COWICHAN CENTRE

WINTER/SPRING SEASON 2015

2687 James Street, Duncan, BC 250.748.7529 cowichanpac.ca Welcome! Cowichan Performing Arts Change is the spice of life Centre and we are embracing many changes in 2015! The New Information and Policies Year has brought us a new name, a new logo and a Tickets are non-refundable and non-exchangeable. new website. The Cowichan Latecomers will be seated at the discretion of the Front of Performing Arts Centre House Manager. better reflects the broad No audio or visual recording devices are permitted. range of diverse professional Please turn off all cell phones, pagers, alarms, etc. prior to and amateur performing each event. arts productions that grace our stage. We are a centre Babes in arms are not permitted at adult performances. of creativity. A cultural hub of inspiration. The Cowichan For approved events, the Cowichan Ticket Centre will Performing Arts Centre is your entertainment choice for our issue a complimentary ‘babes in arms’ ticket. Individual region. Check the website for up-to-date information on shows state age requirements. new shows being added all the time: www.cowichanpac.ca. Please avoid the use of perfume, cologne or other scented I’ll save you a seat. products when attending Theatre events.

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TICKET CENTRE: 250.748.7529 COWICHANPAC.CA 1 Events Calendar Jan-Jun 2015

JANUARY 2015 MARCH (CONTINUED)

22-24 Shrek the Musical Shawnigan Lake School ...... n/a 24 Brent Butt with Opening Act Ivan Decker...... 13 26 The Railway Man Reel Alternatives...... n/a 27 6 Guitars Chase Padget...... 11 30, 31 Pirates of Penzance 28 Iolanta | Duke Bluebeard’s Castle South Island Musical Theatre Society...... 18 The Met: Live in HD...... 6/7

APRIL FEBRUARY 10 Amadeus ~ Dances With Wolfgang Ballet Victoria...... 14 1, 6 & 7 Pirates of Penzance 11 La Donna del Lago The Met: Live in HD...... 6/7 South Island Musical Theatre Society...... 18 11 Elvis & Friends 5 Treasure Island National Theatre Live in HD ...... 4 Tom Jones, Jackie Wilson & Anne Murray...... n/a 7 The Merry Widow The Met: Live in HD...... 6/7 12 Palm Court Light Orchestra Around the World in 80 Days... 21 Feb 10-Mar 4 Cowichan Music Festival...... 22 13 Morning Musicale Sarah Hagen with Benjamin Butterfield...5 11 Dr. Gordon Neufeld Raising Children in a Digital World...... 19 15 Derek Edwards ...... n/a 12 Vancouver Island Symphony He Sings, She Sighs...... 20 16 Grim and Fischer The Wonderheads ...... 11 14 Cinderella Canada’s Ballet Jörgen...... 8/9 25 Cavalleria Rusticana | Pagliacci The Met: Live in HD...... 6/7 15 Palm Court Light Orchestra Valentine Diva...... 21 27 The Trip to Italy Reel Alternatives...... 23 16 Mike the Knight Koba Entertainment...... 19 18 Victoria Symphony School Shows 11am & 12:30pm...... n/a MAY

23 Pride Reel Alternatives...... 23 9 Murray Hatfield Magic, Illusion and Comedy...... 25 28 Boom...... 10 14 April Wine ...... 15 25 Phoenix Reel Alternatives...... 23 MARCH 27 The 6th Mariachi Festival Canada ...... 26 1, 4 Cowichan Music Festival Highlights Concerts...... 22 30 Celtic Rhythm Dancers From Then ~ Till Now ...... 27 2 Morning Musicale Sarah Hagen | Bergmann Piano Duo...... 5 JUNE 6 I Am Woman, Hear Me Laff...... 12 7 Les Contes d’Hoffman The Met: Live in HD...... 6/7 11-13 Carlson’s School of Dance 60 Years of Excellence...... 28 9 Burton Cummings In Your Back Yard Tour...... 24 20 Adagé Studio Rapunzel ...... 29 14 Victoria Symphony Annabelle Stanley, harp...... 20 22 The Theory of Everything (TBC) Reel Alternatives...... 23 23 My Old Lady Reel Alternatives...... 23

2 TICKET CENTRE: 250.748.7529 COWICHANPAC.CA 3 COWICHAN PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE PRESENTS COWICHAN PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE PRESENTS National Theatre Live Morning Musicale Treasure Island with renowned pianist Sarah Hagen and friends Thursday, February 5 / 7pm Mondays at 10:30am ‘Spectacular. Daring. Fun for all the family.’ —Time Out SERIES SCHEDULE

