Noises Off

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NOISES OFF

BY MICHAEL FRAYN

STARRING Inof Order Appearance Dotty Otley Lloyd Dallas Garry Lejeune Brooke Ashton Poppy Norton-Taylor Frederick Fellowes Belinda Blair Timothy Allgood Selsdon Mowbray

Janet Michael Thom Marriott Kirk Smith Lindsey Angell Robyn Wallis Leon Willey Anita Wittenberg Andrew Cownden Christopher Weddell

ARTISTIC PERSONNEL Director Scenic Designer Costume Designer Lighting Designer Sound Designer Scenic Painter Stage Manager Stunt Choreographer Assistant Director Assistant Stage Manager Apprentice Stage Manager Head Technician Lighting & Sound Operator Stage Crew Stage Crew House Photographer

Daryl Cloran Ross Nichol Sheila White Adrian Muir Paul Tedeschini Sondra Haglund Kate Porter Courtenay Dobbie Heather Cant Sarah Wallin Skylar Nakazawa Jessie Paynter Dylan Taylor Eric Maher Darren John Murray Mitchell

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ARTISTIC DIRECTOR’S MESSAGE Welcome to Western Canada Theatre’s 36th season, and my first as Artistic Director.

I’m so glad you have joined us for this hilarious production of Noises Off. Michael Frayn’s farce is truly one of the finest backstage comedies ever written. This script puts you, the audience, right in the middle of the dress rehearsal for an ill-fated, imaginary farce called Nothing On. You get to watch as the actors and director struggle valiantly to get their production ready for an audience. Then in Act 2, you are transported backstage for a sneak-peak at all of the highjinx that ensue behind the scenes. And then finally in Act 3, we get to watch the pandemonium from the audience point of view as the production is performed, not very successfully, for ticket-buyers. It is a very funny look at the “theatre biz” and all the things that could go wrong while making a play.

WCT’s 2011/12 season is all about community. It’s about working with organizations in our community, showcasing performers from our community and training the emerging artists from our community. And our production of Noises Off is the perfect illustration of this. I’m very proud that this production features FOUR performers from Kamloops – Janet Michael, Kirk Smith, Christopher Weddell and Anita Wittenberg. The set was designed by Kamloops’ own Ross Nichol. And it was directed by yet another “Kamloopsian”… me! It’s a real tribute to the amount of talent we have right here in this community.

I’m also excited to welcome Lindsey Angell, Thom Marriott and Robyn Wallis to the WCT stage – and to welcome back Andrew Cownden and Leon Willey, both of whom you’ll recognize from our recent production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Our design team also includes the incredible Sheila White, Adrian Muir and Paul Tedeschini. What a company!

I’d like to extend a huge thank you to our partners at the Chemainus Theatre Festival on Vancouver Island. After this production closes here, it is headed to the Chemainus Theatre Festival where it will play for 6 weeks. I’m very proud that WCT’s top quality work is being showcased around the province!

I hope you’ll join us for our next production, UBUNTU (The Cape Town Project), playing here at Sagebrush Theatre from March 29 – April 7. It’s a show I created in Cape Town, and features actors from South Africa alongside actors from Canada. It’s filled with movement and music, and a fantastic story. I know you’ll love it!

And all here in Kamloops. That’s why, My Theatre is… Western Canada Theatre!

Enjoy the show!

Sincerely,

Daryl Cloran Artistic Director PS – On a personal note… Holly and I are very excited to welcome our new son, Jack, to the family. Jack was born December 5th, here in Kamloops. Our 3 year old son Liam is enjoying his new role as a big brother. And none of us are getting any sleep…

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PLAYWRIGHT Michael Frayn Playwright At WCT: Debut.

Other Plays (Original): Afterlife (2008); Democracy (2003); Alarms and Excursions: More Plays than One (1998); La Belle Vivette (1995); Here (1993); Audience (1991); Look Look, Jamie on a Flying Visit, Birthday, Listen to This: Sketches and Monologues (1990); First and Last (1989); Benefactors (1984); Make and Break (1980); Liberty Hall (1980); Balmoral (1978); Clouds, Alphabetical Order, Donkeys' Years (1977) & The Two of Us (1970).

