FACE
Festival of Artistic and Creative Expression (F.A.C.E.)
Saturday, June 12th (12:30-10:30 PM)
Matsqui Centennial Auditorium
32315 South Fraser Way, Abbotsford
Box Office opens at 12:30 PM
Advance tickets at Tourism Abbotsford
Contact info 604-859-2407 (Art Matters Society)
2 PM Fairies of Ryder Lake by Nancy Guitar
This is a fantasy children’s play by a Chilliwack writer with a message to save the environment.
Adults $4/children $2
3 PM MacBethie-children’s play by Gwynne Hunt with a cast of amazing 11-12 year old girls from Creative Art Play- a spoof on MacBeth
Adults $4/children $2
See both shows for $6 for adults /$4 for children
6 PM Mission Secondary School presents three monologues and a skit under the direction of Gai Brown Evans (written and performed by students) $10
Modern Day Spartan- written by Derrick Hall and directed by Morgan Apostoliuk- a play about bullying as it plays out both in school and in private life
T is for Transsexual- written and directed y Michael Haluzan- a hilarious farce about the actor gender bias in Shakespeare played out in a modern context on the modern stage
Ladies of the Night- written and directed by Melanie Moreau- a serious drama about a runaway who’s tempted by a life of prostitution
See You in Ten- written and directed by Courtney Sheppard- A hysterical send up of the lives of middle aged suburbanites whose high school reunion reveals their true natures.
7 PM A Stroke of Malice by Calgary writer Elizabeth Hudson; after a women survives a stroke she is abused and unable to cry for help. Powerful 35 minute show. $10
8 PM Two Feet & a Heartbeat- a two act play fresh from Theatre BC’s Fraser Valley Zone Festival; two hippy-dippy girls head out on the highway; drama with lots of laughs by Gwynne Hunt $10
9 PM “Snippets” from the Penny-a-Line Players, monologues from past shows like Breadlines, Mudflaps and Train from Eagle River $5
Or buy one ticket for $12 and see Snippets and Two Feet.
Art Matters Society has a history rich in theatre having produced the Fringe, 8 years of The Vagina Monologues and for the past four years; FACE. Support live unjuried theatre, theatre the way it should be . . .
The Festival of Artistic and creative Expression is coming June 12 - this is our Fourth Annual Festival, replacing 15 years of successfully producing the Fraser Valley Fringe Theatre Festival . . .we enjoyed hundreds of shows from around the world then four years ago decided our theatre community was too small to support the out-of-town shows in the financial way they needed; so FACE was born.
Press release
Art Matters Society presents the 4th Annual, Festival of Artistic and Creative Expression (FACE). A one-day festival of one-acts, skits, monologues and music,:
Saturday June 12, 2010 from 2 PM-11 PM.
Matsqui Centennial Auditorium, 32315 South Fraser Way, Abbotsford
Line-up of shows:
2 PM–Fairies of Ryder Lake from Chilliwack writer Nancy
Guitar $2 children/$4 adults
3 PM–MacBethie (children’s play) by Gwynne Hunt
$2 children/$4 adults
4 PM–3 skits and a monologue from Mission Secondary School Drama Class-under the direction of Gai Brown-Evans.
Ladies of the Night’ by Melanie Moreau, ‘T is for Transexual’ by Michael Haluzen ,‘See You in Ten’ by Courtney Sheppard and ‘Modern Day Spartan’ by Derrick Hall
$10 for all 4 performances
7 PM–Stroke of Malice from Calgary writer Elizabeth Hudson $10
8 PM–Two Feet & a Heartbeat, fresh from the Fraser Valley Zone Festival, Gwynne Hunt’s one-act play $10
9:30 PM–David Hunt-singer/songwriter-$10
Children’s shows are $2 for children/$4 for adults or adults can see both children’s plays for $6.
All other shows are $10 or get a pass for the day for only $30-see all of the shows ($48 value).
Tickets at Tourism Abbotsford in advance or reserve by calling 604-859-2407.
For more information visit www.ragmag.net/face