{"id":92227,"date":"2015-12-08T18:59:27","date_gmt":"2015-12-09T02:59:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/vancouver\/?p=92227"},"modified":"2021-06-14T13:52:31","modified_gmt":"2021-06-14T20:52:31","slug":"james-the-giant-peach-get-your-tickets-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/vancouver\/james-the-giant-peach-get-your-tickets-now\/","title":{"rendered":"James & the Giant Peach Is Ripe for the Picking"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dare I admit to being a hesitant fan of Roald Dahl<\/a>? I know there are many die-hard supporters but I sometimes struggle with the off-kilter world represented in his stories. But there is no denying Mr Dahl’s ability to create an imaginable world out of the unimaginable. When I heard that the Carousel Theatre for Young People<\/a> was mounting James & the Giant Peach<\/a>, I knew I would enjoy their production.\u00a0I have now attended four productions by Carousel Theatre for Young People and have raved about every single one. The parents at the school drop-off zone know all about the CTYP shows; we attend one and I show up the next day telling everyone to go buy tickets. James and the Giant Peach had the exact same effect on me.<\/p>\n

I don’t know who to commend first. The young boy, Julian Lokash, who played James is top-notch. He is actually reprising the role he successfully held last year in the same production. Wow! His voice is exceptional; kudos for him for fully embracing his soprano range. He has hundreds of lines and countless emotions to convey the ups and downs of an orphaned, cruelly-treated boy, who befriends adult-sized insects. Not an easy role by any standard.<\/p>\n

\"Earthworm<\/a>

Photo by Tim Matheson<\/p><\/div>\n

Next up for congratulations is Jonathan Winsby who plays the Mysterious Man, Hollywood producer and Earthworm. Many moons ago (more moons than I care to admit) Jonathan and I were at UBC together. We collaborated on a number of musicals back then and I still delight in getting to hear his fantastic voice. His stints on Broadway and at Stratford have only further honed his natural talents. Jonathan takes on three very distinct characters in this production of James and the Giant Peach. He does all of them brilliantly; his wonderful sense of humour really shines through.<\/p>\n

The other supporting actors (Makayla Moore who plays Spider, Andrew Cownden – Centipede, Kayla Dunbar – Lady Bug, and Alex Rose – Grasshopper) do a tremendous job of embodying mannerisms of their respective insect-characters. There wasn’t a weak performer in the group. Everyone can sing and dance. The performance was a true delight to watch.<\/p>\n

\"Mean<\/a>

Photo by Tim Matheson<\/p><\/div>\n

The two ladies who take on the roles of the mean aunts – Aunt Sponge played by Deborah Williams and Aunt Spiker played by Patti Allan – did a bang up job of oozing evilness. Their over-the-top portrayal of the caustic, sharp-tongued, self-serving aunts was brilliant. Our kids couldn’t stop talking about how mean they were. As we told our boys, if you dislike them that much then the actresses did their job perfectly.<\/p>\n

The staging of James and the Giant Peach was a character in and of itself. The scope of the staging needs is immense. From a\u00a0crashing rhino to a growing and ultimately massive peach, from a cruise ship to the Empire State building, the visual needs of the play far exceeded the small confines of the Waterfront Theatre. The use of the entire theatre was a very clever work-around to\u00a0countless scene changes.<\/p>\n