Film/ TV: Copenhagen (2002); Remember Me? (1997); Screen Two (1994); Noises Off (1992); First and Last (1989); Theatre Night (1987); Galeria Oberta, Clockwise (1986); Great Railway Journeys of the World (1980); Alphabetical Order (1978); Pleasure at Her Majesty's (1976); But Seriously, It's Sheila Hancock, Beyond a Joke (1972); The Wednesday Play (1967); Second City Reports (1964) & That Was the Week That Was (1962).

Et Cetera: English dramatist, columnist, reporter and translator Michael Frayn was born on September 8, 1933, in the suburbs of London. His mother, a once promising young violinist, died when Frayn was only 12, and his father, a rep for an asbestos and roofing materials firm, was forced to withdraw the young boy from the expensive private school he was used to attending in favor of a cheaper public education. Frayn, however, thrived in this new environment. Growing up in Ewell,

south London, he displayed a talent for music and poetry, and by the time he was a teenager, he knew that he wanted to be a writer of some sort. After two years National Service, during which he learned Russian, he read Philosophy at Emmanuel College, Cambridge. He then worked as a reporter and columnist for The Guardian and The Observer, publishing several novels. He is probably best known as the author of the farce Noises Off and the dramas Copenhagen and Democracy. His novels, such as Towards the End of the Morning, Headlong and Spies, have also been critical and commercial successes, making him one of the handful of writers in the English language to succeed in both drama and prose fiction. He has also translated a number of plays from Russian, including plays by Chekhov and Tolstoy. His works often raise philosophical questions in a humorous context. Frayn's wife is Claire Tomalin, the biographer and literary journalist.

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BIOGRAPHIES Lindsey Angell Brooke Ashton At WCT: Debut.

Other Theatre: Jitters (Belfry Theatre Victoria); The Merchant of Venice, As You Like It (Bard on the Beach); It’s a Wonderful Life, Becky’s New Car (Arts Club); The Story (Caravan Farm Theatre) & The Project (Solo Collective).

Film/TV: Stargate Universe.

Et Cetera: A Graduate of Studio 58. First production at WCT! Thanks for having me!

Heather Cant Assistant Director At WCT: Wit (2011) & Having Hope at Home (2007 - Actor).

Other Theatre: Director: Simple Machines (Walking Fish Festival) Assistant Director: Twelfth Night, The Rocky Horror Show (Project X) & Alan and the Unbearable Lightness of Quarks (Walking Fish Festival). Actor (select): A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Project X); Bye Bye Baby (Presentation House); The Memory of Water (Metro Theatre); Lady Windermere's Fan (United Players); I Am Yours, Sunday on the Rocks (ADTC); A Bright Room Called Day (Somewhat Cooperative) & Lion in the Streets (Soundandfury).

Film/TV: When a Man Falls, Fantastic Four 2: Rise of the Silver Surfer, The Portside & The Peace Offering.

Et Cetera: In addition to directing and performing, Heather has recently relocated to Kamloops to undertake the position of Associate Producer for Western Canada Theatre. She is over the moon to have had this opportunity to work on one of her most favourite plays.

Many thanks to this fabulous company of artists for a wonderful ride!

Daryl Cloran Director At WCT: Joseph and the A m a z i n g Te c h n i c o l o r Dreamcoat & Betrayal (2011).

Other Theatre: Founding Artistic Director of Theatrefront, where he has directed 11 productions, including: The Mill; RETURN (The Sarajevo Project) produced in Bosnia and Toronto; & UBUNTU (The Cape Town Project) produced in South Africa, Halifax and Toronto. Daryl has also directed at theatres across Canada, including And All For Love (National Arts Centre); Generous (Tarragon Theatre); Afterplay (Shaw Festival); The Last Five Years (Canadian Stage & Manitoba Theatre Centre); Educating Rita (Theatre Aquarius); This is How it Goes (Neptune Theatre) and The Play About The Baby (Soulpepper). Daryl also recently served as the New Play Development Coordinator of the Stratford Shakespeare Festival.

Film/TV: Writer/director of Late Fragment (CFC/NFB), an interactive feature film w h i c h p r e m i e r e d a t t h e To r o n t o International Film Festival, & P.M.O. which premiered at the World Wide Short Film Festival.

