{"id":1016996,"date":"2023-01-03T14:57:40","date_gmt":"2023-01-03T22:57:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metrotheatre.ca\/?page_id=1016996"},"modified":"2023-02-04T00:23:57","modified_gmt":"2023-02-04T08:23:57","slug":"show-60-4-shirley-valentine","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/metrotheatre.com\/show-60-4-shirley-valentine\/","title":{"rendered":"Show 60 #4 Shirley Valentine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide eplus-wrapper is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-11 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column eplus-wrapper is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center eplus-wrapper\"><strong>Shirley Valentine<\/strong><br>The Show &amp; Performances<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns eplus-wrapper is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-10 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column eplus-wrapper is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:30%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns eplus-wrapper has-background is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:25px;background-color:#9400940a;padding-top:1rem;padding-right:0.5rem;padding-bottom:1rem;padding-left:0.5rem\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column eplus-wrapper is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns eplus-wrapper has-background is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-2 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"border-width:2px;border-radius:25px;background-color:#9400940a;padding-top:1rem;padding-right:0.5rem;padding-bottom:1rem;padding-left:0.5rem\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column eplus-wrapper is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading eplus-wrapper\"><strong>FAST FACTS:<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"413\" src=\"https:\/\/metrotheatre.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/SVMenu.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1017017\" srcset=\"https:\/\/metrotheatre.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/SVMenu.jpg 640w, https:\/\/metrotheatre.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/SVMenu-262x169.jpg 262w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading eplus-wrapper\">SHOW TIMES<strong>:<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\" style=\"margin-top:5px;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0\">Evening Performances at 8 pm:<br> January 13, 14, 19, 20, 21, 26, 27, 28<br>Matinee Performances at 2 pm:<br> January 15, 22, 29<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\"><strong><strong>All current COVID-19 protocols practiced.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading eplus-wrapper\">SHOW RUN:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\" style=\"margin-top:2px\"><strong><strong>January 13 \u2013 29,&nbsp;<\/strong>2023<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"eplus-wrapper\" style=\"margin-top:2px\">\n<li class=\"eplus-wrapper\"><strong>Director\u2019s Talk&nbsp;<\/strong>is Friday&nbsp;<strong>Jan 20<\/strong>, 2023 \u2013 immediately following the performance<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"eplus-wrapper\">The&nbsp;<strong>Preview<\/strong>&nbsp;is on&nbsp;<strong>Friday Jan 13,&nbsp;<\/strong>2023 \u2013 it is the final dress rehearsal.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"eplus-wrapper\"><strong>Running Time<\/strong>: about 1 h 45 min including the 15 min intermission.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading eplus-wrapper\">LOCATION:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\" style=\"margin-top:2px\">1370 SW Marine Drive, Vancouver, BC.&nbsp; Next to the on-ramp to the Arthur Lang Bridge by Marine Drive and Granville. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading eplus-wrapper\"><strong>TICKET PRICING:<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-top:2px\">Adults $34.50<br>Students\/Seniors $31.50<br>Thursday Special &#8211;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2 tickets for $50<br>The Preview is $25<br>\u2022 GST and fees are additional<br>* Group Discounts available by calling the Box Office 604 266 7191<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\"><strong>Tickets<\/strong>&nbsp;can be reserved by calling the Metro Box Office&nbsp;<strong>604 266 7191&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading eplus-wrapper\">BOX OFFICE WINDOWS HOURS: 6:30pm on Performance Days.<br>BOX OFFICE OPENS:<br>Wed \u2013 Sat 2 pm to 5 pm<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\"><strong>604 266 7191<\/strong> voicemail or Contact Us form below can be used at other times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading eplus-wrapper\">LICENSED LOUNGE HOURS:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\" style=\"margin-top:2px\">Performance Evenings \u2013 7:00 \u2013 11:00 pm<br>Performance Matinees \u2013 1:00 \u2013 5:00 pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading eplus-wrapper\">PARKING:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\" style=\"margin-top:2px\">There is plenty of easy parking \u2013 in the parking lot, on the street, even \u2018All Evening Parking\u2019 for $4 at the Value Liquor Store Lot just up the street from Metro \u2013&nbsp;1450 SW Marine Dr, Vancouver, BC V6P 5Z9<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading eplus-wrapper\">BUS ROUTES:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\" style=\"margin-top:2px\">We\u2019re close to the Marpole bus loop and on the #10 route. Check out&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.translink.ca\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">www.translink.ca<\/a>&nbsp;for transit directions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading eplus-wrapper\">CONTACT:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\" style=\"margin-top:2px\">Metro Theatre via the contact form at the bottom of this page for more information, publicity photos, and arrangements for interviews.