The Path to Peace

A Play Presented at the Kitsilano Community Centre

July 26, 2005 (No. 60) - The Kitsilano Community Centre in association with Theatre Melee will present the play The Path to Peace - A Tale of Two Towns and The War That Changed Them Forever. The 30-minute performances are free, suitable for all ages and held outdoors in front of the Kitsilano Community Centre Peace Mural, rain or shine.

11:30 am every Wednesday until August 24th
3:00 pm Saturday, August 13
7:00 pm Saturday, August 27
Kitsilano Community Centre, 2690 Larch Street
Phone 604-257-6976 for information

This production came about through a longstanding interest on the part of the community centre to acknowledge its origins as the Kitsilano War Memorial Community Centre. Driven by community association board member, Roberta Howie, the centre created a peace mosaic walkway in 2002, a peace mural on the entry wall with artist in residence Ruth Jones in 2003 and published a book, Path to Peace in 2004 with stories and memories of the war years collected from community members by Lizanne Fisher. In 2005, mosaics were added to the seniors' peace garden.

Building on these stories, the artists of Theatre Melee, Courtenay Dobbie and Jeff Gladstone, have engaged community participants in all aspects of the play from performance to set design and production, involving 35 performers of all ages.

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For further information, contact: Eva Srobotnjak, Recreation Programmer, at 604-257-6989.

The Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation maintains 200 parks and 40 major facilities throughout the City of Vancouver. The Park Board's mission is to provide, preserve and advocate for parks and recreation services to benefit people, communities and the environment.

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