Et Cetera: Daryl has been awarded the Canada Council's John Hirsch Prize for Outstanding Emerging Theatre Director, the Toronto Theatre Emerging Artist Award, a Robert Merritt Award for Outstanding Director, and numerous Dora Mavor Moore Awards. Daryl is a proud resident of Kamloops, where he lives with his wife Holly, and their sons, Liam and Jack.

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BIOGRAPHIES Andrew Cownden Timothy Allgood At WCT: Joseph and the A m a z i n g Te c h n i c o l o r Dreamcoat (2011) & My Fair Lady (2009).

Other Theatre: Moonface in Anything Goes (Theatre Under The Stars); Rusty Charlie in Guys and Dolls, Mr. Memory in The 39 Steps (Chemainus Theatre Festival); Ensemble in Annie (Gateway Theatre); Charlie Brown in You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown, Charley in Where’s Charley? & Bertie Wooster in By Jeeves (Kimberley Summer Theatre).

Film/ TV: Exes and Ohs & Eureka.

Et Cetera: Check out his website: www.andrewcownden.com.

Thom Marriott Lloyd Dallas At WCT: Debut.

Other Theatre: Five seasons with the Shaw Festival, including Harry Brock in Born Yesterday, Wreck in Wonderful Town, Drama at Inish, A Doctor's Dilemma & Brief Encounters.

Elsewhere: Saint Joan (Chicago); Treasure Island (Fredericton); Sherlock Holmes (London); Raised In Captivity (Berlin); Orpheus Descending (Winnipeg) and over two dozen performances at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival.

Et Cetera: Thom returns to the Shaw Festival this summer to play the leading role of Tarlton in Misalliance & the Mayor in His Girl Friday.

Janet Michael Dotty Otley At WCT (select): Alice in Sexy Laundry (2011 & 2009); E.M. Ashford in Wit (2011); Charlotte in Molly's Veil (2007); Ernestine in Ernestine Shuswap Gets Her Trout (2004); Romaine in Witness for the Prosecution, Rose in Unity (1918) (2003);

Rachel in If We Are Women (2001); Hannah in Safe Haven (1997) & Olivia in Twelfth Night (1996).

Other Theatre: Grandma in No Great Mischief (Vancouver Playhouse); Mircea in Atlantis (Workshop West); Titania in A Midsummer's Night Dream (Rocky Mountain Shakespeare); Eve in Creation (Caravan Farm Theatre); Nurse in Romeo and Juliet (Richmond’s Gateway Theatre); Maggie in Dancing at Lughnasa (New Bastion Theatre); Meg in The Hostage (Belfry Theatre) & Jenny in September Songs (BC Living Arts).

Film/TV: Four Sisters, Thomson Highway Gets His Trout, Violet & Extraordinary Visitor.

Et Cetera: Janet is thrilled to be traveling with Noises Off to The Chemainus Theatre Festival for April and May. Adrian Muir Lighting Designer At WCT: Skydive (2010); Coup d'Etat (2004); The Fantasticks (1996) & St. George (1994).

Other Theatre: Calendar Girls (Arts Club Theatre); All The Way Home (Electric Company Theatre); True Love Lies (Touchstone Theatre); Henry VI, Richard III (Bard On The Beach); 1984 (Virtual Stage/ Studio 58); This (Vancouver Playhouse); 100% Vancouver (Theatre Replacement); The Mariage of Figaro & La Boheme (Vancouver Opera).

Et Cetera: Adrian is also the Lighting Director for Ballet BC and teaches Computer Assisted Drafting and Lighting for the Stage at Langara College's Studio 58. He has been awarded numerous Jessies for his work as a lighting designer and is a member of the Associated Designers of Canada.

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BIOGRAPHIES Skylar Nakazawa Apprentice Stage Manager At WCT: Debut.

Other Theatre: ASM for The Compleat Wrks of Wllm Shkspr & Munsch Ado About Nothing (Project X); SM for Death of a Salesman, Have You Seen My Rabbit, ASM for Tales of the Lost Formicans & Veronica in Fifth Planet (TRU Actors Workshop Theatre).

Et Cetera: Skylar would like to thank Robin and Wesley for giving her this wonderful opportunity as she finishes the final semester of her BA at TRU. She would also like to thank her family and friends especially Kayla, Brandon, and Brad for their love and encouragement.

