The Year of Magical Thinking opens

by Mark on November 19, 2009

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Seana McKenna / Photo by David Cooper

The Canadian premiere of Joan Didion’s fascinating play, The Year of Magical Thinking is up and running. The shows stars Seana McKenna and has been described:

as intensely intimate as it is universal” New York Daily News

Poignant, heartbreaking and wry…we can’t help but be deeply affected” Newsweek

Tickets range in price from $23 – $38 and can be reserved by calling the Belfry Box Office at 250-385-6815 or click here

Times Colonist
You can read Adrian Chamberlain’s interview with Seana here >

Monday Magazine
You can read John Threlfall’s interview with Seana here >

Globe and Mail
You can read Marsha Lederman’s interview with Seana here > 

Globe and Mail Review 

You can read the Globe and Mail’s review of The Year of Magical Thinking here >>

 

 

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Weekly Update – November 17

by Mark on November 17, 2009

Where The Blood Mixes wins the 2009 Governor General’s Award for Drama

 

Kevin Loring’s play, Where The Blood Mixes has just won the 2009 Governor General’s Award for Drama.  Where The Blood Mixes will start its national tour at the Belfry in January.

 

Globe and Mail Story >>

 

Official Announcement >>

 

 

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Globe and Mail Review – "Seana McKenna gives a remarkable performance in the stage adaptation of Joan Didion’s memoir"

 

You can read the Globe and Mail’s review of The Year of Magical Thinking here >>

 

 

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BC Arts Funding Updates

 

A bit of good news

Last week the Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services recommended that arts funding be restored. You can read an excerpt from the report here >> 

 

The Interior speak out

Miners, farmers, and forestry workers in the Interior of BC, upset with the cuts to arts funding, have started their own campaign. You can see them in action here >>

 

People in the town of Golden, BC have started their Put a Face to the Arts campaign. You can see them in action here >>

 

There’s still time

There is still time to let your voice be heard. If you would like to write a letter to Premier Campbell and Ministers Krueger, Coleman and Hansen you can do that here >>

 

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Proceed and Be Bold

November 10, 2009

Belfry to donate proceeds from three performances to local charities
Throughout the media you will have heard about the past and upcoming cuts to the arts in British Columbia.
Should the provincial government not come to its senses between now and the next budget in March the Belfry will take a substantial hit.
We are not alone. 6,800 [...]

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Weekly Update – November 2

November 3, 2009

 Joan Didion and Vanessa Redgrave in conversation with Charlie Rose

Tickets for the Belfry’s production (Canadian premiere) of The Year of Magical Thinking, starring Seana McKenna, are available here or at 250-385-6815.
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Where the Blood Mixes nominated for a 2009 Governor General’s Award for Drama
Each year, the Canada Council for the Arts and the Governor General of Canada [...]

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Weekly Update – October 27

October 27, 2009

Three Show Season Ticket Packages on Sale
There is still time to get season tickets for the Belfry. Prices start at just $62.25 for tickets to our three remaining Mainstage productions: The Year of Magical Thinking, Where the Blood Mixes and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.
Season tickets really are the way to [...]

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Weekly Update – October 19

October 19, 2009

The Year of Magical Thinking
Rehearsals for our next production, the Canadian premiere of Joan Didion’s The Year of Magical Thinking, started in Stratford last week. Michael Shamata (Director) and Kim Charleen Smith (Stage Manager) headed out to work with Seana McKenna (Actor) in her hometown. Our thanks to the Stratford Festival for the rehearsal space.
Bordertown [...]

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Bordertown Café closes October 18

October 8, 2009
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Bordertown Café, the first show in our 2009 – 2010 Season closes on Sunday, October 18. The show stars Jillian Fargey (from Homechild and Girl in the Goldfish Bowl), Janet-Laine Green, Jamie Spilchuk and Paul Stephen.

The quintessential family comedy and one of Canada’s most successful and beloved plays, Bordertown Café, is set in [...]

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2009 – 2010 Season Tickets on Sale

October 8, 2009
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There’s still time to get your season tickets for the Belfry. Prices start at just $83.00 for four shows and we offer a number of packages designed to fit your schedule.
Our new season features:
Bordertown Café by Kelly Rebar
The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
Where The Blood Mixes by Kevin Loring
The 25th Annual Putnam County [...]

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