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Presentation House Theatre

333 Chesterfield Avenue North Vancouver British Columbia V7M 3G9 T: 604 990-3473  

Presentation House Theatre (PHT) has been a premier provider of theatrical programming on the North Shore for over thirty years, offering an experience that is intimate, friendly and entertaining. As the most established theatre venue on the North Shore, PHT presents a diverse mix of performances and facilitates the development of the performing arts throughout the community.

Presentation House Theatre presents and produces shows to the highest professional standard while also appealing to the diversity of the North Shore. PHT offerings include programming for children and youth, adults young and old, the music aficionado and innovative and emerging dancers.

Presentation House Cultural Society operates Presentation House Theatre, and oversees the maintenance of the Presentation House Arts Centre for all facility users and tenants including Presentation House Gallery and the North Vancouver Museum.

Presentation House Theatre is situated on the North Shore, four blocks from the Lonsdale Quay in the heart of the Lower Lonsdale community.

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Presentation House Theatre

Nestled in the heart of North Vancouver’s Lower Lonsdale, Presentation House Theatre has become a neighbourhood cultural hub, providing the community with a dynamic mix of professional theatre, music, and dance productions — all just a SeaBus away from downtown Vancouver. Presentation House Theatre is the North Shore’s professional theatre company entertaining audiences with innovative programming and quality professional productions for more than 40 years. The theatre is committed to presenting and producing shows of the highest standard, and appealing to the diversity of North Shore audiences, proudly offer programming for children and youth, adults young and old.

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Please visit their website for all current and upcoming shows at the Presentation House Theatre.

SeaBus: 10-minute walk from the SeaBus at Lonsdale Quay on Vancouver’s North Shore

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• 2300 Lonsdale Ave
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• www.phtheatre.org

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Presentation House Arts Centre, encompassing the Presentation House Theatre , Presentation House Gallery and the North Vancouver Museum has been a space for the convergence of the arts, culture, and heritage of the North Shore community for thirty years. As a designated heritage building, Presentation House is a recognized name on the North Shore as a distinguished space for creative expression and a catalyst for cultural development in the community. Over the years, the theatre space has provided residents and emerging talent the unique opportunity to celebrate live performances, presentations, artist exhibitions, and musical performances.

The Fourth Wall Gallery is a community art gallery located in the theatre lobby of Presentation House Theatre which displays work by emerging artists. The programming focus is on North Shore artists, artists that have not had shows previously, and group or student shows.

Anne MacDonald Studio is the oldest building in North Vancouver. It has a cathedral ceiling, stained glass windows and a wooden floor. It is 20 feet wide, 45 feet long, has 2 washrooms, mirrors on the end wall, dance bars on the two side-walls, 48 plastic stacking chairs, a kitchen counter and sink. It is used for auditions, workshops, rehearsals, dance classes and community events.

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North Shore Rescue opens new Capilano Gate search station

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It’s the base from which North Shore Rescue launches well over half of their missions into the mountains, but until now, the Capilano Gate search and rescue station has never been more than two shipping containers and a porta-potty.

The team, joined by more than 100 members, dignitaries and supporters, gathered at the edge of Capilano Lake on Saturday to open their brand new rescue outpost.

Beyond a space for search managers to co-ordinate teams on the ground and in the air, the new 2,400-square-foot, purpose-built facility offers the volunteers temperature-controlled storage for their sensitive medical equipment, a space for team members to speak quietly to the family members of the folks they are searching for, and shower and laundry facilities so volunteers can clean up after facing a rescue in the elements.

“We have a washroom with a flushing toilet and a sink,” said team leader Mike Danks, genuinely enthused. “It’s like coming back to a home. Firefighters have a firehouse. This is really our search and rescue house if you want to put it that way.… All of these things really work to streamline our response.”

The SAR station sits on land owned by Metro Vancouver but there was never anything more than a “handshake agreement” allowing them to stay there, Danks said. When Metro began a substantial renovation on the water infrastructure at the site in 2017, it looked like North Shore Rescue would be told to find a new home.

But Danks said in a series of meetings with Metro staff and leadership, they were able to persuade the regional authority of the wisdom of keeping the rescue base next to the lake.

