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Bard on the 

Beach presents 

Hamlet

Arts Club Theatre Company 

PRESENTSS 

PRINCETON (the 

unemployed graduate), 

a fresh-faced kid just out 

of college 

Princeton and the gang from Avenue 

Q, the Broadway musical for adults, have 

flown in to Vancouver and arrived at the 

Arts Club’s Granville Island Stage, where 

they are causing quite a stir! 

Irreverently witty and outright 

uproarious, Avenue Q is the musical 

story of Princeton, a bright-eyed college 

graduate looking for love, a job, and his 

purpose in life. The only neighbourhood 

he can afford is the multicultural Avenue 

Q, where Sesame Street-esque puppets 

rub shoulders with humans. Part felt, 

part flesh, Avenue Q is packed with songs 

that are surprisingly poignant and only 

occasionally politically correct, including 

It Sucks to Be Me, Everyone’s a Little Bit 

Racist, and The Internet Is for Porn. 

Avenue Q runs until August 3 at the 

Granville Island Stage. Tickets, from 

$29, are available from the Arts Club at 

604.687.1644 or artsclub.com. 

NICKY (the slacker), 

who lives with … 

ROD (in the closet), 

a Republican investment 

banker with a 

secret 

KATE MONSTER (the 

do-gooder), a kindergarten 

teaching assistant 

“Savvy, sassy, and 

eminently likeable…a 

breakthrough 

musical!” 

– The New York Times 

TREKKIE 

MONSTER (the 

pervert), a reclusive 

creature obsessed with the Internet 

LUCY (the slut), a vixenish 

vamp with a dangerous edge 

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Playboard 

July – august 2013 • Vol. XLIX No. 2 & 3 

Publisher and Editor 

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Rebecca Walters 

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David Blue, Brian Campbell, 

Thorsten Gohl, Michelle Murray 

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Contents 

COVER STORY 

5 Bard on the Beach – The sounds the thing... 

Features 

2 Arts Club Theatre Company – Avenue Q 

6 Theatre Under The Stars – Legally Blonde: The Musical and 

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying 

7 Metro Theatre – 2013 – 2014 Season 

8 Jupiter Productions – Cruisin’ with the Boomers 

9 Vancouver Tap Dance Society – 4th Annual Vancouver 

International Tap Festival 

Rachel Cairns (Ophelia) and Jonathan Young (Hamlet) 

in Hamlet 

Photo: David Blue 

12 Ensemble Theatre Company – A season of repertory theatre 

13 Bard on the Beach – Opera and Arias 

14 2012 – 2013 Jessie Richardson Theatre Award Winners 

15 Vancouver Folk Music Festival – Fabulous folk, world and 

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Civic Theatres, Metro Theatre, 

Richmond Gateway Theatre, Stanley 

Theatre, Michael J. Fox Theatre 

and Centennial Theatre. 

roots music for all 

Entertainment Guide 

10 Entertainment Calendar 

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Bard on the Beach 

Bard on the Beach’s 2013 season 

offers four entertaining 

productions, filled with laughout-loud 

humour, sexy couplings, ruthless 

murder and revenge – basically, something 

for everyone! This year the emphasis is 

on great sights and great sound. Cue the 

microphone… 

Bard has traditionally not augmented the 

natural volume of its actors’ voices; its 

professionally trained actors have the skills 

to project their voices across large spaces. 

However the spacious 740-seat Mainstage 

tent, installed in 2011 makes extra 

demands on those projection skills and last 

year a custom-designed audio system was 

introduced to give “light amplification.” 

This year, improvements continue and 

Mainstage actors are equipped with 

discreet lavalier mics to clearly pitch their 

voices to the top rows of the theatre while 

maintaining a natural timbre. Come, 

listen, and appreciate the improvements! 

This season the BMO Mainstage offers the 

joyful romantic comedy Twelfth Night, set in 

a posh European hotel and spa circa 1913. 

