32 -— Wednesday. June 17, 1992 ~ North Shore News

NEWS photo Paul McGrath

THE PLAY “Chartey" ‘$s Aunt” is one of the many successtul productions put on by the North Van-
couver Communtiy Players. The amateur theatre group is celebrating it 40th anniversary this
weekend with a series of events, including A Showcase of Taient at their Theatrical Garden Pazty
on Saturday, June 20, to which the public is invited.

For the love of theatre

~ HEY’RE A focal success story. This year,

- Vancouver Community Players celebrate their 40th
— four decades of quality amateur enter-

anniversary
tainment.

- The group actually started in the
1940s but officially incorporated in
1952 (the year Canada’s first tele-
vision stations broadcasted). They
played in Lonsdale and Seylyrn
Halls until they landed the en-
viable Hendry Hall venue where
they've been happily ensconced
for the past 10 plus years (no one
could say exactly).

Over the years the North Van-
couver Community Players
(NVCP) have maintained a
remarkably strong membership
base (currently 135) and con-
sistently sell out their shows to a
faithful audience.

Ticket sales are their main

FEATURES THE

source of revenue,

Barbara Black
THEATRE REVIEW

year they operated without gov-
ernment grants.

Fifteen-year NVCP member
Jeannie Shore attributes the club’s
success to producing a variety of
shows from comedy to drama to
cabaret.

“We're progressive for two
seasons,”’ she says. ‘’We put on
productions which the public
likes, and we do productions
which are a bit avant garde or a
littie different which ‘stretches’
the actors.’’

Recent successful productions
are The Dresser, a Theatre B.C.
Festival winner, and their present
production Home, which won

See Players page 34

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Effective June 29, 1 992
For North Vancouver

This summer we'll be making a number of schedule
adjustments and improvements in your community to
meet seasonal demands and to get you where you
want to go. Routes affected are as follows:

SEABUS
Increased summer service! From July 1 to
September 7, Sunday and Holiday service will be
increased to every 15 minutes between the
following hours:
From Lonsdale Quay: 11.00 a.m. - 6.00 p.m.
From Waterfront Station: 11.15 a.m. - 6.15 p.m.

Upper Lonsdale/Lonsdale Quay ‘

To meet the additional SeaBus sailings during
the summer, additional Sunday and Holiday
service will operate between Lonsdale Quay and
Lonsdale & 23rd Street.

Lonsdale Quay/Pemberton Heights/

St. Patricks

Service will operate during a.m. peak period; =...
early mornings Saturday, Sundays and Holidays”
and one daily late-evening trip. After 8:30 a.m.
board the #236 for service to Pemberton

Heights. Service to the W.E. Lucas Centre will be
suspended for the summer.

Lonsdale Quay/Grouse Mountain
Midday service will be improved to operate
every 30 minutes.

“Request Stop” pilot commencing in North and
West Vancouver, effective June 26,1992.

For more information on these and other Service Changes:
*Read the June 19 edition of the Buzzer.
Pick up new timetables, free of charge, at
public libraries, city arid municipal halls,
chambers of commerce and Travel InfoCentres.
Call Transit Information 261-5100

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