Celebrate creativity and imagination this Halloween! Beautifully illustrated by local artist Keely O’Brien, Gateway Theatre’s Hallows’ Eve paper theatre kit includes a build-your-own miniature theatre with enchanting backdrops and ghostly characters, a story to act out with family and friends, and other frighteningly fun activities included in your very own house program.

Hallows’ Eve Paper Theatre Kit

With the limited-edition Hallows’ Eve paper theatre kits, Gateway Theatre offers everyone from art and craft-enthusiasts to theatre-lovers and story-tellers of all ages a miniature 3-D theatre and a play that they can stage in the comfort and safety of their own home.  

To inspire creativity and storytelling, the paper theatre also comes with a fun Halloween-themed play, written by Jasmine Chen, Gateway’s Artistic & Community Producer.

Each kit includes artwork printed on cardstock, the script for the play, and assembly instructions in English and Chinese. A special “how-to” video will be posted online, all that’s required is scissors and glue.

“I hope everyone who orders Hallows’ Eve will find as much delight in assembling and playing with the theatre as I did in making it, and that you will let your own imagination and creativity shine as you build and activate this enchanted little world,” says co-creator O’Brien. 

Assemble your own kit to breathe life into this whimsical landscape of ink, watercolour, and printmaking.  Share your at-home experience by posting photos and videos with the paper theatre on social media using #MyGTPaperTheatreKit. 

 To receive a paper theatre kit in time for Halloween, order by October 26, 2020.

The original paper theatres were sold as kits at concession stands at opera houses, playhouses, and vaudeville theatres in early 19th century Europe. They were most often replicas of popular plays.

Knowledge Network, British Columbia’s public broadcaster, announced today the debut of the brand new documentary series Search and Rescue: North Shore, premiering on November 10th.

Search and Rescue: North Shore

The docu-series follows the highly skilled volunteer members of North Shore Rescue (“NSR”) as they find and rescue people in distress in the rugged mountains, canyons and forests of North Vancouver. 

For the first time, the Splash Art Auction & Gala for Arts Umbrella will be hosted across multiple locations ranging from leading restaurants to private venues. The flagship fundraiser will carry on its tradition of supporting youth arts programming with a combination of in-person and online experiences, presented by Nicola Wealth.

Splash Art Auction & Gala for Arts Umbrella

When: Saturday, October 24, 2020
Where: Various locations & at home
Tickets: Available online now. Gala $400 (includes food/beverage with open bar, hosts and evening entertainment at each location, art catalog and more with partial tax receipt); Luminary tickets: $750 (includes priority placement at private gala locations, recognition during the live broadcast, and significant tax receipt)

In addition to enjoying Splash’s special 2020 edition, ticket holders will receive an invitation to a private tour at the Pendulum Gallery to preview the Splash 2020 Art Collection (util October 16). Art collectors unable to attend Splash in person need not miss out on the opportunity to bid: at-home tickets are available for purchase, complete with local catering delivery.

The Anvil Centre stage will light up once again with the premiere of Hey Viola!, a musical exploration of Canadian Civil Rights hero Viola Desmond, set in a cabaret style.

Hey Viola!

Where: Anvil Centre (777 Columbia St, New Westminster)
When: October 15 to 25, 2020 at 7:30pm, matinees October 17, 18, 22, 24, 25
Tickets: Available online now

Viola Desmond (the face of the ten dollar bill in Canada) is best known for her courage in refusing to leave the whites-only section of Nova Scotia’s Roseland cinema in 1946, a decision that made history, but she was also a feminist and beauty product icon. What was the fire within this successful black Canadian businesswoman that gave her the courage and confidence to stand up to systemic racial injustices in Canada?

FRIENDS of Canadian Broadcasting presents The Chesterfield, a new video interview series about Canadian culture where notable Canadian artists reveal the Canadian art that inspires them. Hosted by songwriter and performance artist iskwē, and entertainment journalist Ben Rayner, The Chesterfield will premiere Tuesday, October 6, 2020 on YouTube and run weekly for 12 episodes.

The Chesterfield

The Chesterfield will feature iskwē and Ben Rayner interviewing prominent Canadian musicians, authors, filmmakers, comedians, and more. Guests in the debut season include Jann Arden, Michael de Adder, Ali Hassan, Max Kerman of The Arkells, Jeff Lemire, Catherine MacLellan, Chris Murphy of Sloan, Alanis Obomsawin, Fred Penner, George Stroumboulopoulos, Diana Reyes aka Fly Lady Di, and David A. Robertson.

In each 15-minute episode of The Chesterfield, guests will discuss their favourite book, film, record, painting or other Canadian creation and discuss the importance of appreciating our own Canadian culture. Audiences can look forward to diving into the role of Canadian arts in national identity by examining such diverse influential Canadian works as CBC TV’s Kids in the Hall, Cherie Dimaline’s novel The Marrow Thieves, Maestro Fresh-Wes‘ “Let Your Backbone Slide” and David Blackwood‘s painting Cape Spear.

FRIENDS of Canadian Broadcasting has commissioned The Chesterfield as part of its ongoing advocacy on behalf of Canadians who recognize the importance of telling our own stories. These conversations about Canadian culture will reinforce FRIENDS’ fight for a strong public broadcaster and media now, and into the future.