The provincial theatre festival, Mainstage 2017, wrapped up in Vernon on July 8 with Canadian playwright, Michael Healey’s play, The Drawer Boy performed by Courtenay Little Theatre of the North Island Zone.
It took home home Best Production, Best Set Design, Best Performance by a Youth or Novice, Best Actor (male) to Wes Buckle, and Best Director to Catherine Hannon.
Courtenay Little Theatre (CLT) qualified in May to represent the North Island Zone after winning Best Production, Director, Lead Actor, and Set Design at the NIZ Festival, a weeklong festival hosted by CLT at the Sid Williams Theatre.
“Theatre BC is a venerable and incredibly important cultural entity that our province is very lucky to have. My experience as adjudicator of MainStage 2017 was truly wonderful,” said adjudicator Katrina Dunn.
“I got to see some of my favourite Canadian plays come alive again, infused with the vitality of theatres from across the province, and we all got to further our craft and inspire ourselves to become better artists.”
As part of the MainStage graphic design competition, CLT picked up two more wins for Best Graphic Design for a Seaon Brochure (Jean Higginson) and Best Graphic Design for The Drawer Boy poster (Janet Walker).
Fresh off its provincial win, Courtenay Little Theatre is pleased to announce its 2017-18 season, which will run at the Sid Williams Theatre for three productions: Evelyn Strange by Stewart Lemoine (Oct. 5 to 13); Anne of Green Gables, the Don Harron/Norman Campbell musical (Dec. 23, and 26 to 31) and Humble Boy by Charlotte Jones (April 6 to 13, 2018).
Tickets are on sale now at the Sid Williams Theatre Ticket Office, online at sidwilliamstheatre.com or (250) 338-2430 ext.
Individual reserved tickets are $25 per evening performance, $23 for matinees. Book early for the best deals. A season ticket (one ticket to each production) are just $54 for 3 shows, while FlexPass tickets (6 tickets for the price of 5, redeemable for any show) are $125.