Pivot is Bringing Kim Carney’s Touching Play to Surrey in February Pivot Theatre is proud to announce the cast of our next show, Kim Carney’s Moonglow. Moonglow is the story of Maxine, a feisty, bitter Alzheimer’s patient who doesn’t want to move into a nursing facility. But when she meets Joe, a widower who shares…
Perfect Arrangement picks up four Thespian awards from TheatreBC’s Festival On July 12th, the cast and crew of Perfect Arrangement represented the Fraser Valley Zone at TheatreBC’s Mainstage Festival, this year held right in our backyard at the Surrey Arts Centre. This year’s adjudicator, Kathryn Shaw, met with the cast and crew the next morning…
Pivot Theatre Awarded Multiple Honours at the Fraser Valley Zone Festival On Saturday, May 27th, Pivot Theatre was presented with the Outstanding Production award by adjudicator Stephen Drover for Pivot’s production of Perfect Arrangement. Playwright Topher Payne’s comedic and heartwrenching play also garnered awards for: Winning the Zone festival means that Perfect Arrangement will be…
Lyn Verra-Lay Raises Over $800 for Pivot Theatre On May 27th, Pivot facilitator Lyn Verra-Lay made her debut as drag king Floss Finklesteen in Surrey Pride’s So You Think You Can Drag event at XBa Centre of Dance in Surrey. Six community leaders participated in the event, which helped to raise funds for the charity…
Donations from ‘Perfect Arrangement’ Patrons Help Empower Queer, Trans, and Two-Spirit Individuals During our recent run of Perfect Arrangement, Pivot audience members (including two 50/50 winners) generously donated to support this Vancouver-based organization. QMUNITY provides a safer space for 2SLGBTQIA+ people and their allies to fully self-express while feeling welcome and included. They provide services…
Production Also Marks the Canadian Premiere of Topher Payne’s Award-Winning Play In April, Pivot Theatre will be performing Perfect Arrangement at Bethany-Newton United Church, and then taking the show to Chilliwack for the 2023 TheatreBC Fraser Valley Zone Festival. For tickets and info, visit Pivot’s event page.
Pivot’s Chair Margaret Shearman tells reporter Tom Zillich how a song inspired this world-premiere play On February 6th, the Surrey Now-Leader published a story about Pivot Theatre’s latest production, Confetti. Written by Pivot’s Chair and Executive Director, Margaret Shearman, Confetti tells the story of Audrey, a determined woman who moves to a seniors home to…
Warm clothes were collected from audience members attending ‘A Late Snow’ During the run of A Late Snow in November, Pivot Theatre collected donations to support local residents who are facing the cold of winter without proper gear. On December 12th Pivot’s Chair, Margaret Shearman, took these goods to the Fraser Region Aboriginal Friendship Centre…
Opening night for the show was featured in the Surrey Now-Leader Pivot’s third show of the year, A Late Snow, opened on Thursday, November 17th at Bethany-Newton United Church. Tom Zillich from the Surrey Now-Leader was in attendance, and featured a story about the show and Pivot in the publication the next day. The show…
A chance meeting at a costume sale gave heritage items a new home This past summer, Pivot’s executive chair, Margaret Shearman, was attending a costume sale when she ran into Lillian Fehr from the Clinton Museum. The museum, located one and a half hours northwest of Kamloops, is part of the South Cariboo Historical Museum…