Everyone is either falling in love with the 

wrong person or leading someone astray, 

and it’s tremendous fun to follow the story’s 

twists and turns. Alternating with Twelfth 

Night is Hamlet, Shakespeare’s towering 

masterpiece of murder and revenge. The 

epic drama is set in the present day, as 

Hamlet’s highly placed family, friends 

and associates plot to acquire – and keep 

– power at any cost. Electric Company 

Theatre co-founders Kim Collier (director) 

and Jonathon Young (Hamlet) are joined 

by a talented cast that includes Jennifer 

Lines (Horatio), Bill Dow (Claudius) and 

Rachel Cairns (Ophelia). All Bard’s actors 

are double cast and Hamlet actors also 

appear in Twelfth Night. 

On the Studio Stage, a live jazz-infused 

The sound’s the thing at 

NAOMI WRIGHT (Maria), ALLAN ZYNIK (Malvolio) and BILL DOW 

(Toby Belch) in Twelfth Night 

photo: David Blue 

BARD 

Audio upgrades continue to 

improve the patron experience 

on the 

Beach 

Measure For Measure rolls out, circa 1900 New Orleans, and the era’s religious 

and red-light cultures are a perfect backdrop to Measure’s provocative plot. Also 

on the Studio Stage is the award-winning Elizabeth Rex, by Canadian playwright 

Timothy Findley, which lets the audience spy on an imagined overnight encounter 

between Queen Elizabeth I and Shakespeare’s acting company. Veteran Bard actor 

Colleen Wheeler plays the iconic monarch, David Marr is Will Shakespeare and 

Haig Sutherland returns to Bard to play Ned Lowenscroft. 

All Bard seats are reserved and the Bard Village opens one full hour before curtain 

so you can hear a short, lively talk about your play and explore the fully stocked 

boutique and snack-and-beverage services (beer, wine and non-alcoholic drinks). 

Book now to enjoy this signature summer experience and find out for yourself 

why Bard draws so many Vancouverites year after year! 

Bard on the Beach is on stage until September 14 and offers reserved seating for 

all performances. Ticket prices are $43 (regular Tuesday – Saturday evenings), 

$30 (weekend matinees, Sunday and long weekend evenings) and $25 (Youth, 

ages 6 – 25, all performances). View seat maps and purchase tickets online at 

bardonthebeach.org or call the Bard Box Office at 604.739.0559. 


Theatre Under the Stars PRESENTS 

Legally Blonde: The Musical 

and How to Succeed in Business 

Without Really Trying 

Enjoy an evening outdoors from July 8 to August 17 at 

Malkin Bowl in Stanley Park as Theatre Under the Stars 

(TUTS) presents Legally Blonde: The Musical and How to 

Succeed in Business Without Really Trying for its 67th season. 

Legally Blonde: The Musical, written by Heather Hach, 

Laurence O’Keefe and Neil Benjamin, is an exhilarating 

adaptation of the hit film about sorority girl Elle Woods, her 

little dog Bruiser and other favourite characters who take 

Harvard Law School by storm, learning a few things about 

love and life along the way. Legally Blonde will mark the TUTS 

directorial debut of the very talented Valerie Easton, who will 

be joined by music director Danny Balkwill. 

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, written 

by the talented Frank Loesser, filters the era of Mad Men 

through a wonderfully comic lens, and features some of the 

best songs written for musical theatre. Recent revivals on 

Broadway have featured Matthew Broderick, Daniel Radcliffe 

and Nick Jonas. The creative team for How to Succeed includes 

TUTS alumni Sarah Rodgers (director of previous hits 

Anything Goes and The Music Man), choreographer Shelley 

Stewart Hunt (Bye Bye Birdie, Singin in the Rain) and music 

director Christopher King (Thoroughly Modern Millie, The 

Music Man). 

“We are thrilled to be presenting these two fantastic and 

high-energy shows for our 67th season,” says James Cronk, 

managing producer. “The fun and hijinks of Legally Blonde 

speak for themselves, and How to Succeed is a sharp and witty 

musical. Both casts include some of Vancouver’s best-andbrightest 

talents, so we expect that this will be TUTS most 

unforgettable season ever!” 

Individual show tickets are priced at $19 – $44 and are available 

by phone 604.696.4295, online at www.tuts.ca/tickets, or 

at the door. All performances begin at 8:00 p.m. except July 

27, 31 and August 3, when the show starts at 7:00 p.m. 


