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Mainstage 2024 Schedule(Please note that specifics will be added as soon as they can)
Monday July 1 -
6pm - President's Opening Reception
8pm - Peace River Zone's Entry
Tuesday July 2 -
10am - Peace River Zone's Coffee Critique
1pm - Workshop: Improv for Young Actors with David Jones
1pm - Workshop: Improv for all Actors with Jeff Gladstone
8pm - Fraser Valley Zone's Entry
Wednesday July 3 -
9am - Workshop Play with Ian Fenwick (Load In)
10am - Fraser Valley Zone's Coffee Critique
1pm - Workshop: Auditioning for the Stage with Michelle Torne-Speir
1pm - Workshop: Auditioning for Film and TV with Paul Monic de Sa
2pm - Workshop Play "Before" Performance
8pm - "Moonglow" by Kim Carney, presented by Pivot Theatre (North Shore Zone)
Thursday July 4 -
9am - Workshop Play with Ian Fenwick (Director's Lab)
10am - Coffee Critique for "Moonglow" (Pivot Theatre, NSZ)
1pm - Workshop: Directing 101 with Stephen Drover
1pm - Workshop: Acting with Intention with Mikenzi Page
8pm - "The Exquisite Hour" by Stewart Lemoine, presented by Powerhouse Theatre (Okanagan Zone)
Friday July 5 -
9am - Workshop Play with Ian Fenwick (Director's Lab)
10am - Coffee Critique for "The Exquisite Hour" (Powerhouse Theatre, OKZ)
10 am - Workshop: New Play Workshop: Acting/ Directing
2pm - Workshop Play "After" Performance
8pm - "The Pillowman" by Martin McDonagh; presented by Portal Players (North Island Zone)
Saturday July 6 -
10am - Coffee Critique for "The Pillowman" (Portal Players, NSZ)
1pm - Workshop: Creating Access to the Theatre for Performers and Audience with Mikenzi Page
8pm - Central Interior Zone's Entry
Sunday July 7 -
10 am - Central Interior Zone's Coffee Critique
2pm - Banquet & Awards Ceremony
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MAINSTAGE is the Annual Provincial Theatre Festival for community theatre groups throughout BC. Produced by Theatre BC, it is one of the longest-running theatre traditions in Canada. This exciting event is the culmination of winning plays from Theatre BC Zone Festivals involving up to 10 Zones throughout the Province of BC. Dozens of community theatre clubs participate in Zone Festivals held in April and May, with hopes riding on the chance to take their winning play to MAINSTAGE for friendly competition with the province’s best.
Your participation and support of this event is vital to the success of the Festival. Any contribution, large or small, will be gratefully accepted. Besides corporate and individual sponsorship of the event, there are 16 trophies known as “Thespians” available for sponsorship, plus donation of merchandise/services required for the “silent auction” fundraising event. Corporate partners can provide support by becoming an event or performance sponsor.
There are a variety of registration packages. Full week passes will include tickets to all Mainstage plays, Workshop plays, Green Room Parties (after evening performance socials), and morning Coffee Critiques. 3 Day & 5 Day passes, individual night tickets and awards banquet tickets are also available.
WHAT MAINSTAGE OFFERS
From year to year over its history, MAINSTAGE has adopted many and varied theatre activities that developed into regular festival components. Combined, these set a unique atmosphere that provides for educational as well as entertainment opportunities that registrants and audience members simply do not have access to elsewhere.
Key Mainstage Presentations
Mainstage Performances: The invigorating competition of plays selected from the Zone Festivals held in the ten TBC Zones around the province is the centrepiece of MAINSTAGE. Each evening performance is followed by a brief public adjudication by the professional festival adjudicator. The following morning, each Mainstage presentation is discussed in-depth by cast, crew, adjudicator and registrants in a “Coffee Critique.” Open to registrants and public.
“Backstage At Mainstage” Courses: A series of performing arts workshops, instructed by professionals, are scheduled throughout the week (daytime). Running in 3 – 6 hour blocks, these sessions may offer more hands-on participation to people wishing to learn more about many aspects of theatre. Topics may include acting, direction, playwriting. Participation is open to registrants and the public by pre-registration. A very reasonable fee is charged. Look for more information on the TBC website:https://theatrebc.org/
Social Events
Opening Reception: The Opening Reception is held prior to the first Mainstage presentation on the opening evening of the festival. Refreshments, entertainment and a silent fundraising auction are often provided to welcome registrants and public. Opening ceremonies, which take place in the theatre, just before the first Mainstage presentation, involve local, provincial and federal representatives as well as cultural personalities and TBC executives. Open to all ticket holders.
Green Room Socials: Following each evening of theatre on the Mainstage, audience members, cast & crew, staff and volunteers are invited to enjoy good company and a relaxing atmosphere to unwind, share friendships and ideas, and lay back after the excitement of the day. A theme for each evening’s Green Room may be incorporated. Traditional for the final Friday Night Green Room is the appearance of the “Grand Poobah,” who oversees the swearing of allegiance to the “Mainstage Oath” by all Festival “Virgins.” The Green Rooms are open to ticket holders.
Final Awards Ceremony: To wind up the festival, a Final Awards Ceremony takes place on the closing Sunday afternoon. Thespian Trophies, Theatre BC’s equivalent to the Oscars, are awarded, as selected by the Adjudicator, to category-winners from the competitive productions. Annual awards & certificates for special accomplishments are also awarded. A cash-bar, dancing, prizes, and award presentations are included in the fun, marking the end of the community theatre year, and a last chance to visit with friends old and new before heading back home. Tickets are NOT included in packages, so make sure you purchase them as well.
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9201 Corbould Street, Chilliwack, BC, Canada, British Columbia V2P 4A6
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