CLAY/SLIP/GLAZE

A Story of Formation as told by Eastside Story Guild

Tuesday June 1st at 5:30pm & 8pm

Advanced Tickets Required for this streaming zoom performance

This season, the children and teens of Eastside Story Guild are exploring the image of God as an artist, a potter working on his people like an unformed lump of clay. We are being invited to both embrace our clayness in God’s hands and to receive our calling to be artists and co-creators working alongside God.

Our original zoom play is about a community of kids living in East Vancouver in the early months of the Covid-19 pandemic, their struggles and hopes, and the ways that they get their hands messy and their hearts connected on the journey they are on together.

We invite you to join us on this journey.

Purchase Zoom Tickets by clicking on your choice of performance time:

5:30pm Tuesday June 1st

8pm Tuesday June 1st

Suggested price $20*

Tickets are priced on a sliding scale. Please give generously as you are able to support youth programming and the arts. #theshowmustgoon

*The minimum payment through the ticketing system is $5. One ticket per household is fine. If you wish to pay less than this or to receive a free ticket, please email esg@gcbchurch.ca for more information.

Some useful information before you click:

• After you purchase your ticket, you will be sent a zoom link to the show time of your choice.
• Tickets purchased by May 19th are eligible to receive a special theatre package in the mail to mailing addresses in BC.

Thank you for your support and we look forward to sharing our performance with you!

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Welcome, friends and fans, back to another year of Eastside Story Guild!

ESG looks a little different this year, due to the pandemic, but what hasn’t changed is the cheerful and friendly atmosphere, positive and energetic performers, and supportive and dedicated staff and volunteers.

Our friendly greeters welcome you into our new space

Welcome to our new space

Being safe while having fun

Our new space is beautifully outfitted with new garden boxes

Being safe while having fun

Our new outdoor space allows for safely distanced gatherings

This season we are focusing on the theme of light. In these times of darkness, we need to look for the light, we need to look for the hope.

We look forward to another season of fun, exploration, and connection. Thanks for coming alongside us in our journey!

• Doors open at 5pm, dinner served at 5:30pm
• Tickets go on sale April 3rd
• Seats are $50 each, or $375 for table of 8
• Vegetarian and gluten-free options are available
• There will also be live music!
• Dinner concludes in time for you to catch our first performance of this year’s spring production, Magnificat: A Story of Mary as told by Eastside Story Guild

• $5 each or five for $20
• Tickets go on sale April 3rd

One town. A crime. Six suspicious characters. Whodunnit?
It’s up to you, the audience, to find out!

Come see an original theatre show created by the actors and artists of Teen Arts Drop-In. Their art will also be on display in our gallery before and after the show.

One town. A crime. Six suspicious characters. Whodunnit?
It’s up to you, the audience, to find out! Come see an original theatre show created by the actors and artists of Teen Arts Drop-In. Their art will also be on display in our gallery before and after the show.

Tuesday, March 10th, 6pm at Grandview Church. The rest of the details here.

See you there!

It’s hard to believe, but we’re already half-way through the ESG season. Thank you to everyone who came out to Icon Encounter. It was a wonderful experience. Check out our new Fall newsletter for a photo summary of the event!

We are now on a break until mid January. Stay tuned for more Feature Fridays in the new year, and don’t forget to mark your calendars for our Spring presentation, May 9th and 10th!

Eastside Story Guild’s fall presentation is tomorrow! Are you ready?

find details here. See you tomorrow!

Just a couple photos to get you excited for this weekend’s Icon Encounter presentation this weekend. Details are here.

See you there!

Icon Encounter

An ESG Storytelling Experience

Join us on Sunday November 10th, 10:30am & 4:30pm
for a devised performing arts presentation of icons of Mary

Devised Storytelling & Music

Devised Performance is a process where the performers improvise and create the content for the presentation.

We are excited to see the music, movement, and storytelling that is emerging as the teens and kids of ESG explore images and themes of God’s boisterous love for each person and of our eyes opening to the world.

Ponder These Things

Through the 2019/20 ESG season, we are exploring the story of Mary, the mother and disciple of Jesus. As we look at iconsof Mary in the fall, Rowan Williams’ book Ponder These Things has been invaluable in giving us insights into the ancient Orthodox icons of the Eleousa and the Orans.

Experience Rooms

Immerse yourself in a exploration of the Eleousa and Orans icons in a variety of experience rooms, including a young child-friendly creative space, an iconcontemplation room, music stations, an art installation, and two artists who will respond to one of the icons with printmaking and painting throughout the day.

Chilli and Sweets Sale

After the presentation, enjoy a bowl of chili and home-baked treats. All sales go towards ESG’s performing arts program with children and teens.