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Western Edge Theatre will be back in the Nanaimo Entertainment Centre (46 Nicol St.) for its 2009-10 season. "The NEC was a big hit with both our audiences and artists last season," says Western Edge artistic producer Frank Moher. "It's comfortable and has a great vibe. By opening it up to us and other groups, at extremely reasonable rates, Paul Manhas [NEC owner] has made another major contribution to downtown." Western Edge also now handles third-party bookings at the NEC. "So far it's been u… Continue

So what do you get when you take a new script; community actors; professional actors; professional lighting and set design; a film school graduate doing sound and a stage manager that has arts, theatre and business background (that's me)? Well...throw in a die hard dedicated person wanting to bring fresh experiences to local audiences-Frank Moher; plus a pain-in-the-butt, picky director-Brian March, and you get new script writers creation "The Engineers", by Brad Poulsen, brought to life in a d… Continue

I have been acting in Nanaimo awhile now and I cannot say enough about Western Edge and the man behind it. Frank Moher, has worked tirelessly on his baby and gets very little back, tangibly speaking that is. However, you just have to see him talking about Western Edge and what it stands for, to know how he feels about it and you know it is way beyond monetary gains that rewards Frank. Western Edge is an important venue for not only actors, but writers and other creative minds as well. One could… Continue