2009 - 2010

Productions
at the
JERICHO ARTS CENTRE

September 4 – 27
Preview: September 3 ($6.00) Opening: September 4
Talkback: September 10

THE WAY OF THE WORLD
by William Congreve
Director: Adam Henderson
This restoration comedy pokes fun at the foibles and hypocrisy of a society, spiced with sexuality and preoccupied with wealth, fashion and appearance. The younger generation aims, by fair means or foul, to gain control over their marital and economic destinies.

 UNITED PLAYERS OF VANCOUVER

September 14-16, 21-23 (Mon – Wed)           

SHARING SHAKESPEARE
by William Shakespeare
The company is led by Antony Holland who will renew two of his most successful roles, Lear and Shylock, in scenes from The Merchant of Venice and King Lear.   He will perform with some of the most talented young actors in Vancouver, most of them graduates of Studio 58.
This will be Shakespeare performed without the bells and whistles, but brought vibrantly to life.   All too often Shakespeare is performed with passion, on elaborate sets, but the language is not understood by the audience.   This company’s goal is to bring the language to the audience.  If any audience member feels the actors have not reached this objective, the company will refund ticket money. We believe this is a gesture no other theatre company has dared to offer.

All tickets $15

NO BELLS & WHISTLES

September 29 – October 3 (Tue - Sat)

THE FRINGE AT JAC
A selection from the best of this year’s Vancouver Fringe Festival. There will be two different performances each day, with up to 5 companies participating with a minimum two performances each over the week. 

VANCOUVER FRINGE FESTIVAL

October 6 – 17 (Tue - Sat)

A GIFT OF SCREWS
by Bill Marchant
This evening of original theatre from writer/director Bill Marchant is a playful and provocative look at the price we pay for the Truth. Marchant offers up two companion plays that take wild and unexpected turns as they navigate the treacherous waters between art and fascism. This show is intended for an adult audience.

WARNING: ADULT CONTENT, COARSE LANGUAGE, NUDITY

Admission $20   Students/seniors $15
Two for One Tuesdays

FISH IS PRODUCTIONS

October 22 - 31

HURLY BURLY
by David Rabe
Director: Mel Tuck
Hurlyburly focuses on the intersecting lives of several low- to mid-level Hollywood players in the 1980s. Fueled by massive amounts of drugs, they attempt to find some meaning in their isolated, empty lives by engaging in endless discussions laced with misogyny. The central character Eddie's oft-repeated apathetic question "How does it pertain to me?" sums up his spiritual agony as he heads for catharsis. A quick-witted, intelligent, highly humorous and deeply dark play. “What happens to men when they are set adrift from women” (David Rabe)

CROSS THE LINE PRODUCTIONS

November 13 – Dec 6 (Thu-Sun)
Preview: November 12 ($6.00) Opening: November 13
Talkback: November 19

THE VERTICAL HOUR
by David Hare
Director: Tamara McCarthy
“Politics is about the reconciliation of the irreconcilable” says Nadia Blye, an American war reporter turned Yale Professor of International Relations. With her faith in academia beginning to erode and memories from her time in the Balkans and the Middle East haunting her, she travels to the Welsh borders with her boyfriend, to visit his father, who has his own past to reckon with.

UNITED PLAYERS OF VANCOUVER

November 23-25, Nov 30-Dec 2 (Mon – Wed) at 7:30pm

THE LIFE GAME by Keith Johnstone
Workshop Performances
The Life Game is a unique evening of improvised theatre. Each night, a new guest will be interviewed on stage, and their story will be brought to life by a director and a team of improvisors. The Life Game is a show that demonstrates how purely personal experiences, however ordinary, can be translated into a theatrical language and become universal to us all.

"Good Impro can make you laugh, we love it, but soon the content is forgotten. Good scenes from The Life Game stay with you always. They haunt you." - Keith Johnstone

All Performance will be Pay What You Can, Suggested Donation $10

THE LIFE GAME

December 9-12, 14-19 and 21-23, 2009 
8pm doors open at 7:30pm
Matinées on December 12 and 19 will open at 1:30 pm             

A CHRISTMAS CAROL
Written by Charles Dickens and adapted by Fiona Revill.
Directed by Michael Cope. 
Expect the unexpected when you wander into our winter wonderland of weirdness because this Christmas season we're giving this classic yarn the ol' "Spectral spin".  Utilizing a variety of theatrical styles from masks to puppetry and shadow play, we'll endeavor to present a grittier, creepier and more engaging interpretation of this oft-told tale.  One way or another, we'll scare the Dickens out of you.

