End of Greatness

IN DEVELOPMENT. Premiering April 2026.

End of Greatness. Photo by Chelsey Stuyt.

End of Greatness is a new multidisciplinary performance by friends and longtime collaborators Veda Hille and Maiko Yamamoto. The show focuses in on microscopic intricacies such as mosses and mushrooms on the forest floor, and then zooms out to embrace cosmological concepts and gigantic systems, while always remaining centred on the human relationship at the heart of the piece. Through songs and music, dialogue, mythology, art objects, choreography and cake, End of Greatness attempts to ease the audience into acceptance of the current dire elements in our culture and asks them to hold hands and step forward into whatever is coming next.

Veda is a musician who has created many albums, musicals and hybrid forms of performance. A celebrated indie musician and a beloved national talent, she has composed music for theatre, opera, choirs, video games, and much, much more. Maiko is an award-winning performance maker and director whose works are known for their formal inventiveness and exploration, conceptual play and experimental rigour. End of Greatness proposes new music, writing, images, rituals and offerings; a generous sharing of memories, experience and knowledge, demonstrated onstage by Veda and Maiko, together with an audience.

Created by TR’s Artistic Director Maiko Yamamoto and Associate Artist Veda Hille, with collaborators Geoffrey Farmer, Hitoko Okada, Katarina Skår Lisa, Deb Chachra, Thom Gill and Julia Chien. Developed in collaboration with the National Creation Fund at Canada’s National Arts Centre.

WORLD PREMIERE
April 16-19, 2026
The Cultch Historic Theatre
VANCOUVER

For inquiries, contact maiko@theatrereplacement.org

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