This production took place January, 2023.
Written by Jonathan Rand Directed by Amanda Haggett

“Check Please” showcases a series of first dates gone wrong. We enjoy all three short plays put together as we watch each experience get worse and worse, date by date.

Join us at the Sheraton Vancouver Guildford for dinner and a show, in partnership with the Dine Out Vancouver Festival.

Check out our Online Program to learn more about our Cast and Crew!

Gourmet food & hilarious live theatre
all in the luxurious surroundings of a first class hotel

Theatre paired with a three course gourmet meal from the award-winning chef of one of BC’s most prestigious hotels, this is a night to remember, and one to help banish the blahs that always seem to plague us after the holidays. The perfect evening to enjoy with family members, friends, clients and it all takes place in the same luxurious surroundings.

Dating can be hard. Especially when your date happens to be a raging kleptomaniac, or your grandmother’s bridge partner, or a mime. Check Please follows a series of blind dinner dates that couldn’t get any worse — until they do. Could there possibly be a light at the end of the tunnel? 

Seating Chart

Join us for a laughter filled evening in the best Hotel in Surrey! Buy an individual ticket for yourself ($99) and a friend to enjoy a night out with a three course meal and comedy for your evening, or purchase an entire table ($535) for family and friends for a great evening together.
All ticket sales are through Eventbrite. Fee’s not included in ticket price.
  • Suitable for:

    Adults
    Some suggestive dialogue.

  • Comedy

    A light hearted story with a bit of depth about all our lives...

Audience Reactions:

Dark comedy

The show will split your sides and rupture your spleen. It’s a dark comedy you don’t want to miss. You’ll be totally entertained. I think you’ll enjoy every minute of it.

Shaun McHale

Amazing

Went last night! Amazing show!

Eli M.

Great Show

Great show! Saw it on Saturday and laughed and laughed!

Brett O'.

So fun!

So fun! So glad I got to see you and the show. Just so well done:)

Yasmin A.

Super entertainment!

Wall to wall laughs! Super entertainment!

Jes A.

Delightful!

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

Clever Personalities

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

Really Enjoyed It

We saw this show tonight and really enjoyed it!

Rebecca Bea

Excellent!

Excellent!

Deb Nelson

Thoroughly Delightful!

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

Fabulous & Hilarious

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

Mark Thornburn

Saw the play twice! It was fantastic! - Mark Thornburn

Mark Thornburn

Red hot – Stephen Elcheshen

Great fun watching (Elaine) drink enough Scotch to put me down.
  • Stephen Elcheshen

stephen elcheshen

Ghost – Mark Thornburn

Amanda (Haggett) and the rest of the cast did a fantastic job!
  • Mark Thornburn

mark thornburn

Red hot – Mark Thornburn

Saw the play last weekend in Surrey. It's great!!
    • Mark Thornburn

Check Please – Katherine Grace

A great comedy!
  • Katharine Grace

Ghost of a Chance – Steve Weller

Thank you for a wonderful night.
  • Steve Weller

Ghost of a Chance

Congratulations, great performance, saw it yesterday for second time, with family and friends. Still time to go see it and have some good laughs.
- Ada Thomas

Ghost of a Chance

Highly recommend this play. So funny and touching. Absolutely superb acting.
  • Karen Dyke

Cast:

The Menu

To Start

Tortilla Soup, with Sides of Tortilla Chips, Pasilla Peppers, Sour Cream, Avocado, Pork Rinds, and Queso Fresco.

 

Entrée

(choice of)

24 hr. Braised Short Rib, Creamy Polenta, Red Wine Jus, BC Forest Mushroom

Or

Seared Salmon & Lemon Grass/Ginger Elixir with Onion Springs and Aparagus, Fennel Pollen

Or

Gnocchi Rigatte, Creamy Gorgonzola Sauce, Sweet Pistachio Crumble

 

Dessert

(choice of)

Pistachio Mascarpone and Limoncello Cannoli

Or

Chocolate Mouse

Production Pictures: