About the Play: Never Shoot a Stampede Queen
Zachary Stevenson (the Arts Club’s Buddy Holly) stars in the stage adaptation of Mark Leiren-Young’s bestselling memoir Never Shoot A Stampede Queen — winner of the 2009 Stephen Leacock Medal for humour.
Adapted for the stage by the author and directed and dramaturged by acclaimed solo show specialist T.J Dawe, Stampede Queen the hit comedy arrives received its world premiere at Western Canada Theatre in Kamloops, playing to packed houses and standing ovations.
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- Ryan Beil Performs in Kamloops Photo Credit: Barbara Zimonick
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- Zach rehearsing on Granville Island
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- TJ gives Zach direction
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- Ryan Beil in Kamloops
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- Stampede Queen Poster/Flyer
The night Mark Leiren-Young drove into Williams Lake, British Columbia, to work as a reporter for the venerable Williams Lake Tribune, he arrived on the scene of an armed robbery. And that was before things got weird. For a 22-year-old from Vancouver, a stint in the legendary Cariboo town was a trip to another world and another era.
Never Shoot a Stampede Queen follows the adventures of a big city (Vancouver) boy who arrives in the crime capital of BC (Williams Lake) and discovers stranger news, quirkier characters, and better friends than he ever could have imagined. He also learns about the dangers of photographing aspiring rodeo royalty.
