Fred Skeleton Theatre Company

03/24/2025

All the Freddy folks past and present were so sad to hear of the passing of one of our favorite people, Rawle Iam James, who performed in both Our Country’s Good and One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest with us. He brought a devilish smile to all the good that he did, and Rob will miss hearing him boom ‘CAPTAIN MY CAPTAIN’ whenever he ran into him out in the wild. 😁
Favorite Rawle memories: Him standing onstage with this big spear and aboriginal makeup performing powerful lines with such grace and empathy for the material.
Also: him confusing the hell out of Rob by requesting to perform the show in blackface, just to mess with people. Then cackling with laughter as Rob tried to figure out how that would work…. 😂😂
Rest In Peace you lovely man. We love you ❤️

10/22/2022

Closing night tonight!

What a fun production this has been and what a talented cast! Thank you to everyone whose come out and supported us each night; we’ve had a blast being back on stage.

We’ll be performing our last show tonight (22 Oct) 8pm, at the Rotary Center for the Arts. Tickets available here: rotarycentreforthearts.com

Don’t forget to take your tickets into the Welton Arms Restaurant before or after the show, to get 10% off the ticket holder’s bill!

10/21/2022

Second last show tonight!

Next up, let's meet the wonderful Elizabeth Moore!

This is Lizz’s first production with Fred Skeleton, in fact, it’s her first production since she was in high school - don’t ask how long ago that was. In 2019 she started taking acting classes through Fred Skeleton as a way to rekindle her love for theatre. To say she’s been excited to get back on the stage would be an understatement.

During the day, Lizz is a stay at home mom to her 2 year old son, Fox. Lizz spent afternoons reciting her lines for the 30 Neo-Futurist plays from, "Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind," 30 plays in 60 minutes, while Fox protested his Mom talking to her imaginary friends.

Come and see Liz performing her heart out, tonight, at the Rotary Center for the Arts, 8pm!

Tickets available here. If you haven't been able to join just yet, you're running out of time! tinyurl.com/f7bhc8wd

10/20/2022

For those of you who haven't heard yet, Shannon is famous! 🤩😎

We were approached by Move 101.5 to do an interview with them this morning, discussing the current Freddy production.

If you're wondering how the show works, how the audience is involved, why the title is what is is and what all the fun-filled chaos is about, give this clip a listen! https://tinyurl.com/mwhfbv7x

We're performing tonight at the Rotary Center for the Arts, 8pm. Tickets available here: tinyurl.com/f7bhc8wd

Having opened in 1988 and still playing today as the longest-running show in Chicago history. Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind is an ensemble experiment in presenting “30 Plays in 60 Minutes.” Each two-minute play is performed in random order with an interactive audience. An onstage 60-min...

10/19/2022

We'll be performing our final 3 shows this week- Thursday, Friday and Saturday (20,21,22 Oct) and what a blast it's been.

Next up, let's meet the talented Kristi Hack!

Kirsti is thrilled to be working on her first production with Fred Skeleton and is looking forward to the future shows, now that theatre seems to be much more alive!

She is a graduate of the Canadian College of Performing Arts with the completed third year enriched program ‘Company C’. Kirsti was trained in voice, acting and dance while taking a focused mentorship in choral direction. Following graduation, Kirsti went to work for ‘The Gold Fever Follies’ in Rossland BC, dancing the Can Can twice on the daily. After the summer months, she went back to Victoria and toured through BC and Alberta with the ‘Story Theatre Company’. Other credits on Vancouver Island include ‘Rocky Horror Picture Show’ with Atomic Vaudeville, ‘The Call Went Out’ - A story told from letters from the frontline during the World Wars and ‘Spring Awakening’ Performed at the Belfry Theatre in Fernwood.

Kirsti also performed as a vocalist with the Victoria Symphony ‘A Sentimental Christmas’. She has worked with Sound Stage Productions here in the Okanagan, backstage, as well as performing in the recent show ‘Newsies’. Other recent shows include Sally Simpson - ‘The Who’s Tommy’; Mina in ‘Dracula, The Bloody Truth’ and Fraulein Kost - ‘Cabaret’ with New Vintage Theatre.

Come and see Kristi in action, on stage this week!

Tickets available here: tinyurl.com/f7bhc8wd

10/18/2022

Weekend one was a blast!

We had so much fun back on stage and loved the audience interaction; just laughs all round. Thank you to everyone who came out and supported us.

