The Routine

Death of a Salesman meets Mr. Bean… A lonely office worker squeezes through a portal in their bathroom mirror and goes on a quest for the meaning of life in this surreal physical comedy. The mundane becomes extraordinary as each vignette and dance takes you deeper into a whimsical world of illusion. The Routine will leave you in stitches and remind you of the magic within.

★★★★★ Secunda doesn’t just put on a show, they pull you into a world where routines are poetry and the mundane is pure magic. — the LIST UK

★★★★★ — Edmonton Journal

“An overall rollicking good time.” — Broadway World

“Secunda has great comedic timing and fantastic physicality that really shines” — Mooney on Theatre

“If Jim Carrey is the male rubberface, Secunda might just be the female equivalent.” — Forget the Box

“…non-stop physicality…pushes the edges of reality.” — Showbill

Credits

Joylyn Secunda — Co-creator, performer, sound designer, producer
David Secunda — Director, co-creator
Linda Arkelian — Movement coach

Accessibility

Content warnings: There are no content warnings for this show
Sensory warnings: Audience interaction/participation

About the Artist

Joylyn Secunda (they/them) — co-creator, performer, sound designer, producer
Joylyn Secunda is a physical theatre artist, actor, dancer, and puppeteer based in Vancouver, Canada. They grew up in a performing arts family and have recently collaborated with their parents David Secunda (director) and Linda Arkelian (choreographer) on their solo shows. They toured their critically acclaimed solo show, The Moaning Yoni across Canada and most recently performed The Routine at the Adelaide Fringe and in Vancouver, Montreal, Toronto, and Winnipeg. In addition to their solo career, they have performed with theatre companies including the National Arts Centre and The Wonderheads. Joylyn was mentored by Crystal Pite in the Startle Reflex Residency. They are a BFA Acting graduate from UBC and have studied clown with John Turner (Mump & Smoot) and Aitor Basauri (Spymonkey), mime with Dean Evans (Cirque du Soleil), Corporeal mime at Théâtre Omnibus, and devised theatre at Dell’Arte International.

David Secunda (he/him) — co-creator, director
Originally a visual artist specializing in fibre arts David Secunda transformed into a performance artist as he experimented in ritual style performance art at art show openings and conferences. Through the 1980’s David Secunda performed physical theatre, experimented with his giant woven fibre masks and puppets, and toured nationally and internationally with Imago and Theatre of Giants. 1989-2012, he taught theatre arts in Coquitlam and has published two novels, Balancing Act and Fluid. He is the director and co-writer of The Moaning Yoni and The Routine.

Linda Arkelian (she/her) — choreographer
Linda has performed internationally with the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, Theatre Ballet of Canada, Anna Wyman Dance Theatre and the Judith Marcuse Dance Company. She was the recipient of a Canada Council grant in 1991 to study at the National Dance Intensive and the National Voice Intensive. Linda is a professional ballet and contemporary instructor and choreographer. She is ballet mistress and repertoire coach for Lamondance Company. In addition, Linda is a visual artist, actor and filmmaker. Her dance films with David Cooper have received worldwide acclaim and international screenings in the US, India and the UK.