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CBC Favourite Meets 50 Shades of Grey! www.chilliwackculturalcentre.ca Chilliwack Arts & Cultural Centre Society presents THANK YOU FOR BEING A FRIEND Prepare for an evening of laughter, spectacular put-downs and familiar friends as Miami’s four favourite Golden Girls – Dorothy, Sophia, Rose and Blanche – reunite in life-sized puppet-form for this lovingly hilarious live tribute show! Thank You For Being a Friend is the ultimate Golden Girls experience, delivering all the classic dialogue, razor sharp gags and taboo-breaking stories you’d expect! Generously sponsored by: The Royal Hotel, Unger Window & Doors, Amax Praetorian, What On!, The Chilliwack Progress, British Columbia Touring Council, City of Chilliwack, British Columbia Arts Council, Department of Canadian Heritage, and the Province of British Columbia February 17, 2019 - 7:30pm HUB International Theatre Tickets: Adult $35 / Senior $32 / Youth $30 Volume 9 / Issue 2B Front and CENTRE February 2019- NEWS FROM THE CENTRE CHILLIWACK CULTURAL CENTRE FOR TICKETS: CALL: 604.391.SHOW(7469) IN PERSON: 9201 Corbould Street, Chilliwack ONLINE: www.chilliwackculturalcentre.ca The Centre Box Office Hours: Monday to Friday: 9:30am - 9:00pm, Saturday & Sunday: 9:30am - 5:00pm and open one hour before performances. A bit risqué, but never filthy, Fiſty Shades of Vinyl: A Canadian Parody reimagines CBC’s much loved Vinyl Café. On February 23 and March 2, three original stories that thrust Dave and Morley, now lovingly renamed Dale and Marnie, into a series of sexual misadventures that are sure to have you howling with laughter, is coming to the Chilliwack Cultural Centre. Performer Nico Dicecco, who wrote the show alongside his writing partner Kyle Carpenter, is a consummate storyteller. Fiſty Shades of Vinyl: A Canadian Parody offers sharp writing and a spot-on impression of Stuart McLean. Dicecco fully embodies Stuart McLean, the original host of Vinyl Café, in this affectionate tribute to the iconic Canadian storyteller. “Ultimately, where Dale and Marnie start, is in a very conventional and stereotypical relationship,” explained Dicecco about the characters of his stories. “Where they end up is in a place where they have to communicate- they have to connect, and they have to care about one another’s needs, as their own ideas of what is sexually possible in their lives is expanding.” Vinyl Café was a CBC Radio show hosted by McLean that heavily featured the “Dave and Morley Stories”, tales about a fictional Toronto family. e name, Vinyl Café, referred both to the show’s musical content, but also to the fictional record shop owned by McLean’s character Dave. Dicecco has been doing McLean impressions since 2008, but in 2013, he and Carpenter started craſting those impressions into a show. “It started as a party trick that my co-writer Kyle Carpenter and I would do years and years ago to make friends laugh, just saying the dirtiest things we could think of in Stuart McLean’s voice. Eventually, we decided it would be funny to write a full story and record it as a podcast. As we were writing that, we discovered that the whole thing worked best if we pulled back on the really dirty humour and tried as hard as possible to capture what it would actually be like if Stuart McLean revealed the intricacies of Dave and Morley’s sex life.” Says Dicecco, and less really becomes more. “We managed to record one story, but then we decided that the project was strong enough to work as an hour long live theatre performance.” e couple’s adventures are definitely not for the CBC, but the stories never feel dirty; rather, they are funny, heart- warming and sweet with a positive message. It really doesn’t get much more Canadian than this! Fiſty Shades of Vinyl: A Canadian Parody is coming to the Chilliwack Cultural Centre on February 23 and March 2 at 7:30 pm. Tickets are $25, and can be purchased at the Centre Box Office, online at www.chilliwackculturalcentre. ca, or by calling 604-391-SHOW(7469). Fiſty Shades of Vinyl: A Canadian Parody is sponsored by: Aromatica Fine Teas, Myriad, Unger Windows & Doors ltd, e Chilliwack Progress, e City of Chilliwack, e British Columbia Arts Council, e British Columbia Touring Council, Province of British Columbia, and the Department of Canadian Heritage. ERRORS AND OMISSIONS: While we take many precautions to ensure the accuracy of the Front & Centre Newsletter, occasionally errors or omissions may appear. Patrons are encouraged to double-check dates and times on their tickets or class receipts. Chilliwack Arts & Cultural Centre Society presents CUBA VIBRA Experience an exciting mix of passion and spice on stage with the strength and rhythm of Cuba when Lizt Alfonso Dance Cuba performs in Cuba Vibra!!! Authenticity, explosion of energy, syncronism, technical precision, elegance and much more it is Lizt Alfonso Dance Cuba. Precursor and maximum exponent of the “fusion” style, it shows an original and virtuoso repertoire, recognized by the public and critics as “unique and different”. Founded 25 years ago by its creator, director and choreographer, Lizt Alfonso, it has conquered audiences of all ages in the five continents, performing in hundreds of cities with the strength and rythm of the Cuba that vibrates today. March 12, 2019 - 7:30pm HUB International Theatre Tickets: Adult $40 / Senior $37 / Youth $35 Chilliwack Arts & Cultural Centre Society presents CIRCLE GAME One of the most influential recording artists of the late 20th century, Joni Mitchell has often reflected on social and environmental ideals through her music. Circle Game reinterprets Mitchell’s iconic songs such as “Big Yellow Taxi,” “River,” “California,” and “A Case of You” through the ears and eyes of a new generation, connecting to the politics and world we know today. March 14, 2019 - 7:30pm HUB International Theatre Tickets: Zone A - Adult $45 / Senior $42 / Youth $40 Zone B - $39 Zone C - $29 Chilliwack Arts & Cultural Centre Society presents SHAWN FARQUHAR’S CABARET OF WONDERS XIII Join an extraordinary gathering of magicians as world-champion magician Shawn Farquhar hosts this very popular Cabaret of Wonders! This casual cabaret setting is a fabulous way to experience innovative acts, illusions, and more in a fantastical display of never-before-seen works and magical standards! Whether you’re a magic enthusiast or have dreams of bringing your own illusions to stage, the Cabaret of Wonders XII is a chance to see magic behind the scenes – and get up close and personal with the most talented performers from British Columbia and beyond. Generously sponsored by: Fortins Home Hardware, The Chilliwack Progress, British Columbia Touring Council, City of Chilliwack, British Columbia Arts Council, Department of Canadian Heritage, and the Province of British Columbia February 15, 2019 - 7:30pm Rotary Hall Studio Theatre Tickets: All Seats $25 Chilliwack Arts & Cultural Centre Society presents THE CENTRE ROCKS XVI Join amazing young local musicians as they showcase both their original work and familiar hits in an intimate cabaret-style setting! Once more the stage is set for some incredible local talent to rock the Rotary Hall Studio Theatre when the Chilliwack Arts & Cultural Centre Society teams up with musicians from the area in The Centre Rocks concerts! Come join Amber Bergeron and special guests! March 16, 2019 - 7:00pm Rotary Hall Studio Theatre Tickets: All Seats $10 THEATRE SERIES MUSIC SERIES DANCE SERIES MAGIC SERIES
