Let Them Entertain You

’Tis the season to enjoy performances The Christmas season in Kamloops comes with music and theatre to accompany the snow and lights and seasonal sounds

Check in to the Chelsea Hotel

As part of Western Canada Theatre’s new season, the Kamloops theatre company is presenting Chelsea Hotel: The Songs of Leonard Cohen. Showtimes vary through Dec. 11, with evening shows at 7:30 p.m. and matinees on Wednesday, Dec. 8, and Saturday, Dec. 11. Tickets are $25 and available through the Kamloops Live Box Office, online at kamloopslive.ca or by phone at 250-374-5483.

Relive Baroque Pearls online

While the Chamber Musicians of Kamloops’ performance of Baroque Pearls was performed live on Dec. 4, it can be viewed online at chambermusiciansofkamloops.org through Dec. 17.

Baroque Pearls features Catharine Dochstader on flute, Cvetozar Vutev on violin, Martin Kratky on cello and Curtis Howell on harpsichord. Tickets are $15 and $10 for students. For more information, go online to chambermusiciansofkamloops.org.

Ho, ho ho with the KSO

Christmas music will arrive on Dec. 11 with a performance by the Kamloops Symphony Orchestra.

Christmas with the KSO will feature local soprano Rachel Casponi and guest conductor Cosette Justo Valdés. Tickets are $40 for adults or $15 for youths, available at the Kamloops Live Box Office.

O Christmas Tea time

Another Christmas presentation is slated for Dec. 17 and Dec. 18. Comedy duo James and Jamesy will present O Christmas Tea: A British Comedy at the Sagebrush Theatre.

The duo says their show is “ideal for fans of Monty Python, Mr. Bean, and Dr. Seuss.” Tickets range from $19 to $44 and are available online at jamesandjamesy. com/o-christmas-tea.

Don’t Sleep on this Beauty

The Laughing Stock Theatre Society will present Sleeping Beauty — A Not So Maleficient Panto from Dec. 24 to Dec. 30 at Sagebrush Theatre, with matinees and evening shows on offer.

Tickets are $25, less for children, youth and seniors, and available through the Kamloops Live Box Office, online at kamloopslive.ca or by phone at 250-3745483.

Christmas on the silver screen

Kamloops horror and comedy podcast Drunk in a Graveyard and the Kamloops Film Society are presenting a series of movies at the Paramount Theatre, downtown at Victoria Street and Fifth Avenue.

Dec. 11 will feature a screening of Krampus, along with a live Krampus at the theatre, with whom photos can be taken by donation, proceeds of which will go to the Kamloops Film Society. Photos will take place from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m., with the film to follow at 6:30 p.m.

Hailing from Germanic alpine tradition, Krampus is a sidekick of sorts to jolly Old Saint Nick. While Santa Claus brings presents to nice children, Krampus comes to punish the naughtier ones. Krampus is often depicted as a devilish character or a twisted version of Santa Claus.

On Dec. 17, the 1974 Canadian horror movie Black Christmas will be screened at 6:30 p.m. The original flick is one of the scariest movies ever made and far superior to the recent remake.

On Dec . 18, the classic holiday film Christmas Vacation will be shown at 6:30 p.m. Organizers will also be selling eggnog, singing songs and awarding prizes in the Ugly Christmas Sweater Contest.

For tickets and other information, visit the Facebook pages of Drunk in a Graveyard or Kamloops Film Society.

As we put the finishing touches on 2021, we’d like to express our sincere gratitude for everything this community has done to help each other through the difficult times and make a fresh start. It has been an honour and a privilege to serve all of you, and we can’t think of a better place to celebrate the holiday season and a new beginning as we ring in 2022. Wishing you a very Merry Christmas and all the best for 2022

Peter Milobar, MLA

Kamloops – North Thompson

618B Tranquille Rd, Kamloops, BC Phone: 250.554.5413 Toll Free: 1.888.299.0805

peter.milobar.mla@leg.bc.ca

PeterMilobarKNT/ @PeterMilobar

Todd Stone, MLA

Kamloops – South Thompson

446 Victoria St., Kamloops, BC Phone: 250.374.2880 Toll Free: 1.855.474.2880

todd.stone.mla@leg.bc.ca

ToddGStone/ @toddstonebc