Historical musical Pier 21 came to Tsawwassen on Nov. 2 & 9, 2019
“Musical will come full circle: Tsawwassen playwright Allen Desnoyers taking production all the way to Pier 21” read the headline in The Delta Optimist on June 20, 2019. But you don’t have to go all the way to Halifax to see this wonderful production. It will be presented at South Delta Baptist Church on November 2, 2019, at 7:00 PM by Tsawwassen’s Bard in the Yard and the Surrey and White Rock Chapters of The Word Guild.
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“Pier 21 has played to thousands of students in schools as well as a few public shows.” Delta Optimist, A17, June 20, 2019
“The overall reception has been very positive, he said, as Pier 21 explores a historical topic that continues to be timely today.” Delta Optimist, A17, June 20, 2019
More Pier 21 Pictures and reviews at this link.
“It seems like it is hitting a real nerve. It is a timely subject certainly with the situation going on in the United States the past few years and the hostility towards people who are immigrants, so to see a show that is showing what it is like for people leaving a war-torn environment has been what one principal at a school described as a ‘lesson in compassion,’” he said. “I thought that’s a beautiful thing to say. In terms of the music and entertainment of the show, that has been greatly received.” Delta Optimist, A17, June 20, 2019
“We have found that people have been profoundly moved. When you start exploring the level of suffering that some people have gone through in the world it is hard to not get caught up in those kinds of stories and you start to recognize the sheer humanity you have with people even if they come from a different country.” Delta Optimist, A17, June 20, 2019
(See full Delta Optimist article at this link)
Pier 21 was held on Nov. 2, 2019
at
South Delta Baptist Church
1988—56 St., Tsawwassen, BC, V4L 2B1