Ross Nichol Scenic Designer At WCT (Recently): Betrayal, Mambo Italiano (2011) & A Christmas Carol (2010).

Other Theatre: Recent – Set/ Lighting Designer for Home Ice (Theatre North West, Prince George); Set Designer for Tales of the Lost Formicans (TRU Actors Workshop Theatre) & Set Designer for Brecht Kabaret (Douglas College, New Westminster).

Et Cetera: Ross has designed over 200 set, lighting or costume designs including 19 at Western Canada Theatre. These projects have taken him from coast to coast and to the Yukon. He is currently on leave from Douglas College’s Stagecraft and Event Technology Program (douglas.bc.ca/st) where he teaches scenic painting, properties, and computer drafting and where he has been department Coordinator.

Ross is a member of the Associated Designers of Canada and the Canadian Institute for Theatre Technology. He is a resident of Kamloops.

Kate Porter Stage Manager At WCT: Ubuntu (tour to Theatre Calgary Jan. 2011).

Other Theatre: The Gifts of the Magi (Theatre New Brunswick); Tuesdays at Tesco’s (Edinburgh Fringe Festival); Tout Comme Elle (Necessary Angel/ Luminato); La Clemenza di Tito, Acis & Galatea, The Coronation of Poppea (Opera Atelier); Talk (Harold Green Jewish Theatre); The Princess & The Handmaiden (Young People’s Theatre); Mimi or A Poisoner’s Comedy, Ubuntu (Tarragon Theatre) and The Drowsy Chaperone (Thousand Islands Playhouse). As ASM: La Cour de Célimène (Wexford Opera Festival); The Magic Flute, The Flying Dutchman, and Otello (Canadian Opera Company).

Kirk Smith Garry Lejeune At WCT: Wit (2011); A Christmas Carol (2010); My Fair Lady (2009) & The Cat In The Hat in Seussical (2008).

Other Theatre: Compleat Wrks, The Rocky Horror Show, Twelfth Night, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead, Hamlet (Project X); Home Ice (Theatre North West); The History Boys (Arts Club); Little Shop Of Horrors (Persephone Theatre); My Fair Lady (Gateway Theatre) & Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog (Relephant Theatre).

Et Cetera: Kirk is happy that Kamloops is such a great place to come home to and do some theatre, and that he gets so many opportunities to do so. He is grateful to his supportive friends and family here, and the great team at WCT.

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BIOGRAPHIES Paul Tedeschini Sound Designer At WCT: Debut.

Other Theatre: Circle Mirror Transformation (Arts Club Theatre); Harvest, Amadeus, Steel Magnolias, The 39 Steps, Wilde Holiday Shorts, A Christmas Carol, The Sunshine Boys, Munsch Ado About Nothing (Chemainus Theatre Festival); Betty Dean Fanzine, Into (Theatre Passe Muraille); Generic Warrior & No Name Indians (National Arts Centre).

Et Cetera: Upcoming: Fresco (The Cultch and The Shadbolt Centre).

Sarah Wallin Assistant Stage Manager At WCT: Betrayal (SM 2011); A Christmas Carol (2010); Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (2007); Roger Maris on Stage (SM) & Alice - A Wo n d e r l a n d ( 2 0 0 6 ) .

Apprentice SM for Trying, The Dreamer’s Quest, Hot Flashes (2006); The Secret Garden, Waiting for Godot & Hockey Mom, Hockey Dad (2005).

Other Theatre: As Assistant Stage Manager: The Number 14 (Axis Theatre, Austin Tour); Metamorphoses, The Melville Boys (The Globe Theatre) & Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (Project X Theatre). As Stage Manager: Home Ice, Kiss the Moon Kiss the Sun, Doubt (Theatre Northwest); Munsch Ado About Nothing, Twelfth Night, The Rocky Horror Show, Hamlet & A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Project X Theatre).

Et Cetera: This is Sarah's second production with Western Canada Theatre this season and she could not be more thrilled to be back. She would like to thank her parents and Neil for their continued support over the years. As Noises Off is one of her all time favorite shows she is very excited to be organizing these sardines.

Upcoming you will find Sarah riding the Number 14 bus to Winnipeg.

