2024‒25 Season

Plosive Productions is thrilled to return to full-throttle productions with two offerings at Ottawa’s The Gladstone Theatre in the 2024‒25 season:

Plosive is Back!

After scaling back productions during the pandemic, Plosive Productions returns to full force with two comedies in the 2024-25 season: Never Swim Alone October 16‒26, 2024 and Private Fears in Public Places June 18‒28, 2025. As always, our productions will take place at The Gladstone Theatre and form part of its 2024-25 season.

As always, we’ve picked works that combine engaging entertainment value with novelty and relevance. Of course when it comes to relevance, nothing beats the best Canadian works and that’s what prompted us to program Daniel MacIvor’s Never Swim Alone. It’s theme of the dangers of toxic masculinity is, sadly, as relevant now as it was when the play was first written—but MacIvor presents the topic with a playfulness that makes it irresistible. And we’re thrilled to have Micah Jondel DeShazer and Sunny Ryan join Plosive for this show, with Plosive’s own David Whiteley doing double duty as director and actor.

Speaking of irresistable, there’s a reason Alan Ayckbourn is a runner-up to Shakespeare as the most-produced British playwright. Private Fears in Public Places brilliantly combines the best of his sharp and insightful humour with a 21st-century sensibility.

Individual tickets are on sale now, but we recommend you get yourself a discounts on Plosive’s offerings in any of three discounted series packages. These include:

• 10% off with a Plosive 2-show package: Cautionary Tales + Private Fears
• 15% off All-Pro 8-Show Series
• 15% off Resident Company 6-Show Series
• 25% off The Whole Shebang 13-Show Series

More info here on these series and The Gladstone’s full 2024-25 season.

Get to Know Us

For more on Plosive Productions, see our About, and check out our 36—yes, 36!—past productions on our History page.