Season Brochure - Revelstoke Arts Council

2015•2016 Season
Revelstoke Performing Arts Centre
1007 Vernon Avenue
www.revelstokeartscouncil.com
SEASON AT A GLANCE
SEASON PACKAGES
Stone Cold Crazy
See more shows and save money ...
Queen Tribute Show $20
Saturday October 3, 2015 7:30pm Pg.4
The Return of the Moose!
Loose Moose Theatre Company $15/$5
Saturday October 17, 2015 7:30pm Pg.5
Shane Koyczan
‘Silence is a Song I Know All the Words to’ $30
Friday October 23, 2015 7:30pm Pg.7
Christine Tassan et les Imposteures
Gypsy Jazz Music
Thursday November 5, 2015 7:30pm
$15
An Evening with Séan McCann
of Great Big Sea
$25
Tuesday November 10, 2015 7:30pm
The Ha Ha Harem
Comedy Thursday November 26, 2015 8pm
Dan Mangan
Music Friday November 27, 2015 8pm
The Nautical Miles
Music
Saturday January 16, 2016 7:30pm Cascadia Reed Quintet
Kamloops Symphony Musicians
Friday January 22, 2016 7:30pm
$20
$25/$15
$15
$15
Classics & Alice in Wonderland
MOTUS O Dance
Saturday February 13, 2016 7pm Boundless
Ballet Kelowna
Thursday March 3, 2016 7pm
Sycamore String Quartet
Kamloops Symphony Musicians
Sunday March 20, 2016 3pm
$35
$15/$5
$15/$5
$15
Pg.11
Pg.13
Pg. 14
Pg.15
Pg.16
Number
of Shows
Savings
$190
13
$70
$120
7
$30
$80
6
$30
Buy any four performances and receive 20% off.
Only available online at www.revelstokeartscouncil.com
FAMILY SERIES
You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown
Bumbershoot Theatre
Saturday November 14, 2015 3pm
$10/$5
Pg.23
SPOT
Theatre Terra
$10/$5
Sunday November 29, 2015 11am & 3pm Snow White
Dufflebag Theatre
Sunday April 24, 2016 3pm Hamelin: A New Fable
Axis Theatre
Saturday May 7, 2016 3pm $10/$5
$10/$5
Pg.24
Pg.25
Pg.26
Pg.17
Single Show Family Pass $20 (2 adults & 2 children)
Pg.19
MOVIES IN THE MOUNTAINS
Pg.21
Pg.22
Bar service available, we invite you to arrive early
and enjoy a beverage before the show and during
our intermission.
1
Price
Build Your Own Performance Series
Pg.9
Corb Lund and the Hurtin’ Albertans
Music
Wednesday February 3, 2016 7:30pm
Package
Begbie Pass
(the whole lot)
Cartier Pass
(First half)
McCrae Pass
(Second half)
FILM SERIES
Tickets
3 Film Pass
6 Film Pass
$8
$20
$30
Pg.27
The best multicultural films from the Toronto International Film Festival on the last Wednesday of every month.
Programming Subject to Change
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Saturday Oct 3, 2015 7:30pm
MUSIC
OPENING WEEKEND
Friday October 2, 2015 7:30pm
PRIDE
TIFF Film Screening
Presented in partnership with Safe Spaces Revelstoke
M
argaret Thatcher’s iron-fisted
rule over 1980s Britain prompted
waves of political protest.
Perhaps the most amazing
response of all occurred when Welsh coal
miners and London lesbians and gays found
a common cause. Pride tells the story of
that unlikely alliance; it was never obvious,
but it sure looks like fun.
‘A movie you can laugh along and dance to,
and may well become the very first musical
in London’s West End to bring disco to the
grim Welsh coal mines.’
STONE COLD CRAZY
Queen Tribute
S
tone Cold Crazy is Vancouver’s
foremost tribute to legendary UK
rockers, Queen, capturing their spirit,
spectacle and songs with power
and grace. Taking their mutual love of all
things Mercury into the hearts and minds
of classic rock fans, they skillfully deliver
quintessential Queen from throughout
their chart-topping career. Stone Cold
Crazy is excited to introduce the genderbending performance of singer/pianist
Tania Gosgnach, channeling the legendary
Freddie Mercury!