Robyn Wallis Poppy Norton-Taylor At WCT: Debut.

Other Theatre: Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz (Carousel); Penny Pingleton in Hairspray!

(Arts Club); Gretel in Hansel and Gretel (Alberta Opera); Tipi Lala in Everybody Goes To Mitzi’s (Teatro La Quindicina) & Edna in June Moon (Media Room).

Et Cetera: Robyn is a graduate of Grant MacEwan University where her favourite roles included Miss Dorothy Brown in Thoroughly Modern Millie, Kitty Verdun in Where’s Charley? & Irene in Stewart Lemoine's original play The Addlepated Nixie.

Christopher Weddell Selsdon Mowbray At WCT: Debut.

Other Theatre: An Artistic Associate and founding member of the Bard On The Beach Shakespeare Festival, he has played dozens of Shakespearean roles, most recently Gloucester in 2008's King Lear.

Christopher has directed several productions, including Waiting For Godot (Kaspar Theatre, Prague); Henry VI -The Wars Of The Roses (Bard On The Beach); and the Jessie-nominated Spook (Magic Owl) & Richard II (Bard On The Beach).

Mr. Weddell has written several plays, including a hit adaptation of Gulliver’s Travels for Victoria’s Kaleidoscope Theatre.

Et Cetera: A graduate of the Playhouse Acting School, Christopher has played on stages in Europe and Canada. In 2005, he received the Edmund Kean Sword Award from the Bard On The Beach Shakespeare Festival. This summer, Christopher will direct Romeo & Juliet in Kamloops for Project X. Mr. Weddell would like to dedicate this performance to his mentor, the late Douglas Campbell.

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BIOGRAPHIES Sheila White Costume Designer At WCT: Dear Santa (2004).

Other Theatre: Henry VI, Richard III, Henry V, Falstaff (Bard on the Beach); Don Quixote, Black Comedy, White Christmas, History Boys, Altar Boyz (The Arts Club); Brief Encounter, The Miracle Worker, Top Girls & True West (The Vancouver Playhouse).

Film/ TV: Arctic Air, Mistresses, Intelligence, DaVinci City Hall, Jeremiah, The L Word & Douglas Coupland’s Everything’s Gone Green.

Et Cetera: Sheila also designed the Opening & Closing Ceremonies for the 2010 Paralympics and holds a City & Guilds Certificate for Shoemaking. She is a member of IATSE 891, ACFC West and the Associated Designers of Canada.

Leon Willey Frederick Fellowes At WCT: Reuben in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (2011).

Other Theatre: Dandini in Cinderella (MJ Cultural Centre); Berowne in Love’s Labour’s Lost, Autolycus in The Winter’s Tale, Gratiano in The Merchant Of Venice, Pistol in Merry Wives (Shakespeare On The Sask.); Marlo in Dead Peasants (Playwrights Festival); Jerry in The Full Monty (Persephone Theatre); Ain't We Got Fun! (Co-Producer - Live Out Loud Theatre); Guilliam in Temptation (Tant Per Tant Theatre); Billy in Anything Goes, Murder on the Nile (Chemainus Theatre Festival); Bobby Strong, Hotblades in Urinetown (Firehall Theatre) & Max in Cabaret (Arts Club Theatre).

Film/ TV: X-Files, Da Vinci’s Inquest, Cold Squad, Scooby 2, Fantastic 4, Sask Roughriders etc.

Et Cetera: This year is shaping up to be a great success. My theatre company is

planning to produce another summer show in Saskatchewan. It will be called Get Happy, so have a look if you are ever out that way. Living in both BC and Sask. my wife and I travel a lot for work, and play. I am so happy to be in Kamloops working with such great people, I hope to be doing it again in the future. I would like to send my love to Krista Konkin my beautiful wife.

Anita Wittenberg Belinda Blair At WCT: Wit (2011) & A Christmas Carol (2010).

Other Theatre: Anita most recently played “Theresa” in the Canadian premier of Circle Mirror Transformation at The Arts Club Theatre, Vancouver. She has also enjoyed work with the Chemainus Theatre Festival, The Belfry Theatre, Pacific Theatre, Carousel Theatre, Center Theatre (Chicago), Stage One (Lousiville, Kentucky) and The Kentucky Shakespeare Festival. She has received nominations for her work from The Victoria Critic’s Circle Awards and the Jessie Awards, Vancouver.

