Echo Players theatre company wins awards

Set design, supporting actor honours at Theatre BC Festival

Fresh off of the Theatre BC Festival in Courtenay, which saw ECHO Players win a pair of awards, the Qualicum Beach theatre company ends their season with the production of Office Hours.

Fresh off of the Theatre BC Festival in Courtenay, which saw ECHO Players win a pair of awards, the Qualicum Beach theatre company ends their season with the production of Office Hours.

ECHO Players’ production of Dancing at Lughnasa brought home some awards from the Theatre BC Festival in Courtenay held May 18.

Producer Lesley McVey was happy to announce that Ian Taylor took home the award for Best Set Design.

Alistair McVey got the award for the Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role. The production also received certificates of merit for ensemble acting and notable performance by a female actor went to Vicki Barta.

The winning production at the festival was Courtenay Little Theatre’s Waiting for the Parade, which will to go to the provincial Mainstage Festival in Kamloops on July 4.

ECHO Players will be ending their season with the hilarious comedy Office Hours.

The play written by one of Canada’s best-known humorists Norm Foster is being produced by Alistair McVey and will run from May 29 to June 15 at the Village Theatre in Qualicum Beach.

Tickets are available by calling the box office at 250-752-3522 or at www.echoplayers.ca.

 

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