- Geoff Pevere, The Globe and Mail
Tickets $5
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Tickets $20
Discounts available, see page 2.
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THEATRE / COMEDY
Saturday October 17, 2015 7:30pm
THE RETURN
OF THE
MOOSE!
Loose Moose
Theatre Company
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hey’re back... After a fun filled and
hilarious performance in 2013 the
Loose Moose Theatre Company
return to the Revelstoke Performing
Arts Centre featuring their unique brand of
improvised comedy.
The Loose Moose Theatre Company has
been entertaining audiences for over 38
years, and for the past two years were
voted Calgary’s best theatre in the annual
FFWD readers poll. The Loose Moose
Theatre Company has an international
reputation for innovation and excellence in
improvisational theatre.
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Loose Moose offer a fast paced performance
where comic scenes are created right before
the audience eyes. Every show is entirely
improvised, so each show is totally unique. No
scripts, no problem!
www.loosemoose.com
3pm-5pm – Loose Moose Youth Improvisation Workshop (Ages 12-25)
To register please call 250 814 7386 or
email [email protected]
Adults $15
Kids $5
Discounts available, see page 2.
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SPOKEN WORD
Friday October 23, 2015 7:30pm
‘SILENCE IS A SONG
I KNOW ALL THE
WORDS TO’ TOUR
Shane Koyczan
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nternationally recognized author and spoken
word artist Shane Koyczan has emerged as
a creator of poetry that dares to belong to
the people and speak directly to them in
their own voice. In 2013, he collaborated with
animators to make the anti-bullying viral video
“To This Day” which has had over 13 million
views, and he performed a customized version
“For the Bullied and the Beautiful” to acclaim
at the 2013 International TED Conference in
Long Beach, California. Shane shapes his words
and delivers in multi mediums from authored,
video, spoken word, operatic, and musically
performed.
‘Homer must have sounded [like this]…
or Ginsberg or Kerouac.’
- Amy Brown, The Lumiere Reader
www.shanekoyczan.com
Tickets $30
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Discounts available, see page 2.
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MUSIC
Thursday November 5, 2015 7:30pm
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CHRISTINE TASSAN
ET LES IMPOSTEURES
A COCKTAIL OF
ENERGY-FILLED
GYPSY JAZZ MUSIC
hristine Tassan et les
Imposteures invite us all to join
them and share some bubbles!
Tireless explorer of the Gypsy jazz
world, the four-woman band confirms
their originality and offers a new show
sparkling with invigorating ingredients:
subtle harmonies, modern inflections
and playful shams. Add a tangy and
tonic jazz base, an assortment of brilliant
songs, a pinch of Cuban flavors, a hint
of Argentinean languor, a dash of poetry,
an exquisite Quebec whiff, and most
importantly a great deal of humor!
all-woman quartet continues to reinvent this
timeless music while integrating new ideas
and influences with an originality and flair we
have become familiar with. From standards to
original compositions, the Imposteures’ musical
arrangements innovate, rejuvenate and leave
room for unbridled creativity from four talented
and accomplished young women.
‘Their stage act is full of spirit, humour and
camaraderie and they readily engage the
audience, often venturing into the crowd
while playing, making for a very down to
earth but uplifting musical experience.’
Pioneers in a domain usually reserved
for men and precursors of the gypsy
wave that swept across Québec, this
www.christinetassanetlesimposteures.com
Tickets $15
- CBC News, Saskatchewan
Discounts available, see page 2.
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MUSIC
Tuesday November 10, 2015 7:30pm
An Evening with
Séan McCann of
Great Big Sea
S
éan’s love for Newfoundland and
Labrador folk songs shot him to
international fame as a founding
member of the renowned group
Great Big Sea. After millions of albums sold,
countless hit songs, and record breaking
tours around the world, Séan realized that
his 20 years with the band had to stop.
Music is supposed to connect, heal, and
bring happiness; and while Sean was giving
that to tens of thousands of people a night,
he himself was lost. Instead of finding truth
in his music he was using it to hide which
wasn’t fair to his fans or himself. So he left
the band and started over.
In 2014 Séan released his first post GBS
album; “Help Your Self”, a collection of
songs that helped Séan find his truth and
share it with his fans, friends, and family. It
helped him find a path towards dealing with
issues of addiction and abuse which has
taught him to find strength from pain.
