Castanet Contests

Enter to win a pair of tickets to see SOAP Theatre's upcoming comedy:

 

The Black Bonspiel of Wullie MacCrimmon, by W.O. Mitchell, playing in the beautiful Venables Theatre in Oliver on February 3, 4, 5, 10 and 11 (Your choice!)

 

TWO CHANCES TO WIN ! (January 30th and February 6th draw dates)

Your single entry qualifies for both draws.

 

The Black Bonspiel is set in the fictional rural town of Wildrose, Alberta in the mid-1930s.

 

Wullie MacCrimmon, a widower, is the town's shoe-maker, but like a good Scot he lives to curl. In fact, curling is "his only active religion". He and his rink are so expert that he attracts the attention of the Devil herself, who comes to Wildrose and makes Wullie an offer hard to resist. The Devil (also a keen curler - and how they keep good ice in hell is fully explained) promises Wullie that he'll win the Brier -- if on his death Wullie will undertake to come and curl in hell for the Devil’s team in the Celestial Brier.

 

Wullie makes the Faustian deal -- but with the proviso that he will save his soul if he and his Wildrose rink can beat the Devil's rink in a challenge match. And so, Wullie and his friends -- with the help of the Reverend Pringle -- take on the Devil's crew of Judas Iscariot, Macbeth and Guy Fawkes in the most crucial curling match of all time, a matter of after-life and death.

 

This is a fine, old-fashioned, funny story, firmly set in the Canadian prairies, as you'd expect from W. O. Mitchell. You might even call it a sweeping saga.

 

For show details and ticket information see: www.soplayers.ca/bonspiel

 

We gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the Province of British Columbia.