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Bad Dog Productions will present “The Hound of the Baskervilles” at the Newton Cultural Centre in Surrey. October 23 – 31, 2013. It is a “three-man spoofy version of Sherlock Holmes” More info can be found on their website: http://www.baskervilles.org |
Petrels, and other Sherlockians, who are travelling to the Island to experience the Victoria Fringe Festival, may be interested to hear that they can catch a Sherlock Holmes play there.
Christopher Bange has written and will be performing as the great detective in “Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Hansom Cab Killer” (a comedy)
Tickets, at $11 each, can be purchased online from the Fringe Festival, in person, or by phone – 250-590-6291.
The dates are: Aug. 27, 29, 30, 31 and Sept. 1.
Many thanks to our member Tim M. for arranging our fun-filled and informative evening in New Westminster last Tuesday.
He had arranaged for us to meet at Renaissance Book Shop on 6th Street – thank you to John and Lavana for hosting our book-browsing and coffee-time.
Tim then welcomed us to the Columbia theatre for a light supper and refreshments as we viewed their renovations and stood upon the Raymond Burr stage.
Our final stop for the evening was the British Shop & Sherlock’s Cafe. Proprietor Andy Bradshaw was most welcoming, and a perfect host. He offered us tea/coffee/water as we settled down for our study session.
Again, thanks Tim and everyone who made the evening a meeting to remember!
Pictured above are: Krista, Ryan, Len and Elsa
Twenty-two members and guests enjoyed a marvelous meal; toasted The Queen, Sherlock Holmes and others; received gifts of Stormy Petrel pens and hand-crafted Sherlockian bookmarks (thanks the Elsa) and were entertained by the “Petrel Players”.
Len recruited volunteers for “How They Met” and “How Watson Learned the Trick”. The Petrel Players performed “The Petrel Band” which was presented at a dinner 20 years ago. We all took part in the classic Victorian parlour game, charades, using the titles of several stories of the ‘canon’.
The evening concluded with the reading of Vincent Starrett’s sonnet, “221b” by Fran and Len after which, the Stormy Petrels slowly left the officer’s lounge of Bessborough Armory.
Plans are already underfoot for the next dinner. If you are planning to be in Vancouver next March, I do hope you will join us.
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