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter eplus-wrapper\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"155\" src=\"https:\/\/metrotheatre.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Metro-M-Logo-300x155.jpg\" alt=\"letter M with happy and sad theatre masks\" class=\"wp-image-1011998\" srcset=\"https:\/\/metrotheatre.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Metro-M-Logo-300x155.jpg 300w, https:\/\/metrotheatre.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Metro-M-Logo-1130x580.jpg 1130w, https:\/\/metrotheatre.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Metro-M-Logo.jpg 436w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\"><strong>Metro Theatre is a non-profit theatre company<\/strong>, dedicated to promoting and developing theatre arts.&nbsp; This is our&nbsp;<strong>60<\/strong><sup><strong>th<\/strong><\/sup>&nbsp;year&nbsp;of bringing laughter, intrigue and surprise to live audiences.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns eplus-wrapper has-background is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-3 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"border-width:2px;border-radius:25px;background-color:#9400940a;padding-top:1rem;padding-right:0.5rem;padding-bottom:1rem;padding-left:0.5rem\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column eplus-wrapper is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center eplus-wrapper\"><strong>The Story<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<em>Most of us die..long before we\u2019re dead. An\u2019 what kills us is the terrible weight of all this unused life that we carry around\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"445\" src=\"https:\/\/metrotheatre.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/SVCheers.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1017020\" srcset=\"https:\/\/metrotheatre.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/SVCheers.jpg 640w, https:\/\/metrotheatre.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/SVCheers-243x169.jpg 243w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; So speaks the central character in this one-woman show about a 40- something housewife living in the late 1980s in Liverpool, a city in the North West England, made famous by the Beatles. While in her kitchen preparing her husband\u2019s evening meal, Shirley regales us with stories of her unfulfilled life as she waits hand and foot on her ungrateful and graceless husband and her equally charmless daughter, Millandra. Despite her unhappy lot in life, Shirley describes her circumstances with wry humour which immediately earns her the sympathy of the audience, most of whom can, in some way, empathize with her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The opportunity to travel to Greece with a friend for a two-week holiday puts her in a dilemma as she debates whether her husband, Joe, can manage without her. On the one hand, she dreams about drinking \u201ca glass of wine in the country where the grape is grown\u201d, and, on the other, she cannot picture herself having the courage to break out of the prison her routine has created for her. Up till then, the biggest adventure in their lives was the annual holiday to the Isle of Man (a 5-hour ferry trip from Liverpool) because Joe refused to go anywhere else, not wanting to fly or leave his comfort zone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Fortunately for the audience and for Shirley, she does decide to take the leap into the unknown and in the process, she rediscovers the Shirley she once was, while fulfilling her dream of drinking Greek wine sitting by the sea.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column eplus-wrapper is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:70%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns eplus-wrapper is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-4 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column eplus-wrapper is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center eplus-wrapper\"><strong>Show Page: Shirley Valentine<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center eplus-wrapper\">&#8216;Most of us die..long before we\u2019re dead. <br>what kills us is the terrible weight of all this unused life that we carry around&#8217;<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Metro Theatre Vancouver<\/strong> is pleased to present the lovely romantic comedy <strong>Shirley Valentine,<\/strong> written by Willy Russell and directed by <strong>Alison Schamberger. <\/strong>The play follows Shirley, a middle-aged woman in England, as she juggles the traditional gender roles of her childhood with the new freedoms and choices that women have today. On stage <strong>January 13 \u2013 29, <\/strong>2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/metrotheatre.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/SVGrrekIslands.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1017023\" width=\"480\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/metrotheatre.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/SVGrrekIslands.jpg 640w, https:\/\/metrotheatre.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/SVGrrekIslands-271x169.jpg 271w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Shirley is a smart, sensitive, capable woman who has all of those facets ignored in her day-to-day life, finding herself lonely in a marriage that\u2019s long gone off the romantic boil, with no job and kids who have grown up and gone. A friend offering to pay for a trip to Greece gives her an opportunity to make an out of character decision to temporarily ignore her responsibilities and provide herself with some much-needed and long-neglected self-care. There\u2019s a lively girl who was Miss Valentine before she became Mrs Bradshaw to be reclaimed!