We Don't Talk About Book Club
March 2025

by Patricia Brooke

World Premiere!

4 Friends from college have a monthly book club, but does anyone ever really talk about the book? Perfectionist Stay at Home Mom (SAHM) tries her best to keep her friends together, and discuss new things, all while her family takes her for granted. After their fourth moves away, she works to find someone new; much to the chagrin of her most apathetic friend who never reads the book.  The new member is young and very annoying, that is until the SAHM’s best friend arrives…

Drama unfolds, new friends are made and everyone discovers a little more about who they are and who they wish they were.

Duration: 2 hours with a 15 minute intermission.

  • Suitable for:

    Adults & older children 12+.

  • Comedy

    Silly
    Adult Topics

  • Relaxed Performance*

    *Click the title to read more about "Relaxed Performances"

  • Content Warning

    Adult themes and discussions of infidelity

Audience Reactions:

Blithe Spirit

Thanks to rctheatreco for their presentation of Noel Coward’s Blithe Spirit at the Surrey Arts Centre. It is a fabulous & hilarious production featuring Ellie King as Madame Arcati plus other local artists.

Linda Annis
Surrey Councillor

Blithe Spirit

We were in the audience at Surrey Arts Centre last night. The play was thoroughly delightful. You were your always talented and artistic self and the audience loved you for it. We went home and checked out the 1949 Blithe Spirit movie with Margaret Rutherford. So wonderful to be back at live theatre. Thank you to all who made this happen.

Penny Priddy

Blithe Spirit

Excellent!

Deb Nelson

Blithe Spirit

We saw this show tonight and really enjoyed it!

Rebecca Bea

Blithe Spirit

We all enjoyed the laughter last night! Thanks for clever personalities flair, story & neat set with spooky moving parts! Look forward to more this season!

Pattie Petrala

Blithe Spirit

We were in the audience @surreyartscentre last night. The play was thoroughly delightful. You were your always talented and artistic self and the audience loved you for it. We went home and checked out the 1949 Blithe Spirit movie with Margaret Rutherford. So wonderful to be back at live theatre. Thank you to all who made this happen.

Penny Priddy

Cast:

Crew:

bio coming soon

Nigel began his theatrical career with a critically-acclaimed turn as ‘Tree’ and ‘Candy Cane’ in Hansel and Gretel at age five. More recently (and relevantly), he has designed lights for dozens of productions around the Lower Mainland, including Blithe Spirit, Cinderella, Screwball Comedy and more for RCTC, The Sound of Music and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time for Gallery 7 Productions, and many more. He also occasionally performs, appearing recently as ‘Adam Lucas’ in Ghost of a Chance for RCTC and as ‘Sir Rupert’ in Jeeves Intervenes for Gallery 7. In real life, Nigel is a computer programmer, and, oddly enough, does this for “fun”.

Despite having always had an interest in technical theater, Samuel has not pursued it seriously until recently. After thoroughly enjoying his work last year on The Woman in Black, Ghost of a Chance and The Last of the Red Hot Lovers, he looks forward to working more and more and creating better and better designs with RCTC.

Last season, Stephanie properly moved into the position of Technical Director, and Sound Designer, while continuing as Company Stage Manager. As the workload isn’t any lighter this season, is therefore still far too busy building the sets, sourcing props, gathering various comedy noises, and wrangling the rest of the Stage Management team, multiple casts, and assorted production staff, to write a highly detailed bio, for whichever program is before you. Not even quite sure which month, or even day, it currently is. But, whenever you’re reading this, the show you’re about to see is fantastic. So sit back, relax (not that much!), and enjoy!

*And remember to breathe!*

When not working as a high school drama teacher, I am the co-founder of Shadows and Dreams Theatre Company, where I’ve directed Romeo and Juliet, Midsummer Night’s Dream and Love’s Labour’s Lost. As a writer I adapted The Snow Queen for the stage and wrote an original play The House for Trinity Western University. I am the recipient of the Betty Lambert Playwright Award and made the longlist for the Voyage YA First Chapters contest.

Show-Dates- Book Club

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Surrey Arts Centre

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March 147:30pm
March 152:00pm
March 157:30pm
March 162:00pm
  
Anvil Theatre
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March 207:30pm
March 217:30pm
March 222:00pm
March 227:30pm*
March 232:00pm
  

*Relaxed Performance:

To make a more welcoming space for those with learning disabilities, physical disabilities, autism, anxiety or anything that may make seeing a live performance difficult, we offer our tickets at half price, the audience lights are dimmed instead of dark, music and sound are quieter and the doors to the theatre are open if you feel the need to leave the space at any time.

NEW This year we are also offering ASL interpretation during the Relaxed Performance. If you would like to be near the ASL interpreters, they will be stationed on the right side of the stage (Audience Right). 

This is offered in partnership with the Massey Theatre Society. Thank you to our sponsors!