July 18 and 25, August 8 and 29, September 5 and 19th at 8pm

Fred Wells Show

Fred Wells lives on! James Douglas is returning in the role that gave the town its name– The Fred Wells Show.  A popular original production depicting the life and times of the man that built the town and recreated the area in the1930’s.

As the great depression fell like a fog of gloom over Canada in the 1930’s one tiny pocket of prosperity shone like a beacon of hope high in the Cariboo Mountains. An introverted but charismatic and determined prospector called FredMarshall Wells had a hunch that there was still gold to be found in the area where British Columbia’s great Cariboo Gold Rush had once boomed in the1860’s.  And he was right – the second caribou Gold Rush had begin.

The Fred Show emerges as the inner thoughts of a man of few words.  It is an exploration of a person who loved to be alone with the land, and who was fiercely compelled to see what lay within it. It is also a snapshot of a precise moment in BC history – a moment when Fred wells suddenly found himself in a position to save a collection of souls from the jaws of the greatest depression of the modern age.

“We cannot believe our luck.  As the world sinks in to a chasm of despair we at the Cariboo Gold Quartz find ourselves sitting right in God’s pocket.”Fred Wells Show.

The Fred Wells Show – July 18 & 25,August 8 & 29, September 5 & 19 – all shows are at 8:00 p.m.

Tickets are $12.00 and available at the door.

For Tickets call: 250-994-3400 or email tickets@sunset-theatre.com

By James Douglas and Danette Boucher