Chemainus Festival Theater Vancouver Island British Columbia
The Chemainus Theatre Festival, is renowned for its interpretation of historical classics, and each year we heroically steer toward the present, exploring some of the most brilliant playwrights and personalities of the 20th Century. These stories will plunge us into the passionate aspects of love, into the joys and the heartaches of what it means to be a family, into the triumph of the human spirit that refuses to remain silent, into the innocent voice that won a war and ignited a world, into the hilarious consequences of visiting the wrong family on the right weekend, and into the soaring melodies and brilliant lyrics that combine to express the deepest longings of the human heart. What an extraordinary round the world trip, told by some of the most exciting theatre artists in the Canadian Theatre today. Chemainus, on Vancouver Island's east shore is a little town snuggled in between a mountain range and the ocean, isolated with a river cutting it off from the south and a major highway to the north. A town that was born of the hands of laborers, with its only industry failing, Chemainus showed the world its true spirit and determination, and was to achieve fame through the hands of artists. Such is the condensed recent history of "The Little Town that Did." Mining, fishing and forestry were the original industries that gave work to many Chinese who worked in "bull gangs" struggling to move huge lumber planks to the ships in the late 1800's, and who arrived to work on the trans Canada Railroad later. Japanese, and later, east Indians blended their cultures with Scots and Germans looking for riches in the mines and staying to work in the forests and on fishing boats. And the beautiful Cowichan Valley has been the home of The Original First Nations peoples and their ancestors for countless generations, whose history and lives have been interwoven since those first white settlers came to the area.
Size: 3775px × 5555px
Location: Chemainus Vancouver Island British Columbia BC Canada
Photo credit: © David Gowans / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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