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/metrotheatre.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/SVWaterGlass.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1017024\" width=\"318\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/metrotheatre.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/SVWaterGlass.jpg 424w, https:\/\/metrotheatre.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/SVWaterGlass-112x169.jpg 112w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 318px) 100vw, 318px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Shirley reveals her innermost thoughts to the audience in a part that has about 16,000 words \u2013 more than even Hamlet. Whether confiding in her kitchen wall in Liverpool or addressing a rock on the beach in Greece, her uninhibited monologue is an ongoing delight in its honest spontaneity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<em>This play explores the wonderful possibilities that are opened up by travel. No amount of virtual reality can substitute for the real experience of eating baklava in a tiny Greek caf\u00e9 or dipping your feet in the warm Aegean Sea.<\/em>&nbsp;\u201c Alison Schamberger, Director.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp; The show is double cast, in light of the Covid variants sweeping through our world! We have two wonderful actresses playing the part of Shirley Valentine \u2013 <strong>Jill Raymond <\/strong>and <strong>Tamara Prescott<\/strong>, who will be sharing the performances. <strong>Shirley Valentine<\/strong> is directed by <strong>Alison Schamberger<\/strong>, with <strong>Christie Miller <\/strong>as assistant director, production management by <strong>Joan Koebel<\/strong>, and stage managed by <strong>Heather Webster<\/strong>. Photo credit to <strong>Tracy-Lynn Chernaske<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tickets:&nbsp;<\/strong> $31.50 Senior\/Student or $34.50 Adult (plus GST) can be reserved by calling<br>the Box Office 604 266 7191 or<a href=\"https:\/\/tickets.metrotheatre.com\/TheatreManager\/1\/tmEvent\/tmEvent97.html\"> Purchase Tickets<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>SHIRLEY VALENTINE <\/strong><strong>Performer\u2019s Schedule<br><\/strong>Preview, Friday, January 13&nbsp; \u2013 Tamara<br>Opening, Saturday, January 14 \u2013 Jill<br>Sunday, January 15 \u2013 Tamara<br>Thursday, January 19 \u2013 Tamara<br>Friday, January 20 \u2013 Jill<br>Saturday, January 21 \u2013 Tamara<br>Sunday, January 22 \u2013 Jill<br>Thursday, January 26 \u2013 Jill<br>Friday, January 27 \u2013 Tamara<br>Saturday, January 28 \u2013 Jill<br>Sunday, January 29 \u2013 Tamara<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Warnings: Some coarse language and explicit sexual references<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns eplus-wrapper is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-5 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column eplus-wrapper has-border-color has-custom-color-1-border-color has-custom-color-2-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-width:2px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading eplus-wrapper\"><strong>Cast and Production Team<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading eplus-wrapper\">CAST (<strong>Double Cast \u2013 Sharing Performances<\/strong>)<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Character<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><strong>Performer<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Shirley Valentine<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"> <strong>Jill Raymond<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Shirley Valentine<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"> <strong>Tamara Prescott<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading eplus-wrapper\">PRODUCTION TEAM<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Director<\/td><td><strong>Alison Schamberger<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Assistant Director<\/td><td><strong>Christie Miller<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Production Manager<\/td><td><strong>Joan Koebel<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Stage Manager<\/td><td><strong>Heather Webster<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Props\/ASM<\/td><td><strong>Allison Kendall<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Set Design<\/td><td><strong>Warren Johnson<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Costume Design<\/td><td><strong>Christine Egerton-Ball<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Lighting Design<\/td><td><strong>Les Erskine<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Sound Design<\/td><td><strong>Roger Monk<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Set Dec<\/td><td><strong>Daisy Fung<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Set Painting<\/td><td><strong>Emily Dotson<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Technical Director<\/td><td><strong>Les Erskine<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Assistant TD<\/td><td><strong>Alex Ross<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>General Manager<\/td><td><strong>Les Erskine<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Head Carpenter<\/td><td><strong>Robin Richardson<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Publicity<\/td><td><strong>Debra Danny<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Graphic Design<\/td><td><strong>Barbara LaBounta<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Costume Liaison<\/td><td><strong>Claire Turner<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Box Office\/FOH<\/td><td><strong>Heather Stewart<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns eplus-wrapper has-border-color has-custom-color-3-border-color is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-6 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"border-radius:25px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column eplus-wrapper has-custom-color-4-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center eplus-wrapper\" style=\"text-transform:capitalize\"><strong><strong>from The Director<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"442\" src=\"https:\/\/metrotheatre.