We’ll be performing our last 3 shows this week; Thursday, Friday and Saturday (20,21,22 Oct)

If you haven’t been able to come yet, you can still get your tickets. If you’ve already been, come again and bring a friend; it’s different each night!

Tickets available here: tinyurl.com/f7bhc8wd

From monologues to blind dates, to just chairs on stage.

10/15/2022

Opening night was incredible! Thank you to everyone that came out and supported us; we look forward to getting back out there tonight.

Next up, let's meet Rob Mason-Brown!

Rob is a graduate of the Theatre program at Trinity St David University in South Wales. He has professional credits to his name working on theatre projects for Opera Kelowna, The National Museum of Welsh Life and The National Botanical Gardens of Wales, as well as touring shows around schools in the UK.

In 2012, Rob founded the current incarnation of the Fred Skeleton Theatre Company, providing the strange and the wonderful to theatre audiences throughout the Okanagan. Rob has won the Okanagan Arts Award for his contribution to theatre, Best Director and Best Production awards at the Okanagan Theatre Festival for 5 years, and took home the same awards from the BC Mainstage festival in 2014.

Come and see Rob in action! Get your tickets here: tinyurl.com/f7bhc8wd

10/13/2022

Come watch us attempt 30 plays in 60 minutes, in this hilarious, fast-paced show opening tonight!

Playing at Rotary Centre for the Arts Oct 13-15 and 20-22.

Don't miss out on this amazing line-up of artists, including Rob MB, Shannon Mason-Brown, Neville Bowman, Peter Church, Elizabeth Moore, Lyndsey Wong and Kirsti Hack .

Tickets here:

Having opened in 1988 and still playing today as the longest-running show in Chicago history. Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind is an ensemble experiment in presenting “30 Plays in 60 Minutes.” Each two-minute play is performed in random order with an interactive audience. An onstage 60-min...

10/12/2022

With ONE day to go until opening night, make sure you enter our competition to win some awesome Freddy merch!

Entering is easy!

1. Share this post
2. Comment "tickets bought" and let us know which date you're coming to the play (we need to know which night's draw to include you in)

Winner will be announced at the performances. Good luck!

10/11/2022

2 days to go until opening night!

Let's meet our next, incredibly talented cast member, Lyndsey Wong!

Born and raised in Fort McMurray, Alberta, Lyndsey is an alumnus of the University of Alberta (B.Sc. Biological Sciences (Minor: Classical Voice), Doctor of Medicine) and is currently a software developer.

Past credits include: Cabaret (Sally Bowles), Little Shop of Horrors (Music Director), Rock of Ages (Vocal Coach, Dance Captain) - New Vintage Theatre, Chicago (Velma Kelly), Rocky Horror Show (Columbia/Usherette), Addams Family Musical (Morticia), Les Miserables (Madame Thenardier) - Kelowna Actors Studio.

This marks Lyndsey's first production with Fred Skeleton, and it has been an absolute blast and honour sharing the stage with such talent. She'd like to thank Rob and Shannon for this wild ride!

Welcome to the Freddy Team, Lyndsey!

30 Neo-Futurist plays from, "Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind," 30 plays in 60 minutes is opening soon! Don't have your tickets yet? Tap here to get them now! tinyurl.com/f7bhc8wd

10/07/2022

Dinner and a show?

With just under one week to go until opening night, we've paired up with the Welton Arms Restaurant to bring you the perfect evening out; dinner and a show!

Bring your tickets into the Welton Arms on a show night (13th-15th and 20th-22nd) before or after your show and the ticket holder gets 10% off their meal.

Don't have tickets yet? Get them here!
https://tinyurl.com/yckwwj7c

10/01/2022

30 Neo-Futurist plays from, "Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind," 30 plays in 60 minutes is coming soon and we're thrilled to be able to return to the stage, starting October 13th!

We have an incredibly talented cast, let's meet them!

First, introducing Peter Church.

This is Peter’s first show with Fred Skeleton and he couldn’t be happier about it. He’d like to thank Rob and Shannon for their hospitality and direction (and whisky). Peter is a vocational actor from Toronto where he logged thousands of hours in repertory with the Classical Theatre Project in plays with snappy one-name titles like Macbeth, Hamlet, and Othello. He was last seen by Kelowna audiences as Antonio Salieri in Amadeus at Kelowna Actors Studio, and has worked with local companies such The Virago Collective, New Vintage Theatre, and Red Dot Players.

Welcome to the Freddy team, Peter!

Don't have your tickets yet? Tap here to get them now! tinyurl.com/f7bhc8wd