Film/ TV: Millennium, Cold Squad & The Diary (new Canadian film).

Et Cetera: Anita is thrilled to be a part of this hilarious show! She lives in Kamloops with her children, Emma and Sebastian.

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NOISES OFF, NOTHING ON, &

THEATRICAL ASIDES

What you are seeing tonight is a classic farce, one of the best written and certainly one of the funniest! Here, before you begin laughing uncontrollably, a few theatrical asides: The playwright: Spends his youth in a London suburb, then two years of national service, learns Russian, reads Moral Sciences for a philosophy degree at Cambridge University. Afterwards a reporter and columnist for The Guardian and The Observer. Establishes a solid reputation as a satirist, begins writing plays and novels.

The major plays: A thoughtful moral philosopher with a grin, in Copenhagen he stages a historical event when, in 1941, with Denmark under Nazi occupation, physicist Niels Bohr meets with the German founder of quantum physics, Werner Heisenberg. Should scientists work on nuclear weapons? In Democracy he dramatizes the shaky relationship between West German chancellor Willy Brandt and his personal assistant Gunter Guillaume, a man he must expose as an East German spy.

Other writing: A successful novelist (ten, by my count, including Headlong, shortlisted for Booker Prize), philosopher (Constructions, The Human Touch), translator of Chekhov, Tolstoy and Anouilh, and scriptwriter for film and television.

Origin of Noises Off: In 1970, having written one of his first plays, the farce Chinamen, about a disastrous dinner party in which all the characters, hosts and guests alike, are played by two actors, he watches a performance from the wings, notices that “it was funnier from behind than in front.” Plans to write such a play.

He does: It begins as a short one-acter called Exits, for a program of plays at Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in 1977. The director, Michael Blakemore, suggests he expand the play, also provides good ideas. Noises Off opens at the Lyric Hammersmith in 1982. Since then, many rewrites and plenty of successful productions. Frank Rich, theatre critic of The New York Times, calls it the funniest farce he has seen.

Farce: Look for the standard madcap pace and quirky parade of characters in extremis—those foolish members of the (usually) middle class: the predatory lovers, conniving servants, lunatic acquaintances, even pesky inanimate objects, all obsessive, all wanting one thing very, very badly, whether it’s money, romance, revenge, a job, a friend, maybe just peace and quiet in the back of the theatre or a plate of sardines! They want it so badly that, well, anything goes, and we can expect a veritable torrent of tricks and counter-tricks, carried out via deceitful intentions, mistaken identities, sexual innuendo, and knockabout physical comedy, not to mention recalcitrant props, interfering scenery, and, yes, plenty of slamming doors.

A World of Farce: It’s been said that farce treats the improbable as probable, the impossible as possible. I would add that it does this at such an incredibly frenetic pace and with such a relentless commitment to its own twisted logic, that we almost don’t notice the gaping incongruities. In the closed, mad world of farce, everything oddly seems to make sense. Could it be that this somehow reflects our own “sane” world of reality? Could it be that, just as in this screwball play-within-aplay, we actually live in a driven, conniving society, a laughable comedy of everyday chicanery and farcical sex?

