Tag: Existere

Existere in the ARC missed the mark

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This year, Existere’s annual orientation week performance was relocated from Grant Hall to the ARC, which might be the reason for much of the audience leaving before the actors finished their show. On Aug. 31, first-year students flooded into the Athletics and Recreation Centre (ARC) to watch Existere,...

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Inclusion through comedy: Existere welcomes frosh with sex jokes

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Sexism, peer pressure, casual sex and mental health—no topic is off limits for Existere’s 24th annual Frosh Week performance.  First year students gathered in Grant Hall on Sept. 2 to watch the orientation staple, where cast members try to recreate the thrill they experienced seeing the show as frosh. “I...

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Existere meets an evolving campus

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On Monday and Tuesday, social action theatre troupe Existere kicked off this year’s Frosh Week with six performances for thousands of first-year students in Grant Hall.  Every year, a cast of 12 second-year students and three third-year directors write, choreograph and perform a 90-minute show of...

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Existere doesn’t compare

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Existere is a theatrical treasure in Frosh Week that helps incoming students embrace the fears and excitement of coming to university — because if there’s anything High School Musical taught us, it’s that when you’re feeling frustrated and anxious, it’s nothing a little song and dance can’t fix.  However...

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Excetera explores the Queen’s experience

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Excetera IX opened on Friday night to a packed house at Grant Hall with an evening of hilarious and heartfelt sketches about the Queen’s student experience. A sister production to Existere, a show that starts the year as part of Residence Orientation, Excetera is a comedy show written and performed...

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Existere performance proves funny and informative

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Last weekend, Queen’s Existere presented their new show Excetera VIII to energetic audiences, and it proved to be quirky, informative and, most importantly, funny. Excetera is an extension of Existere, and was created in 2007 to provide more comedic insight into the university experience. Excetera...

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