Monday, Mar 2 Bergmann Piano Duo

Monday, Apr 13 Benjamin Butterfield, tenor

Robert Louis Stevenson’s story of murder, money and With onstage seating, pre-concert chats and a table of mutiny is brought to life in a thrilling new stage adaptation treats, this morning concert series is proving popular by Bryony Lavery in this encore broadcast live from the with classical music lovers. Hosted by Sarah Hagen, Olivier stage in London. with world-class guest musicians, Morning Musicale delivers an intimate, personal musical experience. It’s a dark, stormy night. The stars are out. Jim, the inn-keeper’s granddaughter, opens the door to a terrifying stranger. At Limited seating. Early ticket purchase recommended. the old sailor’s feet sits a huge sea-chest, full of secrets. Jim Tickets $22 / Elder College $20 invites him in — and her dangerous voyage begins.

Suitable for 10 yrs+

Adult $24.50 / Senior $22.25 / Student $17 / Child $16.50 / eyeGo $5

4 TICKET CENTRE: 250.748.7529 COWICHANPAC.CA 5 COWICHAN PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE PRESENTS The Met: Live in HD A wonderful way to spend a Saturday morning. Enjoy performances from the Metropolitan Opera, broadcast Live in HD Tchaikovsky Bartók from New York City. IOLANTA DUKE BLUEBEARD’S After triumphant Met CASTLE performances as Tatiana in The unwitting Judith is no match SPRING 2015 SCHEDULE Eugene Onegin, soprano Anna for the diabolical Bluebeard in this Netrebko takes on another Sat Feb 7 9:00am The Merry Widow (encore) erotic psychological thriller. In an Tchaikovsky heroine—the attempt to let light into the castle, Sat Mar 7 9:55am Les Contes d’Hoffman (encore) beautiful, blind Iolanta. Judith opens one door too many. Sat Mar 28 9:30am Iolanta | Duke Bluebeard’s Castle Sat Mar 28 9:30am (Encore) Sat Mar 28 Follows Iolanta (double bill encore) (Encore) Sat Apr 11 9:55am La Donna del Lago (encore) Rossini Sat Apr 25 9:30am Cavalleria Rusticana | Pagliacci (double bill) LA DONNA DEL LAGO Joyce DiDonato and Juan Diego INDIVIDUAL TICKET PRICES Flórez join forces for this Rossini showcase of bel canto virtuosity, Adult $26 / Senior $24 / Student $22 set in the medieval Scottish Child $15.50 / eyeGo $5 highlands. Sat Apr 11 9:55am (Encore) COMPOSE YOUR OWN SERIES & SAVE* • Choose 3 or more operas and save $1.00 per show • Choose all 5 operas and save $2.50 per show *This offer not valid for eyeGO tickets

Mascagni Leoncavallo CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA PAGLIACCI Returning from military service, With Cavalleria Rusticana, Turiddu finds his fiancée known as opera’s most married to another. In revenge, enduring tragic double bill. Rae he seduces another, setting in Smith (War Horse) has designed Lehár Offenbach motion jealous reactions with the double duty setting which THE MERRY WIDOW LES CONTES D’HOFFMAN serious consequences. transforms from a 1900s village The great Renée Fleming In this opéra fantastique, Sat Apr 25 9:30am square to a 1948 truck stop. stars as the beguiling woman Hoffman is a tortured poet and Sat Apr 25 Follows Cavalleria who captivates all Paris in this unwitting adventurer thwarted enchanting operetta, seen in in finding one woman to meet a new staging with an art- all his desires who settles nouveau setting. instead, for his Muse. Sat Feb 7, 9:00am (Encore) Sat Mar 7 9:55am (Encore)

6 TICKET CENTRE: 250.748.7529 COWICHANPAC.CA 7 REDUCED TICKET COSTS FAMILY PRICES/ COWICHAN PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE AND CANADA’S BALLET JÖRGEN PRESENT Cinderella Saturday, February 14 / 7:30 pm

“This is a honey of a production” – The Hamilton Spectator

When Cinderella encounters an old lady, a magic seed and a flock of enchanting fairies, she begins an adventure that will change her life - and upset her snooty stepsisters. Romantic, entertaining and funny, Canada’s Ballet Jörgen’s interpretation of the classic fairy tale is a family-friendly affair that showcases superb dancing. Bengt Jörgen’s choreography balances dramatic and fantasy-filled imagery with contemporary family relationships, creating an evening filled with wonder, laughter and love.

