Excellent, affordable, locally produced Theatre at your doorstep
Excellent, affordable, locally produced Theatre at your doorstep
We are happy to present the Relaxed storybook of our Panto
View it here or download…
We are excited to announce our 2021-22 season launch with the sale of tickets at
Surrey Arts Centre and Massey Theatre now live!
We are excited to announce our 2021-22 season launch with the sale of tickets at
Surrey Arts Centre and Massey Theatre now live!
We have a huge treat for you and your family,
sponsored by The Royal Canadian Theatre Company:
The Silly Adventures of Robin Hood!
Come and enjoy a boisterous, wacky and comical rendition of Robin Hood.
Grab a blanket and a picnic basket to enjoy this family friendly, hour long performance. Written and Directed by Ellie King and performed by the Merrie-Makers Travelling Players.
Everyone knows the traditional story of Robin Hood: Steal from the rich, give to the poor and marry Maid Marion! But this production brings you new songs, ingenious jokes and up-close sword combat! Maid Marion and Robin Hood banding together to defeat Sheriff Poltroon and Lord Knickerbocker brings warmth to your heart and a smile to your face!
Join us for an all-ages theatre show guaranteed to be fun for all the family. This one-hour show is the story of Robin Hood, as told by a travelling troupe of players who are bringing music, comedy, and a large dollop of silliness. Enjoy high-jinks and hilarity with Jack Pudding, Tallie Longbottom, and the rest of the ‘Merrie-Makers’ as you travel back in time to find out what really happened at that famous archery competition in Nottingham all those years ago.
Presented by: Fraser Valley Cidery, 21128-16th Avenue, Langley, BC
July 17th 2:00 pm & 7:00 pm
July 18th 2:00 pm
TICKETS:
$14.99 for those under 16
$19.99 for those over 16
major money saver
$59.99 for a family of up to SIX PEOPLE
Presented by: SURREY CIVIC THEATRES
Hosted by: The City of Surrey
At: The Glades, 13450 – 104 Avenue, Surrey, BC.
August 12, 13 & 14, 7:00pm
August 14th only 3:00pm matinee
TICKETS: $5 – $25 – choose your price! (suggested $20 – limited tickets available)
This event made possible with the assistance of:
The Government of Canada
@CdnHeritage
We are excited to offer the following positions for the Summer of 2021:
Please download the job description from the above link to learn more and to apply.
Please note:
We’re bringing the best of live theatre!
Arsenic and Old Lace | October 2018
Hansel, Gretel and the Strolling Players | Dec 2018 / Jan 2019
A Bedfull of Foreigners | March 2019
A Traditional British Panto
Surrey Arts Centre – Dec. 21-30, 2018
The apple crop has failed for the past five years which is a disaster for the famous strudel makers of the little village of Unterstrudel, situated somewhere between Austria and Hungary. But the Strolling Players have come to town bringing their own silly brand of entertainment to lighten the mood, and now love is in the air so it can’t all be bad, right?
Oh but what’s this? Young Hansel and his sister Gretel are in terrible danger from Mistress Grimm, their father’s fiancee who is scheming to kidnap them for her own nefarious ends. And nothing attracts youngsters like a Gingerbread House full of candy. Oh dear – who can save them from a terrible fate? (no, in this version she doesn’t eat them!)
All your favourite panto characters are here in this, the most traditional panto in BC. Join in the fun by booing the bad guys, cheering the good guys and add to your Holiday Cheer as this feel-good show sets your feet tapping and lifts your heart.
Suitable for the whole family.
RELAXED PERFORMANCE – for those with intellectual, learning and other sensory and communications disorders
‘Ellie King’s Hansel, Gretel and the Strolling Players’ Relaxed Performance
Surrey Arts Centre Main stage
Thursday December 27th at 6.30 p.m
READ full details about this special presentation >
Surrey Arts Centre – March 8-9, 2019
Anvil Centre, New West – March 14-16, 2019
Fawlty Towers meets Benny Hill in this hilarious, face-paced farce with a succession of enough disasters and misunderstandings, twists and turns to create the perfect comedy of chaos… and just the thing for an end-of-winter celebration.
The setting for the play is the dingy “Hotel Heinz” on the border between France and Germany where the inept staff create pandemonium when they book two couples into the same guest room! Mistresses, mistaken identities, misunderstandings and unexpected wives along with food poisoning outbreaks, monks and nun and a Bulgarian lady cyclist all add to the mayhem during the “Festival of St. Wolfgang.”
Some slightly suggestive situations.
SURREY — A fun-filled pantomime version of the “Beauty and the Beast” story hits the stage at Surrey Arts Centre starting tonight (Friday).
The Royal Canadian Theatre Company show, directed by longtime panto fan and writer Ellie King, puts a comedic twist on a classic tale of love, bravery and second chances.
The production continues until Dec. 26, 2016, followed by some dates at the The ACT Arts Centre in Maple Ridge. Visit rctheatreco.com for more show details.
Now contributor Gord Goble was at a dress rehearsal on Thursday, Dec. 15 to photograph and video the action:
by Alex Browne – Peace Arch News
White Rock Surrey Langley posted Dec 8, 2016
There’s no use tackling a traditional British pantomime without a large portion of traditional British cheek.
Fortunately, that’s a quality that Merseyside-reared, Surrey Civic Treasure Ellie King possesses in abundance.
The director-playwright knows that friendly national stereotypes, groaner jokes and time-honored knockabout routines are the life blood of the panto, which true to its British show-biz origins, annually turns a well-loved fairy tale inside-out and serves it up, like a well-stuffed Christmas turkey, for the delectation of young and old alike.