JOEL MONTGRAND and RYAN MOONEY in last season’s hit Lend Me a Tenor. 

photo: Brian Campbell 

Metro Theatre 

2013 – 2014 Season 

The tradition continues with its 51st season 

Vancouver’s Metro Theatre, nestled in the heart 

of Marpole, has been a fixture in the Vancouver theatre 

scene for more than 50 years. Thousands of performers 

and hundreds of directors and technical staff have 

participated in Metro Theatre productions over the past 

half-century. Metro has a tradition of producing vibrant 

mainstream productions which appeal to all audiences. 

This coming season will see the first Gilbert and Sullivan 

production in more than a decade grace the stage – though 

not until next spring. The Mikado will run from April 5 

to May 3, 2014, with all the pomp and circumstance of a 

classic Gilbert and Sullivan production. 

Metro’s 51st season will open later this summer with 

Bell, Book and Candle (August 24 to September 21), the 

inspiration for the long-running TV series Bewitched. 

Next up will be The Hollow (September 28 to October 26), 

followed by Ken Ludwig’s Moon Over Buffalo (November 2 

to 30). Ludwig’s farce Lend Me a Tenor was the highlight of 

the season last year at Metro Theatre and Moon Over Buffalo 

promises as many laughs. 

Of course what would a Metro season be without a 

Christmas Pantomime? Jack and the Beanstalk (December 

13 to January 4, 2014) will have the audience booing and 

cheering right through the winter season. 

Agatha Christie fans will thrill to Deathtrap (January 11 to 

February 8, 2014) and when spring blooms, audiences can 

look forward to What I Did Last Summer (February 22 to 

March 22, 2014) and There Goes the Bride (May 17 to June 

14, 2014). It’s sure to be another memorable season. 

Season tickets are available. For show times and dates, visit 

www.metrotheatre.com or call Metro Theatre Box Office at 

604.266.7191. The Metro Theatre is located at 1370 South 

West Marine Drive, Vancouver, BC. 


Jupiter Productions PRESENTS 

Cruisin’ with the Boomers 

Do you remember how you felt when 

you first heard John Lennon’s Imagine or 

where you were when you first danced 

to the music of the Bee Gees? Cruisin’ 

with the Boomers takes audiences back in 

time to relive those memories and many 

more, through an evening of classic 

songs that powerfully evoke the spirit of 

the 1960s and 1970s. 

A colorful tapestry of popular music, 

ranging from one end of a decade to 

another and featuring many genres, 

this new musical revue includes chart 

toppers by David Bowie, The Beatles, 

Carole King, Bob Dylan, The Doors, 

The Righteous Brothers, BB King, Elton 

John, disco and Motown medleys, songs 

from Woodstock and more. 

Initiated, produced and 

directed by Voni Grindler, 

and written by Grindler 

and Andy Thoma, Cruisin’ 

with the Boomers features 

the many talents of Joani 

Bye, Linda Kidder, Oliver 

Conway, Dave Pickell, 

Peter Padden and Tim 

Porter. All Vancouverbased 

veterans of BC’s music scene, 

these charismatic, versatile performers 

– together on the same stage for the first 

time – share their incredible musical 

talent. 

Under the artistic direction of Grindler, 

musical direction of Pickell, vocal 

arrangements of Bye and choreography 

of Viktoria Langton, Cruisin’ with the 

Boomers promises to be an evening of 

powerful, sophisticated musical theatre. 

Cruisin’ with the Boomers plays at the 

Revue Stage on Granville Island, July 16 

to 27, Tuesday to Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. 

Tickets: Vancouvertix.com or Box Office 

604.629.8849. 

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Vancouver Tap Dance Society PRESENTS 

4th Annual Vancouver 

International Tap Festival 

The Vancouver Tap Dance 

Society (VTDS) is proud to host the 14th 

Annual Vancouver International Tap Festival, 

a four-day detonation of riff walks, four-beat 

shuffles, and pounding rhythms. Tap fever takes 

Vancouver by storm once again. 

