Mainstage Festival 2026 Okanagan Zone

MAINSTAGE 2026

Join us for the drama Festival
Doors at 6:30pm Shows at 7:30pm

5 Plays over 5 Nights!

Theatre BC celebrates its 94th Anniversary in 2026, Once again in Vernon, BC with Mainstage 2026 at the Vernon Performing Arts Centre. This week-long Festival of Best Play winning performances will include workshops and adjudications as BC community theatre enthusiasts celebrate Canada on stage.

PLEASE NOTE: The use of cameras and recording devices during the performance is strictly prohibited.

Add 3 or more shows and save! = $114
Add all 5 shows and save! = $175
Awards Banquet $55.00

Monday BUY NOW	July 6th	West Moon Production Playliterate
Tuesday BUY NOW	July 7th	Escaped Alone Williams Lake Studio Theatre
Wednesday BUY NOW	July 8th	Corker Production Langley Little Theatre
Thursday BUY NOW	July 9th	Two Rooms Production Nanaimo Theatre Group
Friday BUY NOW	July 10th	Time Piece Production Mercury Players
Saturday BUY NOW	July 11th	Awards Banquet - 5:00 pm Drinks, Dinner at 6 pm Awards at 7 pm Music and Dance (DJ Colin Carney) at 8 pm. Buffet Style Banquet Menu • Roast Chicken-bone in • Steamed roasted glazed seasonal vegetables • Tofu Chickpea & spinach curry (vegan/vegetarian) • Assorted Cakes, squares and bars for dessert Chefs Salad

*Awards banquet not included in passes

West Moon - Presented by Playliterate Productions of the Okanagan Zone - On All Souls' Night, in a lonely graveyard in Placentia Bay, Newfoundland, the spirits of the dead flicker back to life. Lost and disoriented, unsure of where they've been or where they're going, they yearn to know what is happening 'up above' in the village they love.

Escaped Alone – Presented by Williams Lake Studio Theatre of the Central Interior Zone - Three old friends and a neighbour. A summer of afternoons in the backyard. Tea and catastrophe. Caryl Churchill's convention-defying play juxtaposes backyard tea with personal and environmental disaster, exploring themes of politics, crisis, communication, and female endurance.

Corker - Presented by Langley Little Theatre of the Fraser Valley Zone - The story of a dysfunctional family and the developmentally challenged young man who tries to attach himself to it.

Two Rooms – Presented by Nanaimo Theatre Group of the North Island Zone - Provocative and compelling, this arresting work deals with a subject matter much in the minds of contemporary society - the taking of innocent hostages by political terrorists. The play illuminates both the agony of the one detained and also the helpless fury of those who are left behind - loved ones inpatient for something to be done and officials who feel thy must be guided by logic rather than emotion.

Timepiece – Presented by Mercury Players of the South Island Zone - Retired watchmaker Walter is becoming forgetful — or is he just being capricious? His wife Doris wants to downsize. Walter does not. Their adult children Patrick and Karla have lots of advice for Mom and Dad when the siblings are not arguing with each other. While memory loss in seniors is a serious issue, Gonzalez-Risso turns a potentially depressing topic into a compassionate and often hilarious story of family foibles.