The journey to find his own peace, love and
happiness continues through music and a
new album that will be released one song
at a time. “You Know I Love You” is a happy
collection of songs made by a man intent on
being happy.
Tickets $25
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Discounts available, see page 2.
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HA HA HAREM
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adies, lots of laughs and a lively night out. The Ha
Ha Harem is a brand spanking new comedy show
featuring an all female cast of stellar comedians.
Revelstoke’s own locally grown comic Katie Burrell
is coming home to fill us in on what it’s like being a
mountain girl come city slicker and she’s set to bring
with her some of Vancouver’s finest ladies of laughter.
Burrell, former Stoke FM radio host, was last seen here
on stage at the Big Eddy where she sold out her solo
show.
Now Burrell is back joined by headliner Erica Sigurdson.
Described as a sugar-coated razor blade, Sigurdson is
a dominating force in the Canadian Stand-up Comedy
scene. This femme-fatale has a darkness to her sense of
humour that she tempers with a little smirk.
Come early to grab a drink in the foyer and secure your
seat for a great night out.
The Ha Ha Harem is guaranteed to be Ha Ha hilarious.
“Erica Sigurdson is one of the best standups
this country has to offer.”
- The Georgia Straight
Tickets $20
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Discounts available, see page 2.
Friday November 27, 2015 8pm
DAN MANGAN
N
ever one to rest on his laurels or do what’s
expected of him, Dan Mangan has, yet again,
transformed his sound.
From the traditional stripped-down acoustic
folk of 2010’s Nice Nice Very Nice, to the sweeping
orchestration and avant-jazz arrangements of 2012’s
Oh Fortune, Dan Mangan works best when he’s moving
forward and challenging himself. And so, what’s more
challenging than departing from the sound that has
earned you two Juno Award wins, international critical
accolades, and radio chart success?
His latest release Club Meds, released in 2015 by Arts &
Crafts, is a departure, both sonically and thematically. The
music is darker and more complex, but just as affecting as
anything he’s ever done, with the richness and honesty of
his singular voice ascending over the music. The critically
acclaimed album includes “Vessel” - both a Top 5 charter
on Canadian radio as well as the focus song from the film
score he wrote for Hector and the Search for Happiness,
starring Simon Pegg and Rosamund Pike.
WELCOME WEEK SPECIAL - MUSIC
WELCOME WEEK SPECIAL - COMEDY
Thursday November 26, 2015 8pm
www.danmanganmusic.com
Adult $25
Youth $15
Discounts available, see page 2.
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Saturday January 16, 2016 7:30pm
Friday January 22, 2016 7:30pm
MUSIC
MUSIC
THE NAUTICAL
MILES
T
he Nautical Miles are an
adventurous 7 piece alt-roots
band from Vancouver, BC.
Together, they have spent a
decade crafting richly textured and
emotionally complex folk music around
the thoughtful lyrics of songwriter
Corbin Murdoch. Their songs tell stories
steeped in the natural and emotional
histories of the Pacific-Northwest.
Migratory mammals, extraordinary
and ordinary humans, historic and
urban mythology are all subjects in the
narratives they spin.
Hailed as “a new kind of folk music” by
Alex Varty of The Georgia Straight, the
Vancouver band continues to push the
boundaries of contemporary Canadian
roots music. They have collaborated
with visual artists, choreographers,
bluegrass bands, and brass quintets—
with this band you can never be sure
what is going to come next, only that
you don’t want to miss it!
www.thenauticalmiles.com
Tickets $15
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Discounts available, see page 2.
CASCADIA REED
QUINTET
O
ne of the newest groups on the
music scene. A unique blend of
wind instruments performing a wide
variety of arrangements from the
impressionist Claude Debussy to the jazzman
Billy Strayhorn.
KAMLOOPS SYMPHONY CHAMBER MUSICIANS:
Marea Chernoff, Oboe/English Horn
Shawn Earle, Clarinet
Colin MacDonald, Soprano/Alto Sax
Olivia Martin, Bassoon
A-K Coope, Bass Clarinet
Program:
Pärt
Arbos
Rameau (arr. Hekkema)
Suite la Triomphante
Rameau (arr. Hekkema)
Gavotte et ses six doubles
Debussy (arr. Hekkema)
Children’s Corner
Fitkin
Compel
Billy Strayhorn (arr. MacDonald)
Day Dream
Tickets $15
Discounts available, see page 2.