The Festival starts Thursday, August 29, with 

a cruise, buffet and tap jam on the Queen of 

Diamonds – a three-hour harbour cruise to get 

up close and personal with some of the top tap 

artists around. 

Performances kick off at the Norman and 

Annette Rothstein Theatre on Friday, August 

30, with Super Natural BC Tap – a homage to 

the richness and diversity of our province’s tap 

communities. August 31, also at the Norman 

and Annette Rothstein Theatre, is the feature 

presentation – An Evening of Ensembles, 

which brings together the spinetingling, 

electrifying work of Chloe 

Arnold’s Syncopated Ladies and 

the sheer physical tap force of Jason 

Janas’s Tap Stars. These are among the 

world’s finest tap artists – they command the 

stage, and will have you jumping out of your seats. 

The Festival wraps up on Sunday, September 1, at the 

Scotiabank Dance Centre, with an annual favourite – Hot Feet. 

This is the chance for festival class participants to strut their 

stuff, with faculty cheering them on. 

Master classes run all three days of the Festival and are 

geared to dancers with a number of years 

experience who want to sharpen their 

skills, with some of the world’s best tap 

artists. 

The VTDS takes tap dance to a level far 

beyond the usual dance studio line-up. 

What sets the Academy apart is its association 

with the best tap artists in the world. The 

in-house faculty, guest artists and artists-inresidence 

bring with them the work of the 

tap masters, international choreography 

and a deeply rooted reverence for the 

history of tap. Students experience a mix 

of style influences from the greats. Brenda 

Bufalino, Savion Glover, the late Gregory 

Hines, Jason Samuels Smith, and Dianne 

“Lady Di” Walker are just a few of the 

modern masters who have touched VTDS 

and their students. The VTDS is excited to 

welcome tap dancers of all ages and skill levels 

to their Fall 2013 – 2014 session, beginning the 

week of September 16. The program features 

specialty workshops, choreography of varied 

stylistic choices, technique, performance 

opportunities – and more! 

For more information about the Festival 

performances, master classes and 

the 2013 – 2014 tap classes, please contact 

vantapdance.com, (604.253.0293) or 

vancouvertix.com (604.629.VTIX (8849)). 

CHLOE ARNOLD 


ENTERTAINMENT 

The Stanley Industrial 

Alliance Stage 

Dreamgirls Until July 7 

Other Desert Cities 

September 19 to October 20 

Granville Island Stage 

Avenue Q Until August 3 

VANCOUVER – DOWNTOWN 

Fei & Milton Wong Experimental Theatre 

– Goldcorp Centre for the Arts 

The Secret Doctrine Until July 6 

Malkin Bowl in Stanley Park 

Theatre Under the Stars: 

Legally Blonde: The Musical 

July 8 to August 17 

How to Succeed in Business Without Really 

Trying July 9 to August 16 

Rogers Arena 

New Kids on the Block with 98 Degrees & Boyz 

II Men 

July 10, 7:30 p.m. 

Rush 


One Direction 


Selena Gomez 

August 14, 7:00 p.m. 

Black Sabbath 


Scotiabank Dance Centre 

Vancouver International Tap Festival – Hot Feet 

September 1 

VANCOUVER – WEST SIDE 

Performance Works 

Carousel Theatre (Teen Shakespeare) Hamlet 


Revue Stage on Granville Island 

Jupiter Productions – Cruisin’ with the 

Boomers July 16 – 27 

Ron Basford Park – Granville Island 

New Works – All Over the Map – Rupinder 

Sidhu (Ruploops) & Guests 

July 7, 1:00 p.m. & 3:00 p.m. 

Karen Flamenco July 14, 1:00 p.m. & 3:00 p.m. 

Silk Road Trio with Wen Wei Dance 

July 21, 1:00 p.m. & 3:00 p.m. 

Studio 1398 – Festival House 

Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre – A…My 

Name is Alice August 16 – 25 

The Improv Centre on Granville Island 

Vancouver TheatreSports League 

Improv Test Kitchen Wednesdays, 7:30 p.m. 

Pants On Fire Thursdays to Saturdays, 7:30 p.m. 

Ultimate Improv Championship 

Thursdays, 9:15 p.m. 

