The Peninsula Players Mary Winspear

Spotlight Newsletter - April 2015

See those guys? That's Clem and David, and right now, they're preparing for our next show "Last of the Red Hot Lovers" which opens Friday, May 8th at the Berwick Theatre at 4680 Elk Lake Drive in Victoria. Tickets are on sale now at:

tickets.marywinspear.ca

You can also pick up tickets at the Charlie White Box Office (250-656-0275) at the Mary Winspear center in Sidney or Dig This in Broadmead Village.

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Present...

"Last Of The Red Hot Lovers"

Description
Middle-aged and married, overworked and overweight, Barney Cashman wants to join the sexual revolution before it's too late and arranges three seductions: the first, Elaine Navazio proves to be a foul-mouthed bundle of neuroses; Bobbi Michele is next, a 20-ish actress who's too kooky by half; finally comes September and Jeanette Fisher, a gloomy, depressed housewife who happens to be married to Barney's best friend.

"Mr. Simon has created a great character here...it is extraordinarily funny and yet also charming...as witty as ever, perhaps wittier." - The New York Times

"Delightfully hilarious and witty, as well as filled with wisdom about human nature...an uproariously funny author. But he is far more than that. He has a mellow and compassionate understanding of how weak and essentially well meaning mankind behaves...a genuinely brilliant play." - New York Post

Performance Dates

Berwick Theatre

Friday, May 8, 2015 - 7:30pm
Saturday, May 9, 2015 - 7:30pm
Sunday, May 10, 2015 - 2:00pm

Charlie White Theatre

Friday, May 15, 2015 - 7:30pm
Saturday, May 16, 2015 - 7:30pm
Sunday, May 17, 2015 - 2:00pm

tickets.marywinspear.ca

You can also pick up tickets at the Charlie White Box Office (250-656-0275) at the Mary Winspear center in Sidney or Dig This in Broadmead Village.

Theatre Trivia

Ralph Richardson once stopped a performance to ask if a doctor was in the house. He then said "Isn't this a terrible play, doctor?".

The Walnut Street Theatre, Philadelphia, founded in 1809, is the oldest continuously operating theatre in the English-speaking world.

Several of the songs written for Meat Loaf's “Bat Out Of Hell” were originally intended for a musical about Peter Pan.

workingclasstheatre presents

in association with Craigdarroch Castle

"HEDDA GABLER" by Henrik Ibsen

Directed by Tristan Bacon
Assistant Direction by Joanne James
Stage Management by Meaghan Danforth

APRIL 28th - MAY 6th
Doors at 6:30pm
Show at 7pm

CRAIGDARROCH CASTLE
1050 Joan Crescent

PLEASE NOTE: This is a seated event in the dance hall on the fourth floor. There are 87 stairs and no elevator.High heels are not allowed in the castle as they can damage the wood floors.

Tickets?
BY PHONE: 250.592.5323
ONLINE: http://thecastle.ca/events/hedda-gabler/
IN PERSON: Craigdarroch Castle. 1050 Joan Crescent

SEASONS TICKET HOLDERS! RESERVE YOUR SEAT BY EMAILING Tristan@workingclasstheatre.com

Featuring

Kathy Macovichuk
Beverly van Druten-Blais
John Bidner
Emma Hughes
Alexa Carriere
Ross Crockett
Nicolas Yee

"Well, you can't wonder at that—General Gabler's daughter! Think of the sort of life she was accustomed to in her father's time. Don't you remember how we used to see her riding down the road along with the General? In that long black habit—and with feathers in her hat?"
Miss Juliana

Our season finishes off with Ibsen's masterpiece of psychology, penned even prior to Freud's groundbreaking analyses. Hedda Gabler thrusts us headfirst into the trials and tribulations of George and Hedda Tesman's new marriage. Bound by the social restrictions of Europe in the late 1890s, and beset by financial restrictions Hedda finds herself trapped in a house that's too small and no where to go. Ibsen is quoted as saying "What I principally wanted to do was to depict human beings, human emotions, and human destinies, upon a groundwork of certain of the social conditions and principles of the present day." his depiction paints a stark portrait indeed as Hedda's games and snares catch up with her in the end.

Set in the gorgeous architecture of the Craigdarroch Castle, Hedda Gabler's crisp dialogue, high drama and dark undertow will delight lovers of Downton Abbey or The Tudors and will leave you wondering just what you would do if you were locked in a gilded cage?

St. Luke's Players Present...

"Barely Heirs"

Written by:
David Lassig

Directed by:
Neville Owen and Sharon Sutherland

Jane is about to inherit a fortune. The only stipulation is that she has to be married for six months before inheriting. All would have gone without a hitch had Jane really been married. With the help of her neighbour’s husband, Tom, she just needs to keep the truth from the lawyer; Tom’s wife, Claire; Jane’s ex-boyfriend; Jane’s mother and a cop. It sounds as if things are about to get a little complicated…!

Get more details and tickets at:

http://stlukesplayers.org/index.html

Theatre Trivia

J. M. Barrie's “Peter Pan” was a successful play in 1904. It wasn't until 1911 that he turned the play into a novel.

The royal box may have been invented because Charles II liked to watch plays from the wings. This got him out of the way!

There is an unfinished play by John Lennon & Paul McCartney called "Pilchard", about a man who thinks he is God.

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