Kids can get up on the stage and improvise with professional actors during the first-ever DuffleBag Theatre Festival in Coquitlam next week.
Over three days, the theatre company will perform six shows that will include a chance for audience members — those young and young-at-heart — to get out of their seats and get a taste for acting on the spot.
The plays are:
• Peter Pan: March 21 at 10 a.m. and March 22 at 1 p.m.;
• Snow White: March 21 at 1 p.m. and March 23 at 10 a.m.;
• and Rumpelstiltskin: March 22 at 10 a.m. and March 23 at 1 p.m.
In an email to The Tri-City News last week, artistic director Marcus Lundgren said some guests can play the main roles. “Quite often when people see a DuffleBag performance, they can’t wait to see another one,” he wrote.
Discounts will be given for two or more of the March break performances, which are suitable for kids aged five and older.
Single tickets are $16/$12 by calling the Evergreen Cultural Centre box office at 604-927-6555 or visiting evergreenculturalcentre.ca (two-show packages are $28/$22 while three-show packages are $36/$30).
Meanwhile, on the festival’s opening day, the Coquitlam Public Library will be at the Pinetree Way facility from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. to encourage families to get a library card, check out a book and read together.
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