The Georgia Straight proudly sponsors No. 2, presented with PuSh International Performing Arts Festival

Actor Madeleine Sami portrays all nine characters in Toa Fraser’s play No. 2, which runs at The Cultch’s Historic Theatre (1895 Venables Street) from January 31 to February 4 at 8 p.m.

No. 2 looks at a Fijian matriarch, who decides one morning that her time is up. She organizes a great feast, complete with a pig on a spit, to name her successor—her No. 2. Guests include her family and local priest Father Francis; however, one more unexpected guest turns up.

No. 2 premiered in 1999 and toured Edinburgh, New Zealand, Holland, Jamaica, Mexico, London, and New York in the years that followed. A movie adaptation directed by the playwright premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2006 and won the World Dramatic Audience Award.

Tickets start at $16 and can be purchased online or by calling The Cultch box office at 604-251-1363.