The production of James and the Giant Peach runs at the Waterfront Theatre on Granville Island. Tickets are still available<\/a> and performances run until January 3rd 2016. A perfect gift for under the tree would be a family trip to see the Carousel Theatre for Young People’s production of James and the Giant Peach.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dare I admit to being a hesitant fan of Roald Dahl? I know there are many die-hard supporters but I sometimes struggle with the off-kilter world represented in his stories. But there is no denying Mr Dahl’s ability to create an imaginable world out of the unimaginable. When I heard
Continue Reading »<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":92229,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[912],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-92227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","cat-912-id","has_thumb"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nJames & the Giant Peach Is Ripe for the Picking | Family Fun Vancouver<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"This holiday season treat your family to the fantastic Carousel Theatre for Young People's production of James & the Giant Peach.\u00a0\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/vancouver\/james-the-giant-peach-get-your-tickets-now\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"James & the Giant Peach Is Ripe for the Picking | Family Fun Vancouver\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This holiday season treat your family to the fantastic Carousel Theatre for Young People's production of James & the Giant Peach.\u00a0\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/vancouver\/james-the-giant-peach-get-your-tickets-now\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Family Fun Vancouver\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/FamilyFunVancouver\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-12-09T02:59:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-06-14T20:52:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/vancouver\/files\/2015\/12\/James-the-Giant-Peach.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"740\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Lindsay Follett\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@familyfunyvr\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@familyfunyvr\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Lindsay Follett\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.familyfuncanada.com\\\/vancouver\\\/james-the-giant-peach-get-your-tickets-now\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.familyfuncanada.com\\\/vancouver\\\/james-the-giant-peach-get-your-tickets-now\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Lindsay Follett\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.familyfuncanada.com\\\/vancouver\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/300c13fcf7b521120a652bc9b87ad382\"},\"headline\":\"James & the Giant Peach Is Ripe for the Picking\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-12-09T02:59:27+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-06-14T20:52:31+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.familyfuncanada.com\\\/vancouver\\\/james-the-giant-peach-get-your-tickets-now\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":596,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.familyfuncanada.com\\\/vancouver\\\/james-the-giant-peach-get-your-tickets-now\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.familyfuncanada.com\\\/vancouver\\\/files\\\/2015\\\/12\\\/James-the-Giant-Peach.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Featured\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.familyfuncanada.com\\\/vancouver\\\/james-the-giant-peach-get-your-tickets-now\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.familyfuncanada.com\\\/vancouver\\\/james-the-giant-peach-get-your-tickets-now\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.familyfuncanada.com\\\/vancouver\\\/james-the-giant-peach-get-your-tickets-now\\\/\",\"name\":\"James & the Giant Peach Is Ripe for the Picking | Family Fun Vancouver\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.familyfuncanada.com\\\/vancouver\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.familyfuncanada.com\\\/vancouver\\\/james-the-giant-peach-get-your-tickets-now\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.familyfuncanada.com\\\/vancouver\\\/james-the-giant-peach-get-your-tickets-now\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.familyfuncanada.com\\\/vancouver\\\/files\\\/2015\\\/12\\\/James-the-Giant-Peach.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-12-09T02:59:27+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-06-14T20:52:31+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.familyfuncanada.com\\\/vancouver\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/300c13fcf7b521120a652bc9b87ad382\"},\"description\":\"This holiday season treat your family to the fantastic Carousel Theatre for Young People's production of James & the Giant Peach.\u00a0\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.familyfuncanada.com\\\/vancouver\\\/james-the-giant-peach-get-your-tickets-now\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.familyfuncanada.com\\\/vancouver\\\/james-the-giant-peach-get-your-tickets-now\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.familyfuncanada.com\\\/vancouver\\\/james-the-giant-peach-get-your-tickets-now\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.familyfuncanada.com\\\/vancouver\\\/files\\\/2015\\\/12\\\/James-the-Giant-Peach.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.familyfuncanada.com\\\/vancouver\\\/files\\\/2015\\\/12\\\/James-the-Giant-Peach.jpg\",\"width\":800,\"height\":740,\"caption\":\"James & the Giant Peach\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.familyfuncanada.com\\\/vancouver\\\/james-the-giant-peach-get-your-tickets-now\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.familyfuncanada.com\\\/vancouver\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"James & the Giant Peach Is Ripe for the Picking\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.familyfuncanada.com\\\/vancouver\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.familyfuncanada.com\\\/vancouver\\\/\",\"name\":\"Family Fun Vancouver\",\"description\":\"Your source for the best family friendly events and activities in Vancouver and the Lower Mainland!\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.familyfuncanada.com\\\/vancouver\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.familyfuncanada.com\\\/vancouver\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/300c13fcf7b521120a652bc9b87ad382\",\"name\":\"Lindsay Follett\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/9c7a66ff36d593884539f78350838b6d4177a9d39885a44d95cb535e4291b940?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/9c7a66ff36d593884539f78350838b6d4177a9d39885a44d95cb535e4291b940?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/9c7a66ff36d593884539f78350838b6d4177a9d39885a44d95cb535e4291b940?