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The Yeats-a-thon: a Benefit for the Actors' Fund of Canada - Vancouver
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On Sunday, January 9, many of Vancouver's finest actors, directors,
writers and poets are starting the new year with a resolution of
compassion: they are donating their time and talents to read from the
prodigious body of work of Irish poet and playwright William Butler
Yeats in a benefit for the Actors' Fund of Canada. For 12 straight
hours, 10:00am to 10:00pm, the public has the opportunity to hear some
of the most famous (and not-so-famous) words of the man many consider to
be the greatest 20th century poet to write in the English language.
Chapters Books has generously provided space for the event, and all
proceeds raised - through donations and the raffling off of Yeats'
Complete Poems (donated by Chapters and signed by all the readers) -
will go to the Actors' Fund. There is no admission charge.

Featuring such local luminaries as Dean Paul Gibson (soon to appear in
Humble Boy at the Playhouse); John Burns (book editor, Georgia
Straight); Kim Collier and Kevin Kerr (Electric Company); Johnna Wright
(Solo Collectives); David Adams, Raugi Yu and Kathleen Duborg (appearing
soon at The Firehall in Einstein's Gift); Donna Wong-Juliani (Bardathon,
Savage God); Richard Wolfe (Western Theatre Conspiracy); Anna Hagan
(Western Gold); Patrick Gallagher and Fred Keating (Da Vinci's Inquest);
David C. Jones and Brad MacNeil (The Compleat Works of Wllm Shkspr at
the Arts Club); and the entire cast of Beggars at the Waters of
Immortality, which was written by Yeats and is opening January 14 at
Pacific Theatre (Donnard MacKenzie, Bill Moysey, Kyle Rideout, Varya
Rubin, Valerie Sing Turner and director Anthony F. Ingram), the event is
also an opportunity for Vancouver audiences to get to know more of this
city's vibrant but often overlooked artistic community.

Inspired by Felix Culpa's 24-hour marathon reading of James Joyce's
Ulysses, the Dumb Prophet Equity Co-op, producers of Beggars at the
Waters of Immortality, decided to plan an event that would benefit not
only the Actors' Fund, but also raise awareness of the Vancouver theatre
community, local actors and current or upcoming shows in Vancouver, as
well as foster a community relationship amongst Vancouver's writers and
performing artists. To raise funds, Chapters Books has donated a volume
of Yeats' poetry, which, after being signed by each artist who reads,
will be raffled off at the end of the marathon.

If you would like to join us and read some Yeats for a good cause,
please contact Valerie Sing Turner at vsturner at visceralvisions.com.

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