TheatreSports Fridays & Saturdays, 9:30 p.m. 

Scared Scriptles Fridays & Saturdays, 11:15 p.m. 

Rookie Night 

Sundays, 7:30 p.m. 

Vanier Park – BMO Mainstage Theatre 

Bard on the Beach – Twelfth Night 

Until September 14 

Bard on the Beach – Hamlet Until September 12 

Bard-B-Q & Fireworks 

July 27 & 31 and August 3, 6:00 p.m. 

Celebrating Red & White August 17, 5:30 p.m. 

Opera & Arias 

Aug. 26 & Sept. 2, 1:00 p.m. & 7:00 p.m. 

Vanier Park – Douglas Campbell Studio 

Stage Theatre 

Bard on the Beach – Measure for Measure 

Until September 13 

Bard on the Beach – Elizabeth Rex 

July 5 to September 11 

VANCOUVER – EAST SIDE 

Italian Gardens at the PNE 

South Asian Arts – Bollywood Wedding 

July 17 – 28 

VANCOUVER – SOUTH 

Metro Theatre 

Bell, Book and Candle Aug. 24 to Sept. 21 

Norman & Annette Rothstein Theatre 

Gotta Sing! Gotta Dance! – Session I Show 

July 24 & 25 

Paul Mak’s Cantonese Opera August 3 

Gotta Sing! Gotta Dance! – Session II Show 

August 28 & 29 

Vancouver Tap Dance Society – Super Natural 

BC Tap August 30 

Vancouver Tap Dance Society – An Evening of 

Ensembles August 31 

VANCOUVER – POINT GREY 

Chan Centre for the Performing Arts 

Early Music Vancouver – G.F. Handel’s Israel in 

Egypt 


Live Nation – Brian Regan August 30 

Cory Weeds’ Cellar Jazz Club 

Vancouver Pro Musica’s Further Concert Series 

– Alan Matheson Septet July 12 

Jericho Arts Centre 

Ensemble Theatre Company – The Diaries of 

Adam and Eve July 8 – August 10 

Ensemble Theatre Company – The Farnsworth 

Invention July 8 – August 10 

Ensemble Theatre Company – Women Beware 

Women July 8 – August 10 

Jericho Beach Park 

Vancouver Folk Music Festival July 19 – 21 

BURNABY 

Deer Lake Park 

14 th Annual Burnaby Blues & Roots Festival 

August 10 


Michael J. Fox Theatre 

New Star Cantonese Opera Centre Concert 


Chris Mok Cantonese Opera 

July 12 & 13, 7:00 p.m. 

Ko Shing Cantonese Opera Group Concert 


Canada Four Z Productions July 25, 7:00 p.m. 

Leung’s Music Studio – Happiness Cantonese 

Opera Troupe 


Ieong’s Opera August 3 & 4, 7:00 p.m. 

Monica Bai Opera Studios 

August 9 & 10, 7:00 p.m. 

Pacific Ocean Media Group 


Wonderful Cantonese Melody 


Fairchild Radio – Sunshine Nation 2013 

August 23 

Vancouver Cantonese Opera – Legend of the 

Purple Hairpin 


CHILLIWACK 

Chilliwack Cultural Centre – Main Theatre 

Randy Elvis Friskie and his Las Vegas Show 

Band – I’ll Remember You August 17, 7:30 p.m. 

Chilliwack Cultural Centre – Rotary Hall 

Studio Theatre 

Rock.It.Boy Entertainment – Nazareth 


Po Lam Buddhist Association of Chilliwack – 

Mindful Meditation July 28, 9:30 p.m. 

Jesse Plessis (Piano) August 23, 7:00 p.m. 

Vancouver 

Civic Theatres 

Queen Elizabeth Theatre 

• The Postal Service July 16 

• Bill Maher July 21 

• Harry Connick Jr. 


• Loreena McKennitt August 13 

• Daryl Hall and John Oates August 15 

• Russell Brand August 24 

• Wiggles: Taking Off! September 3, 2:30 p.m. & 6:30 p.m. 

