Chemainus Theatre Festival Schedule 2010
 

  Chemainus Theatre Festival presents

 

KIDZPLAY 2010
 
Theatre for young adults

 Munsch Ado About Nothing (Ages 4 and up) -    July 7 to Aug 21

 DISCOVERY - The Remarkable Emily Carr
(Ages 10 and up)
Aug 25 to Sep 18

 Wilde Holiday Shorts
 
(Ages 6 and up)December 18 - 31
The Happy Prince and the Remarkable Rocket.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

a closer walk with Patsy Cline
by Dean Regan
January 21 - February 27

Featuring 20 hits including Crazy, Walkin' After Midnight, Sweet Dreams and I Fall to Pieces.  Follow Patsy's climb to stardom from her hometown in Virginia to the Grand Ole' Opry, Las Vegas and Carnegie Hall!  With a five-piece band, rave reviews across the continent and the first time the show has run on Vancouver Island in over a decade - this is a show you don't want to miss!

"I'm gonna be something one of these days.". Patsy Cline
 

Strindberg's Easter
by August Strindberg
March 11- April 3

Innovatively staged, this classic drama explores possibility, transformation and hope.  A fallen family with an unpaid debt is held in the hands of a vicious creditor.  Eleonora, the outcast sister, returns to further disturb the house in this intriguing plot from one of the world's finest playwirghts..

"So you see, there exists a grace with is finer than justice, and that is mercy."  August Strindberg
 

The Sunshine Boys
by Neil Simon

April 15 - June 5

The Odd Couple meets Abbot and Costello in this hilarious comedy.  Willie and Al were in vaudeville together, now frustrataion keeps them apart.   CBS wants them back for History of Comedy special and the laughs begin to fly as the two reunite.

"It's ham on wry.... Simon's sure footed craftsmanship and his one liners are as exquisitely apt as ever."  N.Y. Post 
 

Guys & Dolls
A Musical Fable of Broadway
June 17 - September 11

Ten Tonys, seven Laurence Olivier and six Drama Desk Awards make this show an undeniable hit!  Enjoy Sit Down, Your're Rockin' the Boat, Luck Be a Lady and Take Back Your Mink along with the unforgettable Sky Masterson, Sarah Brown and Miss Adelaide - it's a show that has been described as the perfect musical comedy.  Gangsters, card sharks, night club headliners and the Salvation Army fall in, and out, and back in love again, in this high octane New York fable.


Wingfield's Progress

by Dan Needles
September 23 - October 30

In his second season on the farm Walt faces a new challenge.  The spectre of urban development looms on the Seventh Concession and Walt sounds the alarm.  Can he mobilize the neighbourhood to save the rustic splendor of Larskspur?  Does Larkspur want to be saved?  Wingfield is back at its side-splitting best in this sequel to Letter from Wingfield Farm.
 

A Christmas Carol
by Charles Dickens
adapted by
Jeremy Tow

November 11 - January 8

The most loved ghost story of all time!  Ebenezer Scrooge cares only about money and himself - he makes excuses for his cruel life until three ghosts visit him on Christmas Eve.  Thrill your senses - this lovely adaptation is full of carols and holiday cheer..

"God bless us, every one!"
 

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