Written by: Gail Young

Director: Michael King

Grown women, aching feet and heaving bosoms! Follow the Cheshire Cats team as they speed-walk their way to fundraising success in the London Moonwalk. Hilary, Siobhan, Yvonne, Vicky and Maggie are attempting to walk 13 miles across the English capital in record time in their decorated bras and posh new trainers, but the 6th member of the team doesn’t seem to meet the physical criteria! Cheshire Cats is a cross between a girl’s night out and a real mission to support a cause close to many hearts, with plenty of laughs and a few tears along the way.

Adults: $28
Seniors: $25
Students: $17
Group Rate: $24

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ECHO’s Teen Musical Theatre presents Oklahoma! Rodgers & Hammerstein’s first collaboration remains, in many ways, their most innovative, setting the standards and rules of modern musical theatre. In a Western territory just after the turn of the 20th century, a high-spirited rivalry between local farmers and cowboys provides a colorful background for Curly, a charming cowboy, and Laurey, a feisty farm girl, to play out their love story. Their romantic journey, as bumpy as a surrey ride down a country road, contrasts with the comic exploits of brazen Ado Annie and hapless Will Parker in a musical adventure embracing hope, determination and the promise of a new land. 

Adults: $15
Seniors: $12
Students: $12

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By Stewart Lemoine

Directed by Ian Morton

This hare-brained tale is set in Grand Rapids, Michigan in 1959.  A newly arrived English widow has a very delicate disclosure to make to her brand new beau - and she arranges for an etiquette expert to help her down this tricky path.  At first it starts out well but soon things get out of hand - four solid doors are slammed, drinks are tossed, identities are mistaken - and the action moves at a very tidy clip.  These are eccentric people in eccentric situations and the dialogue peels off like a 1940’s cocktail party - frightfully polite but with Oscar Wildly twists.

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ECHO Youth presents two comedic one acts plays:

Bad Auditions by Bad Actors by Ian McWethy
(Directed by Ashera Richards)

Princess Paperbag written and directed by Lina Janeski (based on The Paperbag Princess by Robert Munsch)

Adults: $15
Students and Seniors: $12

By Michael Armstrong

Directed by Michael Armstrong

LONGING is one woman’s story of a life through the 20th century, inspired by the life of the author’s own mother and by his relationship with her. Barbara spent her early life trying to find the lasting relationship that eluded her as a child and her later years struggling to hold that marriage together. It is a true and inspiring story of one woman’s courage to live her life for love and to rediscover what was lost.

A World Premiere of a new, and deeply moving play.

This is a true story and as such deals with adult themes and contains scenes of implied violence and may not be suitable for small children.

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By Gary Kirkham

Directed by Michael King

A romantic comedy with a handy supply of humour, this play is a witty exploration of unexpected love. In 1972, the Duke of Windsor (Edward VIII) dies in exile at the age of 78. Two weeks later, in Canada, an 80-year-old woman in a small town named Galt has her tombstone engraved, claiming to be his wife. Flashback to 1919 as Edward, then holding the official title of the Prince of Wales, visits Canada as an emissary of the King, Bored with the pomp and circumstance, he slips away from his official duties and begins a romance with a charming young woman.

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"Off Road” in which two high schoolers’ car breaks down and the conversations that follow (directed by Elena Sales)

Many helping hands are making the showcase happen, including community members of all ages, students from Kwalikum Secondary, Ballenas Secondary, Nanaimo District Secondary, the homeschool community, and beyond.

ECHO Youth are excited to be back in the theatre together and look forward to hosting the showcase.