“Approximately 65 per cent of our calls are based out of Cap Gate, especially our helicopter responses. It gives us very quick access to the western side of our operational area. And it also provides us the easiest access to mitigate traffic on the North Shore. It’s an easy spot to get to,” he said.

It was around the time that NSR was in discussion with Metro that Arnold Wallner, a West Vancouver entrepreneur and philanthropist, left his business card in the door at the Tim Jones Rescue Centre, the team’s main base on Bewicke Avenue.

In addition to finding success in business in both Canada and his native Germany, Wallner spent 25 years as a volunteer firefighter. As he was reaching his mid-80s, Wallner and his wife started thinking about a legacy they could leave on the North Shore, the place where they’ve lived and enjoyed nature.

In 2018, Wallner agreed to fund the rescue station and today, it bears his name.

“I’ve received a lot in return,” Wallner said.

Architect Nick Bray designed the building to reflect the Ch’ich’iyúy Elxwíkn (Twin Sisters), also known as the Lions, that tower over the lake.

“He turned it into a piece of artwork that blended in with the park,” Danks said.

Danks said the team quite literally put blood, sweat and tears into the new base. Longtime NSR volunteer Don Jardine was on-site managing the project every day through years of construction, and life member Peter Haigh broke his leg in an incident on the site.

At the grand opening on Saturday, they hadn’t even made it through the speeches before the new base was put to the test. The team and helicopter were called out not once but twice for life-and-death emergencies, putting the ceremony on hold.

“It was in the middle of my presentation,” Wallner said. “It fills me with pride – pride that it was put directly into action.”

On hand for the event was the Bergwacht mountain rescue team from Wallner’s hometown of Oberau, Germany, which is now North Shore Rescue’s sister team, thanks to Wallner’s donations.

Like all recent construction projects, the costs skyrocketed, which Wallner graciously helped cover.

Wallner said he was struck by the way the team has embraced him and his wife, counting them now among their friends. Wallner said he has no regrets.

“This is something which is not for me. It is not for the team alone. It is for the whole community,” he said. “I really have been thankful for what I could have accomplished with this building. This fulfils me, really. I’m full of thankfulness and happiness in my head and in my soul, in my heart.”

It’s a kind of fulfilment that someone else in the community may be in line for as North Shore Rescue is now in talks with Metro Vancouver to replace their Bone Creek search and rescue station, which is used for all of the team’s calls on Mount Seymour.

“It’s a big challenge for us,” Danks said. “That station is in dire need of replacement.”

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21 mar 7:30 pm 9:00 pm Dil Ka Event Organized By Presentation House Theatre Event Type Theatre 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm (GMT-07:00) Presentation House Theatre , 333 Chesterfield Ave, North Vancouver, BC, V7M 3G9, Canada

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Centring on a queer Muslim woman stepping into her truth, power, and heart, Dil Ka [‘of the heart’] follows Zahra, a 26-year-old Pakistani woman, as she prepares to meet her

Centring on a queer Muslim woman stepping into her truth, power, and heart, Dil Ka [‘of the heart’] follows Zahra, a 26-year-old Pakistani woman, as she prepares to meet her latest arranged match for marriage. Zahra spends most of the play in her family’s kitchen preparing the traditional Pakistani dish, biryani, to present to the prospective groom’s family. As the story unfolds, the biryani becomes a metaphor for the ingredients that make a “perfect bride.”

“I wanted to pay homage to the kitchen in this play, particularly as a place of solace for brown women for decades. Kitchens have served as places of gossip, connection, and – in this play– confession, allowing for honesty outside of the realms of patriarchy,” explains Lee Nisar. “Through direct address as a confessional, Zahra unpacks the complexities of navigating one’s identity in a multicultural society.”

Audiences are invited to experience queer brown joy onstage– to laugh, cry, and challenge their own perspectives while watching Dil Ka. Nisar set out to write each character as real and varied in their own relationships to religion as Muslims often are, despite the media trying to paint them all as a monolith.

“I think it is important, now more than ever, for audiences to be confronted with the beauty of being a queer brown Muslim, and how these identities do not have to be exclusionary but, rather, inform each other in the most incredible ways,” shares Nisar. Dil Ka prompts audiences to reflect on their own experiences of belonging, acceptance, and the pursuit of authenticity in a world that often demands conformity.

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