James Hoffman Professor of Theatre Thompson Rivers University

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BRAVO! Operating Grants The City of Kamloops • Canada Council for the Arts • Government of Canada • British Columbia Arts Council • Province of British Columbia Companions ($4,000 and up) Anonymous • Michael E. Black & Denise Fortier • CFJC TV • Gillespie, Renkema, Barnett, Broadway • Menzies Graphics Group • NewGold • Lloyd & Rae Nixon • The Pulse Group • Royal Bank Charitable Foundation/ Public Affairs, BC Sponsors Patrons ($500 & up) 98.3 CIFM • Carl W. Abbott • Ben & Lorene Anders • B-100 • The Best Western • British Columbia Lottery Corporation • Canadian Tire • CFBX 92.5FM • Cooper's Foods • Lois Crown • Dearin Computer Services • The Echo • Edward Jones Brant Hasanen • HSBC • ideaLEVER • Interior Display Services Limited • Kamloops Airport • Kamloops Convention Centre • Kamloops Daily News • Kamloops Foundation • Kamloops Honda • Kamloops Indian Band • Kamloops Towne Lodge • KGHM Ajax • KPMG • Kevin Krueger • Len & Laurie Marchand • David Marr • MJB Law • Roland Neave • Overland Press • The Ramada Inn • Russ & Jane Reid • The Rinaldi Investment Group • The Riverland Inn & Suites • Russell Geoscience • Murphy & Katharine Shewchuk • Bud & Daphne Smith • Wendy Suggitt • Thompson Nicola Regional District • Underwriters Insurance Agencies • Watson Engineering Ltd. • James & Barb Wentworth Investors ($200-$499) Peter & Debra Allik-Petersenn • Francis & Helen Barnett • Christine Bilbey • Richard & Fearon Blair • Alan & Sherry Burris • Jean Burris • Ray & Toshi Chatelin • Grant Chu • John Corbishley • Peggy Gilmour • Harold’s Restaurant • Charles Izowsky • Janet L. Kusler • Gwyneth Lamperson • Alfred & Nancy Leake • Ted & Joan Leitch • Ray LePage • Dennis & Doris Littleton • Donna Marchand • Shirley Melnychuk* • Murray Mitchell • Judy Moser • Dennis & Maxine Mucha • Ross & Robin Nichol • Richard Olthuis • Gur Singh • Mitch & Heather Stefanek • Shirley Sze • Lorraine Toews • Lynne Totten • Marg Waldon • Pat Wallace • Trisha Zielke Benefactors ($100 - $199) Kaycee & Ray Allegretto • Richard & Barbara R. Baker* • Barbara Balle • R.C. Bidnell • Phyllis & Scott Bond • Jim & Evelyn Bowersock • Mavis Chalmers • Kathy Chan • Ken & Brenda Christian • Bill & Evey Chursky • Sheila Collier • Mary-Ellen Colman • Joan Cummings • Pamela G. Dalgleish & Robert Prins • Fay Davies • Joan Davies • Andre & Carolyn Demers • Barry Dextraze • Larry Dixon • Jim Doan • Ridley Dodds • Dan & Denise Douglas • Vivian Edwards • Vic & Diana Endean • Trudy

Goold & Eric Bjorkland • Robert & Patricia Esdale • Ruth Fane • Stanley Fike • Chet & Pria Flanagan • Jim & Joan Gordon • Shirley & Richard Holmes • Rob & Lila Jennejohn • Cora Jones • Sharon June • Sharon Kika • Jody Lowcay • Gary & Kathy Lustig • Bruce Maricle • Nathan & Marie Matthew • June McClure • Tim & Anne McCluskey • Sandy & Ellen McCurrach • Dick & Gwen McMaster • Tanya Mihura • Vic & Sally Mowbray • Heide Neighbor • Bruce & Helen Newmarch • Wendy Nielsen • James & Renee Notman* • Rosemarie Notman* • Colene Palmer • Carl James Pentilchuk • Ginny Ratsoy • Dennis & Sue Reedman • Rayleigh Renovating • Lynn Rutherford • Ray & Susan Sewell • Terry Shupe • John & Karen Siggers • Don & Sandy Staff • Marijke Stott • Judith Treherne • Ed & Clarice Ungrin • Dave & Maryanne Whiting • Brian & Sue Wilmot • Eugenie Wilson Contributors ($1 - $99) Lynn Albertson • Karen Albiston • Tanya Alkerton • Helen Bailey* • Marguerite Beesley • Joan Bernard • Kathy & Keith Boughton • Pauline & Jack Braaksma • Dale Brandt • Barry & Judy Brown • Margaret Brown • Ethel Busch* • Grant & Nancy Chu • Daryl & Mary Clayton • Joseph & Pauline Cooper • Jim Cumming • Audrey Dalgleish • Enid Damer • Roxanne Dauncey • Betty De Beck • Donna Demarni • Rhonda Diaper • John Dittrich & Sharon Carrell • The Dunes Ladies Club • Wesley Eccleston • R.E. Fairhurst • Coby Fulton • Catherine Garay • Annette Glover • Cathy HallPatch • Brian & Diana Hobbs • Ken & Marylyne House • Jo-Mary & Robert Hunter • Margaret Jones • Maria Juhasz • Joseph & Joyce Kalfics • Pat Kavanagh • Beverley Martin • Frieda McAmmond • Kirsten McDougall • Bob & Robbie McLaren • Dean & Wendy McLean • Michael Mehta • Horst & Gudrun Meissner • Lorne & Michelle Morris • Lynn Nelson • Caroline & Frank Novakowski* • Louise Oakes • Sheila Pierson • Tracey Pointer • Walter & Polly Poohachoff • Valentina Putato • Douglas Rae • Jay Rilkoff • Tim Rodgers • Elizabeth Salomon De Friedburg • Tim Shoults • Marilyn Stephens • Dawne Taylor • Elizabeth Templeman • Brant Zwicker Henry Vandenberghe Fund Ridley Dodds • Jody Lowcay • Attendees of Stage One Theatre School Performances Creating Tomorrow Fund John Corbishley • Dennis & Doris Littleton • Attendees of the Caravan Farm Theatre Trip * In Memory of Ken Morran

