Victoria, BC Canada – October 2001
From September 25 to October 2, The Belfry Theatre presents the premiere of Flying Blind, the company’s first international project. This new collective creation (the show has been created by the director and performers) features the talents of Australians Debra Iris Batton, Alexandra Harrison, Carl Polke and Brendan Shelper and Canadians Lois Anderson, Peter Anderson, Manon Beaudoin, and Colin Heath. Belfry Artistic Director Roy Surette is the director.
Renowned for their demanding and dramatic brand of acrobatic, aerobatic,
and aerial theatre, “Legs on the Wall” have performed throughout the world.
The Canadians involved in the project were involved with a number of immensely popular original creations including The Overcoat (to be broadcast on CBC in the new year), The Number 14, and Cirque Poule.
Flying Blind incorporates the Greek concept of Kairos, which purports that at certain times we are given opportunities to change our predetermined fates. In Flying Blind, 8 lonely characters, some related, others single, each with a quirk, live in the same dilapidated home. One evening a chunk of the sky falls and lands in their backyard, creating a glowing hole. What follows is a magical, mysterious world where anything can happen.
Tickets range in price from $15 – $28, call the Belfry Box Office at 385-6815 or call in person at Tourism Victoria’s Information Centre at 812 Wharf Street.
Discounts for groups of 10 or more are available.
Performance Schedule
Tuesdays – Saturdays 8 pm
Wednesday Matinees 12 noon
Saturday Matinees 4 pm
Sunday Matinees 2 pm
Hotel News
There are now 8,747 hotel and motel rooms in greater Victoria. There’s a new Howard Johnson in the Royal Oak area (I haven’t visited so can’t give any details or personally recommend it). The Ocean Pointe Hotel has joined the Delta chain and is now known as the Delta Victoria Ocean Pointe Resort and Spa. The Empress Hotel, in case you missed it earlier, is now called the Fairmont Empress, having joined the Fairmont chain. Two new luxury hotels are in the works to be completed in a couple of years.
Events
BASTION SQUARE FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS
Bastion Square
Daily from 10:30am – 5:30pm. Juried BC artists and craftspeople selling their creations. Music and entertainment, monthly antique & Collectibles Faire, historic tours.
Tel. 413-3144
EMILY CARR: ECCENTRIC ARTIST, AUTHOR, GENIUS
Royal British Columbia Museum
675 Belleville St.
Check out website at www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca for special events on Emily’s life and times.
Tel. 387-3701
CELEBRATION OF THE 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF “LA SOCIETE FRANCOPHONE DE VICTORIA”
Hotel Grand Pacific
463 Belleville Street
Dance, Music, Theatre, Movies, National and International French Fair.
Tel. 388-7350
COPS FOR CANCER
McPherson Playhouse
#3 Centennial Square
Performance 7pm.
Tickets are $10.
Available at Tourism Victoria
Tel. 386-6121
LA TRAVIATA
Royal Theatre
805 Broughton Street
Verdi’s opera. Sally Dibblee is the tragic Violetta.
Tickets Available at Tourism Victoria
Tel. 386-6121
JIMMY RANKIN WITH SPECIAL GUEST MAREN ORD
McPherson Playhouse
#3 Centennial Square
Performance 8pm.
Tickets are $33.75, increasing to $38.75 on day of show.
Tickets Available at Tourism Victoria
Tel. 386-6121
TUNES OF GLORY
Memorial Arena
Performance 7:30pm.
Tickets $36 – $46, no discounts, reserved seating.
Tickets Available at Tourism Victoria
Tel. 386-6121
JESSE COOK & NATALIE MCMASTER
Royal Theatre
805 Broughton Street
Performance 8pm. Tickets are $42.25
Tickets Available at Tourism Victoria
Tel. 386-6121
FIDDLER ON THE ROOF
Oak Bay Beach Hotel
1175 Beach Drive
Dinner theatre
Tickets are $49.
Tel. 598-4556
TUNES OF GLORY
Memorial Arena
A History on Parade offers a military pageant featuring military regiments from three nations
Tickets Available at Tourism Victoria
Tel. 286-6121
SMYTHE AND SAUCIER
McPherson Playhouse
#3 Centennial Square
Kaleidoscope Theatre
Performance at 2pm.
Tickets are $9.50 each, no discounts.
Tickets Available at Tourism Victoria
Tel. 386-6121
THE WEIR
Belfry Theatre
1291 Gladstone Avenue
This tale of the supernatural takes place in a rural Irish pub. The local men swap spooky stories in an attempt to impress a young woman who has moved into a nearby haunted house. But the tables turn when the woman decides to tell an amazing tale of her own.
Tickets Available at Tourism Victoria
Tel. 385-6815
ROYAL VICTORIA MARATHON
Downtown and Inner Harbour Area.
Victoria’s annual 42km marathon with an 8km and 1km kids run, authors breakfast included.
Website: www.royalvictoriamarathon.com
GARDENER’S BAZAAR & SILENT AUCTION
Horticulture Centre of the Pacific
505 Qualye
A silent auction with 100 items will be held.
Flea Market and gardening tools sale.
Tel. 479-6162
MEDIEVAL FEAST
Baronial Hall
1701 Elgin Road
Step back in time with Lord Elgin as he hosts an evening of frivolity and fun.
Tickets are $49.
Tel. 595-9970
©2001 by Barbara Ballard. Reproduction of this work in whole or in part, including images, and reproduction in electronic media, without documented permission from the author is prohibited.
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