Your friends & neighbours are rehearsing now to entertain you in early 2023

Beanstalk Theatre Company • Feb. 16 to 18

Mary Poppins Jr.

Join Mary, Bert, and all the rest on the rooftops of London, in this award-winning musical adaptation that will sweep you off your feet.

Featuring a cast of 23 local performers ages 9-18 , the story about everyone’s perfect nanny is sure to be at hit amongst qathet audiences in the new year.

Beanstalk Theatre Company was founded in 2022 by Artistic Director Sydney Spenst for the purpose of cre ating fun and challenging performance opportunities for young artists in the qathet region.

Tickets go on sale in early December at the Recreation Complex.

- Sydney Spenst

Festival of Performing Arts

February 21 to March 3

It is the 79th year of qathet’s lon gest-running cultural event and the 20th time under the auspices of the Rotary Club of Powell River. Ama teur performers of all ages are invited to participate in adjudicated vocal/ choral, piano, strings, speech arts and dance sessions. They are open to the public by donation followed by a tick eted Grand Concert that is the culmi nation of the festival.

Registration is available at events. solarislive.com/prfestival.

- Joyce Carlson

The Greatest Show

Laszlo Tamasik • Feb. 25

This entertaining show features LT’s company dancers in many genres of dance to include hiphop, lyrical, bal let, jazz, contemporary, musical the atre, acro & tap, opening with a high energy routine from “The Greatest Showman.” All proceeds go towards the out of town competitions for registration fees. We will hold two shows on the same day 12:30 & 7 pm. Tickets will go on sale at the Peak paper soon!

- Paige Anderson

WeedLube … a Slippery Slope

Townsite Actors Guild • March 2 to 4

WeedLube had its world premiere run in October and entertained soldout audiences from beginning to end. Audiences laughed with the two main characters, Stevie and Carol, as they hilariously navigated the new world of legalized cannabis. Demand was so strong that TAG will be bringing back WeedLube to The Forest Bistro. Tick ets are $20 and available at Base Camp and The Forest.

- Stephen Miller

Halfway There

Theatre Now • March 23 26

After nearly three years of silence, Theatre Now is back on stage, with Norm Foster’s fabulous “Halfway There.”

There’s no such thing as a secret in Stewiacke. Not when the gossips meet for coffee every day at the local diner. Vi, Rita, Mary Ellen, and Janine are all as close as can be, and they know ev erybody’s business. But when Sean, a heartbroken doctor, moves in to take a temporary job at the clinic, he tips the Maritime town that’s famous for being halfway between the North Pole and the equator off its axis.

- Nicole Narbonne

The Addams Family: A New Musical

Brooks Theatre Company • May 11-14

This kooky comedy is fun for all ages and will be performed at the Max Cameron theatre. Tickets $20 general admission and available from the main office at Brooks.

- Jennifer Didcott