BATTLEFORD — Battlefords Community Players (BCP) announce their 2024-25 season of live theatre beginning with two visiting productions.
Sept. 18 will feature a performance by Listen to Dis’ Community Arts Organization with “I Have No Idea” written by Nathan Coppens. A play about adult ADHD it is a story about neurodiversity and how the power of music, the importance of friendship and coffee can make everything better. Doors open at 7 p.m. and the show goes at 7:30 p.m., followed by a talk-back session with audience. Check out our website and use the QR code to purchase tickets.
Next up is “Night Sweats,” a coming-out story in the time of AIDS. Written and performed by Brad McDougall it is on stage Oct. 4 at the clubhouse at 102-26th St., Battleford. “Brad McDougall presents a one-man that is semi-autobiographical infused with humor, and reverence, that never feels forced or silly,” says a Culture Geco review.
Again, check the website to get tickets in advance.
“Coming Apart” by Fred Carmichael, a romantic comedy leads off the BCP season, running from Oct. 17 to 26 with six dinner theatre performances and two show-only performances. Information on how to get tickets is also on our website, Facebook and by calling 306-446-3133.
It is a delightful romantic comedy which opens with the Kittridges saying simultaneously, "I want a divorce!" Both are conceited and rightly so: Colin is a successful humour columnist and Frances is an equally successful romance novelist. There is rivalry between them and although they are still in love, each is too stubborn to give an inch. The cast features John Butler, Jenn Hawley, Jeff Arndt, Danielle Barrett with assistant director Kat Carroll, stage manager Marno Auchstaetter, lighting and sound by Jon Blyan and director Donna Challis.
The next show of the season is special just for the holiday season, great for a staff social or a group of friends to enjoy. The show is called “Christmas with Auntie Pearl” by Norm Foster and we are fortunate to be the first amateur group to get permission to present this play.
It’s two days before Christmas in the topsy-turvy Trimble household when George and Sally and their daughter Melissa receive an unexpected visit from George’s Auntie Pearl. The only problem is, George didn’t know he had an Auntie Pearl.
As the wise-cracking aunt settles in for the holidays, 14-year-old Melissa begins to suspect there’s more to Auntie Pearl than meets the eye.
A great cast made up of Rick Kostiuk, Jamie Maunula, Natalie Maunula and Shelly Bretzer as Aunt Pearl and directed by Roy Challis with assistance from Karen Bayne will give our audiences a warm and wonderful experience, setting the tone for the holiday season.
A special Valentine's show, just for our favourite people will feature two plays back-to-back in three performances being held Feb.13,14 and15. The shows are “The Revenge of the Red Feather Ladies” and “Red Feather Ladies Get Their Man” by Maxine Holmgren. The evening/afternoon will feature lots of red, lots of fun and many laughs. Get your red hats ready, ladies.
The 2024-25 season continues with two more majors shows – one running from March 6 to 15, title unknown as of yet and the final show “The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen's Guild Dramatic Society Ladies.” The troupe mount yet another assault on the classics with a startlingly original production of Macbeth staged to get them to the Welwyn Garden City Finals. Under the carefully mascara'd eye of adjudicator George Peach, all events conspire hilariously against them. This show runs from May 22 to May 31 with six dinner theatres and two show-only performances.
See you at the theatre as Battlefords Community Players work hard to create and bring live theatre to the Battlefords.
Check out a package deal good until the end of September 2024 by checking out the website – or joining the Facebook page or calling 306-446-3133.
See you at the theatre.
