This One Goes to Eleven: Ron Reed

Meet Ron Reed, the Founding Artistic Director of Pacific Theatre, the resident theatre company of the intimate theatre space in the Chalmers Heritage Building at 12th and Hemlock. Ron founded PT in 1984, and the company has resided in its current digs since ’94. They have received an epic 75 Jessie nominations since then. Ron [...]

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The Arts Club’s New Revue Stage re-opens tonight

Congratulations to Bill Millard, Howard Jang and company on the grand re-opening of the Revue Stage on Granville Island. It looks like the latent potential of this space is set to be realized, and kudos to the AC’s directive to dedicate it to ‘new and innovative theatre’ and emerging artists. The makeover looks mighty sexy, [...]

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Has this internet social marketing business got you all befuddled? We can help

Did you somehow end up at the administration end of the Arts Industry? Been beating your fists against a wall of decimated funding and shrinking attendance? Struggling to make sense of all this chatter about the ‘new marketing’? You are so not alone. At this point in the constant evolution of business, “Social Media” – [...]

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Atomic Vaudeville in Vancouver for this weekend only!

For the uninitiated, Atomic Vaudeville is a Victoria institution, putting on monthly plays consisting of “short-form mélange of theatre, music, song, dance, puppetry and sketch”. Co-creators Britt Small (read her Next Stage interview here) and Jacob Richmond have carved out a rabidly popular entertainment alternative in their home town, and this weekend they’re bringing it [...]

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This One Goes to Eleven: Carole Higgins

Carole is the Artistic and Managing Director for one of the city’s most vital companies: Carousel Theatre for Young People, which has been turning kids onto the magic of performing arts for 35 seasons. She started her career with a BFA in acting from SFU, and performed across British Columbia before taking the Carousel reins. [...]

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The Cultch announces new youth performing arts intensive

I finally got to check out the sexy new Cultch when Jack and I took in Elephant Wake the other week (a sterling example of how great acting can elevate a good theatre experience to a magnificent one, btw.), and the new facility is everything I hoped it would be. Absolutely worth the wait. Super [...]

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Brick by brick

More inspirational sloganeering here…

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