The ACT Arts Centre Launches Expanded 2019/2020 Season
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The ACT Arts Centre Launches Expanded 2019/2020 Season MAPLE RIDGE, BC, June 17, 2019 – The ACT Arts Centre has launched its 2019/2020 ACT Presents Season, its 17th and largest to date. The new season offers 50 must-experience presentations beginning in September, through May 2020, covering a variety of genres, including Theatre, Dance, all styles of Music, Holiday and Family programming, Variety acts and Film. This is the first season programmed by Artistic and Executive Director, Ms. Curtis Pendleton, who began her role leading the Maple Ridge Pitt Meadows Arts Council and The ACT Arts Centre in 2018. “The direction of the programming came out of some very robust strategic planning sessions during which we listened carefully to feedback from our patrons and stakeholders,” Pendleton explains. “There is something for everyone in our programming. No one should feel compelled to leave the community to experience high-quality live arts - we have it all here to enjoy.” The season’s Opening Night on September 21, 2019 welcomes three-time JUNO award winners Leahy, one of Canada’s most highly- regarded musical groups, for a celebratory evening of Celtic-inspired music and their signature step dancing. The season continues through May, offering nine live theatre performances, six Classical Coffee Concerts, six Listening Lounge artists and more matinee events than previous seasons, and a host of Mainstage performances. In a continued relationship with Cineplex, the ACT will offer an expanded suite of four National Theatre Live Encore Broadcasts. Other new offerings include the launch of the Exhibitions on Screen series, screenings that focus on some of the world’s most famous painters and art works, filmed in renowned galleries and museums around the world.
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