Orpheum Theatre 

• Glenn Miller Orchestra July 6 

• Alabama Shakes July 23 

• Il Volo 


• Alt-J September 1 

Orpheum Annex 

• Leslie Jordan: Fruit Fly (Filmore Family Foundation) 

July 6 & 7, 7:30 p.m. 

• SzeYun Lo Art Show 


Vancouver Playhouse 

• Cantonese Opera Gala – Celebrating Multiculturalism Day 

July 14, 11:45 a.m. 

• Canadian Chinese International Performing Arts Festival 

August 3 & 17 

University of The Fraser Valley Theatre 

Secondary Characters Musical Theatre – Joseph 

and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat 


COQUITLAM 

Red Robinson Show Theatre 

Kris Kristofferson July 13 

Toni Braxton in Concert August 10 

Whitesnake August 14 

NEW WESTMINSTER 

Theatre at Hendry Hall 

North Vancouver Community Players – The 

Drawer Boy July 4 – 6 

RICHMOND 

Gateway Theatre – Main Stage 

Spul’u’kwuks Elementary – Secrets with Shawn 

Farquhar 


Chuen Ying Arts Centre – West Lake Butterfly 

Girls Band July 13 

Grand Hale Marine – The Dream Continues 


Barbara Tomasic – The Historical Adventure of 

Bailey Brown 

July 24 – 26, 7:00 p.m. 

Chuen Ying Arts Centre – Concert 

July 27 and August 10 & 24 

River Rock Show Theatre 

Teddy Riley & Blackstreet July 19 

Chris Isaak August 23 

Ottmar Liebert August 24 

SURREY 

Bell Performing Arts Centre 

Randy Elvis Friskie and his Las Vegas Show 

Band – I’ll Remember You 


Surrey Arts Centre – Main Stage 

BC Cultural Bhangra Academy Recital July 6 

Speed Control: From Rags to Rock July 22 

Surrey RAWKS! July 26 

WHITE ROCK 

Coast Capital Playhouse 

Peninsula Productions – The Game’s Afoot 

July 10 – 28 

VANCOUVER ISLAND 

Belfry Theatre 

Letter From Wingfield Farm 

July 30 to August 4 and 21, 23 & 24 

Wingfield’s Progress 

August 6 – 11 and 21 & 24 

Wingfield’s Folly August 13 – 18 and 20, 22 & 25 

Chemainus Theatre 

Singin’ In The Rain Until August 25 

McPherson Playhouse (Victoria) 

Blue Bridge Repertory Theatre – Brighton 

Beach Memoirs Until July 14 

Blue Bridge Repertory Theatre – My Fair Lady 

August 6 – 18 

Royal Theatre (Victoria) 

Rock.It Boy – Nazareth with Headpins 


Broadway in Victoria – Stomp 

August 27 to September 1 


Ensemble Theatre Company PRESENTS 

A season of repertory theatre 

at the Jericho Arts Centre 

Expanding on the success of last 

year’s The Alchemist, Ensemble Theatre 

Company, under the artistic direction 

of Tariq Leslie, brings together a 

diverse company of actors, directors 

and designers to produce an exciting 

summer season of three plays at the 

Jericho Arts Centre. 

The plays include Mark Twain’s 

The Diaries of Adam and Eve, The 

photos: Thorsten Gohl 

Left: YURIJ KIS and 

MICHAEL SMITH 

in The Farnsworth 

Invention 

Below: ALISON 

RAINE, STEPHANIE 

ELGERSMA and JOEL 

GARNER in Women 

Beware Women 

Farnsworth Invention by Aaron Sorkin, 

and Thomas Middleton’s Jacobean 

tragedy Women Beware Women. 

Ensemble Theatre will also present 

a series of ‘Etceteras,’ events that 

enhance the theatre-going experience 

for audiences and and provide context 

to the shows. 

The Diaries of Adam and Eve - directed 

by C.W. Marshall – In this hilarious 

and deeply moving comedy by one 

of the most celebrated wits of the 

20th Century, Adam and Eve share 

two very different viewpoints of their 

lives together, beginning with their 

first encounters in the Garden of Eden. 

Twain’s crackling wit gives insight 

into the complex relationships between 

human beings, and the impulses that 

both repel and draw them together. 