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SPECIAL THANKS SPECIAL THANKS: Andrew Crabbe • D.K. Shoe Clinic • Paul Cuthbert • Marshall Flukinger • Kelsey Gilker • Hilltop Barber Shop - Deanna • Interior Display Services • Kamloops Industrial Sewing • Neil MacDonald • Roderick Michell • Doug Perry • Project X Theatre Productions • Russ Reid • Kathy Schwab • Kirk Smith • Marian Truscott • Christopher Weddell • Jennie Wiebe • Anita Wittenberg • And all of the artists, donors and attendees of the Mayor’s Gala for the Arts

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: Western Canada Theatre gratefully acknowledges the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Canada Council for the Arts, the Government of British Columbia through the British Columbia Arts Council, the City of Kamloops, as well as 98.3 CIFM, Overland Press, Watson Engineering and the many corporate and private donors listed on the Bravo! Page. Western Canada Theatre is an active member of the Professional Association of Canadian Theatres (PACT) and engages, under the terms of the Canadian Theatre Agreement, professional artists who are members of Canadian Actors' Equity Association.

SPONSORS 98.3 CIFM Our involvement with Western Canada Theatre goes back many years and our relationship continues to grow and prosper. Support of the arts is a large part of our mandate, as well as part of our commitment to the community. We are very proud to be a sponsor of Noises Off and wish Western Canada Theatre the best of luck on this production.

OVERLAND PRESS At Overland Press we're very proud of our commitment to our community and to supporting arts organizations like Western Canada Theatre. By supporting such professionalism and quality, we are helping to enhance the quality of life in Kamloops and surrounding regions.

We are extremely proud to sponsor WCT and encourage our business friends and associates to do the same. Live theatre for everyone - enjoy the show!

WATSON ENGINEERING LTD. Watson Engineering Ltd. believes in supporting community and arts organizations and is pleased to continue their support of Western Canada Theatre. Kamloops is very fortunate to be able to enjoy the entertainment and talent they showcase. We are proud to be a sponsor of Noises Off and hope you enjoy the show.

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GENERAL NOTES INTERMISSION: There will be one 15 minute intermission during this performance.

ELECTRONIC DEVICES: In consideration for our performers and audience members, we request that all cellular telephones and watch alarms be turned off prior to the show.

FOOD & DRINK: We ask that no food or drink (with the exception of bottled water) be brought into the theatre.

LATE SEATING POLICY: In consideration for fellow audience members, patrons who arrive after a performance has begun will not be seated until an appropriate interval in the program.

SCENTS: In consideration for fellow audience members, we ask that the use of perfumes and aftershaves be limited.

RECORDING POLICY: The video and/or audio recording of this performance by any means whatsoever is strictly prohibited.

CHILDREN: For those patrons with infants, we request that you identify yourself to KL!BO staff at the time of ticket purchase and they will seat you accordingly.

SERVICES FOR PATRONS WITH DISABILITIES: Sagebrush Theatre is wheelchair accessible and equipped with wheelchair seating locations; please see the House Manager for details.

Producer: Western Canada Theatre www.wctlive.ca 250-372-3216 Box Office: Kamloops Live! Box Office www.kamloopslive.ca 250-374-5483

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