Please join us for TheatreOne’s major fundraising event of the year, a fabulous Midsummer Dinner and Silent Auction at the Nanaimo Yacht Club with Master of Ceremonies Joëlle Rabu.
Nanaimo Yacht Club
Saturday 21st June, 6.30pm
The evening’s program will include:
- A sumptuous buffet dinner from The Bees Knees – Nanaimo’s ‘Best in the City’ Award winners for catering in 2024;
- Musical entertainment from Wellington Secondary School’s talented jazz quintet;
- Humorous story by Cindy Shantz;
- Some spectacular items in the Silent Auction;
- Great conversation at your table;
- Some surprises too!
Tickets are $75 per person (with a $25 tax receipt), or $550 for a table of 8 ($68.75 per person, no tax receipt).
Reserve your seat now for a summer’s evening of fun, good food and entertainment in support of TheatreOne’s 2025-26 season!
TheatreOne 50/50 Fundraiser Raffle
Support Professional Theatre in Nanaimo with TheatreOne’s Online 50/50 Raffle
TheatreOne has been Nanaimo’s professional theatre company for more than 40 years. Live theatre is more than just entertainment—it brings people together, sparks conversation, and creates shared experiences that last a lifetime. Theatre introduces children to the arts, fostering creativity and curiosity from a young age. For adults, it provides a space to reflect, laugh, and be moved by powerful storytelling. A vibrant performing arts scene strengthens our community, supports local artists, and keeps Nanaimo’s cultural life thriving.
TheatreOne Performance Society is hosting an online 50/50 raffle which will help us continue to provide complimentary tickets for local elementary schools, and help cover the operational costs that bring exceptional theatre to life in our community.
Planning for our 2025-2026 season is in progress
Check back soon!
A Word from our Artistic and Managing Director
I am thrilled that the TheatreOne Board of Directors asked me to take on the new combined role of Artistic and Managing Director. Over my 35+ years working in professional theatre I have had the pleasure of helping to bring almost 700 shows to the stage, several of which went on to have Broadway and Off-Broadway runs.
TheatreOne brought our very first show, Romeo and Juliet, to Nanaimo audiences in 1984; forty years later we are still bringing high-quality professional theatre to our community. We are extremely proud of the 290 shows we have brought to Nanaimo. Although the last few years have been difficult for all of the performing arts, we are starting to see post-COVID audiences returning to the theatre and are excited about what the future holds for us.
Our 2024/25 season includes two musicals, a long running Broadway farce, new works, and fingers crossed, our first mounted show since the pandemic.
I hope you will join us for this amazing season!
Michael Cade
Artistic and Managing Director
Sponsors
By donating to TheatreOne, your contribution goes directly towards helping us “move hearts and minds”. These donations are tax creditable and always meaningful to TheatreOne.
For over 40 years TheatreOne has entertained, educated, and enriched the City of Nanaimo and the mid-Vancouver Island region.
Our Mainstage shows bring challenging and dynamic professional live theatre to the stage, with an emphasis on contemporary Canadian works.
Our Emerging Voices staged readings encourage and support the creation of new plays and the development of local playwrights.
Our Just Kidding for Kids program brings the magic of the performing arts to audiences of all ages and builds opportunities for young people and families to access, learn from, and celebrate the arts.
A donation to theatre goes a long way and yours would be most appreciated.