SPECTRAL THEATRE SOCIETY

2010
January 2 - 9

AN AUSTEN WINTER ENTERTAINMENT
by Joan Bryans / Jane Austen
You are invited to join Jane Austen and family, together with their young friends from the county, for an evening of entertainments and refreshments guaranteed to keep Old Winter at bay.

VITAL SPARK THEATRE

January 22 - February 14 (Thu-Sun)
Preview: January 21 ($6.00) Opening: January 22
Talkback: January 28

IVANOV
by Anton Chekov
Director: Victor Vasuta
A fierce and funny portrait of a man whose life is plummeting fast into domestic and philosophical chaos.  By turns despairing and passionate, it offers some of the best comedy Chekhov was ever to write.

UNITED PLAYERS OF VANCOUVER

February 16 – 21

THE VIC
by Leanna Brodie

Eight women. Sex. Fate. Race. Power. And the nature of cruelty. Multiple stories are united by a search party for a missing woman, as victims and victimizers collide in unexpected ways. Warning: black humour abounds.  "This play features the kind of dramatic electricity that announces the presence of a true playwright"-Toronto Star
Performances every night, with added matinees at 2pm on Sat 20^th & Sun 21^st
Tickets $20 Students/Seniors $15
Two-for –one preview Mon Feb 15th

TERMINAL THEATRE

April 2-25 (Thu-Sat)
Preview: April 1 ($6.00) Opening: April 2
Talkback: April 8

Canadian Première 
THE BREATH OF LIFE
by David Hare
Director: Adam Henderson
Gauguin’s epithet “Life being what it is, one dreams of revenge” is the motto of this story of two women whose lives are interwoven in ways neither of them yet understands.  When they finally meet, the progress of a single night comes fascinatingly to echo the hidden course of their lives.

Warning: Some coarse language

UNITED PLAYERS OF VANCOUVER

April 28 – May 22
Tues - Sat
Preview: Tuesday April 27

THE WEDDING SINGER
by Mathew Sklar &  Chad Beguelin     
Robbie, a one time rock star, has now become a popular local wedding singer, and after his girlfriend Linda dumps him the day of his wedding he goes into severe "love withdrawal." Meanwhile, Julia, who works as a waitress, finally gets a wedding date set to her long-time fiance Glenn, who is quite the ladies man despite the fact that he is in a relationship with Julia. Since Glenn isn't too excited about the prospect of getting married, Julia enlists the help of her friend Robbie to get things ready for the wedding, and in the process they both begin to fall in love with each other. However, when Julia gets hurt by Robbie in a series of misunderstandings, she changes plans and runs off with Glenn to get married in Las Vegas. Desperate to make things right with the love of his life, Robbie chases Julia and Glenn, ending up on the same plane they're on, and with the help of the crew and Billy Idol, he woos Julia and they get married soon after that, living happily ever after.

Tickets:
Adults $30
Snr/Students $25
Preview $15
Tuesday(s) 2 for 1
Previews: Tuesday April 27 and Wednesday April 28
Opening Night is Thursday April 29
Tuesday 2 for 1's off of the Adult prices (So $15.00/per ticket) on May 4 only

FIGHTING CHANCE THEATRE

June 4 – 27 (Thu-Sat)
Preview: June 3 ($6.00) Opening: June 4
Talkback: June 10

THE MISANTHROPE
by Tony Harrison
Director: C.W. (Toph) Marshall
Molière's classic comedy of hypocrisyin a stunning version by Britain's leading verse playwright. Exasperated by the corruption of society, with all the false talk, the flattery, the lies and the cheating, the cynical but noble Alceste wrestles with his love for the oh so worldly, superficial and coquettish Celimene.  One of Moliere’s great comic masterpieces.

UNITED PLAYERS OF VANCOUVER

July 2 – July 25
Wed - Sun
Previews: June 28-30, July 1

TWELFTH NIGHT
by William Shakespeare
Director: Tariq Leslie
A stormy night, a shipwreck, cunning capers, concealments and mistaken identities. All this results in a love tangle to rival no other, and a whole heap of mischief and mayhem in Shakespeare’s most captivating comedy.  To anyone who has experienced the suddenness of love, Twelfth Night will always resonate.

Tickets
Adults:$20
Snr/Students: $15
Equity discount

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