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GOOD TIMBER: Songs and Stories of the Western Logger

July 2 to August 28, 2010

Royal BC Museum, 675 Belleville Street, Victoria

Mondays through Saturdays at 8pm

Tickets $15 – $20 plus tax and service fee

Tickets available at the Royal BC Museum box office

or call 250.721.8480

For more info visit www.otherguystheatre.ca

They called themselves tame apes, hookers and hi-riggers and they were the stuff of legend in the coastal forests.  This summer The Other Guys Theatre Company, with the Royal  BC Museum, presents an original musical review featuring the songs and stories of the western logger. Good Timber is a romp through the past set against a multi-media backdrop of rarely-seen imagery of BC’s old-time logging history.  Good Timber is inspired by “Rhymes of the Western Logger’, a compilation of logging camp poetry by Robert E. Swanson.

Photography by David Lowes/Art Studio 21 Photography

Photography by David Lowes/Art Studio 21 Photography

Photography by David Lowes/Art Studio 21 Photography

the Broadway hit

“Kiss Me, Kate”

What: The TD Canada Trust Performing Arts Festival Featuring “Kiss Me Kate”

When: April 23rd (2pm and 8pm), April 24th (2pm and 8pm)

Where: McPherson Playhouse Theatre

Details: CCPA’s top emerging performers from across Canada bring to Victoria the only one of Cole Porter’s musicals to exceed more than 1,000 performances on Broadway! Based on the original MGM movie which starred Kathryn Grayson and Howard Keel, this updated performance is in turn delightful, spiteful and hilarious!

The performances are directed by the renowned team of Janis Dunning and Jacques Lemay. “CCPA is bringing to Victoria a sexy, edgy and hugely colourful production, filled to the brim with action, singing and dancing,” says CCPA Co-Founding Director, Janis Dunning. “We are thrilled that this production plays during BC Arts & Culture week”.

“This highly entertaining show will only be in town for four performances. Don’t miss your chance to see it!”

Appropriate for the entire family!

Tickets: Adults $35, $30, $20 (Tickets McPherson Box Office 250-386-6121)

Group sales available by calling 250-595-9970

Janis Dunning and Jacques Lemay are proud of the role they and their faculty have played over the past 12 years in training some of the best talent Canada has to offer and seeing them launch their careers in the arts. In addition, the College brings new economic development to British Columbia and gives the region the opportunity to see the future stars of Broadway, the Shaw and Stratford Festivals and stages all over the world.

These photographs are from CCPA’s 2009 On Broadway performance of ’42nd Street’.  Photography by David Lowes/Art Studio 21 Photography

The original production in 1972 was nominated for 7 Tony Awards including Best Musical and Best Book.  ‘Grease’ was also a Tony Award Nominee for Best Revival of a Musical in 1994 and 2008.

Welcome back to Rydell High.  Join the rebellious, thrill-loving senior class of 1959 during a simpler time of poodle skirts, drive-ins, and T-birds.

Throw your mittens around your kittens and hand-jive the night away!

Show Dates –>

April 30th – May 9th, 2010

April 30th, May 1st, 7th, 8th, at 8PM

May 2nd, 9th at 2PM

Tickets Available –>

McPherson Playhouse (250-386-6120)

Publicity photography by David Lowes/Art Studio 21 Photography

SORTING THROUGH THE WRECKAGE

Phoenix Theatre Tackles Film Noir Styled Mystery set in 1920s Vancouver

This March 18 through 27, patrons of the arts in Victoria will be exposed to a dark side of British Columbia history when the University of Victoria’s Phoenix Theatre presents Wreckage, a play by BC playwright Sally Stubbs. Set in the seedier side of Vancouver in the 1920s and 1940s, Wreckage follows a young woman’s journey to learn about her mother and the shocking truths she uncovers about her family as she probes into the past.

A Vancouver-based playwright and UVic alumna, Sally Stubbs has received numerous awards for her work.  She has recently returned to UVic to complete her Masters in Fine Arts in the Department of Writing. First produced by New West Theatre in 2005 and published in 2009, this is the third production of Wreckage. In 2005 the play was also partially adapted into the award-winning short film, Mother Cutter.

“I’m delighted that Wreckage seems to have legs, and it’s especially exciting to have the work produced here at UVic, my old alma mater,” says Stubbs.

Director Fran Gebhard, who also teaches first year acting at the department, is also returning to the script of Wreckage after playing “Momma” in an early workshop production. She is intrigued by the psychology of Violet, the play’s main character.

“The play’s title also refers to Violet’s state of mind. She is haunted by the train wreck that took her mother’s life and can’t be at peace until she knows the truth,” says Gebhard.

Gebhard is working with a design team that including two Master of Fine Arts theatre students. Presented as film noir for the stage, the set and lighting design of Paphavee (Poe) Limkul and costumes by Cat Haywood engage the audience in the various eras of the play as Violet journeys into the past via the stories in her mother’s diary. The minimal set design by Limkul creates flexible zones for which to play out visually stunning and atmospheric vignettes. Adding to the film noir style is the period-inspired costumes designed by Cat Haywood that also capture some of Vancouver’s early Asian influences. Fourth-year student Katz Dawson is the Sound Designer and Jessica McLeod is the Stage Manger. The play features a cast of 13 students from the Department of Theatre, ranging from first year to fourth year.

Everyone is welcome to join us for our FREE Pre-Show Lecture, Friday March 19 at 7:00pm with director Fran Gebhard and the Wreckage design team who will discuss the collaborative nature between the script, the director and designers on the production.

The performance schedule for Wreckage at the Phoenix Theatre @ UVic is as follows:

Public Previews @ 8pm: March 16 & 17

Evenings @ 8pm: March 18 (Opening Night), 19, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27 (NEW! Extra Monday night added)

Matinee @ 2pm: Saturday, February 27

Single Tickets: $12 Student / $17 Senior / $22 Adult & Weekends @ 8pm (Previews $6.00, available after 5pm)

Phoenix Box Office opens March 10 in person or by calling: (250) 721-8000.

• Join us at the Victoria Arts and Culture Fair as we explore all the exciting arts organization this great city has to offer. Local arts and culture organizations will be under one roof to promote their upcoming season, introduce their craft, showcase their unique styles and sell season subscriptions. Victoria is a culturally diverse region. Our goal with the Victoria Arts and Culture Fair is to promote the wide variety of arts and culture from Victoria and surrounding areas.

When:

• Sunday September 12, 2010 10:00am – 5:00pm

Where:

• Victoria Conference Centre,  Carson Hall,  720 Douglas Street, Victoria

Parking:

• A two-level underground parking garage is available for up to 310 vehicles at the Conference Centre.

Tickets:

• Please note, this event is FREE to attend by all ages.  We hope you enjoy the show!!

• Visit www.vicacf.ca for more information and to see highlights from last year’s Victoria Arts and Culture Fair.