One of the many things I love about the Autumn is the new Season of Theatre beginning for another year! And that my friends is what I have been reviling in the past few weeks in Vancouver, beginning with Bell, Book and Candle at Metro Theatre to The Foreigner at Pacific Theatre (stay tuned for our write-up on tomorrow), A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Studio 58 (stay tuned for our write-up on Tuesday) and The Rocky Horror Picture Show with Fighting Chance Productions. Based on the Shows I have seen thus far, the Theatres are all setting a high bar with this Season’s Opening Performances. Thoroughly been loving all the theatre I have been seeing.
Now while I do love using this space to gloat about my soirees in the theatre, I am in a generous kind of mood these days, and Metro Theatre is helping to allow me to be a more gracious theatre connoisseur, by giving me 5 pairs of tickets to giveaway to their second performance of the season, Agatha Christie’s The Hollow.
The Hollow opened last night at Vancouver’s Metro Theatre, but I am afraid I cannot tell you very much about it yet, as I won’t be attending the performance myself until this coming week. What I can tell you is that performing The Hollow is a bit of a blast from the past for the Metro Theatre, having been it’s very first performance, back in 1963! 464 shows later and it is back again!
As for The Hollow itself:
The Hollow is a classic ‘whodunit,’ with a twist. The lady of the house, Lucy Angkatell, has invited her family and friends to her home, The Hollow, for a weekend in the countryside. Events soon turn from sunny reminiscing to stormy turmoil as something else unexpectedly arrives at The Hollow – murder! The 12-person cast will keep you guessing until the very end, and the love triangles, suspicion and intrigue will keep you on the edge of your seat. Like your favorite movie, this production is the perfect thing to curl up with on a blustery fall evening. ~ Tracy Chernaske, Metro Theatre Publicity
For this ‘WhoWonIt’ of my own, I will be giving away 5 pairs of tickets to celebrate last night’s Opening of The Hollow, starting with the first pair of tickets at midnight TONIGHT (Sunday September 29th) to one lucky winner. The next pair of tickets will be given away Monday September 30th at 10 am, and then again Tuesday October 1st at 10 am, Wednesday October 2nd at 10 am, and the final pair Thursday October 3rd at 10 am. The tickets will be for one of the performances on the first full weekend of the Show with the winners choice of October 3rd, 4th, 5th or 6th.
To Enter to Win those tickets …
- Comment below with either something you remember from 1963 or a favourite Agatha Christie play or other ‘WhoDunIt’ that you would love to see on stage at the Metro Theatre.
- For a 2nd, 3rd, and 4th entry: Share this contest on Twitter, Facebook and Google+ (one extra entry for each platform shared on), just be sure to include a link to this post, the hashtag #TheHollow & my handle (so I am sure to see it). So, as an example:
For Twitter: #WhoDunIt at #TheHollow? To find out, win tix to this #AgathaChristie at #Vancouver’s @MetroTheatre from @EmmeRogers: http://ht.ly/pk491
For Facebook & Google+: #WhoDunIt at #TheHollow? Find out by winning tickets to this #AgathaChristie at #Vancouver’s Metro Theatre from Emme Rogers ~ https://emmerogers.com/2013/09/vancouver-theatre-tickets-to-win-to-agatha-christies-the-hollow-at-metro-theatre
- I will then throw the names of all commenters and Twitter, Facebook and Google+ sharers into a hat, and randomly draw the name of the winner of the tickets, at the aforementioned times.
For those of you that don’t win, you can still play detective at Vancouver’s Metro Theatre by purchasing your tickets for the Show at the Box Office. The Show runs now until October 26th, 2013, with performances Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights at 8 pm, and Sunday matinees at 2:30 pm on October 6th and 20th.
Kisses,
Emme xoxo
Gerta says
1963 … I remember I used to watch Alfred Hitchcock weekly on TV … so in answering the other part of this too, I would love to see Alfred Hitchcock’s The Rope on stage!
Emme Rogers says
Congratulations Gerta!
Your our first entry and the first winner we pulled.
I’ll be in touch with information on your tickets.
Bradley says
I was not yet around in 1963, but I’ve been an Agatha Christie fan since I was old enough to read her books. My favourite play is definitely Ten Little Indians, which I have seen at Metro Theatre – I love to see how different directors approach Te ‘twist’. But the one I’ve never seen, and still want to see, is ‘Mousetrap’. In the meantime, though, I would love to see ‘The Hollow’ – another one I’ve not had the pleasure of seeing on stage. Hope I can win!!
Cindy says
Well I can say that I can’t recall anything from 1963 since I wasn’t born yet. Haha. I was introduced to my first Agatha Christie book when I was 14, ‘And then there were none’ and since then Christie has been my favourite mystery writer. My first Agatha Christie play was Black coffee. I saw it at the Metro theatre when my grade 11 english teacher took our class to see it. I’ve also seen the ‘Mousetrap’ and ‘And then there were none’. I would love to see ‘A pocket full of rye’ or ‘Spider’s web,’ which are also by Agatha Christie.
Emme Rogers says
WooHooHoo! You are our 4th ticket winner Cindy!
Just emailed you details!
Emme
Cindy says
Thanks for the tickets Emme,
I’m super excited to go watch the Hollow. Good luck to Bradley, I hope he can win a pair of tickets as well!
Cindy =D
Jules says
I too was not around in 1963, but my first ever theatre experience was at the Metro as a child (about 30 years ago), coincidentally to see an Agatha Christie play. I’m not certain, but I think it might have been, ‘And Then There Were None’.
Emme Rogers says
Congratulations Jules! You are our finally winner of tickets for this weekend to The Hollow at the Metro Theatre! Will email you details momentarily.
Jules says
Huzzah! Thanks, Emme and Metro Theatre!
Jean says
I love the film Rebecca, read the book just recently and then watched the film again to see how close to script it was. It was pretty close!
Would love to see The Hollow.
Emme Rogers says
Pleased to share that you are our third winner Jean! Congratulations! I shall be in touch tomorrow about your tickets.
Jane says
I remember when JFK was killed in 1963. I have seen the play Rebecca performed and it was very good and would also love to see Hitchcock’s Rear Window on stage. Not sure if it’s a play.
Thanks for letting us in on the great plays being performed this autumn!
Emme Rogers says
Congratulations Jane! You won our 2nd pair of tickets!
I shall be in touch tomorrow to organize getting you those tickets.
Emme
Jean says
Thank you for the tickets, really liked the play. Now I know where the theatre is, and I see a play in November that I would like to see.
Shirley Jacobs says
Wow, I’m excited for this! Too bad, seems like I’m late for the free tickets. Anyways, I think I have a copy of this book way back in high school, I remember it’s one of the books we reviewed. Ever since, I have known that mysteries are best when played on stage, and I can’t wait to see this one for real!