PERFORMANCE DATES: May 24, 25, 26 & 31; June 1 & 2, 2012
Portal Players Dramatic Society presents "Greater Tuna" as the club's final production of the 2011/2012 season. It is also Portal Players' entry in the Theatre BC North Island Zone Drama Festival, hosted this year by Courtenay Little Theatre at the Sid Williams Theatre through the third week of May. "Greater Tuna" features three actors portraying 20 characters in total, starring Elliot Drew, Terry Switzer and Peter Wienold.

"Greater Tuna" is an award-winning show written by Jaston Williams, Joe Sears & Ed Howard. The three performers create much of the population of Tuna, Texas' third smallest town in a tour de farce of quick change artistry, costumes and characterizations faster than a jack rabbit runs from a coyote.

Performance dates are Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights, May 24, 25 & 26 and May 31, June 1 and 2. The performance date at Festival in Courtenay is on Wednesday, May 16. Tickets for performances at The Capitol Theatre are now available online - CLICK HERE or on the poster.

Three actors, twenty characters and a barrel of laughs, ya'll. Keep watching this space for more details about "Greater Tuna".

Tags: Comedy

Portal Players Dramatic Society proudly presents ADSS graduate Heather Keizur as she returns home to the Capitol Theatre on June 30!  You sense the influences: Edith Piaf, Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday  but the voice you hear is all Heather Keizur: nuanced, expressive, utterly unforgettable singing in English and French. Heather a Portland, Oregon resident, grew up in British Columbia. She will stir Northwest jazz lovers in homecoming appearances surrounding Canada Day in Nanaimo and Port Alberni, BC in addition to a performance in Port Townsend, Washington.

Keizur's 2010 CD, "J'ai Deux Amours" showcases a mature talent equally at ease with jazz standards and French chansons. Listeners will hear "La Vie en Rose" as the song's creator, Piaf, truly intended. Heather also extends the reach of tunes by Burt Bacharach and Stevie Wonder.

Heather's live performances give new urgency to the music of Cole Porter, Johnny Mercer and the Gershwins. Homecoming audiences will hear that full force. Heather discovered her passion as a BC school girl and made her singing debut  age 11-- at her school's talent contest. From there, it was jazz, country and pop in different combinations for more than two decades. Heather took a hiatus from performing to raise her two daughters. During this time Heather opened a Montessori school in Oregon and earned an honor's degree in French.

Heather appears with renowned pianist, composer and arranger Steve Christofferson. In a career spanning more than three decades Steve performed in music festivals around the world, and toured with Nancy King, Mia Nicholson and the Alan Jones Sextet.  Steve plays the piano and the melodica on Heather's CD.

She is described by fellow jazz musician Tom Grant in this way: "Whether singing in English or French, this dazzling vocalist projects the inner beauty of herself and the song she sings, straight to the heart of the listener."

Heather Keizur: jazz beautifully sung, with French confections on the side.   www.heatherkeizur.com

Tickets for the Heather Keizur concert are now available online - click here or on the poster for our online ticket sales site.

Tags: Music, Jazz, Family