THE HISTORY OF ROYAL CITY MUSICAL THEATRE
Royal City Musical Theatre is the musical theatre company prized for entertainment excellence and praised for entertainment value.
For the audience, musical theatre is a special experience combining all of the performing arts; singing, dancing, acting, and musicianship with the visual arts to make one spectacular event. A musical employs brilliant swirls of colour, light and sound to tell timeless stories that are at once familiar and yet unique every night. Royal City Musical Theatre, hatched in 1990 around a kitchen table in New Westminster, grew out of a love of music, theatre and dance – musical theatre. It has been an enduring success, becoming one of the most popular musical theatre producers in Canada. They provide top flight entertainment thrilling large audiences while creating opportunities for performers, musicians and technicians to present their talents and develop their skills. They produce only large scale musicals with casts of as many as 60 on stage. Very few organizations outside of Broadway or London’s West End are able to mount such enormous productions. With a full sized orchestra, professional leads and large vocal and dance choruses, the scale and the jubilant spirit of RCMT productions are a feast for both the senses and for the heart.
Each year in April, RCMT produces a theatrically lavish and spirited production of a renowned musical theatre play. Support RCMT by attending our shows and workshops, becoming a member, auditioning for a role or making a tax deductible charitable donation. You won’t regret getting to know RCMT better!
KEY PEOPLE
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR – VALERIE EASTON
The board of RCMT is very pleased to announce that the position of Artistic Director has been filled by Valerie Easton. Valerie has been involved with RCMT for many years as choreographer as well as taking the reigns of director of last year’s critically acclaimed “The Will Rogers Follies and our 2010 hit “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat”. Valerie has directed, choreographed, and performed right across Canada, for companies such as The Arts Club, The Vancouver Playhouse, and Neptune Theatre in Halifax. We are thrilled to have Valerie and her artistic vision to continue leading RCMT into the future.
