{"id":2292,"date":"2024-11-20T22:49:57","date_gmt":"2024-11-20T22:49:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theatreone.ca\/?p=2292"},"modified":"2024-11-20T22:51:09","modified_gmt":"2024-11-20T22:51:09","slug":"the-39-steps-media-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theatreone.ca\/index.php\/2024\/11\/20\/the-39-steps-media-release\/","title":{"rendered":"The 39 Steps Media Release"},"content":{"rendered":"
Monday, November 7th 2024<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
For Immediate Release<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n
\u00a0<\/span>Hilarious Hitchcock \u2013 The 39 Steps<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n
\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
The hits continue as TheatreOne is thrilled to bring the outrageously fun play,\u00a0The 39 Steps<\/i><\/b>, to the Malaspina Theatre December 5th<\/sup><\/span>\u00a0through 7th<\/sup><\/span>.<\/span><\/div>\n
\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
Mix a Hitchcock masterpiece with a juicy spy novel and add a dash of Monty Python and you have\u00a0The 39 Steps<\/i><\/b>, a fast-paced whodunit for anyone who loves the magic of theatre! This two-time Tony and Drama Desk Award-winning treat is packed with nonstop laughs, over 150 zany characters (played by a ridiculously talented cast of four), an onstage plane crash, handcuffs, a missing finger, and some good old-fashioned romance!<\/span><\/div>\n
\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
The 39 Steps\u00a0<\/i><\/b>comes to the Malaspina Theatre with performances on Thursday, December 5th<\/sup><\/span>\u00a0at 7:30 pm (Pay What You Feel \u2013 this performance only), Friday, December 6th<\/sup><\/span>\u00a0at 7:30pm, and Saturday, December 7th<\/sup><\/span>\u00a0at 2:00pm.\u00a0 Reserved seat tickets can be purchased online through TheatreOne.ca, over the phone by calling 250-754-7587 (Monday to Friday \u2013 noon to 5 pm,) or at the door (limited to seating availability).<\/span><\/div>\n
\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
The 39 Steps\u00a0<\/i><\/b>is generously sponsored and supported by the City of Nanaimo, Island Savings, Budget Glass, Miller Real Estate Team, Norm\u2019s Plumbing, CHLY, the BC Live Performance Network, the British Columbia Arts Council, and the Nanaimo News Bulletin.\u00a0 TheatreOne acknowledges the financial support of the Province of British Columbia.<\/span><\/div>\n
\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
TheatreOne acknowledges and thanks the Snuneymuxw First Nation, on whose traditional territory we live, create, and perform.<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n
-30-<\/span><\/div>\n
\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
Contact:<\/span><\/div>\n
Michael Cade \u2013 Artistic and Managing Director<\/span><\/div>\n
250-754-7587\u00a0\u00a0michael@theatreone.ca<\/u><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
About TheatreOne<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n
TheatreOne has been bringing professional theatre to Nanaimo and the mid-Island for 40 years. We engage diverse local audiences of all ages and persuasions, including the very young, and in doing so support theatre professionals\u00a0and\u00a0local\u00a0businesses. We work with playwrights from British Columbia and across Canada to foster development of new Canadian works; we premier new productions; and through our support to touring artists, we give Nanaimo audiences access to great theatre developed elsewhere.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
About First Impressions Theatre<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n
In 1982, Michael and Eileen Smith, Neil Boucher and Warde Ashlie sat down with Eric Rosen and made plans to produce a student play \u2026 that was it. The four who were old enough to sign documents and had an old Econoline van, along with Eric Rosen started First Impressions Theatre. It became a registered non-profit society February 3, 1983. After ten years of performing in various venues all over the north shore and Burnaby the company moved into the Deep Cove Cultural Centre where they have been operating since March of 1992.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
Artistic Director, Claude A. Giroux, came along in 2017 and immediately started\u00a0attracting a high caliber of talent, and with growth in mind introduced touring productions to a wider audience beginning with\u00a0Forever Plaid<\/i><\/b>\u00a0in 2020 and subsequent touring productions of\u00a0Ring of Fire<\/i><\/b>,\u00a0Always Patsy Cline<\/i><\/b>\u00a0(which toured Alberta and BC). Last season we produced an Ovation award winning production of\u00a0Songs For Nobodies<\/i><\/b>\u00a0which along with\u00a0The 39 Steps<\/i><\/b>\u00a0will proudly be a part of the TheatreOne season!<\/span><\/div>\n
\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
About\u00a0<\/b>The 39 Steps\u00a0<\/i><\/b>\u2013 The Classic Movie<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n
The 39 Steps<\/i><\/b>\u00a0is a 1935 British spy thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Robert Donat and Madeleine Carroll. It is loosely based on the 1915 novel,\u00a0The Thirty-Nine Steps,<\/i><\/b>\u00a0by John Buchan It concerns a Canadian civilian in London, Richard Hannay, who becomes caught up in preventing an organization of spies, called “The 39 Steps”, from stealing British military secrets. Mistakenly accused of the murder of a counter-espionage agent, Hannay goes on the run to Scotland and becomes tangled up with an attractive woman, Pamela, while hoping to stop the spy ring and clear his name.<\/span><\/div>\n
\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
Since its initial release, the film has been widely acknowledged as a classic. Filmmaker and actor Orson Welles referred to it as a “masterpiece.” Screenwriter Robert Towne remarked, “It’s not much of an exaggeration to say that all contemporary escapist entertainment begins with\u00a0The 39 Steps<\/i><\/b>.”<\/span><\/div>\n
\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
About\u00a0<\/b>The 39 Steps\u00a0<\/i><\/b>– The Play<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n
\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
The 39 Steps<\/i><\/b>\u00a0is a parody play adapted from the 1915 novel by John Buchan and the 1935 film by Alfred Hitchcock. The original concept and production of a four-actor version of the story was written by Simon Corble and Nobby Dimon and premiered in 1996. Patrick Barlow rewrote this adaptation in 2005.<\/span><\/div>\n
The play’s concept calls for the entirety of the 1935 adventure film\u00a0The 39 Steps<\/i><\/b>\u00a0to be performed with a cast of only four. One actor plays the hero, Richard Hannay; an actress (or sometimes actor) plays the three women with whom Hannay has romantic entanglements; and two other actors play every other character in the show, each occasionally playing multiple characters at once. Thus, the film’s serious spy story is given a comedic twist.<\/span><\/div>\n
\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Monday, November 7th 2024 For Immediate Release \u00a0Hilarious Hitchcock \u2013 The 39 Steps \u00a0 The hits continue as TheatreOne is thrilled to bring the outrageously fun play,\u00a0The 39 Steps, to the Malaspina Theatre December 5th\u00a0through 7th. \u00a0 Mix a Hitchcock masterpiece with a juicy spy novel and add a dash of Monty Python and you have\u00a0The 39 Steps, a fast-paced […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"bBlocksCursorData":"","inline_featured_image":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theatreone.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theatreone.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theatreone.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theatreone.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theatreone.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2292"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/theatreone.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2292\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2295,"href":"https:\/\/theatreone.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2292\/revisions\/2295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theatreone.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theatreone.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theatreone.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}