2009
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.
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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
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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
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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.
WARNING: ADULT CONTENT, COARSE LANGUAGE, NUDITY
Admission $20 Students/seniors $15
Two for One Tuesdays
FISH IS PRODUCTIONS
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October 22 - 31
HURLY BURLY
by David Rabe
Director: Mel Tuck, assisted by Karen Austen.
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
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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
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November 23 – Dec 2 (Mon – Wed)
THE LIFE GAME (Improv)
An ensemble of established theatre, film and improvisation artists committed to developing and performing Life Game to tour across Canada.
THE LIFE GAME
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Sunday Nov 29 (at 2pm)
SAX AT JERICHO
Saxalamode performs hit tunes from the past to the present. Whether it's a remix of Glenn Miller standards, a Charlie Mingus tune, a Piazzolla tango or a melody from the distant past by Dominico Scarlatti, we'll have it all there for you to listen and to enjoy that Sunday evening on November 29.
Admission by Donation
SAXALAMODE SAX QUARTET
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December 7 – 23
A CHRISTMAS CAROL
by Charles Dickens
Adapted by Andrey Summers and the company. A spooky and spectacular production of the Dickens classic, punctuated with warmth and humour. Ghosts and visions presented in mask, suggestive, but simple set and the atmosphere eerie and dark, punctuated by moments of warmth and levity. Large cast. Great for both young and old.
SPECTRAL THEATRE SOCIETY
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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
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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
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Jan 27, Feb 3 & Feb 10 (Wednesdays)
EVENING RECITAL
UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
A series of unique performances by the UBC Chamber orchestra, as well as soloists from the string and piano departments, with chamber collaborations. |
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 20th & Sun 21st
Tickets $20 Students/Seniors $15
Two-for –one preview Mon Feb 15th
TERMINAL THEATRE
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February 22 - March 20
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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.
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April 7, 14 & 21 (Wednesdays)
EVENING RECITALS
UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
Continuation of a series of unique performances by the UBC Chamber orchestra, as well as soloists from the string and piano departments, with chamber collaborations. |
April 30 – May 22
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.
FIGHTING CHANCE THEATRE
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June 4 – 27 (Thu-Sat)
Preview: June 3 ($6.00) Opening: June 4
Talkback: June 10
THE MISANTHROPE
by Molière
Director: C.W. (Toph) Marshall
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
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June 30 – July 24
INHERIT THE WIND
by Jerome Lawrence and Robert Edwin Lee
Inherit the Wind is a fictionalized account of the 1925 Scopes "Monkey" Trial, which resulted in John T. Scopes' conviction for teaching Charles Darwin's theory of evolution to a high school science class, contrary to a Tennessee state law that prohibited the teaching of evolution. The fictional characters Matthew Harrison Brady, Henry Drummond, Bertram Cates and E. K. Hornbeck correspond to the historical figures of William Jennings Bryan, Clarence Darrow, John Scopes, and H. L. Mencken, respectively. The authors used the historical Scopes trial as the background for a drama that comments on and explores the threats to intellectual freedom presented by the anti-communist hysteria.
INTELLIGENT APE CO-OP
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