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lassic returns to Ou

the Theatré B.C. North Shore Zone”

Play Festival, also, at Presentation House,
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Monday, Dec."13 and Wednesday, Dec.

IN the 180-odd years
since it was penned,
German author E.T.A.
Hoffmann’s 19th centu-
ry tale Nussknacker und
Mausekinig has become
a Christmas classic.

Known to all as simply The
Nuateracker, the tale of a young
girl’s Christmas fantasy of a
nutcracker transformed into a
prince comes to life on stage at
three venues this holiday sca-
son.

Ballet B.C. presents the
Royal Winnipeg Ballet in a
new production of the festive
favourite, Dec. 10 to 12 at
Queen Elizabeth Theatre.

Dancing micc, a sugar
plum fairy, a magical forest and
a Christnias tree that grows on
stage are features of this ballet,
set in Canada on the night
before Christmas 1913, and
accompanied by the Vancouver
Symphony Orchestra in a five
performance of the music of

” Tchaikovsky.

Tickets are $21.50 to
$48.50 with discounts for stu-
dents, seniors and groups,
available through Ticketmaster
at 280-3311.

‘Closer to home, Royal City
Youth Ballet will mount the

Christmas classic 2:30 p.m. this

Saturday, Dec. 4 at the
Cont: enmial ‘Theatre. The pro-

LISSETTE Salgado is
Clara in the Royal
Winnipeg Ballet's
Nuicracker.

‘playwright John Mortimer, known to
TV audiences as writer of the popular
PBS scries Resmpole of the Batley. Lunch

: Hour has the same comedic edge.

English accents are required for one

duction features a corps of
young dancers from the Lower
Mainland and Vancouver
Mand as well as Richard
Tandry of the National baller
of Canada ¥ st soloist.

sts, $13 for adults and
children, are available by call-
ing the theatre box office at
984-4484.

The very next day, sugar
plum fairies and dancing mice
will return to the Centennial
stage when Seyniour Dance
Society presents its version of
The Nutcracker. Showtimes are
2 and 7 p.m. Sunday with a
special schooi performance
scheduled for Monday. ‘Tickets
are $15 for adults, ST! for
seniors and children, available
at the box office, 984-4484,

— Layne Christensen

RICHARD Landry
dances in the Royal City
Youth Ballet production.

formerly known ‘as West. Vancouver

Theatre Guild; is‘mouniti iS th

‘one-act comedy Lunch Hour.:
Perfo ances are in Mi

“15 at the Music Box (tormerly Argyle
House), located next door to the Silk...
Purse Arts Centre, at 1564 Arpyle Ave., .°

West Vancouver.

male, aged 30 to 40, one female, 25 to

., 30, and one female, 40-plus:

a For morc information, call Bill
Elliott, president of Theatre West Van,
at 922- 1379.

Lunch Hox

by British novelist and

: Capilano Mall -
(located close to Walmart)

Bring i invitation cord t to our

“reception and get one o|

: ice of different’ designs, size 7- “10. :
(Limit of one customer, per invitation)