Recently Richmond’s Gateway Theatre announced the line-up for their 2016-2017 season. The six productions, including 4 premieres, bring comedy, drama and an award-winning musical to the Gateway stages.
This season includes:
The House of Yees, by Lauren Yee – a comedy of family and cultural clashes.
October 13 – 22, 2016
Mainstage – Canadian Premiere
Long Division, by Peter Dickinson – The Pi Theatre Company’s new work is a multimedia exploration of the mathematical connection of human interaction.
November 17 – 26, 2016
Studio B – World Premiere
Meredith Wilson’s The Music Man – by Meredith Wilson – the classic Tony Award winning musical about a charismatic con artist and his seventy-six trombones charms audiences during the Holiday season.
December 8 – 31, 2016
Mainstage
You Will Remember Me – translated by Bobby Theodore from the French play Tu te souviendras de moi by François Archambault – a bittersweet drama telling about an aging intellectual’s onset of dementia, and how is family deals with his treatment.
February 2 – 11, 2017
Mainstage
The Pipeline Project – by Sebastien Archibald, Kevin Loring and Quelemia Sparrow – a collaboration of ITSAZOO Productions and Savage Society in association with Gateway Theatre and Neworld Theatre is cut from today’s headlines as it tells of the political hot button issues of oil pipelines, First Nations land claims and climate change.
March 9 – 18, 2017
Studio B – World Premiere
The Watershed – by Annabel Soutar – the documentary theatre artist Soutar takes her family on a cross-Canada trip to examine the forces facing our natural resources, from climate change to industry.
April 6 – 15, 2017
Mainstage
Gateway Theatre subscription packages are on sale now from $156. Choose between the Theatre Lovers (all 6 shows) or MainStage (4 shows) with two seating options.
Gateway Theatre is located at 6500 Gilbert Road, Richmond BC