In this dramatic scene from Stoolpigeon, Vancouver Theatre of Actfon’s new three-act play, Mary Osborne (Betty Griffin) extreme left, tells her daughter Agnes (Betty Gadd), right, that her renegade husband can never “destroy us—he'll only destroy himself, and you too, if you’re fool enough to let him,” as her brother Alex (Phil Gadd) and her other daughters, Lilian (Audrey Brandon), second from left, and Marian (Alice Bowker), third from left, look on in stern approval. TICKETS LOST IN MAILS Royal City opening of ‘Stoolpigeon’ postponed STAFF CUTS in the Post Office, dictated by the government as a “war economy” measure and al- ready reflected in lessened effici- ency,-are blamed for loss of tick- ets in the mails which has neces- sitated ‘postponement of the open- ing of Stoolpigeon, Vancouver Theatre of Action’s new produc- tion. First performance of the play was to have been given at Tatra Hall, New Westminster, this Sun- day, May 13. This performance has now been set back to Sunday, May 27, to allow time for new tickets to be printed and distrib- uted. These new tickets can be obtained by phoning New West- minster 2282-L. The play will now open in Van- couver with the presentation al- ready announced for Sunday, May 20, 8.30 p.m., at Clinton Hall, 2605 East Pender, for which tick- ets are available at the People’s Cooperative Bookstore, 337 West Pender. Tickets, limited to 300, are 75 cents. SHEVCHENKO MEMORIAL TO BE UNVEILED Festival to mark anniversary of Ukrainian Canadian pioneers THIS YEAR marks the 60th year of the coming of the Ukrain- ian people to Canada. In tribute to these great and industrious peo- ple who have contributed so much to Canada, a series of special cultural events, mass meetings, educational forums and other af- fairs are to take place through- out Canada during June and July. The celebrations will be climaxed by a grand concert in Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, on June 30 and the unveiling of a monument to the people’s bard of the Ukraine, Taras Shevchenko, at the new Shevchenko Memorial Park, Pal- ermo, Ont., on July 1. The 60th anniversary celebra- tions of Ukrainians in Canada and their creative efforts are not con- fined to one or.two organizations. All of Canada’s 500,000. Ukrainian Canadians are being urged to take part. The National Jubilee Com- mittee of the Association of Un- ited Ukrainian Canadians is one of the largest cultural organizations in Canada which has taken a lead in preparations for the big “birth- day. party.” The celebration, linking as it does the Slavic peoples of Canada with their brothers in Europe now living under Socialist and People’s Democratic governments, is seen as a powerful demonstra- tion for peace and _ friendship among the nations The nature and character of the celebrations, as reported by the Jubilee Commitee, will be that of local, regional, and pro- vincial festivals and handicrafts exhibits in June. The provincial festivals will take place in the following order: Quebec Provincial Festival, June 38—Verdun. ARTHUR BENJAMIN WRITES NEW OPERA John Goss to sing in Festival of Britain concert at London JOHN GOSS, one, of Canada’s finest singers who established an international reputation before: coming to Vancouver eleven years ago, will be heard in one of the many musical presentations ar- ranged as part of the Festival of Britain. Goss, who left on a visit to his native England some months ago, will appear with Anna Pollak and the Workers’ Musical Asso- ciation Choir, in @ program of ‘people’s songs, entitled “Singing Englishmen,” at St. Pancras town hall in London on June 1. Another (distinguished British musician, Arthur Benjamin, who resided in Vancouver during the war years, is one of five compos- ers who have written new operas for performance during the Fes- tival of Britain. Benjamin’s. opera, “The Tale of Two Cities” will be performed in London this summer. The other new operas are “The Pilgrim’s Progress” by Dr. Ralph Vaughan Williams; “Billy Budd” by Benjamin Britten, written to a libretto by E. M. Forster, the movelist; “Wat Tyler’ by Alan Bush; “Deidre of the Sorrows” by Karl Rankl, musical director at Covent Garden, 175TH ANNIVERSARY British actors greet famed Bolshoi Theatre HEADED by Sir Lewis Casson, president of the Theatre Section of the Society for Cultural Rela- tions with the USSR, a group of distinguished British actors and actresses have sent birthday greet- ings to the Bolshoi Theatre, Mos- cow, They include Peggy Ashcroft, Sir Kenneth Barnes, Dame Edith Evans, Alec Guinness, Vivien Leigh, Roger Livesey, Miles Mal- leson, Mary Merrall, Sir Laurence Olivier, Sir Ralph Richardson, Gordon Sandison and Dame Sybil Thorndyke. “We of the English theatre ex- tend our warmest greetings and congratulations to the Bolshoi Theatre on its 175th birthday,” Says their telegram. In an article published by the Soviet newspaper Soviet Art, Alexander Solodovnikov, the theatre’s director, has declared that the Soviet government has opened the doors of ‘the Bolshoi Theatre to the masses of the peo- ple, “It has created all the pre- requisites for the consolidation and flourishing of the finest de- mocratic and realist traditions of the Bolshoi Theatre. “In Soviet times, the Bolshoi Theatre has produced the best Russian classical operas and also many operas and ballets by Soviet composers. “The latter include such out- standing ballets as Glier’s ‘Red Poppy,’