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Staging two high quality theatrical productions in Ganges each year, using local actors and backstage crew who all volunteer their time.

08/20/2026

SS Community Theatre will be holding auditions for a Staged Reading production of Stewart Katz’s play “Summertime Island” which will be performed at Mahon Hall Oct. 3 & 4th (load-in Oct. 2), directed by Suzanne Rouger.

Auditions will be held at Croftonbrook meeting room at the end of Corbett Rd. from 7-9 pm on August 24 & 25.

*Parking is limited; please be prepared to park on Corbett and walk in if needed.

*Be prepared to do a cold read of the script.

06/18/2026

Our first AGM in many years, is coming up next Tuesday, the 23rd at 7pm.

05/30/2024

It's a Fleetwood Mac flameout at the Record Shop at SIMS this weekend.
We have a new donation which include's several of the band's records, including Rumours and the double-album Tusk.
There's also the band's Mirage LP, Buckingham and Nicks, and Stevie's solo record, Bella Donna.
And there's more!
Queen's double live album, Queen Live Killers and the classic Dire Straits album Brothers in Arms.
Plus a whole lot of other great records, including ELO, Duran Duran, Pretenders, Def Leppard, Iron Butterfly and Leonard Cohen.
So come and check out the new box!
We're in the old portable classroom outside SIMS (Saltspring Island Multi Space) between 11am and 3pm every Saturday.
It's easy to find at 124 Rainbow Road. Simply come in past Mahon Hall and go up the hill to the left. We're in the parking lot.
We have thousands of vinyl records and CDs, plus cassette tapes and DVDs for sale.
Every dollar goes towards getting community radio on the airwaves.

02/02/2024

Puppet fun! At

07/01/2023

Come out and see a live radio play with some of our members in the cast and crew!
In case you hadn't heard, Gulf Islands Community Radio is mounting a special, live radio play at ArtSpring on July 21 and 22.
Tickets are onsale for The Adventures of Tom Thumb, Private Detective, a hilarious spoof of noir gumshoe radio shows of the 1940s.
Written by Sid Filkow and directed by Damian Inwood, it features live sound effects, music by The Myrtle Sisters and The Regulars, and original radio commercials, written and arranged by Sue Newman.
The cast includes community theatre regulars, Wendy Beatty, Charlotte Mitchell, Charley Miller, Sue Newman and Mark O'Neill, plus veteran actor, Eric Mullins, and talented newcomer, Carlo Locatelli, with Sid Filkow in a delightful cameo.
Wendy Lau is stage-managing the show, which is a fundraiser for CHIR.fm.
The sound man is being played by David Crone.
Included in each night's show will be a door prize draw for a $100 gift certificate, generously donated by Country Grocer.
So get your tickets early, to avoid disappointment and please tell all your friends and your theatre buddies.
Below is a poster which you can post on your Facebook or Instagram page, to help get the word out.
It's going to be a fun night!

03/13/2023

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02/24/2023

Cast ands crew call for SSI film. See attached pages.

02/05/2023

AUDITIONS!!!!
Actors needed for an original radio play by Sid Filkow, to be performed live in July
We are holding auditions for 13 characters to perform in The True Adventures of Tom Thumb, Private Detective (A 1940s play for Radio) written by Sid Filkow.
This non-Equity production will be performed at ArtSpring in July, at a date TBA, as part of a fundraiser for CHIR.fm, the community radio station based in Ganges.
All profits will go to CHIR.fm.
The play will be performed as an old-style radio show, complete with commercials, musical interludes and live sound effects.

Characters to be cast are:

Announcer
Tom Thumb -- a hard-boiled private detective (think Humphrey Bogart)
Rapunzel -- His worldly-wise secretary.
Big Boy Blue -- The police chief
Snow White -- The ingenue
Humpty Dumpty -- a gentlemanly citizen
Queen -- villainous mob boss
Huntsman -- A Douglas Fairbanks hero
Shep Wooly -- a wheezing rep for a cigarette company
Newsboy -- a newsboy
Mirror -- sarcastic aide to the Queen
Jill -- Jack's brother
Red Riding Hood -- a local w***h

*We are also looking for someone to perform live and computerized sound effects, as required by the script.

Although this is a radio play, as it is being performed live, actors will be expected to act out their parts with physical actions, as well as vocally.

Auditions will take place at 2pm on Sunday, Feb. 12 at the portable classroom at SIMS (the former SSI Middle School) and will be a cold read from the script.

There will be two performances of the play at ArtSpring. we will confirm the dates ASAP. the performances will be recorded for re-broadcast on CHIR.fm
Rehearsals will be scheduled, based on actors availability.

If interested, please contact Damian Inwood at [email protected].

11/22/2022

WE'VE MOVED AND ARE HAVING A BIG VINYL AND CD SALE!!!
We've completed our move into our new home, the portable classroom behind the former Salt Spring Island Middle School. (SIMS)
The new space is about 900 square feet and will house a new studio and much-needed storage for our extensive vinyl record and CD collection.
We will be holding regular sales at our SIMS studio, starting Saturday, Nov. 26 from 10am to 2 pm.
THERE'LL BE SPECIAL PRICING ON MANY ITEMS!!!
It's easy to get there (see map below). Simply drive in off Rainbow Road past Mahon Hall and up the hill behind the Elementary School. The portable is directly facing the parking lot.
For more details see our CHIR.fm page or email [email protected].

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Ganges, BC

Website

https://saltspringcommunitytheatre.com/

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