The Farnsworth Invention – directed 

by Matthew Bissett – In the early 

1920s, brilliant young inventor Philo T. 

Farnsworth, whose novel idea will make 

television possible, finds himself in an 

inadvertent but devastating conflict with 

David Sarnoff, head of the powerful 

RCA Corporation. Award-winning 

screenwriter, producer and playwright 

Sorkin shines his brilliant, fast-talking 

style on this epic true story of the 

genius underdog who goes up against a 

corporate giant in the race to change the 

way we view the world. 

Women Beware Women – directed 

by Tariq Leslie – A beautiful young 

newlywed arrives in Florence and is 

caught in a web of deception, corruption 

and lust. A captivating widow uses her 

cunning and her charms to rule the game, 

but will her own heart be her downfall? 

This dark, funny and ferocious tragedy 

by Middleton, is still scathingly relevant 

today. 

The three shows will run in rotation, 

evenings and weekends, from July 8 

until August 10, at the Jericho Arts Centre. 

Tickets are $22 for adults and $17 for 

concession, and are available through 

tickets tonight: www.ticketstonight.ca. 

For more information, check out the 

Ensemble Theatre Company website: 

ensembletheatrecompany.ca. 


Bard on the Beach 

PRESENTS 

Opera and Arias 

photo: David Blue 

Verdi’s great melodies soar in the 

Bard on the Beach tent 

Opera & Arias, 2012 

Superb voices and delightful 

orchestral arrangements will meet and 

mingle on Bard’s BMO Mainstage this 

summer, casting a musical spell against 

the open-ended tent’s spectacular 

backdrop of mountains, sea and sky. 

Celebrating opera’s great melodies has 

become a late-summer Bard tradition 

over the years and this summer’s Viva 

Verdi! program is built around excerpts 

from Giuseppe Verdi’s most tuneful 

works. 2013 marks the 200th anniversary 

of the great composer’s birth and the 

presentation will include selections from 

Verdi favourites La Traviata, Rigoletto, 

Falstaff and more. 

The gifted young opera singers of the 

UBC Opera Ensemble are back to 

perform in this 10th anniversary Opera 

and Arias concert; they’ll be joined again 

by members of the Vancouver Opera 

Orchestra. The UBC School of Music’s 

Nancy Hermiston directs and conductor 

Leslie Dala leads the musicians. The 

performances are graciously hosted by 

Bard artistic director Christopher Gaze, 

known to Vancouver classical music 

audiences for his multi-year association 

with the VSO’s Tea and Trumpets series. 

Choose from 1:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. 

performances on Monday, August 26, 

or Monday, September 2. Matinee tickets 

are $30 and evening tickets are $43 

(regular adult price), with a youth price 

of $25 for ages 6 – 25 (all performances). 

All seats are reserved so book early to 

select your favourite spot in the house! 

For tickets to Viva Verdi!, call the Bard 

Box Office at 604.739.0559 or book 

online at www.bardonthebeach.org. 

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2012 – 2013 Jessie Richardson 

Theatre Awards Winners 

LARGE THEATRE 

Outstanding Performance by an Actor 

in a Lead Role 

Andrew McNee – Boeing-Boeing 

(Arts Club Theatre Company) 

Outstanding Performance by an Actress 


Gina Chiarelli – Master Class 



in a Supporting Role 

Robert Moloney – Clybourne Park 




Nicola Lipman – Boeing-Boeing 


Outstanding Lighting Design 

Gerald King – Macbeth 

(Bard on the Beach) 

Outstanding Set Design 

Amir Ofek – Boeing-Boeing 


Outstanding Costume Design 

Drew Facey – The Merry Wives of 

Windsor (Bard on the Beach) 

Outstanding Direction 

Johanna Wright – The Merry Wives of 

Windsor (Bard on the Beach) 

Outstanding Production 

The Merry Wives of Windsor 

(Bard on the Beach) 

Significant Artistic Achievement 

Benjamin Elliott – The Merry Wives 

of Windsor (Bard on the Beach) 

