Why did they do it, those men who marched away a century ago, heading straight for Hell on the Western Front? Those men whose distant graves are still remembered at Vancouver’s main cenotaph, unveiled April 27th , and dedicated by the Reverend Cecil Owen, former Christ Church rector, whose son, Harold, died on a Flanders battlefield in 1916.

Come — and listen — to three men — Private Norman Hughes, who fought at Vimy Ridge, and Lieutenant Harold Owen, both remembered in stained glass windows, and Lieutenant-Colonel William Hart-McHarg, memorialized on a plaque — as they step down from the walls of Christ Church Cathedral to tell their stories of life, war, and death.

CREATIVE & PRODUCTION TEAM

CAST
Anthony F. Ingram* as Lieutenant-Colonel William Hart-McHarg
John Innes* as Thomas Hardy
Alvin Sanders* as Private Isaac Rosenberg
Mike Wasko* as Lieutenant Harold Owen
Nelson Wong* as Private Norman Hughes

MUSIC
Rupert Lang: Organ and Piano
Sarah Westwick: Violin

PRODUCTION
Jack Paterson*: Director
Dylan Walmsley: Sound
Donna Wong-Juliani: Producer

LAYING UP OF THE COLOURS
Dean of the Diocese of New Westminster: The Very Rev. Christopher A. Pappas
Piper: Rosalie MacDonald
Bugler: Chris Ahern
Organist & Director of Music: Rupert Lang

* The participation of these artists is arranged by permission of Canadian Actors’ Equity Association under the provisions of the Dance Opera Theatre Policy (DOT).