ONLY Adult $36 / Student/Senior $32 / VANCOUVER ISLAND SHOW Child (12 & under) $20 / eyeGo: $5 Family – Buy one adult ticket & receive up to two child tickets at half price. Group rate available Special Offer from January 14 to February 7: Buy one adult ticket to Ballet Jörgen’s Cinderella and get an adult ticket at half price to Amadeus ~ Dances With Wolfgang (page 14)

8 TICKET CENTRE: 250.748.7529 COWICHANPAC.CA 9 COWICHAN PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE THEATRE SERIES 3 Shows for $67 Save $15 when you buy the series

6 GUITARS “Best Solo Show, Best Musician, Best Performer” – 2010 Orlando Fringe 6 Guitars is a brilliant one-man tour-de-force love letter to music as Chase Padgett becomes six different guitar players each with their own music—blues, jazz, rock, classical, folk and country.

Friday, March 27 7:30pm Regular $27 Series $20

BOOM An explosive, multi-media, one-man stage production chronicling the post-war Baby Boom years – the culture, WONDERHEADS GRIM & FISCHER music and events that shaped a generation. A Comedy in Full Face Mask

★★★★★ (5 stars out of 5) Calgary Herald “Intriguing, flawless and utterly brilliant.” - Culture Vulture Saturday, February 28 7:30pm Regular $28 Series $25.50 Death has found his match in a tenacious granny who isn’t ready to take her last breath. Comedy and pathos like you’ve never seen.

Thursday, April 16 7:30pm Regular $27 Series $21.50

10 TICKET CENTRE: 250.748.7529 COWICHANPAC.CA 11 COWICHAN PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE PRESENTS GEE DAN PRODUCTIONS & COWICHAN PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE PRESENT I Am Woman, Brent Butt Hear Me Laff With opening act Ivan Decker An ‘herlarious’ gathering of female comedians Tuesday, March 24 / 7:30pm set to light Spring on fire with laughter. Friday, March 6 / 7:30pm A rib-tickling fund raiser for CWAV.

Join host Erica Sigurdson (of CBC’s The Debaters, The From small town Saskatchewan to the big screen, Brent Butt Current and Definitely Not the Opera) with comics Katie is one of Canada’s funniest and most successful comedians. Ellen, Brynn Peebles and Alicia Tobin for an incredible night Comedic storyteller, gifted writer, producer and actor, Brent of sizzling, fast-paced humour and wit. Bring the girlfriends, created the hilarious Corner Gas sitcom that became an bring the men, and get a shot of comedy that will have instant hit with unprecedented ratings and awards. Brent everyone howling with laughter as they revel in all that made the transition to the big screen as writer and star of makes life extraordinary. the feature film No Clue, then returned to Dog River with the recently released Corner Gas: The Movie. Brent is a regular at Contains adult material and may not be appropriate for all Just For Laughs as well as appearing on numerous national audiences. and international television programs.

Adult: $27 / Student/Senior: $23 Tickets $45

12 TICKET CENTRE: 250.748.7529 COWICHANPAC.CA 13 COWICHAN PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE AND GEE DAN PRODUCTIONS AND BALLET VICTORIA PRESENT COWICHAN PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE PRESENT Amadeus – Dances April Wine With Wolfgang Thursday, May 14 / 8pm Friday, April 10 / 7:30pm

2015 sees April Wine enter into their 45th year as a band, with just as busy a schedule as ever. Fifteen studio albums, three live releases, numerous compilations, a boxed set and thousands of concerts later, April Wine continues to Ballet Victoria creates a poignant ode to Mozart and his be enduringly popular in Canada, the United States and unbridled talent in a passionate, choreographic journey driven internationally. by the music of both the maestro and Queen’s Freddy Mercury. The band has been inducted into the Canadian Music Industry Artistic Director Paul Destrooper’s new work stimulates Hall of Fame, the Canadian Music Hall of Fame and has also audiences in unexpected ways by infusing dramatics, varying received The Lifetime Achievement Award. Vintage Wine is styles, humour and visual fluidity. featured in hit after hit including Sign of the Gypsy Queen, Adult $30 / Senior $20 / Student $15 / Child (12-) $10 / Rock & Roll is a Vicious Game, Tonight Is A Wonderful Night To eyeGo $5 Group rate available Fall In Love, Roller, and so many more. Special Offer from January 14 to February 7: Buy one adult ticket to Ballet Jörgen’s Cinderella (pages 8 & 9) and get an Tickets $45 adult Amadeus ticket at half price.

