Actor lands role in Gracepoint
Penticton actor Nikolas Filipovic got a big break being featured as a deceased 12-year-old boy in the Fox TV-series Gracepoint, which was filmed in Victoria in January of 2014.
Since discovering his ability and landing a commercial at five years old, 15-year-old Filipovic has been featured on multiple TV series, including an appearance on Fringe in 2010.
Despite his experience at a young age, the Penticton star-in-the-making is still wowed by the Hollywood actors he gets to meet.
“It is so cool getting to hang out with them. We talk about acting and fans. David Tennant met this woman who had a giant tattoo of him on her shoulder. It was crazy,” Filipovic told the Western News in April.
However, he wasn’t too enthralled with the glitz and glamour during the process.
“I just want to act a lot. I’m not into the Hollywood star thing but I love acting,” Filipovic said.
Kiwanis Music Festival
The best and brightest in the province in the disciplines of music dance and speech arts came to Penticton in 2014 for the B.C. Performing Arts provincials in June.
Competitors were selected from the winners of the 88th Kiwanis Music Festival held in March.
Out of the 32,000 dancers, singers, musicians and dramatic artists that competed in regional festivals, only one or two were selected from each category and age group to compete on the provincial stage at the B.C. Performing Arts provincials.
Teigan Litke won over the adjudicators at provincials in the Intermediate Musical Theatre category by singing two songs from the production Dogfight.
“I was definitely more excited that I won provincials than I was about graduating. I have been performing for so long and finally it was my year to earn a win. It was something I was not expecting because it is one of the biggest categories in provincials that is why it is so amazing,” Litke told the Western News in June.
“Having provincials hosted by Penticton in my last year was a great experience. Then winning on top of all that was amazing.”
Arts Awards
2014 saw the launch of the First Annual Penticton and District Arts Awards.
Noteable winners included Lynne Leydier, who took home the lifetime achievement award, and spoken-word poet Shane Koyczan, who was given the literary arts award.
“The awards was a great thing for the whole arts community. It lets everyone know all of the people out there doing all this amazing work,” Leydier told the Western News in March.
