Tag Archive: live theater


Live play, Urban Campus

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May 15, 2014

Live play, the local grad committee at the high school is having a live theater event. On june 6th 9th and 10th at the Merritt Secondary School starting at 6:30 PM, The play Urban Campus will be presented.

Tickets are at  the door and by donation to the Grad committee , or the ask wellness society.

There is a warning about mature theme and discretion is required. The title on the handbills shows a dripping red characterisation to the lettering.

Today in history: May 16th 1929

The Academy  Awards is established in Hollywood California.

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TGIF-theater

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February 21, 2014

The Merritt Community Theater Society, has a published business proposal  that they informally discussed this week at some meetings in the Merritt Civic Center. Interested people included economic development consultants from Kamloops and Mayor and council members.

Rich Hodgson a contact for the group said the group is looking for 5 million dollars to complete the project and have raised enough to buy the property in the Rail yard mall downtown Merritt.

The group said that they will be free from property taxes for five years as would anyone else doing new construction in the downtown. This is an economic development strategy of the city of Merritt.

Today in history: February 21, 1925

The New Yorker publishes its first issue

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World premier, Sagebrush Theater

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February 17, 2014

The premier of   Silent Chap is on in the Kamloops at the Western Canada Theater Company, February 20th  to March 1st. Billed  as a world premier the theater company will be showing the live event Mondays and Tuesdays 7:30 pm Wednesday to Saturday 8: PM.

There is a pay what you can Saturday showing at 2PM March 1st.

Silent Chap is written by  Alan Corbishley and is presented in association of the BC Living Arts Society.

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Today in history: February 17th 1980

The first winter ascent of Mount Everest is done by Polish climbers Krzysztof Wielicki and Leszek Cichy.

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