Pacific Theatre's 2005-2006 Season!

Click here for an invitation from Ron Reed, Artistic Director

"Sometimes I think my head is so big because it is so full of dreams..."

The Elephant Man

THE ELEPHANT MAN

by Bernard Pomerance
A Five Bob Co-op Production

1884.  John Merrick is rescued from the brutalities of a London freak show.  As this gentle monstrosity becomes the toast of Victorian society, his ambitious saviours are confronted with the deformities of their own souls. Read More...

October 20 - November 12

"Say 'Humbug.' No, not handbag, humbug... Not bad. Are you about a 38-inch bust?"

Farndale... ...Christmas Carol

THE FARNDALE...
...CHRISTMAS CAROL

Full Title: The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen's Guild Dramatic Society's Production of a Christmas Carol

David McGillivray & Walter Zerlin, Jr.

This stalwart group of lady thespians brings ineptitude to new heights with their dizily endearing, well-meaning assault on the Dickens classic. Read More...

December 1 - January 1

Added performances Christmas week


"What mother would sell her own child?"

The Hungry Season

THE HUNGRY SEASON

Canadian premiere by Jennifer Morison Hendrix

A missionary couple returns home from Nigeria for the first time in seven years - only to discover that their daughters no longer know them. Read More...

January 26 - February 25

"You only loved part of me. The part that looked like you."

Prodigal Son

PRODIGAL SON

World premiere by Shawn Macdonald

A Co-Production with Touchstone Theatre

As his conservative Catholic father nears death, a gay man is shaken by bewildering religious epiphanies. Read More...

March 15 - April 9

Added performances Tuesdays & Sundays

"I strut & fret my hour upon the stage like an idiot, but you...God's given you a gift, lassie"

A Bright Particular Star

A BRIGHT PARTICULAR STAR

World premiere by Ron Reed

George MacDonald's daughter is swept up by the exhilaration of a life in the theatre, spurred on by family friends Mark Twain, Read More...

May 4 - June 3

 

Second Stage Events

Christmas Presence

CHRISTMAS PRESENCE

A Christmas stocking with its seams showing - stuffed full of stories, songs, poetry, comedy and reminiscence. A Pacific Theatre tradition. Read More...

In the Valley at the Matsqui Centennial auditorium

December 11

In the City at Pacific Theatre

December 18, 19 & 20

Side Show - A Night at Improv

SIDE SHOW - A NIGHT AT THE IMPROV

Comedy improv with a healthy dose of hilarity. Read More...

January 13 & 14

April 21 & 22

Testimony

TESTIMONY

A brand new tradition. Like CHRISTMAS PRESENCE, without the Christmas part- stories, songs... whatever we can find that sheds a little light on this business of being human.

March 3 & 4

(program, cast & dates subject to change)

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