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MUSIC
Wednesday February 3, 2016 7:30pm
CORB LUND
AND THE
HURTIN’ ALBERTANS
T
he fourth-generation rancher and former
frontman of the punk/metal band The
Smalls has been a road warrior since
releasing his album Cabin Fever in 2012,
which shot to #1 in Canada. Corb Lund is a Juno
Award winner with multiple Canadian Gold
Records to his name, he also won the Canadian
Country Music Awards Roots Artist of the Year
eight times running.
Though it may look like a quartet onstage, the
Hurtin’ Albertans are really “a seven-piece band”
according to Lund “because Grant plays a bunch
of stuff,” including mandolin, banjo, Dobro, and
baritone guitar. “Grant and I have a complex
system of hand signals because I don’t use a set
list,” says Lund. “We’ve got seven records’ worth
of material now, so every show is different. I find
it more interesting that way.” Road dogs, Lund
and the band headline Canadian country and
folk festivals, as well as gigging at New York City
nightspots and America’s finest honky-tonks.
The Washington Post, exclaimed: “Lund is a
revelation, laconic and scary smart, with a devil’s
eye for details.”
www.corblund.com
Tickets $35
Discounts available, see page 2.
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DANCE
Saturday February 13, 2016 7pm
MOTUS O Dance
presents
CLASSICS &
ALICE IN
WONDERLAND
M
OTUS O dance theatre turns 25! In
celebration of this quarter century
milestone the company will be
touring and performing their finest
repertoire, which includes a selection of their
most popular nostalgic and classic short dance
pieces that have been entertaining audiences
worldwide.
Following this spectacle the company will then
perform their first original family show “Alice in
Wonderland” an innovative production that hurls
you into another world. This witty and vibrant
work, rich in athletic choreography coupled with
mime, spoken text and music, is as accessible to
children as it is to adults.
This performance includes local youth
performing live with MOTUS O’s professional
cast on stage. Local high school students will
end the Classics portion of the program in
an internationally toured piece “Nothing in
Between”. Younger performers will have the
opportunity to learn and perform roles in the
company’s rendition of “Alice in Wonderland”.
Tickets $15
Kids $5
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Discounts available, see page 2.
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Thursday March 3, 2016 7pm
Sunday March 20, 2016 3pm
DANCE
MUSIC
Ballet Kelowna
BOUNDLESS
B
allet Kelowna returns to the Revelstoke
Performing Arts Centre with Boundless, a
mixed repertory programme designed to
engage and inspire audiences of all ages.
The dancers’ athleticism and technical prowess will
be on full display in a signature classical excerpt, and
Ballet Kelowna’s Artistic Director and CEO Simone
Orlando remounts one of her own popular works.
From exciting new contemporary ballets to the
classical masterworks, come witness Ballet Kelowna at
its best in Boundless!
Adults $15
Kids $5
Discounts available, see page 2.
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SYCAMORE
STRING QUARTET
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aydn’s sublime humour and perfect form
pave the way for two quartets similar in
name only. R. Murray Schafer’s quartet
was composed as a 50th birthday gift;
Schubert’s Rosamunde unfolds as both a longbreathed poem and suave love song.
KAMLOOPS SYMPHONY CHAMBER MUSICIANS:
Cvetozar Vutev, Violin
Annette Dominik, Violin
Ashley Kroecher, Viola
Martin Krátký, Cello
Program:
Haydn
String Quartet #1 in G Major
Schafer
String Quartet #5 ‘Rosalind’
Schubert
String Quartet #13 in A Minor
‘Rosamunde’
Adults $15
Discounts available, see page 2.
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Saturday November 14, 2015 3pm
FAMILY SERIES
Sunday November 29, 2015 11am & 3pm
YOU’RE A
GOOD MAN,
CHARLIE BROWN
THEATER TERRA
PRESENTS
rought to you by Kelowna’s very own,
highly successful, ridiculously prolific
Bumbershoot Theatre. Prepare for
an exciting and memorable theatrical
experience.
