Theatre BC's Mainstage Festival

Theatre BC's Mainstage Festival TBC's Mainstage 2027 will take place in Vernon! For the Love of Theatre! In 1923, Major Bill established the B.C. and the festival was an annual event.

Now over 90 years old, The British Columbia Drama Association / Theatre BC (TBC), is one of Canada’s liveliest arts organizations. TBC is proud parent to over 80 community theatre groups across the province, assisting the growth and development of what used to be referred to as amateur dramatics. TBC is a vital, thriving umbrella organization nurturing the spirit of community theatre—an associatio

n of people involved in theatre solely out of a love of the stage. TBC and its members foster the growth of professionalism, for always behind the fun is a serious-minded pursuit of excellence. TBC owes it start to one of the province’s colourful historic characters, Major “Bill” Bullock-Webster, who took up touring as an actor, stage manager and producer upon his arrival in Canada early this century. Drama Festival Association out of an office in the Legislative Buildings. Its goals were to establish as many theatre groups as possible in the province and hold festivals, the first of which was in April of 1932 at the Crystal Gardens in Victoria. By 1939, there were more than 178 member groups in B.C. One of TBC’s co-founders was Jessie Richardson, whose lifetime of encouraging and enriching theatre activities in British Columbia was formally recognized by TBC in 1981 with the creation of the Jessie Richardson Scholarship. During the war years TBC continued, but at a diminished level of activity. The constraints of wartime forced temporary abandonment of the provincial festival in favour of regional ones, and at this point the zones began to take on more responsibility for administering community theatre. Immediately after the war and indeed until 1952, TBC existed in name only; most of the work of encouraging and increasing community theatre was done by the Department of Education’s School and Community Drama Branch. In 1953, the provincial festival was resurrected in Vernon. Since then the festival, originally non-competitive and limited to one-act plays, has been held in all regions of the province. TBC has enjoyed a long period of sustained growth since the 1960’s. We are in Surrey this year for Mainstage, hosted by community theatre groups in the Fraser Valley Zone. Come play with us!

Congrats to all those we saw on stage! Again, Vancouver Island swept up - including a shared award for best directors! W...
07/13/2026

Congrats to all those we saw on stage! Again, Vancouver Island swept up - including a shared award for best directors! We saw such great work this year, and we are excited for 2027!

Congratulations to those who live in the background - the tech people! Island life must be great for technical minds.
07/13/2026

Congratulations to those who live in the background - the tech people! Island life must be great for technical minds.

Congratulations to those who won our playwrighting competition, our graphics competition, and those that received certif...
07/13/2026

Congratulations to those who won our playwrighting competition, our graphics competition, and those that received certificates of merit for their hard work this past week.

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Things to do this afternoon:TheatreBC AGM Registration at the Performing Art Centre's Marie Flemming Hall at 12:30pmThea...
07/11/2026

Things to do this afternoon:

TheatreBC AGM Registration at the Performing Art Centre's Marie Flemming Hall at 12:30pm

TheatreBC's Annual General Meeting at the Marie Flemming Hall between 1pm and 3pm

Awards Ceremony at the Schubert Centre
- Doors open at 5pm
- Dinner at 6pm
- Awards at 7pm
- Music at 8pm

What is happening this morning:Coffee Critique at the Curling Club between 10am - 12pmfor Mercury Players' production o...
07/11/2026

What is happening this morning:

Coffee Critique at the Curling Club between 10am - 12pm
for Mercury Players' production of
Timepiece by Kico Gonzalaz-Risso

07/11/2026

Tech Team for Mercury Players!

07/11/2026

Preshow look for our final play of the week - Timepiece!

Tonight on Stage:Timepiece by Kico Gonzalez-Risso,Presented by Mercury Players Events (South Island Zone) Lobby opens a...
07/10/2026

Tonight on Stage:
Timepiece by Kico Gonzalez-Risso,
Presented by Mercury Players Events (South Island Zone)

Lobby opens at 6:30pm, doors open at 7pm, show starts @ 7:30pm.

Synopsis: Retired watchmaker Walter is becoming forgetful — or is he just being capricious? His wife Doris wants to downsize. Walter does not. Their adult children Patrick and Karla have lots of advice for Mom and Dad when the siblings are not arguing with each other. While memory loss in seniors is a serious issue, Gonzalez-Risso turns a potentially depressing topic into a compassionate and often hilarious story of family foibles.

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