14 TICKET CENTRE: 250.748.7529 COWICHANPAC.CA 15 COWICHAN VALLEY ARTS COUNCIL The Gallery at the Cowichan Performing Arts Centre

The gallery is open for public viewing one hour prior to PORTALS’ goal is to be an inspiring “go to” place in which Theatre showtimes. Private viewing can be arranged by Cowichan Valley Arts Council members and visitors share local, regional and national arts, culture and heritage contacting the artists directly. information. Focusing on creative excellence, PORTALS showcases the integration of all types of creative and artistic genres of both CVAC members and the community at large.

WINTER / SPRING 2015 EXHIBITION SCHEDULE

Jan 6 – Jan 23 Providence House Providence Farm Group Show Jan 27 – Feb 13 We ♥ Volunteers Annual PORTALS Volunteer Appreciation Show

Feb 17 – Mar 6 studentWorks February March April Annual Youth Outreach Program (YOP) Jennifer Rachel Cruse Cowichan Student Show Lawson Natural Inclinations Aboriginal Mar 10 – Mar 31 Word and Vision – Part 1 Printemps Water Soluble Oil Festival of Literary Arts Show Watercolours on Canvas Film & Art Apr 7 – Apr 22 Cowichan Valley Artisans Annual Group Show Apr 29 – May 3 Cowichan Valley Fine Arts Show 45th Annual Group Art Show May 6 – May 26 “Best of the Best” Group Show Selected juried pieces from the Cowichan Valley Fine Arts Show

PORTALS Hours: Monday thru Friday from 10 – 5pm Saturdays 10 – 1pm Closed Sundays and Holidays May June Laird Christine 2687 James Street, Duncan, BC (250) 746-1633 Campbell Allen [email protected] Mixed Media Saving Nature www.cowichanvalleyartscouncil.ca Mixed Media

Artists interested in exhibiting may send submissions to: [email protected]

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Media Partners COWICHAN SYMPHONY SOCIETY PRESENTS victoria symphony Saturday January 17 at 7:30pm Tchaikovsky, Serenade for Strings Mendelssohn, A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Bernhard Gueller, conductor Duncan Regehr, narrator vancouver island symphony Thursday February 12 at 7:30pm He Sings, She Sighs - A Romantic Comedy

Pierre Simard, conductor Ken Lavigne, tenor Nadya Blanchette, soprano victoria symphony Saturday March 14 at 7:30pm Handel, Concerto Grosso Op. 6 No. 2 in F Saint-Saëns, Morceau de Concert in G for harp and orchestra Dvorak, Wind Serenade Op. 44 Handel, Harp Concerto Op. 4 No. 6 Mozart, Symphony No. 38 “Prague”

Tania Miller, conductor Annabelle Stanley, harp Tickets $40 / Children/Students $5 Group (10+) $25 Rows A,B,C $25

20 TICKET CENTRE: 250.748.7529 COWICHANPAC.CA 21 Featuring selected Cowichan films from the Toronto International Music Film Festival Festival Pride FEB 23, 7 PM A London-based group of gay and lesbian activists gather to raise money to support February 10 – March 4 Britain’s National Union of Mineworkers strikers’ families.

Local artistic talent is showcased at this annual My Old Lady MAR 23, 7 PM multi-disciplinary competition in Dance, Music, When a man inherits a Parisian apartment from Instruments (and bands), Piano, Speech Arts, Vocal his estranged father, he’s shocked to discover a and Choral (Classical Voice and Musical Theatre). live-in tenant who is not prepared to budge. (Starring Maggie Smith) Three concerts celebrate the best of the participants’ achievements, including two separate Highlights Concerts. The Trip to Italy APR 27, 7 PM Two men, six meals in six different places on a Gala Concert road trip around Italy. Liguria, Tuscany, Rome, Amalfi and ending in Capri. Sunday, February 22, 2pm (Starring Steve Coogan of Philomena) Duncan United Church Adult $5 / Child $3 Phoenix MAY 25, 7 PM A disfigured concentration-camp survivor Tickets at the door searches ravaged postwar Berlin for the husband who might have betrayed her to the Highlights Concerts Nazis. (In German with English subtitles) Two different programs featuring Festival’s Major Award Winners The Theory of Everything JUN 22, 7 PM – to be confirmed Sunday, March 1, 1:30pm The extraordinary story of the renowned as- & Wednesday, March 4, 7pm trophysicist Stephen Hawking, who falls in love with fellow Cambridge student Jane Wilde. Adult $15 / Child $10 Buy both concerts and save $5: $25 Tickets $12 / Students (rows A-C only) $5 (Adult tickets only) Series of 5 Films $50 Tickets at the Cowichan Ticket Centre All proceeds to Cowichan Valley Hospice Services If you wish to be put on our confidential emailing list for up- 2687 James Street (250) 748-7529 to-date information/bulletins: [email protected] Programs available at Duncan Music, Pioneer Video, Body Wrapsody Dance and Fitness in Duncan; Valley Vines to Wines in Mill Bay.

