Prepare to laugh, learn and have a rollicking good time with your kids at the 2011 Spring Break Theatre Festival!

The Spring Break Theatre Festival will run March 22nd -27th, 2011 and features the work of Vancouver’s finest companies producing theatre for young audiences and their families. The lively and bustling Granville Island will play host to shows produced by Axis Theatre Company, Carousel Theatre for Young People, Green Thumb Theatre Company and the Vancouver TheatreSports® League, with most shows suitable for ages 5 and up and one as young as 3.

March 22nd – 25th, 2011
at The Improv Centre on Granville Island
The Big Sneeze, 500 Words & Instant Improv
Tickets $11 per show or $18 for two shows
Single tickets for the above shows available at tickets.vtsl.com
$18 2-show package available at the Box Office Only
(See Box Office hours below)

March 22nd – 27th, 2011
at the Waterfront Theatre on Granville Island
Munscha Mia
Tickets $15 -$29 – for sale at 604.685.6217 or www.carouseltheatre.ca

Improvised sketch comedy at its very best. The audience provides the inspiration in the form of suggestions, and the improvisers provide the entertainment in the form of hilarious improvised scenes. Instant Improv allows the audience to see their ideas instantly transformed into reality. Whether reconstructing the story of an audience member's first day at school or a recess mishap, each Instant Improv performance is as unique as its audience

For General Seating tickets:

Can your sneeze come to life? This is a hilarious, yet poignant play about the grade school trials of Lizzy, the tallest girl in her school. Being different is hard and Lizzy’s only wish is to be invisible to her classmates – stay beneath the radar. It almost works until one day she has the loudest, most gigantic sneeze ever and out pops (in human form) her very own sneeze and Lizzy’s life changes forever. Dealing with issues of self-esteem and peer relationships, The Big Sneeze takes audiences on a journey of self-discovery and acceptance.

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Sylvia, who is in grade 3, still has a hard time reading and to make matters worse: her new grade 6 reading buddy, Lance is too busy writing a story for the 500 Words Contest to help her. But when Lance fears he was born without an imagination, Sylvia steps in and helps him to dream up a world full of heroic knights, flying horses, three eyed garrrrrgoyles and unbelievable adventures! 500 Words is a story about friendship, storytelling, cooperation, learning to read and, above all, finding your imagination! Lance and Sylvia may be an unlikely pair but they soon learn that by working together, facing their fears and discovering their own strengths, they can truly create something magical.

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A sensational high-octane play with music based on five Robert Munsch stories. Join us for old favourites like Stephanie’s Ponytail, Jonathan Cleaned Up–Then He Heard a Sound and Aaron’s Hair, and new ones like Down the Drain and The Sandcastle Contest. This spectacle will charm audiences, young and old, and have them singing along!

The Improv Centre
March Box Office Hours
Sunday 6pm – 8:30pm
Wednesday – Thursday 6pm – 9:30pm
Friday – Saturday 6pm – midnight

Spring Break Festival Box Office Hours
March 22-25 9am – 1:30pm