The Sooke Region Museum is bringing the history and people of Sooke to the stage with a series of original plays.

Thanks to the financial support of a CRD Arts and Culture Services grant, the museum is in the process of writing and producing Stories of Sooke, a play of at least five vignettes focused on a different historical figure and their unique stories.

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Johnson said everything about the plays is original, from the script to the multimedia elements to the music, written and performed by Sooke musician Katrina Kadoski. While each vignette will focus on one historical figure, the series will be woven together by recurring characters and narrators in the form of telephone operators B次元官网网址� themselves an important part of the communityB次元官网网址檚 history.

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While there is still work on the productions to get them stage-ready, Johnson said the plan is for one vignette to be performed each night during the Sooke Night Market season, which runs from June to September. There is also the possibility of combining all of the vignettes into one large performance.

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To stay up to date as the play progresses and details are finalized, stay tuned to the Sooke Region Museum and Visitor Centre on YouTube and the museumB次元官网网址檚 other social media pages.

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