UFV Theatre's 33rd season promises another year of exciting, engaging, and always entertaining theatre. Please join us in our beautiful theatre on the Yale Road campus in Chilliwack to celebrate our students' achievements in live performance with three delightful, thought-provoking plays, plus a year-end festival of student directed shows. 33 years and going strong, UFV Theatre continues our proud tradition of offering the Fraser Valley the very best in post-secondary theatre.
For information and tickets: please call 604-795-2814 or email theatre@ufv.ca
Once in a Lifetime
By George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart
Our first production of the year is the hilarious comedy Once in a Lifetime by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart. Follow the exploits of a trio of failing vaudevillians who attempt to boost their chances of employment by working as elocutionists in a nineteen twenties Hollywood in the process of switching from silent movies to the talkies. Once in a Lifetime is a full blown extravaganza, filled with a host of crazy characters and farcical situations guaranteed to tickle the funny bones of the most discerning theatre patrons. If you liked the Oscar winning movie The Artist and the classic Singing in the Rain, you’ll love Once in a Lifetime, the epitome of feel-good entertainment.
Directed by Ian Fenwick
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Performance Dates
November 7 to 25
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*Previews: Wed. Nov. 7 & Thu. Nov. 8
Evening Performances: 7:30 pm
Matinees: Sun. Nov. 18 & 25 @ 2:00 pm
& Tues. Nov. 20 @ 12 Noon
Ernestine Shuswap Gets Her Trout
By Tomson Highway
From First Nations playwright Tomson Highway, the author of The Rez Sisters, comes the bittersweet tragicomedy Ernestine Shuswap Gets Her Trout. In this play, we spend time with four women of the Shuswap, Okanagan and Thompson nations as they prepare a banquet for the visit of Canadian Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier in 1910. Everything must be perfect: the Saskatoon pies, the stuffed beaver, and Ernestine Shuswap’s famous trout. 100 years of history, from the first contact with Europeans to the time of Sir Laurier’s arrival, are condensed within the time frame of one day. As the day progresses, the women move through a world in transition, as new laws, imposed by the European settlers, create a dreadful chasm between the two communities.
Directed by Heather Davis-Fisch
Performance Dates
January 9 to 27
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*Previews: Wed. Jan. 9 & Thu. Jan. 10
Evening Performances: 7:30 pm
Matinees: Sun. Jan. 20 & 27 @ 2:00 pm
& Mon. Jan. 21 @ 12 Noon
The Merchant of Venice
By William Shakespeare
The Merchant of Venicefeatures three of Shakespeare’s most memorable characters: Shylock, Portia and Antonio. This often controversial comedy is a play of many threes, making it the perfect choice for our 33rd season of theatre: three ladies, three lovers, three cultures, three rings and three wise questions. Indeed, the play poses many questions: where does love come from? Why do people of different races and religions distrust each other? What is the quality of mercy? Judge for yourself, see The Merchant of Venice.
Directed by Bruce Kirkley
Performance Dates
March 6 to 24
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*Preview: Wed. Mar. 6 & 7 at 7:30 pm
Evening Performances: 7:30 pm
Matinees: Sun. Mar. 17 & 24 @ 2:00 pm
& Wed. Mar. 13 & Thurs. Mar. 14 @ 12 Noon
Thursday, March 21 and Friday, March 22 are Alumni Evenings of Theatre. To attend please register at: UFV Alumni Association
18th Annual Directors' Theatre Festival April 25 to 28, 2013
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The Annual Directors’ Theatre Festival has grown by leaps and bounds during its seventeen year history. Once again talented young performers from post secondary programs all over BC will congregate in the Chilliwack campus theatre complex to present their work. An eclectic menu of one act plays will be on offer, ranging through the tried and true to original works created by UFV and visiting students. Pick and choose from a varied smorgasbord of fare that offers the full meal deal: A Festival Pass for all the shows, or just graze with a four pack snack or individual show tickets. Whatever you choose, you can’t lose!
One of our most consistently popular events. The professional improv artists from Vancouver are back in town to tickle your funnybone once again.
There will also be a Theatresports workshop by the Vancouver professionals held on Fri, Sept. 23 in the theatre on the Chilliwack campus at 3pm. at a cost of $15. Members of the public are welcome to take this workshop.
For tickets and more information, call 604-795-2814 or email theatre@ufv.ca
Visiting UFV Theatre:
Theatre Junkies Anonymous Fine Arts Presents: A Christmas Carol
by Charles Dickens Adapted by UFV Theatre students Gabriel Kirkley and Thomas Smith
At the University of the Fraser Valley CEP Campus Studio Theatre December 19-22, 2012
The classic story of Ebeneezer Scrooge, the old miser, who refuses to get into the Christmas spirit. Waking from a dream one night, Scrooge is visited by the ghost of his old business partner, Jacob Marley, who tells him that he will be haunted by three spirits: the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future. Filled with wonderful characters and a powerful message of hope and family, this heartwarming tale will delight audiences of all ages!
Treasure Island
by Robert Louis Stevenson
Adapted by Gabby Bohmer and Megan Mackenzie
At the University of the Fraser Valley Theatre
May 22-26, 2013
Based on the masterful adventure novel by Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island is a stunning yarn of piracy on the tropical seas. It begins at an inn on the Devon coast of England in 1775 and quickly becomes an unforgettable tale of treachery and mayhem featuring a host of legendary swashbucklers including the dangerous Billy Bones, the sinister two-timing Israel Hands and the brassy woman pirate Anne Bonney. At the center of it all are Jim Hawkins, a 14-year-old boy who longs for adventure and the infamous Long John Silver, who is a complex study of good and evil, perhaps the most famos hero-villain of all time. Silver is an unscrupulous buccaneer-rogue whose greedy quest for gold, coupled with his affection for Jim, cannot help but win the heart of every soul who has ever longed for romance, treasure and adventure.
Please join us after Thursday evening performances for an opportunity to meet the cast, director, designers and backstage crew who will happily answer any questions you might have regarding the production.
Interested in sponsoring one of our productions? Please contact the Department Head, Bruce Kirkley, at 604-702-2613, or Publicity Manager, Rick Mawson, at 604-792-0025, local 2492.
2012-2013 Media Sponsors:
For information on sponsoring the UFV Theatre Season please call 604-795-2814 or email: theatre@ufv.ca
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