2422 COWICHAN PERFORMINGTICKET ARTS CENTRE: CENTRE 250.748.7529 250.748.7529 COWICHANPAC.CA 23 HIGHTIDE ENTERTAINMENT PRESENTS HIGH TIDE ENTERTAINMENT PRESENTS DUNCANCANADIAN VOLUNTEER LIGHT MUSICFIRE DEPARTMENT SOCIETY PRESENTS PRESENTS Murray Hatfield Firefighters Magic and Comedy Show

Saturday, May 9 / 4pm & 7pm

Comedy and fun is the name of the game for all ages with this fast paced and funny show – featuring the internationally renowned illusionists Murray Hatfield & Teresa, plus one or two special guest performers. Magic, Former Lead singer & Songwriter of “The Guess Who” Former Lead Singer & Songwriter illusions, comedy, juggling and more will be in store. of “The Guess Who” “In Your“In Backyard Your Backyard Tour” Tour” A fundraiser to benefit the Clements Centre, Burton Cummings and the Burton Cummings Band assisting persons with developmental with openingBurton guest Wil Cummings disabilities. and the Burton Cummings Band Monday, Marchwith opening9 / 7:30 guest pm Wil Tickets $20 Tickets $101.50Monday, - $117.50 March 9 / 7:30pm Tickets $101.50 – $117.50

COWICHANPERFORMINGARTSCENTRE.CA24 TICKET CENTRE: 250.748.752925 COWICHANPAC.CA 25 Judy Hogg’s Celtic Rhythm Dancers present From Then – Till Now

The 6th MARIACHI FESTIVAL CANADA Featuring Mariachis and Folkloric Dancers from Mexico, USA and Canada

Wednesday, May 27 / 7:00pm Saturday, May 30 / 7pm

Experience the excitement of Mariachi culture with some of A lively show with music and dance from the 1800s to the best international performers, musicians and dancers 2015, featuring dancers aged three years to adult. providing an unforgettable spring memory. Enjoy the Get your tickets early — you won’t want to miss out on crisp, vivid and sweet sounds of guitars, violins, bass and this show! trumpets at this Mariachi Festival that takes the audience on a picturesque journey to Mexico complete with traditional Adult: $18.50 / Student/Senior/Child: $13.00 costumes and extraordinary colourful entertainment.

Tickets: $30 / Senior/Student/Child: $20

26 TICKET CENTRE: 250.748.7529 COWICHANPAC.CA 27 Carlson’s JUNE 20TH, 2015 12:30 PM & 6:00 PM COWICHAN PERFORMING School of Dance ARTS CENTRE presents

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Carlson’s School of Dance celebrates its 60th year of ~ Award winningplay a hotel round ~ of golf, inspiring dancers of all ages in various genres of dance, do some diving, including ballet, jazz, modern stage, tap, hip hop, contemporary and musical theatre. kayaking, whale watching, cycling, Tickets: TBA www.carlsons.ca 1-877-246-4181 chemainushotel.comwalking... and so Each Best Western® branded hotel is independently owned and operated much more! 28 TICKET CENTRE: 250.748.7529

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We invite you to join us! Visit our table at the next Theatre event.

Our Mandate To assist in the development and enhancement of programs, events and activities presented by the Cowichan Performing Arts Centre department.

Since 1991, the Friends have provided over $150,000 towards: • Sennheiser listening • Harlequin dance floor system • Six custom lighting booms • Ongoing maintenance • Bell satellite receiver feed and / or repairs of the system (for The Met: Live Steinway Grand D piano in HD & National Theatre • Custom-made insulated, Live broadcasts) dust-resistant Steinway • Rosco 22’ X 50’ front white piano cover vinyl projection screen • Kawai rehearsal piano • 10 Mac 500 intelligent with cover moving light fixtures • Engineering study and • Exterior HD lobby plans projection lamp • Musicians’ chairs, music • Exterior digital stands and storage trolleys signage unit • Untold volunteer hours • CO2 sensor lobbying for support for • Lowrey organ the Cowichan Performing • 72 Children’s booster seats Arts Centre

For more information or to get involved with the society, please call (250) 748-8833