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Tte flan yào came to Dinner up the success of t h e i r first s h o w . Beyond the Meadow, with S c h o o l , plays the W i c k e d W i t c h o f the W e s t . T i c k e t s are $ 2 5 for adults, $21 for s t u d e n t s , and $ 17 f o r s e n i o r s a n d c h i l d r e n (12 years and u n d e r ) ; s h o w t i m e s are 7:30 p m , w i t h the e x c e p t i o n of the 2 p m matinees o n N o v e m b e r 7 and 14. T h e preview, o n N o v e m b e r 4, is a deal w i t h all seats two-for-one. Eating is a big part of the holiday s e a s o n , and maybe that was the spirit Lambertin w h i c h First Impressions T h e a t r e s c h e d u l e d The Man Who Came To Dinner. C o m e d y is o n the m e n u w h e n Sheridan W h i t e s i d e breaks his hip w h i l e leaving the h o m e o f the Stanleys. His evening stay s t r e t c h e s t o six w e e k s of inflicting his o b n o x i o u s b e h a v i o u r -- h i s o w n b r a n d of p a i n -- o n t o the family, along w i t h e n o r m o u s t e l e p h o n e bills and a c r a t e of p e n g u i n s . T h e s h o w runs at the D e e p C o v e Shaw T h e a t r e . W e d n e s d a y s t h r o u g h Saturday, N o v e m b e r 10 t o 27. B o o k i n g s can be m a d e by calling of 929-9456. D i a l the same n u m b e r (after N o v e m b e r 15) f o r tickets t o the D e e p C o v e Stage Society's p o p u l a r annual p a n t o m i m e . D i r e c t e d by Jim H e b b , the c o m p a n y reaches f o r the stars this year w i t h May the Farce Be with You. O p e n i n g night is D e c e m b e r 15 at 8 p m . P e r f o r m a n c e s are at 8 p m D e c e m b e r 15 t o 17,21 t o 2 3 , 2 7 t o 30; and at 4:30 p m D e c e m b e r 18, 19, and 26 (there's also a I p m s h o w that day). T h e final p e r f o r m a n c e is January I at 3 p m . i n v e r t e d adaptation of M o l i e r e ' s The Misanthrope, o p e n i n g N o v e m b e r 18 Greg Anderson First Theatre's in Rump/esti/tskin's Children. T h i s "fairytale m u s i c a l " was w r i t t e n and d i r e c t e d by A s h l e y L a m b e r t - M a b e r l e y , w h o enthusiastically d e s c r i b e d the s h o w as " a n alternative t o C h r i s t m a s p a n t o m i m e , w i t h original music, and an original, e x t r e m e l y funny script, that kids will love but adults will love m o r e ! " F o r the s t o r y o f ~ j£ < 6 Rump/esti/tsk/n's Children, M a b e r l e y d e c i d e d t o e x p l o r e the fate o f the little o n e s that R u m p l e s t i l t s k i n s u p p o s e d l y c o l l e c t e d as his grisly p r i c e f o r that s t r a w - i n t o - g o l d C a t c h the w o r l d p r e m i e r e o n D e c e m b e r 8; the s h o w runs, w i t h both matinee and evening perform a n c e s , until D e c e m b e r 19. F o r tickets, o r m o r e i n f o r m a t i o n , cail P r e s e n t a t i o n H o u s e at 9 9 0 - 3 4 7 4 . T h e a t r e t u r n s away f r o m the land o f fairytales and off t o the h o m e o f the M u n c h k i n s , as U n c l e R a n d y P r o d u c t i o n s p r e s e n t s The Wizard trick. Impressions produc- and r u n n i n g t h r o u g h t o N o v e m b e r 27 w i t h a I p m matinee N o v e m b e r 23. T h e adaptation is by V a n c o u v e r playwright L e o n a r d A n g e l a n d , according to Capilano College Theatre Department representative tion of T h e M a n w h o C a m e to Dinner Oz at the C e n t e n n i a l T h e a t r e f r o m N o v e m b e r 5 t o 14. Y o u n g N o r t h Shore actress C h e l s e a Read d e s c r i b e s playing D o r o t h y o n h e r h o m e t o w n state as " a d r e a m c o m e t r u e . " A d a n c e r s i n c e age six, C h e l s e a has a p p e a r e d at T h e a t r e U n d e r the Stars a n d is a m e m b e r of the c h o i r S o u n d S e n s a t i o n . D i r e c t e d by R i c h a r d B e r g , w h o was r e s p o n s i ble f o r the c o m p a n y ' s a c c l a i m e d hit o f 1998 Godspell, this full-scale p r o d u c t i o n is c h o r e o g r a p h e d by Shelley S t e w a r t H u n t , w i t h musical d i r e c t i o n by G e o f f C y h a r k o w a n d c o s t u m e s by Jesse W h i t e . In a t u r n that is s u r e t o tickle her student body.Aurora Fiona Black, is t a i l o r - m a d e f o r its s t u dent mix. " T h e play has a lot m o r e roles f o r m e n than it d o e s f o r w o m e n , and w e have significantly m o r e w o m e n in o u r p r o g r a m than m e n , so w e p r o b a b l y w o u l d have done a "gender-inverted" version regardless. S o it was great t o disc o v e r a g o o d script by a local playwright that suits o u r needs p e r - A n d f o r s o m e t h i n g c o m p l e t e l y different. C a p i l a n o C o l l e g e fectly." D i r e c t e d by M i c h a e l M c L a u g h l i n , m o s t r e c e n t l y artistic p r o d u c e r of N a n a i m o ' s T h e a t r e O n e ( f o r m e r l y the N a n a i m o Festival R e a l e . the d r a m a t e a c h e r at B a l m o r a l presents s o m e d e c i d e d l y adult fare with a H o l l y w o o d N o r t h gender-