His friends think he’s a “good man”, but poor
Charlie Brown can’t seem to win the heart of
the Little Red-Haired Girl. We join him and his
friends, Lucy, Schroeder, Linus, and his faithful
dog, Snoopy in a story of wild optimism and
utter despair. After battles with kites, blankets,
school, and baseball, the Peanuts gang start to
realize what makes them happy.
Adults $10
Kids $5
Single Show Family Pass $20
(2 adults & 2 children)
ogether with Spot, toddlers and
their parents will have a new
adventure in the theatre. Spot will
take the audience to the farm of
his father Sam, where all the animals are
lost. Spot and his friend Helen are going
to need the help of the audience to find
all the animals and bring them back to the
farm. Can everybody recognize the sounds
of the animals and help spot and Helen to
find them?
B
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SPOT
T
Adults $10
Kids $5
Single Show Family Pass $20
(2 adults & 2 children)
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Saturday May 7, 2016 3pm
FAMILY SERIES
Sunday April 24, 2016 3pm
Axis Theatre presents
Hamelin: A New Fable
T
his comedic, heart-tugging musical
retelling of The Pied Piper of Hamelin,
features a cast of six professional actor/
musicians using masks and puppets in
Axis Theatre’s unique physical theatre style. Dufflebag
Theatre presents
Snow White
I
n their refreshing adaptations of fairy
tales and Shakespearean classics,
DuffleBag Theatre invites audience
members into the show to play the
main parts! The resulting excitement and
spontaneity creates hilarity for all and
forms a perfect introduction to the classics.
Since 1992, “the nearly world-famous”
DuffleBag Theatre has wowed audiences of
all ages across the country.
Adults $10
Kids $5
Single Show Family Pass $20
(2 adults & 2 children)
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In 13th century Germany, Medieval Hamelin
Town is way too big for its lederhosen.
Governed by a spoiled Mayor, his Mommy and
stuffy corporate types who have no interest in
its hard-working townsfolk, the town is primed
to learn some important lessons in life from
our heroes, 10-year-old twins Celeste and
Ralph. When it seems that no one, other than
their Opa Johannes, ever keeps their word,
they come up with a plan to make the grownups wake up and smell the strudel. After the
ridiculous new taxes render this tight-knit
family homeless, desperate for help, they
encounter a hapless “Minstrel”, a flute that has
seen better days and of course, lots and lots
of rats! With surprising plot twists, HAMELIN:
A NEW FABLE, is an engaging revisit to one of
the world’s most endearing fairytales.
Adults $ 10
Kids $5
Single Show Family Pass $20
(2 adults & 2 children)
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MOVIES
REVELSTOKE
MULTICULTURAL SOCIETY
&
REVELSTOKE
PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE
PRESENT
Wednesday September 30, 2015 7:30pm
Monsoon
Dir: Sturla Gunnarsson
Country: India/Canada
A cinematic journey
into the terrain where
nature, science, belief
and wonder converge
in one of the most
astonishing and breathtaking landscapes on earth,
Monsoon is a film that captures the timelessness
and rich human drama of our engagement with the
natural world.
MOVIES IN THE
MOUNTAINS
The best multicultural films from the Toronto International
Film Festival on the last Wednesday of every month.
Wednesday January 27, 2016 7:30pm
Jimmy’s Hall
Dir: Ken Loach
Country: United Kingdom
Recounting the
incredible true story of
activist Jimmy Gralton
and his deportation
from Ireland during
the country’s ‘Red Scare’ of the 1930s.
“Lovely [and] heartfelt … infused with a gentle
romanticism that buoys the film without cheapening
the gravity of its subject.” — Scott Foundas.
Wednesday October 28, 2015 7:30pm
WildTales
Relatos salvajes
Dir. Damián Szifrón
Country: Argentina /
Spain
More than living up
to its title, director
Damián Szifron’s compendium of outrageous,
hilarious and truly bizarre anecdotes offers a
subversive, blackly comic portrait of contemporary
Argentina.
Wednesday November 25, 2015 7:30pm
Force
Majeure
Dir. Ruben Östlund
Country: Sweden/
Norway/Denmark/France
An impulsive decision
in a moment of
crisis drives a wedge between a husband and wife,
in Ruben Östlund’s gripping moral drama which
became a critical sensation at Cannes 2014.
