Coward on the Coast: eNewsletter                   December 4, 2010

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In This Issue
Alan Farley's Birthday Broadcast
Blithe Spirit through Dec 17 at A Noise Within
Brief Encounter through Dec 23 at Vancouver Playhouse Theatre
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Alan Farley Celebrates Coward's Birthday
Two airings this month of Alan's wonderful program with special guests Alan Brodie, Barry Day, and Christine Ebersole: December 16th at 1 pm PST and December 17th at 9 pm PST
 on KALW radio, 91.7 FM.

What's On
  • Blithe Spirit. Five more performances through December 17th at A Noise Within (Brand Boulevard Theatre), Glendale, CA. 
  • Brief Encounter, adapted by Emma Rice for Kneehigh Theatre, continuing through December 23rd: the Canadian Premiere at the Vancouver Playhouse Theatre in Vancouver, BC.
     
Alan Farley's  Celebrates Coward's 111th Birthday
KALW 91.7 FM
December 16 and 17
Alan Farley   
This year, Alan Farley presents his annual radio broadcast celebrating Coward on The Master's actual birthday: Thursday, December 16th at 1:00 pm PST on KALW's "Open Air."

KALW will repeat the program on "Fascinating Rhythm," Friday, December 17th at 9:00 pm PST.  Not on Pacific Standard Time?  Other tune-in times:

New York -- 12/16  4 pm; 12/17  12 midnight.
London     -- 12/16  9 pm; 12/18   5 am (next morning).

Or, click on this link to listen to KALW on your computer: kalw 91.5

Interviews
Alan will present interviews with the following guests:

- Barry Day talks about his new book, The Noel Coward Reader  (#1 on Amazon's Bestseller list of "Books/Literature & Fiction/Drama/British & Irish /Modern." For a review, click NY Times book review .)


- Alan Brodie describes upcoming Coward events.

Christine Ebersole CD

- Christine Ebersole, interview plus music from her newly-released CD: "Christine Ebersole Sings Noel Coward"  (available at music stores and online as an MP3 download).  See the August 2010 issue of Home Chat for Barry Day's review of this enchanting new CD.

Blithe Spirit
A Noise Within (Brand Blvd Theatre), Glendale, CA
October 2 - December 17, 2010
Blithe Spirit
Directed by Damaso Rodriguez
Blithe Spirit seance
Photo by: Craig Schwartz.
L. to R.: Jacque Lynn Colton (Mrs. Bradmna), Scott Lowell (Charles Condomine), Jane Macfie (Madame Arcati), Jill Van Velzer (Ruth Condomine), Gibby Brand (Dr. Bradman)





A Noise Within (ANW)
234 South Brand Boulevard
Glendale, CA 91204
818-240-0910, Ext. 1

Tickets: $32 - $46, discounts for groups of 10+

December 11, 15, 16, 17 at 8:00 PM
December 12 at 2:00 PM

(Please confirm dates and times with the theatre.)

For more information and to purchase tickets, see:
A Noise Within theatre web site

The cast features Gibby Brand (Dr. Bradman), Jacque Lynn Colton (Mrs. Bradman), Abby Craden (Elvira Condomine), Alison Elliott (Edith), Scott Lowell (Charles Condomine), Jane Macfie (Madame Arcati), and Jill Van Velzer (Ruth Condomine).

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Canadian Premiere of Brief Encounter
Vancouver Playhouse TheatreVancouver, BC
November 27 - December 23, 2010
Brief Encounter (Vancouver, BC)
Brief Encounter
Adapted for the stage by
Emma Rice

Directed & Choreographed by Max Reimer
Musical Director Steve Charles


Vancouver Playhouse Theatre Company

127 East 2nd Avenue, Vancouver, BC V5T 1B4
Administration/Production: 604 872 6622

Box Office: 604 873 3311
Call Centre: 604 629 2102
Fax: 604 873 3714
Hours: Mon-Fri 9:30am-5:00pm

Vancouver Playhouse web site

A co-production with Manitoba Theatre Centre

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Cheers,


Kathy Williams
U.S. West Coast Liaison
The Noël Coward Society