theatre Archives – Coast Cultural Alliance (CCA)

Opportunities: Auditions for As You Like It

Auditions are coming for Coast Shakespeare’s third-annual production! AS YOU LIKE IT is Shakespeare’s popular pastoral comedy about love, disguises, swapped gender roles, and banishment into verdant forests.
Auditions are available by appointment Sunday, Feb 22 or Mon, February 23, from 6 to 9 p.m, St. Hilda’s Anglican Church Hall, Sechelt. Everyone age 12 through adult is welcome to come audition.
To sign up for an audition, email coastshakespeare@gmail.com and specify which evening you prefer. If you cannot make either evening, a Zoom audition may be possible. Rehearsals in Sechelt start Apr 12 on Sun afternoons and Wed evenings. Performances July 3-11 in the Rockwood Pavilion, Sechelt, benefiting the Bev Shaw Literacy Fund. More info at coastshakespeare.ca

Sechelt Arts Festival: Festival Procession: Equinox Raven

In collaboration with Rogue Arts Society, the Sechelt Arts Festival invites you to a celebration of Sinku, the deep waters of the Salish Sea, its ocean inhabitants, its underwater currents, its stories of travel and exchange, and its vitalness to our communities. Sechelt, as the land between two waters, has been shaped by the Salish Sea.

To honour of this magical moment, we will gather at 5:30pm on Ocean Ave for a procession along the waterfront guided by musicians, drummers, dancers and puppets – all celebrating the creatures of the sea. Weaving shíshálh drumming, song and storytelling, with the power of taiko and the beauty of the shakuhachi flute, the procession unfolds stories of the sea on the Fall Equinox.

SC Arts Centre:Sechelt Arts Festival: An Evening of Climate Change Theatre Action

Free, Max 50, Registration required (a few tickets will be held at the door)

We invite you to an evening of short play readings. The collection of plays explores stories about climate, ecology, and the environment, told through the perspectives of animals in our midst, as they contemplate the impact of pollution, climate change, and human ignorance on their habitat and the ecosystem.

Ryan McMahon at the Festival of the Written Arts

Engaging and honest, Ryan McMahon’s music is written from the heart and sung from the soul, following the lead of his peers Jason Isbell, Nathaniel Rateliff and Warren Zevon. With six releases under his name and two with his side project, the acclaimed trio Lion Bear Fox, McMahon has established himself as one of western Canada’s most prolific singer-songwriters, leading to multiple Vancouver Island Music Awards and supporting slots for Burton Cummings, Tom Cochrane, Mother Mother, Lee Harvey Osmond and others. On his latest album, Live Now, Ryan’s storytelling remains deeply personal, drawing on real-life stories. While firmly rooted in folk and roots, the album also explores hints of rock and Americana, creating a dynamic range to his music that makes each song an individual journey.

43rd Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts

Aug 14 – 17th. Join Canada’s longest running summer gathering of Canadian writers and readers. Featuring over twenty-five visiting authors including Nita Prose, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of “The Maid”; acclaimed canlit star Guy Vanderhaeghe, who will be speaking about his non-fiction work, “Because Somebody Asked Me To”; David A. Robertson, a two-time winner of the Governor General’s Literary Award and author of “All the Little Monsters”; and Vancouver’s Gurjinder Basran, hailed by the CBC as one of the “ten Canadian women writers you need to read.” Plus opportunities for writers and readers to mingle amidst Rockwood’s heritage gardens.

Complete schedule here.

Rockwood Pavilion: Twelfth Night, Or, What You Will

Shakespeare’s delightful comedy of mistaken identities among gender-bending lovers, all-night partying, and practical jokes, comes to the Sunshine Coast, performed by 16 local actors. Beginning with the famous line “If music be the food of love, play on,” Twelfth Night is full of songs and music of Shakespeare’s era, which 8 musicians will perform live on period instruments. Tickets and more info at www.coastshakespeare.ca $20 suggested donation or pay what you can. Proceeds benefit the Bev Shaw Literacy Fund charity.

Gibsons Heritage Playhouse: Gibsons Comedy Classic

Following two sold out events, Jokers Canada is returning to Gibsons’ with a fresh lineup! Once again, we’re bringing pro headliners and Canada’s best touring comics to the Heritage Playhouse.

This event is a pro stand-up comedy showcase featuring touring headliners & our country’s best comedians.

Dale Ward (Great Outdoor Comedy Festival)
Sophia Johnson (CBC)
Ryan Williams (Just For Laughs, CBC Debaters)
+more amazing comedians !

PR – Weedlube – A Slippery Slope

Mar 2, 3 & 4 @ 7pm. This hilarious comedy is returning to Forest Bistro in March presented by Townsite Actors Guild and written by Stepanie Miller, Barb Oliver & Stephen Miller

PR – Weedlube – A Slippery Slope

Mar 2, 3 & 4 @ 7pm. This hilarious comedy is returning to Forest Bistro in March presented by Townsite Actors Guild and written by Stepanie Miller, Barb Oliver & Stephen Miller