After more than a 20-year absence, Sidekick Players are entering the Theatre BC Zone Festival.
This year the festival at the Langley Playhouse. Sidekick is entering their very successful play, Rabbit Hole by David Lindsay-Abaire, directed by Carroll Lefebvre.
There will be a special performance on May 4, at The Tsawwassen Arts Centre at 8 p.m. to help with the costs of entering the festival. This will be the same cast but a different set-up.
“The Langley Playhouse stage is smaller than ours and this brings some adjustments and challenges,” said Lefebvre. “We are going to map out their dimensions on our stage and work accordingly, so this performance is also a test run for our crew.”
The festival has a whole set of rules to follow and one of them is a four-hour timeslot to erect the set, decorate the set, get the lighting and sound design set and a brief time for actors to walk the stage.
“There is no time at all for a rehearsal on the stage, so the cast will be working in the space for the first time at the festival performance in front of the adjudicator, Nicole Nattrass. It can get hectic and intimidating at the same time,” added Lefebvre.
Lefebvre has no doubt her cast will do an incredible job at the festival performance on May 20, but for now, they need to sharpen their skills and do one more performance for our community.
All tickets are $20 for the May 4 Arts Centre show. Reserve your seat by calling 604-288-2415. All proceeds, after expenses, will go towards the cost of entering the festival.
If you can’t make the special performance on May 4, but still want to support Sidekick by seeing the festival show in Langley, you can get tickets at www.vtixonline.com/langley-little-theatre.
