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New West performers featured in Impromptu Cabaret Festival

Have you ever spent a night out at the theatre, looked at the playbill and wondered: “Who are these people, really?” The second annual Impromptu Cabaret Festival is your chance to get a closer look at the characters behind the characters.
Peter Jorgensen, Cecilly Day, David Adams
New Westminster performers Peter Jorgensen, Cecilly Day and David Adams are part of the lineup for this year's Impromptu Cabaret Festival.

Have you ever spent a night out at the theatre, looked at the playbill and wondered: “Who are these people, really?”

The second annual Impromptu Cabaret Festival is your chance to get a closer look at the characters behind the characters. The festival runs from Wednesday, April 3 to Saturday, April 13 at the Havana Theatre in Vancouver.

The festival is made up of the same performers you see on the region’s stages playing a variety of carefully rehearsed characters – only this time, they’re telling their own stories. Each night features a lineup of performances, back to back, as each performer takes you on a journey through the challenges and triumphs they’ve experienced in their own work in Vancouver’s performing community – set to a soundtrack of their favourite songs.

“Take an unfiltered and ‘impromptu’ backstage tour through the minds of your favourite local performers and experience the stories that have built their ‘character,’” says a write-up about the show.

New Westminster talent is a big part of the festival, as local performer Peter Jorgensen serves as one of the organizers and is also set to perform on Saturday, April 6 at 4 p.m.

Cecilly Day, a new resident of New West, is on the program for Saturday, April 13 at 4 p.m., while veteran New West performer David Adams appears on Saturday, April 6 at 8:30 p.m. and Thursday, April 11 at 7 p.m.

Fifteen-year-old local resident Elizabeth Irving is also featured in a Tuesday, April 9 show – the new Young Artist Cabaret Series, alongside Julia MacLean, Jamie MacLean and Toby Verchere.

The Havana Theatre is at 1212 Commercial Dr.

Tickets are $20 per show, or $15 per show for a doubleheader (multiple shows in one day). Festival passes, for all days and 10 shows, are available for $100. For all the details about the festival or to buy tickets, see www.impromptucabaret.com.