The clock is winding down on Mercury Players Society’s 2025–26 all-Canadian theatre season, which closes with the contemporary comedy-drama Timepiece by Vancouver playwright Kico Gonzales-Risso, April 24 to May 10.
Retired watchmaker Walter is becoming forgetful — or is he just being capricious? His wife Doris wants to downsize. Walter does not. Their adult children Patrick and Karla have lots of advice for Mom and Dad when the siblings are not arguing with each other. While memory loss in seniors is a serious issue, Gonzalez-Risso turns a potentially depressing topic into a compassionate and often hilarious story of family foibles.
The Cast
- Walter — Layne Kriwoken: stubborn, ornery, pedantic and endearing
- Doris — Janet Hodgkinson: ever patient, married 50 years, becoming tired of stairs and of trouble-shooting Walter’s moods
- Patrick — John Close: their lawyer son who exhausts his courtroom skills arguing with Dad
- Karla — Dayna Corbett: who traded a promising tennis career to become a music therapist, still competing for paternal approval
Director: Mary Louise Phillips
Performance Schedule
Venue: Duncan United Church Heritage Hall, 246 Ingram St., Duncan
Evening performances (7:30pm): April 24, 25 | May 1, 2, 8, 9
Matinees (2:30pm): April 26 | May 3, 10
Tickets: $25 | Seniors/Students $20 | Opening Night April 24: 2 for $35
Cash at Ten Old Books | E-tickets: mercuryplayers.org
Timepiece is Mercury’s entry in the Theatre BC South Island Zone Festival, May 14 at Ladysmith Little Theatre.
This article originally appeared in the Cowichan Valley Voice Magazine, April 2026 Issue 209.