Last year, A.L. Fortune Secondary's musical theatre class wowed audiences with its Spongebob Musical production.
This year, the class at the Enderby high school is taking audiences through a time trip to the 1980s.
Tickets are now on sale for A.L. Fortune's 2024 production, Back to the 80s, The Totally Awesome Musical.
The musical involves 60 students from grades 9 through 12, with 45 performers and 15 stage crew members.
A pop culture trip down memory lane, Back to the 80s tells the story of Corey Palmer and his senior year of high school, his best friends, the class bully and the girl he loves.
In the present day, Corey takes audiences back to William Ocean High School, watching himself and his friends Kirk and Alf start their bid to be senior class president and vice-president, only to have the opportunity stolen by bully Michael Feldman. To make Corey's life worse, Michael has also stolen away Tiffany Houston, Corey's longtime crush.
But this isn't the only relationship on the rocks: teachers Mr. Cocker and Ms. Brannigan are fighting in their not-so-secret romance, Michael is posing as new girl Eileen's mysterious secret admirer, and Tiffany's friend Cyndi doesn't want to give admirer Billy the time of day.
Add in a Star Wars-inspired dream sequence, and the final showdown between Michael and class geek Feargal McFerrin, and Back to the 80s is a non-stop collection of music, movie and TV Easter eggs for all ages.
The score of the musical includes a wide variety of popular hits, such as Video Killed the Radio Star, Total Eclipse of the Heart, Love Shack, Footloose and The Time of My Life.
Want to see how all the high school drama unfolds? Tickets are available for seven different showings of the musical.
The show dates and times are as follows:
• Tuesday, Dec. 10 at 6 p.m.
• Wednesday, Dec. 11 at 6 p.m.
• Thursday, Dec. 12 at 7 p.m.
• Friday, Dec. 13 at 7 p.m.
• Saturday, Dec. 14 at 2 p.m.
• Saturday, Dec. 14 at 7 p.m.
• Sunday, Dec. 15 at 2 p.m.
Tickets are $15 and available at the A.L. Fortune office from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Those from out of town can call the office at 250-838-6431 to do an e-transfer order.
