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For over 50 years, our theatre has been more than a stage. It’s been a gathering place. A training ground. A second home.
It’s where young performers discover their voice, where lifelong friendships are formed, and where our community comes together to share stories that matter.
We’re inviting you to be part of what comes next.
Your Support Keeps This Stage Alive
We are proud to be a volunteer run theatre that owns and stewards an 80+ year old heritage building. That’s something truly rare, and it comes with real responsibility.
Every donation helps us:
Maintain and preserve our historic venue
Expand theatre education programs for youth and adults
Provide scholarships and bursaries for emerging artists
Ensure our doors stay open to the entire community
Provide the Oceanside area with quality community theatre
This isn’t just about keeping the lights on. It’s about protecting a space that has served generations, and ensuring it continues to serve many more.
A Legacy Built by Community
Our theatre exists because people chose to give their time, their energy, and their belief in what this place could be; Volunteers who have been with us for 20, 30, even 50 years, young performers who took their first steps on our stage and went on to pursue careers in the arts and community members who found connection, purpose, and belonging here.
This is what your support sustains.
What Your Donation Can Do
Every contribution, no matter the size, has a direct and meaningful impact:
$25 - Helps provide scripts and materials for a young performer
$100 - Supports a student in our theatre education programs
$250 - Contributes to essential building maintenance and repairs
$500 - Helps fund scholarships and bursaries for emerging artists
$1,000+ - Plays a vital role in sustaining both our facility and our growing educational initiatives
Why It Matters Now
In a time of social media, artificial intelligence (AI), distraction and division, nothing is more important than real people coming together in a real space to participate in human stories.
As we look ahead, we are working to expand our educational programming while continuing to produce high quality mainstage shows and care for a building that has served this community for over eight decades.
As many new members flow in we have an opportunity to develop the skills and talents of a whole new generation of performers, technicians, craftspeople and storytellers.
Your support helps ensure we don’t just maintain what exists, but grow into what’s possible.
Make Your Contribution
Donations of any amount are deeply appreciated.
Tax receipts are provided for contributions of $20 or more.
If you believe in supporting local arts, nurturing future generations, and preserving a space that brings people together, we invite you to give.
Interested in Sponsorship?
If you’re a local business owner looking for ways to support the arts while connecting with our audiences, we also offer production sponsorship opportunities.
Telephone: 250-752-3522
E-mail: info@echoplayers.ca
Mail: ECHO Players The Village Theatre
Box 281- 110 West 2nd. Avenue - Qualicum Beach, B.C. V9K 1S8
Thank you for helping us keep this stage alive, for today, and for generations to come.