Outstanding Musical Direction 

SMALL THEATRE 



John Emmet Tracy – Terminus 

(Pi Theatre) 



Erla Faye Forsyth – How to Write a New 

Book for the Bible (Pacific Theatre) 



Brett Harris – Mojo 

(ITSAZOO Productions) 



Francis Perras – Porc-Épic 

(Théâtre La Seizième) 

Outstanding Lighting Design 

Alan Brodie – Terminus (Pi Theatre) 

Outstanding Set Design 

Pam Johnson – Shelter from the Storm 

(Touchstone Theatre) 

Outstanding Costume Design 

Drew Facey – Broken Sex Doll 

(The Virtual Stage) 

Outstanding Sound Design or Original 

Composition 

Anton Lipovetsky – Broken Sex Doll 

(The Virtual Stage) 

Outstanding Direction 

Craig Holzschuh – Porc-Épic 

(Electric Company) 


Terminus (Pi Theatre) 


Colin Decker, Carey Dodge, 

Tara Cheyenne Friedenburg, Brae 

Norwiss, Sean Tyson, John Webber, 

Jay Dodge, Sherry Yoon – Photog. 

(Boca Del Lupo) Artistic Achievement 

in Technical Integration 

THEATRE FOR YOUNG AUDIENCES 

Outstanding Performance 

Raes Calvert and Linda Carson 

(Ensemble) – Where the Wild 

Things Are (Presentation House – in 

association with Manitoba Theatre for 

Young Audiences) 

Outstanding Design 

Linda Leon – Set, Props, & Costume 

Design – Where the Wild Things Are 

(Presentation House – in association 

with Manitoba Theatre for Young 

Audiences) 

Outstanding Artistic Creation 

Kim Selody – Direction – Where the 

Wild Things Are (Presentation House – 

in association with Manitoba Theatre 

for Young Audiences) 


Presentation House – in association 

with Manitoba Theatre for Young 

Audiences – Where the Wild Things Are 


SPECIAL AWARDS 

Outstanding Original Script – 

Yvette Nolan – The Unplugging 


Critics Choice Innovation Award 

– Winners and Losers (Theatre 

Replacement and Neworld Theatre in 

association with Crow’s Theatre) 

Georgia Straight Patron of the Arts 

Award – BMO 

Mary Phillips Prize for Behind-the- 

Scenes Achievement – 

Tanya Dixon-Warren 

Ray Michal Prize for Emerging Director 

– Chelsea Haberlin 

Sam Payne Award for the Most 

Promising Newcomer – Jenn Stewart 

Colin Campbell Award for Excellence in 

Technical Theatre – Brian Heath 

GVPTA Career Achievement Award – 

Anna Hagan and Terence Kelly 

Sydney Risk – Gilles Poulin-Denis 

John Moffat & Larry Lillo Award – 

Christine Hackman 


Fabulous folk, 

world and roots 

music for all 

It’s a rare and wonderful thing when a treasured cultural 

institution not only survives more than 35 years - but truly 

thrives - and grows more exciting every year. Such is the case 

of the Vancouver Folk Music Festival. 

The festival celebrates its 36th year from July 19 to 21 at 

Jericho Beach Park with some of the globe’s finest traditional 

and contemporary folk, world and roots artists. More than 

60 Canadian and international acts will perform, from 

brilliant new talents to renowned and famous names. A 

stunning variety of music is on tap for folks of all ages to 

enjoy. 

This year’s lineup includes Steve Earle and the Dukes, Natalie 

Maines of the Dixie Chicks, The Waterboys, The Cat Empire, 

Kathleen Edwards, Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars, Hannah 

Georgas, Loudon Wainwright III, Hurray for the Riff Raff, 

Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion, Italy’s Stefano Saletti 

and Piccola Banda Ikona. 

The action takes place each day of the festival until 11 pm on 

eight stages, with a Little Folks Village for kids and families, 

an Artisan Market and Folk Bazaar, globally inspired food, 

and other great things to see and do. Children 12 and under 

are free with adult accompaniment. 

For full info and tickets, go to www.thefestival.bc.ca or call 

604.602.9798.

Playboard July-Aug 2013.indd - Archway Publishers

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