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Lindsay Follett\"},\"description\":\"In 2012, after nearly 2 decades of fundraising for BC universities, Lindsay Follett was ready for a change of pace and came on board as the City Editor of Family Fun Vancouver. For 10 years she, together with her husband and their two sons, explored every possible family-friendly event and found constant enjoyment in sharing their adventures with the Family Fun Vancouver audience. In 2014, Lindsay took on the additional role as our National Sales and Marketing Director. After stepping down as Editor in 2022, she is excited to focus all of her time working with clients to promote their family-friendly events on our network. If you wish to promote your event, venue, program, or product to either our national audience or a city-specific audience, please email Lindsay at lindsay@familyfuncanada.com\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.familyfuncanada.com\\\/vancouver\\\/author\\\/lindsayfollett\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"James & the Giant Peach Is Ripe for the Picking | Family Fun Vancouver","description":"This holiday season treat your family to the fantastic Carousel Theatre for Young People's production of James & the Giant Peach.\u00a0","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/vancouver\/james-the-giant-peach-get-your-tickets-now\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"James & the Giant Peach Is Ripe for the Picking | Family Fun Vancouver","og_description":"This holiday season treat your family to the fantastic Carousel Theatre for Young People's production of James & the Giant Peach.\u00a0","og_url":"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/vancouver\/james-the-giant-peach-get-your-tickets-now\/","og_site_name":"Family Fun Vancouver","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/FamilyFunVancouver\/","article_published_time":"2015-12-09T02:59:27+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-06-14T20:52:31+00:00","og_image":[{"width":800,"height":740,"url":"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/vancouver\/files\/2015\/12\/James-the-Giant-Peach.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Lindsay Follett","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@familyfunyvr","twitter_site":"@familyfunyvr","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Lindsay Follett","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/vancouver\/james-the-giant-peach-get-your-tickets-now\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/vancouver\/james-the-giant-peach-get-your-tickets-now\/"},"author":{"name":"Lindsay Follett","@id":"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/vancouver\/#\/schema\/person\/300c13fcf7b521120a652bc9b87ad382"},"headline":"James & the Giant Peach Is Ripe for the Picking","datePublished":"2015-12-09T02:59:27+00:00","dateModified":"2021-06-14T20:52:31+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/vancouver\/james-the-giant-peach-get-your-tickets-now\/"},"wordCount":596,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/vancouver\/james-the-giant-peach-get-your-tickets-now\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/vancouver\/files\/2015\/12\/James-the-Giant-Peach.jpg","articleSection":["Featured"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/vancouver\/james-the-giant-peach-get-your-tickets-now\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/vancouver\/james-the-giant-peach-get-your-tickets-now\/","url":"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/vancouver\/james-the-giant-peach-get-your-tickets-now\/","name":"James & the Giant Peach Is Ripe for the Picking | Family Fun Vancouver","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/vancouver\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/vancouver\/james-the-giant-peach-get-your-tickets-now\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/vancouver\/james-the-giant-peach-get-your-tickets-now\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/vancouver\/files\/2015\/12\/James-the-Giant-Peach.jpg","datePublished":"2015-12-09T02:59:27+00:00","dateModified":"2021-06-14T20:52:31+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/vancouver\/#\/schema\/person\/300c13fcf7b521120a652bc9b87ad382"},"description":"This holiday season treat your family to the fantastic Carousel Theatre for Young People's production of James & the Giant Peach.\u00a0","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/vancouver\/james-the-giant-peach-get-your-tickets-now\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/vancouver\/james-the-giant-peach-get-your-tickets-now\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/vancouver\/james-the-giant-peach-get-your-tickets-now\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/vancouver\/files\/2015\/12\/James-the-Giant-Peach.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/vancouver\/files\/2015\/12\/James-the-Giant-Peach.jpg","width":800,"height":740,"caption":"James & the Giant Peach"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/vancouver\/james-the-giant-peach-get-your-tickets-now\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/vancouver\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"James & the Giant Peach Is Ripe for the Picking"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/vancouver\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/vancouver\/","name":"Family Fun Vancouver","description":"Your source for the best family friendly events and activities in Vancouver and the Lower Mainland!","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/vancouver\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/vancouver\/#\/schema\/person\/300c13fcf7b521120a652bc9b87ad382","name":"Lindsay Follett","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9c7a66ff36d593884539f78350838b6d4177a9d39885a44d95cb535e4291b940?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9c7a66ff36d593884539f78350838b6d4177a9d39885a44d95cb535e4291b940?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9c7a66ff36d593884539f78350838b6d4177a9d39885a44d95cb535e4291b940?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Lindsay Follett"},"description":"In 2012, after nearly 2 decades of fundraising for BC universities, Lindsay Follett was ready for a change of pace and came on board as the City Editor of Family Fun Vancouver. For 10 years she, together with her husband and their two sons, explored every possible family-friendly event and found constant enjoyment in sharing their adventures with the Family Fun Vancouver audience. In 2014, Lindsay took on the additional role as our National Sales and Marketing Director. After stepping down as Editor in 2022, she is excited to focus all of her time working with clients to promote their family-friendly events on our network. If you wish to promote your event, venue, program, or product to either our national audience or a city-specific audience, please email Lindsay at lindsay@familyfuncanada.com","url":"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/vancouver\/author\/lindsayfollett\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/vancouver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/vancouver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/vancouver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/vancouver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/45"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/vancouver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92227"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/vancouver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92227\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/vancouver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/vancouver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/vancouver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/vancouver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}