Entertaining the Shuswap since 1977!
Community enrichment • Diverse and inspiring live entertainment • opportunities for creative dramatic experience
By Kate Hennig
Directed by Elizabeth Ann Skelhorne
When she heads to London to see her uncle Ted, fifteen-year-old Bess has no idea that she is about to find herself at the heart of a scandal involving sexual impropriety, her stepfather, and an attempted overthrow of the government. How adroitly can the future Queen Elizabeth 1 maneuver to avoid being swept up in the peril that might ensue?
Ripcord by David Lindsay-Abaire. Lindsay-Abaire is a Pulitzer Prize winning playwright for his play Rabbit Hole.
Set in the Bristol Place Assisted Living Facility, this glorious and biting new comedy centres around Abby, who takes pride in her residence in one of the most coveted rooms in the rest home. Things turn sour quickly when she must take in Marilyn, a new roommate, to share her precious space. In a satirical conflict of territory and control, Lindsay-Abaire spins a benign, typically mundane setting into an absurdist, colorful battleground. This high-stakes comedy examines our expectations of what it means to grow old in twenty-first century North America, and what happens when a sense of possession collides with a mania of obsession.
Our highly successful, three-week Musical Theatre Camp is returning for the fifth straight year. This year’s performances will be the popular Beetlejuice Jr.
Kids aged 9-17 will spend three intensive weeks learning to sing, dance and act, culminating in four performances July 25-27, open to an enthusiastic public. Participants are expected to work hard and maintain a professional approach to their work. And they do! At the same time they have great fun and grow in the process. Read more…
Registration opens Sunday, April 6 at noon precisely. We expect the event to fill up very quickly. We will accept five juniors and five seniors onto the waiting list in case a spot opens up.
Once again, Shuswap Theatre is hosting the OZone Drama Festival. Community theatre groups from up and down the valley will bring their best work to compete for Oscar-style awards. Detailed critiques will follow each performance. But the real winners are you, our theatre loving public.
| May 19 | The Virgin Trial | Shuswap Theatre |
| May 20 | Tuesdays with Morrie | Asparagus Theatre, Armstrong |
| May 21 | Radium Girls |
Powerhouse Theatre, Vernon |
| May 22 | Steel Magnolias | S. Okanagan Players |
| May 23 | Awards Banquet | At the Village Hall, the Nexus |
Stay tuned for detailed information. Tickets available in early April.
Theatre on the Edge, Salmon Arm’s only annual theatre festival, invites your application to perform at TotE-Fest 2025, happening June 13 – 15.
Are you a theatre artist? Do you have a show to share with an audience? Maybe a work in development or some slam poetry? Check out all the details on the TotE website.
Theatre on the Edge is a co-production of Shuswap Theatre and the Salmon Arm Arts Centre.
Deadline for applications – March 30, 2025
