Sacha Joubert

Review of Presentation HOuse Theatre

Just totally floored! by the passion !! and artist...

Just totally floored! by the passion !! and artistry !!! and sense of community !! and integrity !! And need to put exclamation marks! after each!! Word!!
Allow me to spin ye a wee yarn...
My tale begins two days ago, when my nail technician and good friend Fiona from Luxury Nails on Lonsdale handed me two *FREE* tickets to the opening night performance of Top Hats and Tails at The Production House Theatre, at 333 Chesterfield.

Fiona went on to tell me that the strange and smiling man who gave her these tickets insisted that, should she not be able to use them herself, she could only pass them on to another member of the local community. She told him that she knew just the right person, ME! Of course.

Well, I LEAPT for joy at the chance to see live theatre! Especially with having just had my nails done! Yay, right?! (I started phoning up my list of babysitters, and girlfriends immediately).

And being the inquisitive, slightly jaded me that I am, I was also a little intrigued as to why this jovial stranger would be handing out free opening night tickets, so willy-nilly to unsuspecting members of the lower Lonsdale community...

The more I investigated, the more local businesses I found had been given tickets...

The 7-11! Starbucks! Even a couple of local school teachers... What was going on? Had the world gone mad? Was it a secret society going for a multi level marketing plan, or worse, a timeshare sales scheme!!! I decided I owed it to my Google Review followers to find out.

The next night, the doors opened, the red carpet rolled out, and the well dressed ushers and doorsmen invited the buzzing crowd of ticket holders inside from the rain.

The many smiling faces with volunteer badges were a clear testament to the honest-to-goodness passion that ran like a warm current through the Theatre.

The sense of community and inclusion that I got from hearing Kim Selody, the Artistic Director, speak his welcome to us, as valued members of the North Vancouver Family, was as warm and tangible as the red velvet curtains hanging behind him. He explained that there was no reason for inviting us, other than to how we enjoyed his theater, perhaps tweeted about it, but mostly, that we as his community partners in business and art, enjoyed the Theatre.

We were all honered and humbled to enjoy the gift of a night of truly great Theatre!
Top Hats and Tails with Dik and Mitzi Productions at the Presentation House Theatre was a family friendly, laugh-a-minute night out to remember! I can't wait to go again, and I highly recommend supporting this community friendly, inclusive, altruistic, honest and good Theatre.