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/SVLetsTalk.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1017027\" srcset=\"https:\/\/metrotheatre.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/SVLetsTalk.jpg 640w, https:\/\/metrotheatre.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/SVLetsTalk-245x169.jpg 245w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">  Join director <strong>Alison Schamberger<\/strong> and the <strong>cast <\/strong>of<strong> Shirley Valentine<\/strong> immediately following the show on <strong>Friday, January 20, <\/strong>2023 for an informal chat about:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol>\n<li>Why we didn\u2019t adapt this play to present time?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How having a double cast affects the rehearsal process and performance schedule.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How having an Assistant Director was a huge help.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p> After which, the director will open the session up for questions from the audience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> There is no additional charge for the Director\u2019s Talk, just stay in your seats or move up a bit closer to the stage \u2013 allowing for social distancing at all times.<br>The session will last approximately 20 minutes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns eplus-wrapper has-custom-color-6-background-color has-background is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"border-radius:25px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column eplus-wrapper is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center eplus-wrapper\"><strong><strong>Shirley Valentine Video Snippets<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">A few second out takes by  <strong>Jill Raymond <\/strong>and <strong>Tamara Prescott<\/strong> during their performances of Shirley Valentine. Come join Metro for more of these wonderful performances by these amazing actors.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>[slide-anything id=&#8221;1017472&#8243;]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns eplus-wrapper has-custom-color-6-background-color has-background is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"border-radius:25px;padding-top:0;padding-right:5px;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:8px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column eplus-wrapper is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center eplus-wrapper\"><strong><strong>In Rehearsal<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">These REHEARSAL PHOTOS reflect the show from the first readthru to the final rehearsals on the stage leading up to the preview.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>[slide-anything id=&#8221;1017068&#8243;]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-border-color has-custom-color-5-border-color has-custom-color-6-background-color has-background is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"border-radius:25px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-right:5px;padding-left:8px\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" style=\"padding-right:8px;padding-left:8px\"><strong><strong><strong>Reviews &amp; Being Said<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Huge thanks to Christian Steckler of Review Vancouver for this wonderful <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hashtag\/review?__eep__=6&amp;__cft__[0]=AZXm3VzEv24SLDu8MihdUb5aP35Tdhnm2brNI3foT1s7UrMYAg6uNuCszcqtb2klc1RgSgt4rWKvctE8UrgNaQ4OCcJcEHvrimCMT0725Gz7-6ASpErm2BTVcKw8r388gzsqrc5GyQd3-rl4fDav3C08Oj6I4f3r2tRRuFKwa0tcvb5F_uaPPus5oaTbgcK9Rws&amp;__tn__=*NK-R\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#review<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hashtag\/shirleyvalentineyvr?__eep__=6&amp;__cft__[0]=AZXm3VzEv24SLDu8MihdUb5aP35Tdhnm2brNI3foT1s7UrMYAg6uNuCszcqtb2klc1RgSgt4rWKvctE8UrgNaQ4OCcJcEHvrimCMT0725Gz7-6ASpErm2BTVcKw8r388gzsqrc5GyQd3-rl4fDav3C08Oj6I4f3r2tRRuFKwa0tcvb5F_uaPPus5oaTbgcK9Rws&amp;__tn__=*NK-R\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#ShirleyValentineYVR<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In part it says:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;This Metro Theatre production is outstanding. The careful direction of Alison Schamberger is crucial to the dynamism of the play, offering natural and realistic action, using the space of the set to hold the focus on an interesting, active Shirley &#8211; particularly important in a one-performer piece. And the single performer, Jill Raymond, is spectacular in <a><\/a>her portrayal. Her ability to draw the audience into the simple, natural, folksy personality of Shirley is astounding. Raymond executes masterful transitions of mood as she contemplates the people in her life, and the effects they have on her.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can read the full article here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/reviewvancouver.org\/th_ShirleyValentine2023.htm?fbclid=IwAR1Y7xw_nMUn1bT5Z_3Cz3Ed7nLFLoA14jxoi-pulWE-UGBGPtQ61LHlNno\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">http:\/\/reviewvancouver.org.\/th_ShirleyValentine2023.htm<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shirley ValentineThe Show &amp; Performances FAST FACTS: SHOW TIMES: Evening Performances at 8 pm: January 13, 14, 19, 20, 21, 26, 27, 28Matinee Performances at 2 pm: January 15, 22, 29 All current COVID-19 protocols practiced. 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