Most people expressed shock when the news surfaced in November that the February 3 show by Corb Lund was already sold out. In a town known for buying tickets at the last-minute, this was news.
While the Revelstoke Performing Arts Centre’s biggest show this winter is sold out, they still have a big lineup scheduled, including such popular acts as Ballet Kelowna, the Movies in the Mountains series, roots group the Nautical Miles, several kids plays, and more.
Here’s a look at each show taking place this winter. All shows are at 7:30 p.m. unless indicated. Tickets are $15 and available through the Revelstoke Arts Council website, ArtFirst and the Visitor Information Centre unless indicated.
Music
Saturday, January 16
THE NAUTICAL MILES
The Nautical Miles are an adventurous seven piece alt-roots band from Vancouver, BC. Together, they have spent a decade crafting richly textured and emotionally complex folk music around the thoughtful lyrics of songwriter Corbin Murdoch. Their songs tell stories steeped in the natural and emotional histories of the Pacific-Northwest. Migratory mammals, extraordinary and ordinary humans, historic and urban mythology are all subjects in the narratives they spin.
Friday, January 22
CASCADIA REED QUINTET
One of the newest groups on the music scene, featuring musicians from the Kamloops Symphony Orchestra. A unique blend of wind instruments performing a wide variety of arrangements from the impressionist Claude Debussy to the jazzman Billy Strayhorn.
Wednesday, February 3
CORB LUND & THE HURTIN’ ALBERTANS
Corb Lund, the fourth-generation rancher and former frontman of the punk/metal band The Smalls has been a road warrior since releasing his album Cabin Fever in 2012, which shot to #1 in Canada. Corb Lund is a Juno Award winner with multiple Canadian Gold Records to his name, he also won the Canadian Country Music Awards Roots Artist of the Year eight times running. The show is sold out, but you could get lucky on the secondary market.
Sunday, March 20
SYCAMORE STRING QUARTET
Haydn’s sublime humour and perfect form pave the way for two quartets similar in name only. R. Murray Schafer’s quartet was composed as a 50th birthday gift; Schubert’s Rosamunde unfolds as both a long-breathed poem and suave love song. Featuring musicians from the Kamloops Symphony Orchestra.
Theatre
Tuesday, January 26
SNOWED-IN COMEDY TOUR
Four international comedians come together to create one amazing show with each bringing a unique and hilarious take providing something for everyone. Just for Laughs winner Dan Quinn is back along with the wild man MC Craig Campbell. The $25,000 great Canadian laugh off winner Paul Myrehaug returns and new this year is 5 time Canadian Comedian of the year nominee Pete Zedlacher, to keep it fresh. Show starts at 8 p.m. and tickets are $35.
Tuesday, March 3
BOUNDLESS
BY BALLET KELOWNA
The Company premieres a unique work that dynamically portrays a social issue impacting young people today. Created in collaboration with Okanagan youth, renowned Canadian choreographer Matjash Mrozewski, and acclaimed Canadian composer Owen Belton, this innovative new work aims to ignite conversation and initiate social change. Glas, a fresh and youthful work by 2015 Clifford E. Lee Choreography Awardwinner Gabrielle Lamb, is inspired by the stunning blue-green colour of the Bow River in Alberta, and was commissioned by The Banff Centre in partnership with Ballet Kelowna. Tickets are $15 for adults and $5 for kids.
Kids
Saturday, February 13
CLASSICS & ALICE IN WONDERLAND
MOTUS O dance theatre celebrates their 25th anniversary by touring and performing their finest repertoire, which includes a selection of their most popular nostalgic and classic short dance pieces. Following this, the company will then perform their first original family show “Alice in Wonderland,” an innovative production that hurls you into another world. This witty and vibrant work, rich in athletic choreography coupled with mime, spoken text and music, is as accessible to children as it is to adults. This performance includes local youth performing live with MOTUS O’s professional cast on stage. The show is at 7 p.m. Tickets are $15 for adults and $5 for kids.
Sunday, April 24
SNOW WHITE
In their refreshing adaptations of fairy tales and Shakespearean classics, DuffleBag Theatre invites audience members into the show to play the main parts! The resulting excitement and spontaneity creates hilarity for all and forms a perfect introduction to the classics. Since 1992, “the nearly world-famous” DuffleBag Theatre has wowed audiences of all ages across the country. Show is at 3 p.m. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for kids.
Saturday, May 7
HAMELIN
This comedic, heart-tugging musical retelling of The Pied Piper of Hamelin, features a cast of six professional actor/musicians using masks and puppets in Axis Theatre’s unique physical theatre style. Show is at 3 p.m. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for kids.
Film
Wednesday, January 27
MOVIES IN THE MOUNTAINS:
JIMMY’S HALL
This movie recounts the incredible true story of activist Jimmy Gralton and his deportation from Ireland during the country’s ‘Red Scare’ of the 1930s. Presented by the Revelstoke Multicultural Society. Tickets are $8.
Wednesday, February 24
MOVIES IN THE MOUNTAINS: TIMBUKTU
Set during the early days of the 2012 fundamentalist takeover of northern Mali and inspired by real people and real events, the new film from the great African director Abderrahmane Sissako (Bamako) is a searing drama about the everyday woes and resistance of ordinary people in a city overrun by extremist foreign fighters. Luminous, lyrical and poetic, Sissako’s magisterial Timbuktu movingly attests to the human will to resist the terrors of absolutism. Presented by the Revelstoke Multicultural Society. Tickets are $8.
Wednesday, March 30
MOVIES IN THE MOUNTAINS: SAMBA
A recent migrant to France (Omar Sy) fights to stay in his adopted country with the help of a rookie immigration worker (Charlotte Gainsbourg), in this winning drama from the directors of the breakout hit Les Intouchables. Presented by the Revelstoke Multicultural Society. Tickets are $8.
