Jim Hibbard & Nick Fontaine in the 2018 Gateway Theatre / PSP production. Photo by David Cooper.
Nick Fontaine (A Little Night Music, Best Laid Plans) will star, once again, as George Bailey, the hopeless dreamer who can’t see the wonderful life that surrounds him until a hapless Angel makes him see what life would be like without him. Nick was nominated for an Ovation Award for Outstanding Performance for his turn as George Bailey, and we are thrilled to have him back.
That hapless angel is the one-and-only Greg Armstrong-Morris (The Full Monty), who is also back from last year’s production and also an Ovation Award nominee for his work in Wonderful Life. Greg absolutely thrilled and delighted audiences with his brilliant take on the much loved character of Clarence Odbody, AC2!
Speaking of Ovation Nominations (you’ll see a trend here) Erin Palm (PSP debut) will warm your heart as Mary Hatch, and BC Entertainment Hall-of-Famer, Jim Hibbard (PSP debut) will utterly delight as Uncle Billy. Both return from last year’s production and we are lucky to have them both.
Greg Armstrong-Morris, Erin Palm, and Nick Fontaine in the 2018 Gateway / PSP production. Photo by David Cooper.
The incredible company also includes Stephen Aberle (The Full Monty) as Henry Potter with Andrew Cohen (PSP debut) as his Goon. Sayer Roberts (Out of a Dream) returns home from two seasons at Stratford to play Harry Bailey to his actual mother, the incomparable Colleen Winton (making her PSP debut), while PSP favourite Gordon Roberts (The Best Laid Plans & Percussion for Into the Woods and Floyd Collins) takes the roles of Gower, and Dr. Campbell.
Also making their PSP debuts will be Kamyar Pazandeh as Bert, the Cop, Ali Watson as Violet, Justin Lapeña as Sam Wainwright and Vanessa Merenda (It’s a Wonderful Life). Though new to PSP these artists will be well known to any avid theatre goer in Metro Vancouver.
Rounding out the town of Bedford Falls are two young actors that are sure to steal your heart: Oakley Arksey as Young Mary / Zuzu Bailey, and Will Byassee as Young George / Pete Bailey.
Any one of these artists alone is worth the price of admission – but altogether they are not to be missed.
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FUN FACT: The 2018 Gateway Theatre production (with the support of PSP) was nominated for a whopping 14 Ovation Awards last year.
