Mainstage '99 Performance Schedule

Sat.3 / Sun.4 / Mon.5 / Tues.6 / Wed.7 / Thurs.8 / Fri.9 / Sat.10
Workshop Play1 / Workshop Play2

Mainstage Performances
(note: all performances start at 7:00 PM at The Port Theatre)

The Mainstage Performances will be followed by a brief  public adjudication. Coffee Critiques will be held the following mornings at The Artery on Commercial Street from 9:30 - 11:30 am, providing more detailed discussion on the performance. Adjudicator for MAINSTAGE '99 is Glynis Leyshon, Artistic Director of The Playhouse in Vancouver. The Mainstage Performances are competitive and Ms. Leyshon will be choosing category winners for 'The Thespian' awards following the final performance.

Saturday, July 3 (7:00 PM)
"Sylvia" by A.R. Gurney
Stage 43 Theatrical Society, Port Coquitlam (FVZ)
Performance Sponsored by The Windard Neighbourhood Pub

Sunday, July 4 (7:00 PM)
"If We Are Women" by Joanna M. Glass
Courtenay Little Theatre (NIZ)
Performance Sponsored by IKON Office Solutions

Monday, July 5 (7:00 PM)
"Goodnight Disgrace" by Michael Mercer
Asparagus Theatre, Armstrong (OKZ)
Performance Sponsored by Bartlett & Co.

Tuesday, July 6 (7:00 PM)
"The Real Inspector Hound" by Tom Stoppard
Pender Solstice Theatre Society, Pender Island (SIZ)
Performance Sponsored by Quadra Printers Ltd.

Wednesday, July 7 (7:00 PM)
"The Affections of May" by Norm Foster
Prince George Theatre Workshop (CIZ)
Performance Sponsored by IDEAL Motor Co.

Thursday, July 8  (7:00 PM)
"A Life in the Theatre" by David Mamet
Terrace Little Theatre (SKZ)
Performance Sponsored by Cultural Committee/City of Nanaimo

"Crossing" by John McGie
Theatre West Van (NSZ)
Performance Sponsored by The Nanaimo Performing Arts Society

Friday, July 9  (7:00 PM)
"The Fighting Days" by Wendy Lill
Sidekick Players Club (VAZ)
Performance Sponsored by The Nanaimo Theatre Group

Saturday, July 10  (7:00 PM)
"Danny and the Deep Blue Sea" by John Patrick Shanley
Whitehorse Drama Club (YKZ)
Performance Sponsored by The Windward Neighbourhood Pub

Awards Ceremony to follow performance.

Workshop Plays

Workshop Play performances are at 2:00 pm at Nanaimo Theatre Group's 'Bailey Studio', 2373 Rosstown Road.Workshop Play #1 performances are on Sunday and Tuesday. Workshop Play #2 performances are on Wednesday and Friday. The Workshop Plays Director is David Ross, Artistic Director for the Western Canada Theatre Company in Kamloops. Following the first performance of each Workshop Play, David will work with the cast and crew on the show over the next day and a half. The show will be re-performed following the 'workshopping'. This is not only a great opportunity for the groups involved to 'tour' their show in front of their peers, but to gain the valuable educational experience of working with a professional director.

Sunday, July 5 - Tuesday, July 7
"Village Wooing" by George Bernard Shaw
Welcome Theatre, Campbell River (NIZ)

Wednesday, July 8 - Friday, July 10
"The Ladies of the Camellias" by Lillian Garrett-Groag
Progress Theatre Co., Penticton (OKZ)

Mainstage '99 Home // M'99 Registration
Timetable 1 (Sat3, Sun4, Mon5)
Timetable 2 (Tue6, Wed7, Thu8)
Timetable 3 (Fri9, Sat10, Sun11)