Events

The History of the Naramata Home Theatre

Free Talk · Open to All

Naramata actor and writer Greta Papageorgiu will give a 30-minute presentation on the history of the Naramata Home Theatre and the cultural life of Naramata. Everyone is welcome, and no ticket is required.

July 4 & 5 · 11:00am · Naramata Home Theatre

Admission to this talk is free. Donations are welcome from anyone who would like to support the work.

DREAM runs July 1 through 5 at the Village Theatre, then July 8 through 12 at Tempest in Penticton.

MORE ABOUT DREAM

The old Naramata Home Theatre is about to become the Village Theatre and hold an audience for the first time in over 100 years. Mynaramata just ran a great piece on the site and its history here. It can be hard to imagine that this place was once considered among the most important places for theatre development in Canada. And here we are, bringing it back to life.

If you’ve seen the Tempest website lately, you’ll know that DREAM is an adaptation of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream told by the mechanicals, the workers and tradespeople Shakespeare used as comic relief. Here they take on new meaning, being precisely the folks needed to refurbish this old structure. Life imitates art imitating life, and here we are wearing the shoes of our characters.

Getting the space performance-ready means installing the stage, mounting and wiring production hardware and electronics, painting, and clearing out years of storage. It can feel daunting but if we squint just right we can see the mischievous Puck there on the stage, dancing the fairies across the sunset.