Wednesday February 24, 2016 7:30pm
Timbuktu
Dir:
Abderrahmane Sissako
Country: France /
Mauritania / Mali
Following the recent
jihadist takeover of
northern Mali, a proud cattle herder comes into
fateful conflict with the fundamentalist rulers of
the provincial capital, in this luminous, lyrical and
poetic drama from the great African filmmaker
Abderrahmane Sissako.
Wednesday March 30, 2016 7:30pm
Samba
Dir. Olivier Nakache,
Eric Toledano
Country: France
A recent migrant to
France (Omar Sy)
fights to stay in his
adopted country with
the help of a rookie immigration worker (Charlotte
Gainsbourg), in this winning drama from the directors
of the breakout hit Les Intouchables.
www.tiff.net
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Films
$8
3 Film Pass $20
6 Film Pass $30
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MESSAGE FROM THE
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
BECOME A MEMBER
T
T
he Revelstoke Arts Council is very
excited to announce our 2015/16
Season at the Revelstoke Performing
Arts Centre. We feel that we have a
responsibility to bring the best performances
possible to our community to entertain as well
as educate our loyal audiences.
We will open the season in early October with
a Pride weekend featuring a Queen Tribute
band from Vancouver, Stone Cold Crazy. Let’s
celebrate the LGBTQ folks in town and send a
message that we are a great and tolerant place
to live.
Once again we will offer an iconic Canadian
band, Corb Lund and the Hurtin Albertans in
February in addition to other big names such
as Dan Mangan, Shane Koyczan and Séan
McCann from Great Big Sea.
Our stupendous family line-up this year
includes Spot, the musical Hamelin,
an interactive Snow White and Alice in
Wonderland featuring local youth. Kids tickets
will remain at $5 thanks to our donors and
sponsors who continue to support our work.
We offer online ticket purchases with some
great discount packages so please visit our
website revelstokeartscouncil.com right away
to catch the best deals and make sure you,
your family and friends don’t miss out.
Most of all, we invite you to come out and
enjoy! See you at the Centre!
Carol Palladino,
Chair
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he Revelstoke Arts Council has a long
history of presenting and supporting
a wide range of cultural events and
organizations in our lovely community.
As we move into another full fall and winter
season of wonderful performances we invite
you to be a part of making it all happen.
Become a member of the Revelstoke Arts
Council for just $10!
Go to our website revelstokeartscouncil.com to
sign up today.
Investing in the Revelstoke Arts Council gives
you the pleasure of knowing you have returned
something wonderful and positive to our
community!
Rent the Centre
Revelstoke Performing Arts Centre is a 275
seat proscenium arch theatre with comfortable
continental seating and top quality acoustics.
The facility also included a full lighting rig and
HD projection facilities including a huge 24’
screen.
Interested in holding your event at Revelstoke
Performing Arts Centre?
For reasonable rates and great service
contact the Theatre Manager at [email protected] or 250 814 7386.
Volunteer to Usher
Revelstoke Performing Arts Centre is currently
seeking dedicated volunteers to join our front
of house team. Ushers will be responsible for
creating a safe welcoming environment for our
patrons. Applicants must be aged 14 or over
and have an interest in the performing arts.
If you wish to be considered for a volunteer
usher position please contact Miriam Manley at
[email protected] or 250 814 7386.
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ALL EVENTS
WILL BE
HELD AT
Location:
Find us at 1007 Vernon Avenue, the
entrance is the shared community
entrance to the Revelstoke Secondary
School opposite the Forum parking lot.
Box Office: Buy tickets online and access online
discounts at:
www.revelstokeartscouncil.bigcartel.com
Or purchase your tickets in Downtown Revelstoke at:
Visitor Information Centre (cash only)
301 Victoria Rd, Revelstoke
Opening Hours:
Monday to Friday 10am-4:30pm,
Saturday 10:30am-4pm
ArtFirst! (accepts credit cards)
#1 113 First Street West, Revelstoke
Opening Hours:
Tuesday-Friday 11-5pm,
Saturday 11am-4pm
Thanks to our Sponsors:
Revelstoke Arts Council gratefully acknowledges the
financial support of the Province of British Columbia
and the Province of British Columbia’s Resort Municipality Funding Program.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE