2006
Sept 08 - Oct 1
THE SEAGULL by Anton Chekhov
Director: Irina Templeton
With a daisy chain of unrequited lovers, The Seagull, a comedy with tragic overtones, portrays the cruel inequality of love. Set on a rural estate in Chekhov’s day, it is a remarkably modern play that treads in uncharted psychological minefields. Chekhov’s platform is a love quadrangle.
United Players of Vancouver
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Oct 4 – Oct 21
THE UNEXPECTED MAN by Yasmina Reza
An embittered writer and his adoring fan turn a humdrum train trip to Frankfurt into a revelatory dance of life and love.
The Unexpected Co-op
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Oct 27 & 28
THE DIARY OF ADAM & EVE
Adapted from Mark Twain
Director: Emilio Salituro
Musical Director: Chris King
This one act excerpt from the musical "The Apple Tree", which originally premiered on Broadway featuring Alan Alda as Adam. The writers of 'Fiddler on the Roof' and 'She Loves Me' bring you a lively musical comedy recounting the story of Adam (Damon Calderwood), Eve (Shawna Parry), and the Snake (Leon Willey) in the Garden of Eden, and the quintessential male/female relationship that ensues.
Little Apple Prodns Equity Co-opP
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Nov 4
BONKERS VARIETY SHOW
Iain McLarenSchool fund-raiser project |
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Nov 17 - Dec 10
ARISTROCRATS by Brian Friel
Director: Adam Henderson
A family gathers for a wedding at the ancestral home in County Donegal, its crumbling edifice testimony to an opulent way of life that is all but finished. As the accusations and demands of their dying father ring out, his wayward, volatile offspring find consolation in reinventing wild and bohemian stories of the big house in its heyday. A humane and intelligent study of richness and unhappiness, class and family relations and fantasizing
United Players of Vancouver
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Dec 13 – 16
XMAS NUTS – THE SEQUEL
Surprise personalities and talented performers present a variety of comedy, music and dance in an evening of cabaret-style entertainment.
The Comedy Company
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Dec 17
RICHMOND MUSIC SCHOOL XMAS RECITAL
Featuring outstanding students from the school
www.richmondmusicschool.ca
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Dec 18 – 20
NAT KING COLE / JOHNNY MATHIS XMAS CONCERT
Nat King Cole, Johnny Mathis, Shara Vaughn, and Ella Fitzgerald, music brought to life in this home grown Christmas. Don Stewart and Sibel Thrasher light up the stage with music that warms the heart and ignites the joy only Christmas can bring.
DS PRODUCTIONS
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2007
Jan 4 – 13
WOMEN AT PLAY(S) 2
The Second Annual Women At Play(s) will take place January 4-7 and 10-13 at The Jericho Arts Centre. It is an annual event celebrating female actors, directors and playwrights. The evening will involve several short one act plays ranging from dramatic to comedic, dealing with womens' issues that are both global and local. This festival will be thought provoking and fun! Please come and join us for a wonderful night of entertainment!
36 Sisters Co-op |
Jan 26 - Feb 18
THE SWAGGERING SOLDIER by Plautus
Director: Gerry Mackay
A highly influential Romantic comedy of intrigue from the second century B.C. Rome. Written to entertain and amuse, it employs a cabal of fascinating personalities, double identities, and lovers reunited, all set in a Hellenic Roman world for a modern audience to enjoy.
United Players of Vancouver |
Mar 1 – Mar 18
A DELICATE BALANCE by Edward Albee
Director: Anthony F. Ingram
Agnes and Harry would love to be empty nesters, but an off-the-wagon sister has moved in, shortly to be followed by haunted friends, and their soon to be 4th time divorced daughter. Where do Agnes and Harry's sympathies lie? Who gets the spare bedroom? Add a fully stocked bar and life does become a delicate balance. This Pulitzer Prize winning play is by Edward Albee (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?) and is the inaugural production of Tempus Theatre.
Tempus Theatre |
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Mar 23-24
A ROMANTIC SPRING LOVE AFFAIR CONCERT
Don Stewart and Sibel Thrasher
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Apr 6 - Apr 29
THE IMPROMPTU OF OUTREMONT by Michel Tremblay
Director: Sarah Rodgers
The four Beaugrand sisters meet every year to celebrate Lucille Beaugrand’s birthday. Three of them live in their native Outremont trapped by time, the choices they have not dared to make, and by the position that society has foisted upon them.
United Players of Vancouver |
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May 10 – May 26
THE TRAGEDY OF HAMLET, PRINCE OF DENMARK by William Shakespeare
Director: Irina Templeton
Does Hamlet's mother Gertrude share in uncle Claudius' guilt? Does Hamlet continue to love Ophelia even as he spurns her? Is her death a suicide or an accident? Does the ghost of Hamlet's father offer reliable knowledge, or does it seek to deceive and tempt Hamlet? Is Hamlet morally justified in taking revenge on his uncle? Are Hamlet's actions just? Does he have the right to act as he does? The stakes riding on these questions are enormous, as the actions of the characters can bring disaster upon an entire kingdom. Looks like modern politics, yes?
The Centre for Creative Initiatives
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June 1 - June 24
THE LADIES OF THE CAMELLIAS by Lillian Garrett-Groag
Director: John R. Taylor
A hilarious farce about an imagined meeting in 1897 Paris, between Sarah Bernhardt and Eleanora Duse, the biggest and most temperamental stars of their day. Both are scheduled to perform in back-to-back productions of the play “The Lady of the Camellias” by Alexander Dumas. The members of both companies expect fireworks, and do what they can to avoid being in the way.
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