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theatre Six Plays In Six Days! I by A n n e Marsh Theatre Company and the students of Seycove (Secondary School) Players, both newly formed groups. The participating clubs have chosen such well-known playwrights as Alan Ayckbourn from England (Round Vancouver Playhouse Acting School and has been directing for 13 years. Mark your calendars! This week of theatre is a great opportunity to mix and mingle, compare opinions with your fellow audience members, listen to a nightly adjudication from the stage, and partake of light refreshments at the end of each evening. The 27th year of Theatre BC Festival of Plays is sure to be a great one! May is the month when community drama groups come together to meet in friendly competition and choose a winning play to go forward from their zone to the provincial drama festival, being held this year in Kamloops June 30 to July 7. The Theatre BC North Shore Zone Festival of Plays will be held during the week of May 7 to 12,2001, at Presentation House Theatre (333 Chesterfield Avenue, North Vancouver) and will present plays ranging from an English comedy {Round and Round the Garden), Canadian comedic writer Norm Foster (Ned Durango Comes to Big Oak), Irish playwright American Brendan Behan {The Hostage), Michael Cristofer (The Shadow Box), and Canadian children's scripts playwright Colin Thomas (One Thousand and Round Cranes). The playis Weekly passes are available and passholders will be able to have a voice in the Final Night deliberations, as they are entitled to vote on the People's Choice Awards. These will be awarded Saturday, May 12, after the Adjudicator's Awards. Early-bird tickets are on sale until May 1. For a complete schedule of plays, ticket information, and reservations, contact 990-3474. the Garden), Shadow Durango (Vital (One Hostage), a realistic life drama (The wright Jane Martin, author of Vital Signs, well known for her prize-winning work Box), a Canadian comedy (Ned Comes Signs), Thousand to Big Oak), a comedy-drama a delightful Irish comedy (The Talking With, but the name is widely consid- ered to be a pseudonym for another successful writer. Adjudicating this week of varied and exciting theatre will be Garry Davey, who has been teaching acting for 12 years and is currently artistic director at the William Davis Centre. Davey is a graduate of the acclaimed and a thought-provoking drama Cranes). Along with the regular entries from the North Vancouver Community Players, Theatre West Van, Between Shifts Theatre from Squamish, and Deep Cove Stage, a welcome addition are senior citizens from Eldercollege C E N T E N N I A L " T H E A T R E S U M M E R 2 0 0 1 1 T H E A T R E - w i t h Uncle Randy Productions MUSICAL THEATRE P E R F O R M A N C E CAMP 12-16 yrs Enthusiastic young performers produce a Broadway musical. Mon-Fri, 10am-3pm, July 3-20, C o d e : 53249, $425 Young performers learn songs and scenes from Broadway musicals. Tues-Fri, 10am-3pm, Aug 7-10, C o d e : 53313. $180 MUSICAL THEATRE C A M P S : SINGING Fundamentals of singing for musical theatre. Mon-Fri, Jul 23-27, $113 7-72 yrs: 1 -3:30pm, code: 53254 12-16 yrs: 9:30-Noon, code: 53280 MUSICAL THEATRE C A M P S : DANCING Fundamentals of dancing for musical theatre. Mon-Fri, Jul 30-Aug 3, $113 7-12 yrs: 9:30-Noon, code: 53275 12-16 yrs: 1 -3:30pm, code: 53283 DRAMA & THEATRE WORKS Improv, theatre games, scene-study & play building. N o experience needed. Mon-Fri, Aug 13-17, $113 7-12 yrs: 1-3:30pm, code: 53320 12-16 yrs: 9:30-Noon, code: 53318 MUSICAL THEATRE P E R F O R M A N C E CAMP 7-12 yrs C A M P S For more information & to register please call 987-PLAY (7529) MUSICAL THEATRE WORKS Mon-Fri, Aug 20-24, $113 7-12 yrs: 9:30-Noon, code: 53324 12-16 yrs: 1-3:30pm, code: 53327 i Register Mowl May I June 23