 126 Friends ($75–$149) and 1198 Members (up to $74) † Through the Victoria Foundation ◊ Pass-Through Grants through the Victoria Foundation * Thank you for also Contributing to Capital Infrastructure As of September 25, 2026
Belfry Legacy Circle Members Janet Arnston & Brian Decker Gloria & Ian Back † Lynne Bain & Robert Moyes Dr. Perry & the late Annamaria Bamji † Richard Brownsey & Glynis Leyshon Jane Francis & Dave Skilling Barbara Greeniaus Bruce & Barbara Housser Judi James John & Anne Keay Nancy Martens Jeanette McRae & Joan Cotie Robert & the late Ann Myers Beate & Kirk Northcott Joan Peggs Cindy Petrowski & Phil Marsh Ronald & the late Juliana Polstein † Ross Richardson Diane Scott Michael Shamata Dianne Soberlak The Lee & Karl Soberlak Foundation John & Suzanne Stewart Judy Stewart Sandra Stott Julie & John Richard Swenson Frances Taylor Lesley Watson & Evert Lindquist Michael & Vicki Ziegler Plus a further ten anonymous members † Through the Victoria Foundation We invite you to join the Belfry Legacy Circle by making a planned gift or bequest. The support of visionary philanthropy ensures that the Belfry will continue to flourish as Greater Victoria’s premier contemporary theatre company. Consult your professional advisors about the many forms through which you can achieve tax advantages of charitable donations and bequests.
Legacy Gifts The Belfry acknowledges the generous recent and past gifts from the estates of: Violet Armstrong Helena Balczewska Roger J. Bishop Shirley Mae Dawson Marguerite Kathleen Friesen David Neil Lee Maria Luisa Macrae M. Grace Mersereau Margaret Seens Edith Stuart Bob Tyrrell Alan Geoffrey White Garfield (Gary) Delbert Withers Anonymous
Donations in Memoriam In Honour of Yvonne Adalian In Memory of Annamaria Bamji In Memory of Judy Barteluk In Memory of William J.C. Bennett In Honour of Jim Bignell In Memory of Mr. Robert Boyes In Memory of Agnes & Arnie Davies In Memory of Shelley Deglan In Memory of Daisy Foster In Memory of Joyce Irvine In Memory of William Israel from Richard Brownsey & Glynis Leyshon* In Memory of Bishop Kemp In Memory of Jean Elizabeth Kõdar In Honour of Adam Leuchter In Memory of Grace Mersereau In Memory of Mary McAvoy In Honour of my sister Lou Pharo from Carol Pharo In Memory of Lillian Rabb In Memory of Judy Treloar In Memory of Marion Webb
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CO N TA C T: Susan Stevenson, Director of Development at development@belfry.bc.ca
Bravo! The Belfry Theatre gratefully acknowledges the financial support of The Canada Council for the Arts, the Government of Canada, the Province of British Columbia through the British Columbia Arts Council and the Gaming Policy and Enforcement Branch, the Capital Regional District Arts Development Office and the City of Victoria.
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