Sunshine Theatre Company Announces the 09-10 Season

… presenting four fantastic touring performances suitable for everyone!

	Wingfield Unbound by Dan Needles, starring Rod Beattie, directed by Douglas Beattie Evening: 8pm \| Tues, Dec. 1 - Sat, Dec. 5, 2009 Matinee: noon \| Thurs, Dec. 3, 2009 In his fourth season on the farm (and his first as a married man), Walt Wingfield tries to preserve the memory of the old rural community of Persephone Township by promoting the crumbling Hollyhock Mill as a museum site. But the locals say the mill is haunted. Undaunted by such superstitious fears, Walt sets out to prove to the neighbours that there's nothing to this cursed business - with near disastrous results. Wingfield Unbound stars Rod Beattie, one of the most respected and versatile actors in Canadian Theatre. For the past ten years Rod's name has become synonymous with the Wingfield Series which has brought him several awards, rave reviews and sold-out houses across Canada and the United States.
	The Shakespeare Show Monster Theatre Evening: 8pm \| Wed, Jan. 13 - Sat, Jan. 16, 2010 Matinee: noon \| Thurs, Jan. 14, 2010 How did Shakespeare become the greatest writer of all time? He got someone else to write the plays! Based on the greatest theatrical academic debate of all time, The Shakespeare Show takes an irreverent look at the number one candidate, The Earl of Oxford. Just like one of his own tragic heroes, Oxford sets his own tragedy in motion by using Shakespeare, the boy who holds the horses outside the theatre, as a 'front' for his playwriting ventures. The result? Another "relentlessly clever, action-packed and intellectually satisfying" Monster Theatre adventure, complete with puppets, songs, satire and swordfights!
	You Fancy Yourself Contrary Company Evening: 8pm \| Wed, Mar. 10 - Sat, Mar. 13, 2010 Matinee: noon \| Thurs, Mar. 11, 2010 This hilarious and poignant tale of playground politics and childhood loyalties set against the background of 1950s Edinburgh, tells the story of six year old Elsa whose family has emigrated from the land of Vikings and fairies to wild and woolly Scotland. Post-war industrial Edinburgh is suspicious of foreigners and Elsa quickly learns that navigating through her new world of tenement buildings, scrubbing ladies and elf children will require more than learning the words to 'Scotland the Brave'. Elsa discovers that fitting in means taking on the schoolyard bullies, that being fascinated with the massacre of Glencoe doesn't make you Scottish, and that dreams come with a high price.
	April 14, 1912 Theatre Rusticle Evening: 8pm \| Tues, Apr. 13 - Sat, Apr. 17, 2010 Matinee: noon \| Thurs, Apr. 15, 2010 A poetically moving tale in honour of the 98th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. Sold out at the San Francisco Fringe Festival, APRIL 14, 1912 gathers us at 41 46'N, 50 24'W on an evening when three spirits, Bride, Phillips and the Ship herself, collide once again to tell their tales. Inextricably bound, they celebrate the grandeur and dreams of the Gilded Age, their lives and losses. The intertwined stories remind us that the quest to advance technology cannot be at the expense of human life or with disregard for Nature. Combining eye witness textual accounts and their own unique physical style, Theatre Rusticle lays bare the Titanic tragedy in this visually stunning, innovative production.

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Student	$40	$40

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	Wingfield Unbound by Dan Needles, starring Rod Beattie, directed by Douglas Beattie Evening: 8pm \| Tues, Dec. 1 - Sat, Dec. 5, 2009 Matinee: noon \| Thurs, Dec. 3, 2009 In his fourth season on the farm (and his first as a married man), Walt Wingfield tries to preserve the memory of the old rural community of Persephone Township by promoting the crumbling Hollyhock Mill as a museum site. But the locals say the mill is haunted. Undaunted by such superstitious fears, Walt sets out to prove to the neighbours that there's nothing to this cursed business - with near disastrous results. Wingfield Unbound stars Rod Beattie, one of the most respected and versatile actors in Canadian Theatre. For the past ten years Rod's name has become synonymous with the Wingfield Series which has brought him several awards, rave reviews and sold-out houses across Canada and the United States.
	The Shakespeare Show Monster Theatre Evening: 8pm \| Wed, Jan. 13 - Sat, Jan. 16, 2010 Matinee: noon \| Thurs, Jan. 14, 2010 How did Shakespeare become the greatest writer of all time? He got someone else to write the plays! Based on the greatest theatrical academic debate of all time, The Shakespeare Show takes an irreverent look at the number one candidate, The Earl of Oxford. Just like one of his own tragic heroes, Oxford sets his own tragedy in motion by using Shakespeare, the boy who holds the horses outside the theatre, as a 'front' for his playwriting ventures. The result? Another "relentlessly clever, action-packed and intellectually satisfying" Monster Theatre adventure, complete with puppets, songs, satire and swordfights!
	You Fancy Yourself Contrary Company Evening: 8pm \| Wed, Mar. 10 - Sat, Mar. 13, 2010 Matinee: noon \| Thurs, Mar. 11, 2010 This hilarious and poignant tale of playground politics and childhood loyalties set against the background of 1950s Edinburgh, tells the story of six year old Elsa whose family has emigrated from the land of Vikings and fairies to wild and woolly Scotland. Post-war industrial Edinburgh is suspicious of foreigners and Elsa quickly learns that navigating through her new world of tenement buildings, scrubbing ladies and elf children will require more than learning the words to 'Scotland the Brave'. Elsa discovers that fitting in means taking on the schoolyard bullies, that being fascinated with the massacre of Glencoe doesn't make you Scottish, and that dreams come with a high price.
	April 14, 1912 Theatre Rusticle Evening: 8pm \| Tues, Apr. 13 - Sat, Apr. 17, 2010 Matinee: noon \| Thurs, Apr. 15, 2010 A poetically moving tale in honour of the 98th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. Sold out at the San Francisco Fringe Festival, APRIL 14, 1912 gathers us at 41 46'N, 50 24'W on an evening when three spirits, Bride, Phillips and the Ship herself, collide once again to tell their tales. Inextricably bound, they celebrate the grandeur and dreams of the Gilded Age, their lives and losses. The intertwined stories remind us that the quest to advance technology cannot be at the expense of human life or with disregard for Nature. Combining eye witness textual accounts and their own unique physical style, Theatre Rusticle lays bare the Titanic tragedy in this visually stunning, innovative production.